diff --git a/clay/Main.hs b/clay/Main.hs
index 6efca9b..ee072e1 100644
--- a/clay/Main.hs
+++ b/clay/Main.hs
@@ -155,22 +155,6 @@ pageContent = do
     transition "opacity" (sec 1) easeIn (sec 0.5)
     opacity 1
 
-  "#page-content" # ".loading-error" ** p ? do
-    backgroundColor "#fd6f6f"
-    backgroundImage $ url "/images/error-loading.png"
-    backgroundRepeat noRepeat
-    backgroundPosition $ positioned (pct 50) (pct 50)
-    height (px 200)
-    fontWeight bold
-    lineHeight (px 200)
-    textAlign $ alignSide sideCenter
-
-  "#page-content" # ".init" # ".loading" ? do
-    backgroundImage $ url "/images/init-loading.gif"
-    backgroundRepeat noRepeat
-    backgroundPosition $ positioned (pct 50) (pct 50)
-    height (px 125)
-
   "#page-content" ** ul |> (li # ":before") ? do
     content $ stringContent "\\2192"
     paddingRight (em 0.5)
diff --git a/images/init-loading.gif b/images/init-loading.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index f6aa5c4..0000000
Binary files a/images/init-loading.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/js/default.js b/js/default.js
index e08d45b..05aba7b 100644
--- a/js/default.js
+++ b/js/default.js
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@ _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
                     type: 'GET',
                     dataType: 'html',
                     beforeSend: function (xhr, settings) {
-                        // Remove loading error from page-content
-                        $('#page-content').removeClass('loading-error');
-
                         // Add .loading to #page-content and #nav to facilitate a loading animation
                         $('#page-content, #nav').removeClass('loading-done').addClass('loading');
 
@@ -203,9 +200,6 @@ _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
                         console.log('beforeSend a.menuitem');
                     },
                     success: function (dta) {
-                        // Remove the initial loading gif (if its there)
-                        $('#page-content').removeClass('init');
-
                         // Remove any status message errors or successes
                         $('#status').slideUp('normal', function () {
                             $('#status').removeClass('error').removeClass('success').children('p.message').remove();
@@ -261,20 +255,13 @@ _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
                     },
                     error: function (xhr, status) {
                         /* Remove .loading from #page-content and #nav to stop the loading
-                         * animation. Then add .loading-error to #page-content if its the sites
-                         * first load (#page-content has class .init). Finally, display an error
-                         * message in #status.
+                         * animation. Finally, display an error message in #status.
                          */
                         $('#page-content, #nav').removeClass('loading');
-                        if ($('#page-content.init')[0]) {
-                            // TODO: instead of immediately displaying error, check if the content is stored in local storage
-                            $('#page-content').addClass('loading-error').html('<p class="container border-box">Error initially loading blog.rekahsoft.ca. Check the url! Given "' + page_href + '"</p>');
-                        } else if ($('#status.error')[0]) {
-                            $('#status').prepend('<p class="message">Error retrieving page ' + page_href + '</p>');
-                        } else {
-                            $('#status').prepend('<p class="message">Error retrieving page ' + page_href + '</p>');
-                            $('#status').addClass('error').slideDown();
-                        }
+
+                        // TODO: instead of immediately displaying error, check if the content is stored in local storage
+                        $('#status').prepend('<p class="message">Error retrieving page ' + page_href + '</p>');
+                        $('#status').addClass('error').slideDown();
 
                         // Run current handles onError callback (if it exists)
                         if (handlerCallback.hasOwnProperty('onError') && typeof handlerCallback.onError === 'function') {
diff --git a/templates/default.html b/templates/default.html
index 0a36ae0..0ee5d0c 100644
--- a/templates/default.html
+++ b/templates/default.html
@@ -21,20 +21,6 @@
 
     <!-- Favicons -->
     <link href="/images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon">
-
-    <noscript>
-      <style>
-        #page-content.init.loading {
-           opacity: 1;
-           height: 100%;
-           background-position: -100px -100px
-        }
-
-        #nav.loading {
-           animation-play-state: paused;
-        }
-      </style>
-    </noscript>
   </head>
 
   <body>
@@ -49,7 +35,7 @@
       <a class="close-button">Close</a>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="init loading" id="page-content">
+    <div id="page-content">
       <noscript>
         <div class="container" id="noscript-alert">
           <h1>This site requires javascript!</h1>
diff --git a/templates/partials/nav.html b/templates/partials/nav.html
index 7e10330..3d5fb71 100644
--- a/templates/partials/nav.html
+++ b/templates/partials/nav.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="loading" id="nav">
+<div id="nav">
   <ul class="container" id="nav-menu">
     $for(pagesFirst)$
     <li>