diff --git a/FlatCAMApp.py b/FlatCAMApp.py
index d57bece9..a68ddc0a 100644
--- a/FlatCAMApp.py
+++ b/FlatCAMApp.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from FlatCAMCommon import LoudDict
 from FlatCAMTool import *
 from FlatCAMShell import FCShell
 from FlatCAMDraw import FlatCAMDraw
+from FlatCAMProcess import *
 
 
 ########################################
@@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
 
         self.clipboard = QtGui.QApplication.clipboard()
 
+        self.proc_container = FCVisibleProcessContainer(self.ui.activity_view)
+
         self.project_filename = None
 
         self.toggle_units_ignore = False
@@ -1552,6 +1555,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
 
         App.log.debug("open_gerber()")
 
+        proc = self.proc_container.new("Opening Gerber")
         self.progress.emit(10)
 
         # How the object should be initialized
@@ -1600,6 +1604,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         self.file_opened.emit("gerber", filename)
 
         self.progress.emit(100)
+        proc.done()
 
         # GUI feedback
         self.inform.emit("Opened: " + filename)
diff --git a/FlatCAMGUI.py b/FlatCAMGUI.py
index 86e89b6b..4f33cb13 100644
--- a/FlatCAMGUI.py
+++ b/FlatCAMGUI.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class FlatCAMActivityView(QtGui.QWidget):
 
         self.icon = QtGui.QLabel(self)
         self.icon.setGeometry(0, 0, 12, 12)
-        self.movie = QtGui.QMovie("share/717.GIF")
+        self.movie = QtGui.QMovie("share/active.gif")
         self.icon.setMovie(self.movie)
         #self.movie.start()
 
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ class FlatCAMActivityView(QtGui.QWidget):
         self.movie.start()
         self.text.setText(msg)
 
+
 class FlatCAMInfoBar(QtGui.QWidget):
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
diff --git a/FlatCAMObj.py b/FlatCAMObj.py
index 64892be4..26524067 100644
--- a/FlatCAMObj.py
+++ b/FlatCAMObj.py
@@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ class FlatCAMGeometry(FlatCAMObj, Geometry):
             self.app.inform.emit('[warning] No polygon found.')
             return
 
+        proc = self.app.proc_container.new("Painting polygon.")
+
         # Initializes the new geometry object
         def gen_paintarea(geo_obj, app_obj):
             assert isinstance(geo_obj, FlatCAMGeometry)
@@ -1000,6 +1002,7 @@ class FlatCAMGeometry(FlatCAMObj, Geometry):
         def job_thread(app_obj):
             name = self.options["name"] + "_paint"
             app_obj.new_object("geometry", name, gen_paintarea)
+            proc.done()
 
         self.app.inform.emit("Polygon Paint started ...")
         self.app.worker_task.emit({'fcn': job_thread, 'params': [self.app]})
diff --git a/FlatCAMProcess.py b/FlatCAMProcess.py
index cfd4801d..9ab151cc 100644
--- a/FlatCAMProcess.py
+++ b/FlatCAMProcess.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 from FlatCAMGUI import FlatCAMActivityView
+from PyQt4 import QtCore
+import weakref
+
 
 class FCProcess(object):
 
@@ -8,7 +11,11 @@ class FCProcess(object):
         }
         self.descr = descr
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.done()
+
     def done(self):
+        print "FCProcess.done()"
         for fcn in self.callbacks["done"]:
             fcn(self)
 
@@ -34,40 +41,74 @@ class FCProcessContainer(object):
 
     def add(self, proc):
 
-        self.procs.append(proc)
+        self.procs.append(weakref.ref(proc))
 
     def new(self, descr):
         proc = FCProcess(descr)
+
         proc.connect(self.on_done, event="done")
 
-    def on_done(self, proc):
+        # if proc not in self.procs:
+        #     self.procs.append(proc)
+        self.add(proc)
+
+        self.on_change(proc)
+
+        return proc
+
+    def on_change(self, proc):
         pass
 
+    def on_done(self, proc):
+        self.remove(proc)
+
     def remove(self, proc):
 
-        if proc in self.procs:
-            self.procs.remove(proc)
+        to_be_removed = []
+
+        for pref in self.procs:
+            if pref() == proc or pref() is None:
+                to_be_removed.append(pref)
+
+        for pref in to_be_removed:
+            self.procs.remove(pref)
 
 
-class FCVisibleProcessContainer(FCProcessContainer):
+class FCVisibleProcessContainer(QtCore.QObject, FCProcessContainer):
+    something_changed = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
 
     def __init__(self, view):
         assert isinstance(view, FlatCAMActivityView)
 
-        super(FCVisibleProcessContainer, self).__init__()
+        #super(FCVisibleProcessContainer, self).__init__()
+        FCProcessContainer.__init__(self)
+        QtCore.QObject.__init__(self)
 
         self.view = view
 
+        self.something_changed.connect(self.update_view)
+
     def on_done(self, proc):
+        print "FCVisibleProcessContainer.on_done()"
         super(FCVisibleProcessContainer, self).on_done(proc)
 
-        self.update_view()
+        #self.update_view()
+        self.something_changed.emit()
+
+    def on_change(self, proc):
+        print "FCVisibleProcessContainer.on_change()"
+        super(FCVisibleProcessContainer, self).on_change(proc)
+
+        #self.update_view()
+        self.something_changed.emit()
 
     def update_view(self):
-
+        print "FCVisibleProcessContainer.update_view()"
         if len(self.procs) == 0:
             self.view.set_idle()
+
         elif len(self.procs) == 1:
-            self.view.set_busy(self.procs[0].status_msg())
+            self.view.set_busy(self.procs[0]().status_msg())
+
         else:
             self.view.set_busy("%d processes running." % len(self.procs))
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diff --git a/share/active.gif b/share/active.gif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2cb55d7
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