diff --git a/dashboard/src/setup.css b/dashboard/src/setup.css
index 67e1888df..a2c7bc5c8 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/setup.css
+++ b/dashboard/src/setup.css
@@ -22,3 +22,38 @@ h1 {
   background-color: transparent;
   cursor: copy;
 }
+
+@keyframes rotate {
+  0% {
+    transform: rotate(0deg);
+  }
+  100% {
+    transform: rotate(360deg);
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes color {
+  0% {
+    background-position: 0% 0%;
+  }
+  100% {
+    background-position: 100% 100%;
+  }
+}
+
+.gradient {
+  --blob-size: 200px;
+  --speed: 6s;
+  --easing: cubic-bezier(0.8, 0.2, 0.2, 0.8);
+
+  width: var(--blob-size);
+  height: var(--blob-size);
+  filter: blur(calc(var(--blob-size) / 5));
+  animation: rotate var(--speed) var(--easing) alternate infinite, color 5s var(--easing) alternate infinite;
+  border-radius: 30% 70% 70% 30% / 30% 30% 70% 70%;
+  margin-top: 60px;
+  margin-bottom: 80px;
+
+  background-size: 200% 200%;
+  background-image: linear-gradient(#096dbd, #c340ff, #ffa240);
+}
diff --git a/dashboard/src/setup.js b/dashboard/src/setup.js
index 95e60b878..ee50c3d15 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/setup.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/setup.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import SetupView from './views/SetupView.vue';
 
 import './style.css';
 import './setup.css';
+import './starfall.css';
 
 (async function init() {
   const app = createApp(SetupView);
diff --git a/dashboard/src/style.css b/dashboard/src/style.css
index 7db576cf0..50ef44c52 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/style.css
+++ b/dashboard/src/style.css
@@ -295,3 +295,17 @@ fieldset > * {
   opacity: 0;
   transform: translateY(-30px);
 }
+
+.fade-scale-enter-active {
+  transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
+}
+
+.fade-scale-leave-active {
+  transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1);
+}
+
+.fade-scale-enter-from,
+.fade-scale-leave-to {
+  transform: scale(0.95);
+  opacity: 0;
+}
diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
index b14d7e6eb..6f8e4a3e9 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
@@ -146,18 +146,13 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   <div class="container" v-if="ready">
     <Notification />
 
-    <Transition name="slide-up" mode="out-in">
-      <div class="view" v-if="waitingForDnsSetup" style="text-align: center; max-width: unset;">
-        <div>
+    <Transition name="fade-scale" mode="out-in">
+      <div class="view" v-if="waitingForDnsSetup" style="max-width: unset; height: 100%;">
+        <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 100%; align-items: center;">
+          <div class="gradient" v-if="waitingForDnsSetup"></div>
           <h3>Please wait while Cloudron is setting up the dashboard</h3>
-          <ProgressBar mode="indeterminate" :show-label="false" :slim="true"/>
-          <h3>{{ progressMessage }}</h3>
-        </div>
-        <div style="position: absolute; bottom: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; font-size: 12px;">
-          <span v-show="taskMinutesActive >= 4">If setup appears stuck, it can be restarted by running <code @click="onCopyToClipboard('systemctl restart box')">systemctl restart box</code> and reloading this page.</span>
-          <br/>
-          <br/>
-          You can follow the logs on the server at <code @click="onCopyToClipboard('/home/yellowtent/platformdata/logs/box.log')">/home/yellowtent/platformdata/logs/box.log</code>
+          <h4 style="margin-top: 0">{{ progressMessage }}</h4>
+          <small>You can follow the logs on the server at <code @click="onCopyToClipboard('/home/yellowtent/platformdata/logs/box.log')">/home/yellowtent/platformdata/logs/box.log</code></small>
         </div>
       </div>