diff --git a/bin/app/data/gui/splash_blue.png b/bin/app/data/gui/splash_blue.png
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..85b8a0cf
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diff --git a/bin/app/data/gui/splash_white.png b/bin/app/data/gui/splash_white.png
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e9cb70fb
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/app/data/gui/splash_white.png differ
diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 075eddaf..3a1301be 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ add_files(
 	qt/element/QtSearchBar.h
 	qt/element/QtSmartSearchBox.cpp
 	qt/element/QtSmartSearchBox.h
+	qt/element/QtSplashScreen.cpp
+	qt/element/QtSplashScreen.h
 	qt/element/QtStatusBar.cpp
 	qt/element/QtStatusBar.h
 	qt/element/QtUndoRedo.cpp
diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 70edb8d7..9d135f5b 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QBitmap>
+#include <QThread>
+#include <QSplashScreen>
+#include <QtWidgets/qmainwindow.h>
 
 #include "Application.h"
 #include "includes.h" // defines 'void setup(int argc, char *argv[])'
+#include "qt/element/QtSplashScreen.h"
 #include "qt/utility/utilityQt.h"
 #include "qt/view/QtViewFactory.h"
 #include "utility/logging/ConsoleLogger.h"
@@ -23,16 +28,58 @@ void init()
 	utility::loadFontsFromDirectory("data/fonts", ".otf");
 }
 
+class InitThread : public QThread
+{
+public:
+	void run(void)
+	{
+		//min Time the Splash screen is displayed
+		//QThread::msleep(1000);
+	}
+};
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	setup(argc, argv);
-
 	QApplication qtApp(argc, argv);
 
+	QPixmap whitePixmap(500,500);
+	whitePixmap.fill(Qt::white);
+
+	QPixmap p;
+	p.load("data/gui/splash_white.png");
+	QPixmap foreground = p.scaled(whitePixmap.size()*0.8);
+	p.load("data/gui/splash_blue.png");
+	QPixmap background = p.scaled(whitePixmap.size()*0.9);
+
+	QtSplashScreen* splash = new QtSplashScreen(whitePixmap, Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint);
+	qtApp.processEvents();
+	splash->setForeground(foreground);
+	splash->setBackground(background);
+
+	splash->show();
+	splash->repaint();
+	qtApp.processEvents();
+	if (splash) splash->message( "Starting GUI" );
+	qtApp.processEvents();
+
 	init();
 
+	// Eventloop for Splashscreen
+	QEventLoop loop;
+	InitThread* initThread = new InitThread();
+	QObject::connect(initThread, SIGNAL(finished()), &loop, SLOT(quit()));
+	QObject::connect(initThread, SIGNAL(terminated()), &loop, SLOT(quit()));
+	initThread->start();
+	loop.exec();
+
 	QtViewFactory viewFactory;
 	std::shared_ptr<Application> app = Application::create(&viewFactory);
 
+	if(splash)
+	{
+		delete splash;
+	}
+
 	return qtApp.exec();
 }
diff --git a/src/app/qt/element/QtSplashScreen.cpp b/src/app/qt/element/QtSplashScreen.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80605192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/qt/element/QtSplashScreen.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include "QtSplashScreen.h"
+
+#include <QTimer>
+
+QtSplashScreen::QtSplashScreen(const QPixmap &pixmap, Qt::WindowFlags f) : QSplashScreen (pixmap, f)
+{
+    state = 0;
+    QTimer *timer = new QTimer( this );
+    QObject::connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(animate()));
+    timer->start(150);
+    show();
+    repaint();
+}
+
+QtSplashScreen::~QtSplashScreen()
+{
+}
+
+void QtSplashScreen::animate()
+{
+    state = (state+2)%120;
+    repaint();
+}
+
+void QtSplashScreen::setBackground(QPixmap& pixmap)
+{
+    m_Background = pixmap;
+}
+
+void QtSplashScreen::setForeground(QPixmap &pixmap)
+{
+    m_Foreground = pixmap;
+}
+
+void QtSplashScreen::message(const QString &str, int flag, const QColor &color)
+{
+    QSplashScreen::showMessage(str,flag,color);
+    animate();
+    m_string = str;
+}
+
+void QtSplashScreen::drawContents(QPainter *painter)
+{
+    painter->save();
+    painter->translate(rect().width()/2,rect().height()/2);
+    painter->rotate(state*3);
+    painter->drawPixmap(-rect().width()*0.9/2,-rect().height()*0.9/2,m_Background);
+    painter->restore();
+    painter->drawPixmap(rect().width()*0.1,rect().height()*0.1,m_Foreground);
+
+    painter->setPen(QColor(74,112,18));
+    QRect r = rect();
+    r.setRect(r.x() + 5, r.y() + 5, r.width() - 10, r.height() - 10);
+
+    // TODO: automated Version number
+    painter->drawText(r, Qt::AlignRight, "Version 0.0.0");
+
+    // Draw message at given position, limited to 43 chars
+    // If message is too long, string is truncated
+    if (m_string.length() > 40) {m_string.truncate(39); m_string += "...";}
+    painter->drawText(90, 16,m_string);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/app/qt/element/QtSplashScreen.h b/src/app/qt/element/QtSplashScreen.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65d454ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/qt/element/QtSplashScreen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#ifndef QTSPLASHSCREEN_H
+#define QTSPLASHSCREEN_H
+
+#include <QSplashScreen>
+#include <QPainter>
+#include <QWidget>
+
+class QPixmap;
+
+class QtSplashScreen : public QSplashScreen
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    QtSplashScreen(const QPixmap& pixmap, Qt::WindowFlags f = 0);
+    QtSplashScreen(Qt::WindowFlags f = 0);
+    virtual ~QtSplashScreen();
+    void setBackground(QPixmap& pixmap);
+    void setForeground(QPixmap& pixmap);
+protected:
+    void drawContents(QPainter* painter);
+
+public slots:
+    void animate();
+    void message(const QString& str, int flag = Qt::AlignLeft, const QColor& color = Qt::black);
+
+private:
+    QString m_string;
+    int state;
+    QPixmap m_Background;
+    QPixmap m_Foreground;
+};
+
+#endif //QTSPLASHSCREEN_H