diff --git a/chatter.jar b/chatter.jar
index 5a9a0637a0a9f0ae54785c499ea9110d861903c9..28d728f27adaf80a2476d16e22c22b5cf1f556ea 100644
Binary files a/chatter.jar and b/chatter.jar differ
diff --git a/src/chat/ChatWindow.java b/src/chat/ChatWindow.java
index 0b5ebf0f36df97c854f99971cd9e503418f0f25a..391f948d80f7e90a536814cf8737ff874a827d9e 100644
--- a/src/chat/ChatWindow.java
+++ b/src/chat/ChatWindow.java
@@ -100,24 +100,7 @@ public class ChatWindow {
     /**
      * Initialize the contents of the frame.
      */
-    private void initialize() {
-        try {
-            String path = new java.io.File(".").getCanonicalPath();
-            this.content.append("<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='file:///"
-                    + path + "/chat.css'>");
-            this.content.append("<head>");
-            this.content.append(
-                    "   <script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text/javascript\">");
-            this.content.append("       function toBottom(){");
-            this.content
-                    .append("           window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);");
-            this.content.append("       }");
-            this.content.append("   </script>");
-            this.content.append("</head>");
-            this.content.append("<body onload='toBottom()'>");
-        } catch (IOException e1) {
-        }
-
+    private void initialize() { 
         this.frame = new JFrame();
         this.frame.setBounds(100, 100, 290, 390);
         this.frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.HIDE_ON_CLOSE);
@@ -137,17 +120,28 @@ public class ChatWindow {
         gbc_msgScrollPane.gridx = 0;
         gbc_msgScrollPane.gridy = 0;
 
-        this.chatMessagesPanel = new JFXPanel();
-        this.frame.getContentPane().add(this.chatMessagesPanel, gbc_msgScrollPane);
-
-        Platform.runLater(() -> {
-            ChatWindow.this.chatMessages = new WebView();
-
-            BorderPane borderPane = new BorderPane();
-            borderPane.setCenter(ChatWindow.this.chatMessages);
-            Scene scene = new Scene(borderPane, 450, 450);
-            ChatWindow.this.chatMessagesPanel.setScene(scene);
-        });
+        show();
+
+        (new Thread() {
+            public void run() {
+                try {
+                    String path = new java.io.File(".").getCanonicalPath();
+                    content.append("<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='file:///"
+                            + path + "/chat.css'>");
+                    content.append("<head>");
+                    content.append(
+                            "   <script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text/javascript\">");
+                    content.append("       function toBottom(){");
+                    content
+                            .append("           window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);");
+                    content.append("       }");
+                    content.append("   </script>");
+                    content.append("</head>");
+                    content.append("<body onload='toBottom()'>");
+                } catch (IOException e1) {
+                }
+            }
+        }).start();
 
         JPanel suggestionsPanel = new JPanel();
         GridBagConstraints gbc_suggestionsPanel = new GridBagConstraints();
@@ -269,11 +263,29 @@ public class ChatWindow {
             }
         };
         this.frame.addKeyListener(giveFocus);
-        this.chatMessagesPanel.addKeyListener(giveFocus);
         suggestionsPanel.addKeyListener(giveFocus);
         myMessagePanel.addKeyListener(giveFocus);
 
+        (new Thread() {
+            public void run() {
+                chatMessagesPanel = new JFXPanel();
+                chatMessagesPanel.addKeyListener(giveFocus);
+                frame.getContentPane().add(chatMessagesPanel, gbc_msgScrollPane);
+                Platform.runLater(() -> {
+                    ChatWindow.this.chatMessages = new WebView();
+
+                    BorderPane borderPane = new BorderPane();
+                    borderPane.setCenter(ChatWindow.this.chatMessages);
+                    Scene scene = new Scene(borderPane, 450, 450);
+                    ChatWindow.this.chatMessagesPanel.setScene(scene);
+                });
+
+            }
+        }).start();
+
+
         this.frame.pack();
+        show();
         this.myMessage.requestFocusInWindow();
     }
 
@@ -322,13 +334,15 @@ public class ChatWindow {
             String text = ("SOL " + this.myMessage.getText()).trim();
             int lastSpace = text.lastIndexOf(' ');
             String allButLast = lastSpace > -1 ? text.substring(0, lastSpace) : null;
-            this.undo = this.myMessage.getText();
-            String newText = (allButLast.replaceAll("SOL", "") + " " + result).trim();
-            if (this.myMessage.getText().startsWith(newText)) {
-                return false;
+            if (allButLast != null) {
+                this.undo = this.myMessage.getText();
+                String newText = (allButLast.replaceAll("SOL", "") + " " + result).trim();
+                if (this.myMessage.getText().startsWith(newText)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                this.myMessage.setText(newText);
+                return true;
             }
-            this.myMessage.setText(newText);
-            return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/chat/MainWindow.java b/src/chat/MainWindow.java
index 2e53edd2ad51384e3f4f7fc600b17e7576a98d83..1c46d27ef9e41985316e5fab684b7cbfaf39fadc 100644
--- a/src/chat/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/chat/MainWindow.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import javax.swing.JList;
 import p2.wordsuggestor.WordSuggestor;
 
 public class MainWindow {
-
     private JFrame frame;
     private List<String> usernames;
     private final List<ChatWindow> chats;
@@ -51,22 +50,26 @@ public class MainWindow {
         list.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
             @Override
             public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
-                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                JList<String> list = (JList<String>) e.getSource();
-                if (e.getClickCount() == 2) {
-                    int index = list.locationToIndex(e.getPoint());
-                    for (ChatWindow client : MainWindow.this.chats) {
-                        if (client.theirUsername
-                                .equals(MainWindow.this.usernames.get(index))) {
-                            client.show();
-                            return;
+                (new Thread() {
+                    public void run() {
+                        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                        JList<String> list = (JList<String>) e.getSource();
+                        if (e.getClickCount() == 2) {
+                            int index = list.locationToIndex(e.getPoint());
+                            for (ChatWindow client : MainWindow.this.chats) {
+                                if (client.theirUsername
+                                        .equals(MainWindow.this.usernames.get(index))) {
+                                    client.show();
+                                    return;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            MainWindow.this.chats
+                                    .add(new ChatWindow(MainWindow.this.usernames.get(index),
+                                            MainWindow.this.markov, MainWindow.this.connection));
                         }
                     }
-
-                    MainWindow.this.chats
-                            .add(new ChatWindow(MainWindow.this.usernames.get(index),
-                                    MainWindow.this.markov, MainWindow.this.connection));
-                }
+                }).start();
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/src/chat/uMessage.java b/src/chat/uMessage.java
index 3044e45e9bc8838cbc1dbe2317025d60050e27d1..d66111208b2b6ed2d2397ec745b1d42974699082 100644
--- a/src/chat/uMessage.java
+++ b/src/chat/uMessage.java
@@ -6,16 +6,24 @@ import java.awt.EventQueue;
 import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
 import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
 import java.awt.Insets;
+import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
 import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
+import java.awt.BorderLayout;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import javax.swing.Box;
+import javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel;
 import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JFrame;
 import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JTextField;
+import javax.swing.JDialog;
+import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
+import javax.swing.SwingWorker;
 
 import cse332.interfaces.misc.Dictionary;
 import cse332.types.AlphabeticString;
@@ -62,35 +70,65 @@ public class uMessage {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void run() {
-            int N = uMessage.N;
-            try {
-                uMessage.markov[this.i] = new WordSuggestor(uMessage.CORPUS, N - this.i,
-                        4, uMessage.NEW_OUTER, uMessage.NEW_INNER);
-                uMessage.loading[this.i] = false;
-                this.window.update();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            public void run() {
+                int N = uMessage.N;
+                try {
+                    uMessage.markov[this.i] = new WordSuggestor(uMessage.CORPUS, N - this.i,
+                            4, uMessage.NEW_OUTER, uMessage.NEW_INNER);
+                    this.window.update();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                }
             }
-        }
     }
 
     /**
      * Launch the application.
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> {
-            final uMessage window = new uMessage();
-            window.frmUmessageLogin.setVisible(true);
-            window.errors.setText("Loading the Markov Data (n = " + uMessage.N + ")...");
-            uMessage.markov = new WordSuggestor[uMessage.N];
-            uMessage.loading = new boolean[uMessage.N];
-            for (int i1 = 0; i1 < uMessage.N; i1++) {
-                uMessage.loading[i1] = true;
+        (new Thread() {
+            public void run() {
+                new JFXPanel();
             }
-            for (int i2 = 0; i2 < uMessage.N; i2++) {
-                new Thread(new MarkovLoader(window, i2)).start();
+        }).start();
+
+        final uMessage window = new uMessage();
+        markov = new WordSuggestor[uMessage.N];
+
+        JDialog dialog = new JDialog((JFrame)null, "Please wait...", true);//true means that the dialog created is modal
+        JLabel lblStatus = new JLabel("<html><b>Loading Markov Data (n = " + uMessage.N + ")...</b><br>Depending on the data structures you're using<br>" + 
+            "and your computer, this might take a bit.</html>"); 
+
+        JProgressBar pbProgress = new JProgressBar(0, 100);
+        pbProgress.setIndeterminate(true); //we'll use an indeterminate progress bar
+
+        dialog.add(BorderLayout.NORTH, lblStatus);
+        dialog.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, pbProgress);
+        dialog.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { 
+            @Override public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { 
+              System.exit(0);
             }
         });
+        dialog.setSize(300, 90);
+
+        SwingWorker<Void, Void> sw = new SwingWorker<Void, Void>() {
+            @Override
+            protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception {
+                for (int i2 = 1; i2 < uMessage.N; i2++) {
+                    new Thread(new MarkovLoader(window, i2)).start();
+                }
+                new MarkovLoader(window, 0).run();
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected void done() {
+                dialog.dispose();//close the modal dialog
+                window.frmUmessageLogin.setVisible(true);
+            }
+        };
+
+        sw.execute(); // this will start the processing on a separate thread
+        dialog.setVisible(true); //this will block user input as long as the processing task is working
     }
 
     /**
@@ -112,7 +150,7 @@ public class uMessage {
         gridBagLayout.columnWidths = new int[] { 0, 90, 90, 90, 0, 0 };
         gridBagLayout.rowHeights = new int[] { 0, 9, 0, 0 };
         gridBagLayout.columnWeights = new double[] { 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0,
-                Double.MIN_VALUE };
+            Double.MIN_VALUE };
         gridBagLayout.rowWeights = new double[] { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, Double.MIN_VALUE };
         this.frmUmessageLogin.getContentPane().setLayout(gridBagLayout);
 
@@ -143,10 +181,14 @@ public class uMessage {
         this.username.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
             @Override
             public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
-                if (update() && e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
-                    uMessage.this.login.setEnabled(false);
-                    login();
-                }
+                (new Thread() {
+                    public void run() {
+                        if (update() && e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
+                            uMessage.this.login.setEnabled(false);
+                            login();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }).start();
             }
         });
 
@@ -187,14 +229,6 @@ public class uMessage {
     }
 
     public boolean update() {
-        boolean noneLoading = true;
-        for (int i = 0; i < uMessage.loading.length; i++) {
-            noneLoading &= !uMessage.loading[i];
-        }
-        if (noneLoading) {
-            this.errors.setText("");
-            this.errors.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
-        }
         if (!this.loggingIn && this.username.getText().length() > 0) {
             this.login.setEnabled(true);
             this.errors.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
@@ -210,11 +244,10 @@ public class uMessage {
         this.loggingIn = true;
         update();
         try {
-            this.connection = new UMessageServerConnection(this,
-                    this.username.getText().replaceAll(" ", ""));
-            this.connection.go();
-        } catch (IOException e1) {
-        }
+            connection = new UMessageServerConnection(uMessage.this,
+                    username.getText().replaceAll(" ", ""));
+            connection.go();
+        } catch (IOException e1) {}
     }
 
     public void badNick() {
@@ -225,19 +258,6 @@ public class uMessage {
     }
 
     public void loggedIn(String username) {
-        boolean noneLoading = false;
-        while (!noneLoading) {
-            noneLoading = true;
-            for (int i = 0; i < uMessage.loading.length; i++) {
-                noneLoading &= !uMessage.loading[i];
-            }
-
-            try {
-                Thread.sleep(200);
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-            }
-        }
-
         this.frmUmessageLogin.dispose();
         this.window = new MainWindow(username, uMessage.markov, this.connection);
         this.loggingIn = false;