diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/deployment-groups/index.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/deployment-groups/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1af0beb5..00000000
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/deployment-groups/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { default as DeploymentGroupsLoading } from './loading';
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/deployment-groups/loading.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/deployment-groups/loading.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 057a1528..00000000
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/deployment-groups/loading.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { Col, Row } from 'react-styled-flexboxgrid';
-import { Dots2 } from 'styled-text-spinners';
-
-const LoadingRow = Row.extend`
-  flex: 1 1 auto;
-`;
-
-export default () =>
-  <LoadingRow center="xs" around="xs" middle="xs">
-    <Col xs={1}>
-      <Dots2 />
-    </Col>
-  </LoadingRow>;
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/layout/container.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/layout/container.js
index f0099fe0..1cab6c3b 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/layout/container.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/layout/container.js
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ export default Grid.extend`
 
   ${isNot('plain')`
     flex: 1 1 auto;
-    display: flex;
+    display: block;
     flex-flow: column;
   `};
 
   ${is('center')`
     display: flex;
-    flex-direction: row;
+    flex-direction: column;
     flex-wrap: nowrap;
     justify-content: center;
     align-content: center;
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/manifest/edit-or-create.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/manifest/edit-or-create.js
index 0c7d15ce..068867ea 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/manifest/edit-or-create.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/manifest/edit-or-create.js
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import { Field } from 'redux-form';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 import SimpleTable from 'react-simple-table';
 import { Row, Col } from 'react-styled-flexboxgrid';
-import { Dots2 } from 'styled-text-spinners';
 import Bundle from 'react-bundle';
 import remcalc from 'remcalc';
 import forceArray from 'force-array';
 
+import { Loader } from '@components/messaging';
+
 import {
   FormGroup,
   FormMeta,
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ import {
   ProgressbarItem,
   ProgressbarButton,
   H3,
-  typography
+  typography,
+  StatusLoader
 } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
 
 const Dl = styled.dl`
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ class ManifestEditorBundle extends Component {
       }, 80);
     }
 
-    return <Dots2 />;
+    return <Loader />;
   }
   render() {
     if (!this.state.ManifestEditor) {
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ export const Manifest = ({
         disabled={!(dirty || !loading || defaultValue.length)}
         type="submit"
       >
-        Environment
+        {loading ? <StatusLoader /> : 'Environment'}
       </Button>
     </ButtonsRow>
   </form>;
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ const Filename = ({ name, onRemoveFile }) =>
 
 export const Files = ({ loading, files, onRemoveFile }) => {
   if (loading) {
-    return null;
+    return <Loader />;
   }
 
   const _files = files.map(({ id, name, value }) =>
@@ -229,12 +231,18 @@ export const Environment = ({
         disabled={!(dirty || !loading || defaultValue.length)}
         type="submit"
       >
-        {loading ? <Dots2 /> : 'Review'}
+        {loading ? <StatusLoader /> : 'Review'}
       </Button>
     </ButtonsRow>
   </form>;
 
-export const Review = ({ handleSubmit, onCancel, dirty, ...state }) => {
+export const Review = ({
+  handleSubmit,
+  onCancel,
+  dirty,
+  loading,
+  ...state
+}) => {
   const serviceList = forceArray(state.services).map(({ name, config }) =>
     <ServiceCard key={name}>
       <Dl>
@@ -274,11 +282,11 @@ export const Review = ({ handleSubmit, onCancel, dirty, ...state }) => {
     <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
       {serviceList}
       <ButtonsRow>
-        <Button onClick={onCancel} disabled={state.loading} secondary>
+        <Button onClick={onCancel} disabled={loading} secondary>
           Cancel
         </Button>
-        <Button disabled={state.loading} type="submit">
-          {state.loading ? <Dots2 /> : 'Confirm and Deploy'}
+        <Button disabled={loading} type="submit">
+          {loading ? <StatusLoader /> : 'Confirm and Deploy'}
         </Button>
       </ButtonsRow>
     </form>
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/messaging/loader.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/messaging/loader.js
index ff0664d1..917cb8f3 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/messaging/loader.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/messaging/loader.js
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ const Container = styled.div`
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   flex-wrap: nowrap;
-  justify-content: flex-start;
+  justify-content: center;
   align-content: center;
   align-items: center;
-  flex: 1 1 auto;
+
+  flex: 1 0 auto;
   align-self: stretch;
 `;
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ const Msg = P.extend`
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   align-self: stretch;
   text-align: center;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
 `;
 
 export default ({ msg }) =>
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/navigation/index.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/navigation/index.js
index d5cc1a4d..a69ba5ad 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/navigation/index.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/navigation/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export { default as Breadcrumb } from './breadcrumb';
 export { default as Menu } from './menu';
 export { default as Header } from './header';
+export { default as Title } from './title';
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/navigation/title.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/navigation/title.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..923a4aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/navigation/title.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { H2 } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
+import remcalc from 'remcalc';
+
+export default H2.extend`
+  margin-top: ${remcalc(2)};
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  align-self: stretch;
+`;
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/services/list-item.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/services/list-item.js
index 38ed6855..c230036b 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/services/list-item.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/components/services/list-item.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const ServiceListItem = ({
     onQuickActionsClick(evt, service);
   };
 
-  const children = forceArray(service.children);
+  const children = sortBy(forceArray(service.children), ['slug']);
   const isServiceInactive = service.status && service.status !== 'ACTIVE';
   const to = `/deployment-groups/${deploymentGroup}/services/${service.slug}`;
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const ServiceListItem = ({
     ? children.reduce((count, child) => count + child.instances.length, 0)
     : service.instances.length;
 
-  const childrenItems = sortBy(children, ['slug']).map(service =>
+  const childrenItems = children.map(service =>
     <ServiceListItem
       key={service.id}
       deploymentGroup={deploymentGroup}
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-group/delete.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-group/delete.js
index 99ff70a9..d1b943d3 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-group/delete.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-group/delete.js
@@ -9,12 +9,21 @@ import { Modal } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
 
 class DeploymentGroupDelete extends Component {
   render() {
-    if (this.props.loading) {
-      return <Loader />;
-    }
-    if (this.props.error) {
+    const { loading, error } = this.props;
+
+    if (loading) {
       return (
-        <ErrorMessage message="Oops, an error occured while loading your service." />
+        <Modal width={460} onCloseClick={handleCloseClick}>
+          <Loader />
+        </Modal>
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (error) {
+      return (
+        <Modal width={460} onCloseClick={handleCloseClick}>
+          <ErrorMessage message="Oops, an error occured while deleting your service." />
+        </Modal>
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/create.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/create.js
index e78e3185..894f8985 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/create.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/create.js
@@ -3,32 +3,11 @@ import React from 'react';
 import ManifestEditOrCreate from '@containers/manifest/edit-or-create';
 import { Progress } from '@components/manifest/edit-or-create';
 import { LayoutContainer } from '@components/layout';
-import { DeploymentGroupsLoading } from '@components/deployment-groups';
-import { H2 } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
+import { Title } from '@components/navigation';
 
-export default ({
-  loading,
-  error,
-  manifest = '',
-  deploymentGroup = null,
-  match
-}) => {
-  const stage = match.params.stage;
-
-  return (
-    <LayoutContainer>
-      <H2>Creating deployment group</H2>
-      {loading && <DeploymentGroupsLoading />}
-      {error &&
-        <span>
-          {error.toString()}
-        </span>}
-      <Progress stage={stage} create />
-      <ManifestEditOrCreate
-        manifest={manifest}
-        deploymentGroup={deploymentGroup}
-        create
-      />
-    </LayoutContainer>
-  );
-};
+export default ({ match }) =>
+  <LayoutContainer>
+    <Title>Creating deployment group</Title>
+    <Progress stage={match.params.stage} create />
+    <ManifestEditOrCreate create />
+  </LayoutContainer>;
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/import.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/import.js
index 3d25b363..cbd5d2dc 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/import.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/import.js
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ import intercept from 'apr-intercept';
 import DeploymentGroupImportMutation from '@graphql/DeploymentGroupImport.gql';
 
 import { LayoutContainer } from '@components/layout';
-import { DeploymentGroupsLoading } from '@components/deployment-groups';
-import { H2 } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
+import { Title } from '@components/navigation';
+import { ErrorMessage, Loader } from '@components/messaging';
 
 class DeploymentGroupImport extends Component {
   constructor() {
     super();
 
     this.state = {
-      loading: true,
       error: false
     };
 
@@ -40,14 +39,21 @@ class DeploymentGroupImport extends Component {
   render() {
     const { loading, error } = this.state;
 
+    const _title = <Title>Importing deployment group</Title>;
+
+    if (error) {
+      return (
+        <LayoutContainer>
+          {_title}
+          <ErrorMessage message="Oops, and error occured while importing your deployment groups." />
+        </LayoutContainer>
+      );
+    }
+
     return (
-      <LayoutContainer>
-        <H2>Importing deployment group</H2>
-        {loading && <DeploymentGroupsLoading />}
-        {error &&
-          <span>
-            {error.toString()}
-          </span>}
+      <LayoutContainer center>
+        {_title}
+        <Loader />
       </LayoutContainer>
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/list.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/list.js
index 8aa1c55f..877a4528 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/list.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/deployment-groups/list.js
@@ -8,16 +8,12 @@ import forceArray from 'force-array';
 import remcalc from 'remcalc';
 
 import { LayoutContainer } from '@components/layout';
-import { ErrorMessage } from '@components/messaging';
-import { DeploymentGroupsLoading } from '@components/deployment-groups';
+import { Title } from '@components/navigation';
+import { ErrorMessage, Loader } from '@components/messaging';
 import DeploymentGroupsQuery from '@graphql/DeploymentGroups.gql';
 import DeploymentGroupsImportableQuery from '@graphql/DeploymentGroupsImportable.gql';
 import { H2, H3, Small, IconButton, BinIcon } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
 
-const Title = H2.extend`
-  margin-top: ${remcalc(2)};
-`;
-
 const DGsRows = Row.extend`
   margin-top: ${remcalc(-7)};
 `;
@@ -109,14 +105,25 @@ const DeploymentGroupList = ({
   error,
   match
 }) => {
-  const _loading = !loading ? null : <DeploymentGroupsLoading />;
+  const _title = <Title>Deployment groups</Title>;
 
-  // todo improve this error message style according to new designs
-  const _error = !error
-    ? null
-    : <Row>
+  if (loading) {
+    return (
+      <LayoutContainer center>
+        {_title}
+        <Loader />
+      </LayoutContainer>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <LayoutContainer>
+        {_title}
         <ErrorMessage message="Oops, and error occured while loading your deployment groups." />
-      </Row>;
+      </LayoutContainer>
+    );
+  }
 
   const groups = forceArray(deploymentGroups).map(({ slug, name }) =>
     <Col xs={12} sm={4} md={3} lg={3} key={slug}>
@@ -159,9 +166,7 @@ const DeploymentGroupList = ({
 
   return (
     <LayoutContainer>
-      <Title>Deployment groups</Title>
-      {_loading}
-      {_error}
+      {_title}
       <DGsRows>
         {groups}
         {create}
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/instances/list.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/instances/list.js
index 59943de6..0a432257 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/instances/list.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/instances/list.js
@@ -1,52 +1,63 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
-// Import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { compose, graphql } from 'react-apollo';
 import InstancesQuery from '@graphql/Instances.gql';
 import { Row } from 'react-styled-flexboxgrid';
 import remcalc from 'remcalc';
+import forceArray from 'force-array';
+import sortBy from 'lodash.sortby';
 
 import { LayoutContainer } from '@components/layout';
-import { ErrorMessage } from '@components/messaging';
+import { Title } from '@components/navigation';
+import { Loader, ErrorMessage } from '@components/messaging';
 import { InstanceListItem, EmptyInstances } from '@components/instances';
-import { DeploymentGroupsLoading } from '@components/deployment-groups';
-import { H2 } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
 
-const Title = H2.extend`
-  margin-top: ${remcalc(2)};
-`;
-
-class InstanceList extends Component {
-  render() {
-    const { instances, loading, error } = this.props;
-
-    const _loading = !loading ? null : <DeploymentGroupsLoading />;
-
-    const _error = !error
-      ? null
-      : <Row>
-          <ErrorMessage message="Oops, and error occured while loading your instances." />
-        </Row>;
-
-    const instanceList = instances
-      ? instances.map((instance, index) =>
-          <InstanceListItem
-            instance={instance}
-            key={instance.id}
-            toggleCollapsed={() => null}
-          />
-        )
-      : <EmptyInstances />;
+const InstanceList = ({ deploymentGroup, instances = [], loading, error }) => {
+  const _title = <Title>Instances</Title>;
 
+  if (loading && !forceArray(instances).length) {
     return (
-      <LayoutContainer>
-        <Title>Instances</Title>
-        {_error}
-        {_loading}
-        {instanceList}
+      <LayoutContainer center>
+        {_title}
+        <Loader />
       </LayoutContainer>
     );
   }
-}
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <LayoutContainer>
+        {_title}
+        <ErrorMessage message="Oops, and error occured while loading your instances." />
+      </LayoutContainer>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (deploymentGroup.status === 'PROVISIONING' && !instances.length) {
+    return (
+      <LayoutContainer center>
+        {_title}
+        <Loader msg="Just a moment, we’re on it" />
+      </LayoutContainer>
+    );
+  }
+
+  const instanceList = instances.map((instance, index) =>
+    <InstanceListItem
+      instance={instance}
+      key={instance.id}
+      toggleCollapsed={() => null}
+    />
+  );
+
+  const _instances = !instanceList.length ? <EmptyInstances /> : instanceList;
+
+  return (
+    <LayoutContainer>
+      {_title}
+      {_instances}
+    </LayoutContainer>
+  );
+};
 
 const InstanceListGql = graphql(InstancesQuery, {
   options(props) {
@@ -63,18 +74,20 @@ const InstanceListGql = graphql(InstancesQuery, {
     };
   },
   props: ({ data: { deploymentGroup, loading, error } }) => ({
-    instances:
-      deploymentGroup && deploymentGroup.services
-        ? deploymentGroup.services.reduce(
+    deploymentGroup,
+    instances: sortBy(
+      forceArray(
+        deploymentGroup &&
+          forceArray(deploymentGroup.services).reduce(
             (instances, service) => instances.concat(service.instances),
             []
           )
-        : null,
+      ).filter(Boolean),
+      ['name']
+    ),
     loading,
     error
   })
 });
 
-const InstanceListWithData = compose(InstanceListGql)(InstanceList);
-
-export default InstanceListWithData;
+export default compose(InstanceListGql)(InstanceList);
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/manifest/edit-or-create.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/manifest/edit-or-create.js
index 6bdec156..fb9ac3f0 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/manifest/edit-or-create.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/manifest/edit-or-create.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import DeploymentGroupProvisionMutation from '@graphql/DeploymentGroupProvision.
 import DeploymentGroupConfigQuery from '@graphql/DeploymentGroupConfig.gql';
 
 import { client } from '@state/store';
+import { ErrorMessage } from '@components/messaging';
 import {
   Name,
   Manifest,
@@ -354,14 +355,10 @@ class DeploymentGroupEditOrCreate extends Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { error, defaultStage, manifestStage } = this.state;
+    const { error, loading, defaultStage, manifestStage } = this.state;
 
     if (error) {
-      return (
-        <span>
-          {error}
-        </span>
-      );
+      return <ErrorMessage message={error} />;
     }
 
     const { match, create } = this.props;
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/manifest/index.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/manifest/index.js
index 866e2572..0e158389 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/manifest/index.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/manifest/index.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import DeploymentGroupBySlugQuery from '@graphql/DeploymentGroupBySlug.gql';
 import ManifestEditOrCreate from '@containers/manifest/edit-or-create';
 import { Progress } from '@components/manifest/edit-or-create';
 import { LayoutContainer } from '@components/layout';
-import { DeploymentGroupsLoading } from '@components/deployment-groups';
-import { H2 } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
+import { Title } from '@components/navigation';
+import { Loader, ErrorMessage } from '@components/messaging';
 
 const Manifest = ({
   loading,
@@ -21,43 +21,42 @@ const Manifest = ({
   match
 }) => {
   const stage = match.params.stage;
-  const _loading = !loading ? null : <DeploymentGroupsLoading />;
-  const _error = !error
-    ? null
-    : <span>
-        {error.toString()}
-      </span>;
+  const _title = <Title>Edit Manifest</Title>;
 
-  const _view =
-    loading || !deploymentGroup
-      ? null
-      : <ManifestEditOrCreate
-          manifest={manifest}
-          environment={environment}
-          deploymentGroup={deploymentGroup}
-          edit
-        />;
+  if (loading || !deploymentGroup) {
+    return (
+      <LayoutContainer center>
+        {_title}
+        <Loader />
+      </LayoutContainer>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <LayoutContainer>
+        {_title}
+        <ErrorMessage message="Oops, and error occured while loading your services." />
+      </LayoutContainer>
+    );
+  }
 
   const _notice =
-    !error &&
-    !loading &&
-    deploymentGroup &&
-    deploymentGroup.imported &&
-    !manifest
-      ? <span>
-          Since this DeploymentGroup was imported, it doesn&#x27;t have the
-          initial manifest
-        </span>
+    deploymentGroup && deploymentGroup.imported && !manifest
+      ? <ErrorMessage message="Since this DeploymentGroup was imported, it doesn&#x27;t have the initial manifest" />
       : null;
 
   return (
     <LayoutContainer>
-      <H2>Edit Manifest</H2>
+      {_title}
       <Progress stage={stage} edit />
-      {_error}
-      {_loading}
       {_notice}
-      {_view}
+      <ManifestEditOrCreate
+        manifest={manifest}
+        environment={environment}
+        deploymentGroup={deploymentGroup}
+        edit
+      />
     </LayoutContainer>
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/navigation/header.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/navigation/header.js
index 939ad7b4..0e917284 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/navigation/header.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/navigation/header.js
@@ -1,30 +1,17 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { graphql } from 'react-apollo';
+import get from 'lodash.get';
+
 import PortalQuery from '@graphql/Portal.gql';
 import { Header as HeaderComponent } from '@components/navigation';
 
-const Header = ({
-  portal = {
-    datacenter: {
-      region: ''
-    },
-    user: {
-      firstName: ''
-    }
-  },
-  loading,
-  error
-}) =>
-  <HeaderComponent
-    datacenter={portal.datacenter.region}
-    username={portal.user.firstName}
-  />;
+const Header = ({ datacenter, username }) =>
+  <HeaderComponent datacenter={datacenter} username={username} />;
 
 const HeaderWithData = graphql(PortalQuery, {
-  props: ({ data: { portal, loading, error } }) => ({
-    portal,
-    loading,
-    error
+  props: ({ data: { portal = {} } }) => ({
+    datacenter: get(portal, 'datacenter.region', ''),
+    username: get(portal, 'user.firstName', '')
   })
 })(Header);
 
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/delete.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/delete.js
index 37b75314..82d010be 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/delete.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/delete.js
@@ -9,12 +9,21 @@ import ServiceGql from './service-gql';
 
 class ServiceDelete extends Component {
   render() {
-    if (this.props.loading) {
-      return <Loader />;
-    }
-    if (this.props.error) {
+    const { loading, error } = this.props;
+
+    if (loading) {
       return (
-        <ErrorMessage message="Oops, an error occured while loading your service." />
+        <Modal width={460} onCloseClick={handleCloseClick}>
+          <Loader />
+        </Modal>
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (error) {
+      return (
+        <Modal width={460} onCloseClick={handleCloseClick}>
+          <ErrorMessage message="Oops, an error occured while deleting your service." />
+        </Modal>
       );
     }
 
@@ -56,8 +65,4 @@ const DeleteServicesGql = graphql(ServicesDeleteMutation, {
   })
 });
 
-const ServiceDeleteWithData = compose(DeleteServicesGql, ServiceGql)(
-  ServiceDelete
-);
-
-export default ServiceDeleteWithData;
+export default compose(DeleteServicesGql, ServiceGql)(ServiceDelete);
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/scale.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/scale.js
index af89951b..7bb5639e 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/scale.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/scale.js
@@ -10,13 +10,21 @@ import ServiceGql from './service-gql';
 
 class ServiceScale extends Component {
   render() {
-    if (this.props.loading) {
-      return <Loader />;
+    const { loading, error } = this.props;
+
+    if (loading) {
+      return (
+        <Modal width={460} onCloseClick={handleCloseClick}>
+          <Loader />
+        </Modal>
+      );
     }
 
-    if (this.props.error) {
+    if (error) {
       return (
-        <ErrorMessage message="Oops, an error occured while loading your service." />
+        <Modal width={460} onCloseClick={handleCloseClick}>
+          <ErrorMessage message="Oops, an error occured while scaling your service." />
+        </Modal>
       );
     }
 
@@ -85,6 +93,4 @@ const ServiceScaleGql = graphql(ServiceScaleMutation, {
   })
 });
 
-const ServiceScaleWithData = compose(ServiceScaleGql, ServiceGql)(ServiceScale);
-
-export default ServiceScaleWithData;
+export default compose(ServiceScaleGql, ServiceGql)(ServiceScale);
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/list.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/list.js
index 209e4dd4..81fa9b94 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/list.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/list.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ServiceList extends Component {
       startServices
     } = this.props;
 
-    if (loading) {
+    if (loading && !forceArray(services).length) {
       return (
         <LayoutContainer center>
           <Loader />
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ServiceList extends Component {
       !forceArray(services).length
     ) {
       return (
-        <LayoutContainer>
+        <LayoutContainer center>
           <Loader msg="Just a moment, we’re on it" />
         </LayoutContainer>
       );
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/menu.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/menu.js
index b2c940d7..cc5aef47 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/menu.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/menu.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Col, Row } from 'react-styled-flexboxgrid';
 import remcalc from 'remcalc';
 import unitcalc from 'unitcalc';
 import { LayoutContainer } from '@components/layout';
+import { Title } from '@components/navigation';
 
 import { H2, FormGroup, Toggle, ToggleList, Legend } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ const ServicesMenu = ({ location, history: { push } }) => {
 
   return (
     <LayoutContainer plain>
-      <H2>Services</H2>
+      <Title>Services</Title>
       <PaddedRow>
         <Col xs={5}>
           <FormGroup name="service-view" value={toggleValue}>
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/topology.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/topology.js
index fac0a61b..8b0936dd 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/topology.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/topology.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const StyledContainer = styled.div`
 const ServicesTopology = ({
   url,
   push,
+  deploymentGroup,
   services,
   datacenter,
   loading,
@@ -41,11 +42,13 @@ const ServicesTopology = ({
 }) => {
   if (loading) {
     return (
-      <LayoutContainer>
+      <LayoutContainer center>
         <Loader />
       </LayoutContainer>
     );
-  } else if (error) {
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
     return (
       <LayoutContainer>
         <ErrorMessage message="Oops, and error occured while loading your services." />
@@ -53,6 +56,17 @@ const ServicesTopology = ({
     );
   }
 
+  if (
+    deploymentGroup.status === 'PROVISIONING' &&
+    !forceArray(services).length
+  ) {
+    return (
+      <LayoutContainer center>
+        <Loader msg="Just a moment, we’re on it" />
+      </LayoutContainer>
+    );
+  }
+
   const handleQuickActionsClick = (evt, tooltipData) => {
     toggleServicesQuickActions(tooltipData);
   };
@@ -132,7 +146,8 @@ const ServicesGql = graphql(ServicesQuery, {
       }
     };
   },
-  props: ({ data: { deploymentGroup, loading, error } }) => ({
+  props: ({ data: { deploymentGroup = {}, loading, error } }) => ({
+    deploymentGroup,
     services: deploymentGroup
       ? processServicesForTopology(deploymentGroup.services)
       : null,
diff --git a/packages/ui-toolkit/src/modal/index.js b/packages/ui-toolkit/src/modal/index.js
index 127f4761..f63117fa 100644
--- a/packages/ui-toolkit/src/modal/index.js
+++ b/packages/ui-toolkit/src/modal/index.js
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ const StyledModal = styled.div`
   position: absolute;
   left: 50%;
   top: 33.33%;
-  padding: ${remcalc(30)} ${remcalc(36)} ${remcalc(36)} ${remcalc(36)};
-  background-color: ${theme.white};
+  padding: ${remcalc(36)} ${remcalc(36)} ${remcalc(36)} ${remcalc(36)};
+  background-color: ${props => props.theme.white};
   box-shadow: ${modalShadow};
 
   width: ${props => remcalc(props.width)};