diff --git a/themes/default/template/comment_list.tpl b/themes/default/template/comment_list.tpl
index 64b6ee2b5..433de1ff2 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/comment_list.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/comment_list.tpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 {/html_style}{/strip}
 {/if}
 {footer_script}var error_icon = "{$ROOT_URL}{$themeconf.icon_dir}/errors_small.png";{/footer_script}
-<div class="loader" style="display: none; position: fixed; right: 0;bottom: 0;"><img src="{$ROOT_URL}{$themeconf.img_dir}/ajax_loader.gif"></div>
+<div class="loader"><img src="{$ROOT_URL}{$themeconf.img_dir}/ajax_loader.gif"></div>
 <ul class="commentsList">
 {foreach from=$comments item=comment name=comment_loop}
 <li class="commentElement {if $smarty.foreach.comment_loop.index is odd}odd{else}even{/if}">
diff --git a/themes/default/template/index.tpl b/themes/default/template/index.tpl
index e6874567e..c24f4e364 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/index.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/index.tpl
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ jQuery("#derivativeSwitchBox").on("mouseleave", function() {
 {/if}
 
 {if !empty($THUMBNAILS)}
-<div class="loader" style="display: none; position: fixed; right: 0;bottom: 0;"><img src="{$ROOT_URL}{$themeconf.img_dir}/ajax_loader.gif"></div>
+<div class="loader"><img src="{$ROOT_URL}{$themeconf.img_dir}/ajax_loader.gif"></div>
 <ul class="thumbnails" id="thumbnails">
   {$THUMBNAILS}
 </ul>
diff --git a/themes/default/template/mainpage_categories.tpl b/themes/default/template/mainpage_categories.tpl
index 6ca8bbe2b..60bbf1cf6 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/mainpage_categories.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/mainpage_categories.tpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 {footer_script}
   var error_icon = "{$ROOT_URL}{$themeconf.icon_dir}/errors_small.png", max_requests = {$maxRequests};
 {/footer_script}
-<div class="loader" style="display: none; position: fixed; right: 0;bottom: 0;"><img src="{$ROOT_URL}{$themeconf.img_dir}/ajax_loader.gif"></div>
+<div class="loader"><img src="{$ROOT_URL}{$themeconf.img_dir}/ajax_loader.gif"></div>
 <ul class="thumbnailCategories">
 {foreach from=$category_thumbnails item=cat name=cat_loop}
 {assign var=derivative value=$pwg->derivative($derivative_params, $cat.representative.src_image)}
diff --git a/themes/default/theme.css b/themes/default/theme.css
index b3ae0f1b5..267b35fd1 100644
--- a/themes/default/theme.css
+++ b/themes/default/theme.css
@@ -253,6 +253,13 @@ TD.calDayCellFull, TD.calDayCellEmpty {
 	float: left;
 }
 
+/* Loader gif new in 2.5 */
+.loader {
+  display: none;
+  position: fixed;
+  right: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+}
 
 /* User comments */
 #comments {
diff --git a/themes/default/themeconf.inc.php b/themes/default/themeconf.inc.php
index 7d759f14e..3bd69eddd 100644
--- a/themes/default/themeconf.inc.php
+++ b/themes/default/themeconf.inc.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ $themeconf = array(
   'name'         => 'default',
   'icon_dir'      => 'themes/default/icon',
   'img_dir'      => 'themes/default/images',
-  'loading_img'      => 'themes/default/images/359_s.png',
   'mime_icon_dir' => 'themes/default/icon/mimetypes/',
   'local_head'    => 'local_head.tpl',
 );