diff --git a/lib/integrity/ui/public/spinner.gif b/lib/integrity/ui/public/spinner.gif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a08feb7
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diff --git a/lib/integrity/ui/views/home.haml b/lib/integrity/ui/views/home.haml
index fb91f0f4..f88cb1be 100644
--- a/lib/integrity/ui/views/home.haml
+++ b/lib/integrity/ui/views/home.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 - else
   %ul#projects
     - @projects.each do |project|
-      %li{ :class => cycle("even", "odd") }
+      %li{ :class => cycle("even", "odd") + (project.building? ? ' building' : '') }
         %a{ :href => project_url(project) }&= project.name
   %p#new
     %a{ :href => "/new" } Add a new project
diff --git a/lib/integrity/ui/views/integrity.sass b/lib/integrity/ui/views/integrity.sass
index 493a3943..34d44195 100644
--- a/lib/integrity/ui/views/integrity.sass
+++ b/lib/integrity/ui/views/integrity.sass
@@ -200,12 +200,15 @@ a
       :border-bottom = 1px solid !rule_color
       &.odd
         :background = !content_bg - #080808
+      &.building
+        :background transparent url(/spinner.gif) no-repeat scroll right
     a
       :font-size 2em
       :padding .25em
       :line-height 1.2
       :font-weight bold
       :display block
+
   
   #previous_builds
     li
@@ -325,4 +328,4 @@ a
   :color #666
   :text-align right
   strong
-    :font-weight bold
\ No newline at end of file
+    :font-weight bold
diff --git a/spec/ui_spec.rb b/spec/ui_spec.rb
index 22eeb68e..7c62e17c 100644
--- a/spec/ui_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ui_spec.rb
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ def provide_valid_credentials!
     
     describe "with available projects" do
       before do
-        @project_1 = stub("project", :name => "The 1st Project", :permalink => "the-1st-project")
-        @project_2 = stub("project", :name => "The 2nd Project", :permalink => "the-2nd-project")
+        @project_1 = stub("project", :name => "The 1st Project", :permalink => "the-1st-project", :building? => true)
+        @project_2 = stub("project", :name => "The 2nd Project", :permalink => "the-2nd-project", :building? => false)
         Project.stub!(:all).and_return([@project_1, @project_2])
       end
       
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ def provide_valid_credentials!
         end
       end
 
+      it 'should mark projects being built as such' do
+        get_it '/'
+        body.should have_tag('#projects li[@class~="building"]', :count => 1)
+      end
+
       it "should have a link to add a new project" do
         get_it "/"
         body.should have_tag("#new a[@href=/new]", /add a new project/i)