# \[bug report\] 'Please select an animation file' displays while lottie component is loading a file **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** bug\ **Created:** [March 10, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bug-report-please-select-an-animation-file-displays-while-lottie-component-is-loading-a-file/1776811 "2022-03-10T12:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fastasarocket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fastasarocket/32/86537_2.png) [@fastasarocket](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fastasarocket)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bug-report-please-select-an-animation-file-displays-while-lottie-component-is-loading-a-file/1776811/1 "2022-03-10T12:12:36Z")
I have a lottie animation while my app is loading. It works perfectly on iOS, Android, Thunkable Live but not as a published web app. It comes up with the text in the below screenshot. Anyone know how to fix this? ![Pasted Graphic 2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/1/a/1a0574c0cd76c308b817e2bf316016134e9b372d.png) ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bug-report-please-select-an-animation-file-displays-while-lottie-component-is-loading-a-file/1776811/2 "2022-03-10T12:16:10Z")
Can you share a minimal example? I can look into this today! ---
**Author:** ![fastasarocket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fastasarocket/32/86537_2.png) [@fastasarocket](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fastasarocket)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bug-report-please-select-an-animation-file-displays-while-lottie-component-is-loading-a-file/1776811/3 "2022-03-10T13:43:01Z")
Thank you @jared that would be great! Here is an example project link: [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/fcc17f382706c0da6ff2f79d4c7535cd) On closer examination it seems the animation just displays ‘Please select an animation file’ as the screen is loading (usually about 0.5-1 sec) before it does correctly display the animation. Maybe a quick workaround for the Thunkable dev team would be to change the default text for all animations from ‘Please select an animation file’ to ’ ’ for the initial 2 seconds of a screen? ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bug-report-please-select-an-animation-file-displays-while-lottie-component-is-loading-a-file/1776811/4 "2022-03-10T15:09:10Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [[bug report] Stack Nav headers visible in webapps when HeaderMode = ‘none’](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bug-report-stack-nav-headers-visible-in-webapps-when-headermode-none/1777161) ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bug-report-please-select-an-animation-file-displays-while-lottie-component-is-loading-a-file/1776811/5 "2022-03-10T15:14:16Z")
Here is a workaround ![Screen Shot 2022-03-10 at 10.13.08 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/b/7b552cac8c5693e4999893452559cd217157dc00.png) set the lottie to be invisible on screen start. this is almost an unnoticeable delay and doesn’t display the loading text. i think we should remove the text tho if a file _is_ loading. i’ll file a request. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bug-report-please-select-an-animation-file-displays-while-lottie-component-is-loading-a-file/1776811/6 "2022-06-08T15:14:34Z")
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