diff --git a/client/web/icons/loading-animation.png b/client/web/icons/loading-animation.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e97cd02bc
Binary files /dev/null and b/client/web/icons/loading-animation.png differ
diff --git a/client/web/icons/loading-animation.svg b/client/web/icons/loading-animation.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index e9c0bb905..000000000
--- a/client/web/icons/loading-animation.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<svg xml:space="preserve" width="204.749" height="265.892" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision" image-rendering="optimizeQuality" fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" viewBox="0 0 120.44 156.346" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-    <path fill="#ee3167" d="M.351 78.566c-.54-.96-.41-1.65.07-2.62 19.9-36.97 49.93-59.65 87.77-75.86 1.29-.55 3.19.96 2.73 2.31-5.64 16.41-9.62 32.39-11.93 49.56-2.1 15.82-2.68 32.18-.55 49.27 2.26 19.39 6.89 35.48 12.47 52.82.62 1.93-1.35 2.81-2.86 2.07-39.4-19.4-69.26-44.76-87.7-77.55Z"/>
-    <path fill="#0098da" fill-opacity=".639" d="M117.721 112.686c-21.78-6.83-41.27-18.41-58.54-33.71-1.15-1.02-1.02-2.45.02-3.44 17.15-16.4 36.61-29.27 58.13-38.37 1.89-.81 3.45.76 2.89 2.92-6.1 23.39-7.44 46.5.08 69.67.62 1.93-.94 3.44-2.58 2.93z"/>
-    <path fill="#5abae7" d="M117.721 112.686c-14.34-4.5-27.69-11.06-40.06-19.37-.86-13.25-.93-19.14.46-33.75a189.84 189.84 0 0 1 39.21-22.4c1.89-.81 3.45.76 2.89 2.92-6.1 23.39-7.44 46.5.08 69.67.62 1.93-.94 3.44-2.58 2.93z"/>
-</svg>
diff --git a/client/web/index.html b/client/web/index.html
index ea51002fb..601d67ea8 100644
--- a/client/web/index.html
+++ b/client/web/index.html
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@
 
       @keyframes breathe {
         from {
-          transform: scale(1);
+          transform: scale(0.4);
           opacity: 1.0;
         }
 
         to {
-          transform: scale(0.95);
+          transform: scale(0.35);
           opacity: .7;
         }
       }
 
       @keyframes zooooom {
         from {
-          transform: scale(1)
+          transform: scale(0.4)
         }
 
         to {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         }
       }
     </style>
-    <img src="icons/loading-animation.svg" alt="Loading indicator..." />
+    <img src="icons/loading-animation.png" alt="Loading..." />
   </div>
   <script>
     window.addEventListener('load', function () {
diff --git a/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/cli/commands/publish.py b/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/cli/commands/publish.py
index a6b284ecf..9dfa57622 100644
--- a/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/cli/commands/publish.py
+++ b/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/cli/commands/publish.py
@@ -206,13 +206,20 @@ def filter_tar(tarinfo: tarfile.TarInfo):
                 ),
             )
         if options.app_title:
-            index = index.replace(
-                'content="Flet"', 'content="{}"'.format(options.app_title)
+            index = re.sub(
+                r"\<meta name=\"apple-mobile-web-app-title\" content=\"(.+)\">",
+                r'<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="{}">'.format(
+                    options.app_title
+                ),
+                index,
             )
         if options.app_description:
-            index = index.replace(
-                'content="Flet application."',
-                'content="{}"'.format(options.app_description),
+            index = re.sub(
+                r"\<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(.+)\">",
+                r'<meta name="description" content="{}">'.format(
+                    options.app_description
+                ),
+                index,
             )
 
         with open(index_path, "w") as f:
diff --git a/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/flet.py b/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/flet.py
index 6d77d9005..9aa63272e 100644
--- a/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/flet.py
+++ b/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/flet.py
@@ -443,9 +443,7 @@ def __start_flet_server(
         logging.info(f"Route URL strategy configured: {route_url_strategy}")
         fletd_env["FLET_ROUTE_URL_STRATEGY"] = route_url_strategy
 
-    web_root_dir = os.environ.get("FLET_WEB_PATH")
-    if not web_root_dir:
-        web_root_dir = get_package_web_dir()
+    web_root_dir = get_package_web_dir()
 
     if not os.path.exists(web_root_dir):
         raise Exception("Web root path not found: {}".format(web_root_dir))
diff --git a/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/utils.py b/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/utils.py
index c4486b71f..17bb239a8 100644
--- a/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/utils.py
+++ b/sdk/python/packages/flet/src/flet/utils.py
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def get_package_bin_dir():
 
 
 def get_package_web_dir():
-    return os.path.join(get_package_root_dir(), "web")
+    web_root_dir = os.environ.get("FLET_WEB_PATH")
+    return web_root_dir if web_root_dir else os.path.join(get_package_root_dir(), "web")
 
 
 def get_free_tcp_port():