diff --git a/app/view/load-indicator.js b/app/view/load-indicator.js
index 81f1a78..2a5bcd7 100644
--- a/app/view/load-indicator.js
+++ b/app/view/load-indicator.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 let EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
-let $ = require('jquery')
-let template = require('./template/load-indicator.handlebars')
 
 class LoadIndicator extends EventEmitter {
   constructor () {
@@ -9,18 +7,18 @@ class LoadIndicator extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   render () {
-    this.$el = $(template())
-    this.el = this.$el.get(0)
+    this.el = document.createElement('div')
+    this.el.id = 'cb-loading-overlay'
     return this
   }
 
   show () {
-    this.$el.show()
+    this.el.style.display = 'block'
     this.emit('show', this)
   }
 
   hide () {
-    this.$el.hide()
+    this.el.style.display = 'none'
     this.emit('hide', this)
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/view/template/load-indicator.handlebars b/app/view/template/load-indicator.handlebars
deleted file mode 100644
index d9b8304..0000000
--- a/app/view/template/load-indicator.handlebars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<div id="cb-loading-overlay" class="cb-control"></div>
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 6ad1dc4..5e14287 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1317,11 +1317,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "jquery": {
-      "version": "2.1.4",
-      "from": "jquery@>=2.0.0 <3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/jquery/-/jquery-2.1.4.tgz"
-    },
     "js-tokens": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "from": "js-tokens@1.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5e6223..dfdd59a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,5 @@
     "uglify-js": "^2.4.23",
     "watchify": "http://registry.npmjs.org/watchify/-/watchify-3.2.3.tgz"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "jquery": "^2.1.4"
-  }
+  "dependencies": {}
 }
diff --git a/test/view/load-indicator.test.js b/test/view/load-indicator.test.js
index 001c19f..53ee3ce 100644
--- a/test/view/load-indicator.test.js
+++ b/test/view/load-indicator.test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe('LoadIndicator', function () {
   it('should render on init', function () {
     let indicator = new LoadIndicator()
     assert.equal(indicator.el.outerHTML
-      , '<div id="cb-loading-overlay" class="cb-control" style="display: none; "></div>')
+      , '<div id="cb-loading-overlay" style="display: none; "></div>')
   })
 
   it('should show', function () {