diff --git a/gitb-ui/app/models/Constants.scala b/gitb-ui/app/models/Constants.scala
index 8bc493f2..774c7134 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/app/models/Constants.scala
+++ b/gitb-ui/app/models/Constants.scala
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ object Constants {
 
   // When ending in "-snapshot", this is considered a non-published release.
   val VersionNumber = "1.24.1"
-  val VersionNumberPostfixForResources = ""
+  val VersionNumberPostfixForResources = ".1"
 
 }
diff --git a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.component.html b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.component.html
index 7fa4bcff..d1eefb9a 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.component.html
+++ b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @if (dataService.showNavigationControls) {
-    <div class="breacrumbContainer">
+    <div class="breacrumbContainer" [class.disable-events]="logoutInProgress">
         @if (breadcrumbs != undefined) {
             @for (crumb of breadcrumbsToShow; track $index) {
                 @if (crumb.label != undefined) {
diff --git a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/pending-block/pending-block.component.html b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/pending-block/pending-block.component.html
index b99090b4..92e8c002 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/pending-block/pending-block.component.html
+++ b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/pending-block/pending-block.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @if (pending) {
-    <span [ngClass]="{'mini-tab': !icon}"><i class="fa-solid fa-spinner fa-spin-override fa-lg"></i></span>
+    <span [class.mini-tab]="!icon" [class.large]="large"><i class="fa-solid fa-spinner fa-spin-override fa-lg"></i></span>
     @if (!pending || !icon) {
         <ng-content></ng-content>
     }
diff --git a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/pending-block/pending-block.component.ts b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/pending-block/pending-block.component.ts
index 9b7612ea..709d41e8 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/pending-block/pending-block.component.ts
+++ b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/components/pending-block/pending-block.component.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-pending-block',
-  templateUrl: './pending-block.component.html'
+  templateUrl: './pending-block.component.html',
+  styles: '.large { font-size: xx-large; }'
 })
 export class PendingBlockComponent {
 
   @Input() pending = true
   @Input() icon = false
+  @Input() large = false
 
   constructor() { }
 
diff --git a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.html b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.html
index 4b4c1447..710afe51 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.html
+++ b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <div class="row">
             <div class="col-12">
                 @if (pageContent == undefined) {
-                    <div class="container"><span class="tab" style="font-size: xx-large;"><i class="fa-solid fa-spinner fa-spin-override fa-lg"></i></span></div>
+                    <div class="container"><app-pending-block [icon]="true" [large]="true"></app-pending-block></div>
                 } @else {
                     <div id="content" [innerHtml]="pageContent | sanitizeHtml"></div>
                 }
diff --git a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.html b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.html
index 1eb1eae2..01e7d563 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.html
+++ b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.html
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@
           </div>
       </section>
       @if (dataService.showNavigationControls) {
-        <app-breadcrumb></app-breadcrumb>
+        <app-breadcrumb [logoutInProgress]="logoutInProgress"></app-breadcrumb>
       }
-      <div class="page-root">
+      @if (logoutInProgress) {
+        <div class="logout-notification">
+          <app-pending-block [pending]="true"></app-pending-block>
+          <div class="logout-message">Logout in progress</div>
+        </div>
+      }
+      <div class="page-root" [class.disable-events]="logoutInProgress">
         @if (dataService.showNavigationControls) {
           <div class="page-menu">
             <app-menu-item (click)="routingService.toHome()" [type]="MenuItem.home" label="Home" icon="fa-solid fa-house" [expanded]="menuExpanded"></app-menu-item>
@@ -51,7 +57,14 @@
           </div>
         }
         <div class="page-content" appFileDropTarget>
-            <router-outlet></router-outlet>
+          @if (!dataService.showNavigationControls && isAuthenticated() && !logoutInProgress) {
+            <div class="container">
+              <div class="initial-load-indicator">
+                <app-pending-block [icon]="true" [large]="true"></app-pending-block>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          }          
+          <router-outlet></router-outlet>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -92,14 +105,4 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
-</div>
-<ng-template #logoutTemplate>
-  <div class="modal-body">
-    <div class="logout-notification">
-      <app-pending-block [pending]="true"></app-pending-block>
-      <div class="logout-message">
-        Please wait while you are being logged out
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</ng-template>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.less b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.less
index 2d324b58..d33e1ab9 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.less
+++ b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.less
@@ -34,8 +34,24 @@
 }
 
 .logout-notification {
+    border: 1px solid @gray-dark-1;
+    border-radius: @border-radius;
+    box-shadow: 5px 6px 5px -3px @gray;
+    opacity: 1;
+    background-color: @gray-light-1;
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
     padding: 10px 0px;
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 50%;
+    top: 128px;
+    transform: translate(-50%);
+    z-index: 1;
+    min-width: 300px;
+    max-width: 800%;
 }
+
+.initial-load-indicator {
+    margin: 30px 0px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.ts b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.ts
index ef771233..2934b3ac 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.ts
+++ b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/index/index.component.ts
@@ -52,29 +52,12 @@ export class IndexComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.version = this.dataService.configuration.versionNumber
     this.logoutSubscription = this.authProviderService.onLogout$.subscribe(() => {
       this.logoutInProgress = true
-      this.showLogoutNotification()
     })
     this.logoutCompleteSubscription = this.authProviderService.onLogoutComplete$.subscribe(() => {
       this.logoutInProgress = false
     })
   }
 
-  showLogoutNotification() {
-    if (this.logoutTemplate) {
-      this.modalService.show(this.logoutTemplate, {
-        backdrop: 'static',
-        keyboard: false
-      })
-    }
-  }
-
-  closeLogoutNotification() {
-    if (this.logoutModal) {
-      this.logoutModal.hide()
-    }
-  }
-
-
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
     if (this.logoutSubscription) this.logoutSubscription.unsubscribe()
     if (this.bannerSubscription) this.bannerSubscription.unsubscribe()
diff --git a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/login/login.component.html b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/login/login.component.html
index 62896ebf..bae8f310 100644
--- a/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/login/login.component.html
+++ b/gitb-ui/ui/src/app/pages/login/login.component.html
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 <div class="page-with-margins">
-    @if (loginInProgress) {
-        <div>
-            <div class="container">
-                <span class="tab" style="font-size: xx-large;"><i class="fa-solid fa-spinner fa-spin-override fa-lg"></i></span>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    } @else if (dataService.configuration) {
+    @if (!loginInProgress && dataService.configuration) {
         <div>
             @if (dataService.configuration.ssoEnabled && dataService.actualUser != undefined) {
                 <div>