diff --git a/include/Song.h b/include/Song.h
index ad644ed9f09..be7f9e5085c 100644
--- a/include/Song.h
+++ b/include/Song.h
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ class EXPORT Song : public TrackContainer
 
 	void processNextBuffer();
 
+	inline int getLoadingTrackCount() const
+	{
+		return m_nLoadingTrack;
+	}
 	inline int getMilliseconds() const
 	{
 		return m_elapsedMilliSeconds;
@@ -339,6 +343,7 @@ private slots:
 
 	ControllerVector m_controllers;
 
+	int m_nLoadingTrack;
 
 	QString m_fileName;
 	QString m_oldFileName;
diff --git a/src/core/Song.cpp b/src/core/Song.cpp
index 0732fd1d36e..af359a88159 100644
--- a/src/core/Song.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Song.cpp
@@ -1054,6 +1054,27 @@ void Song::loadProject( const QString & fileName )
 	}
 
 	node = dataFile.content().firstChild();
+
+	QDomNodeList tclist=dataFile.content().elementsByTagName("trackcontainer");
+	m_nLoadingTrack=0;
+	for( int i=0,n=tclist.count(); i<n; ++i )
+	{
+		QDomNode nd=tclist.at(i).firstChild();
+		while(!nd.isNull())
+		{
+			if( nd.isElement() && nd.nodeName() == "track" )
+			{
+				++m_nLoadingTrack;
+				if( nd.toElement().attribute("type").toInt() == Track::BBTrack )
+				{
+					n += nd.toElement().elementsByTagName("bbtrack").at(0)
+						.toElement().firstChildElement().childNodes().count();
+				}
+				nd=nd.nextSibling();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	while( !node.isNull() )
 	{
 		if( node.isElement() )
diff --git a/src/core/TrackContainer.cpp b/src/core/TrackContainer.cpp
index 9d8254cd953..6e406b0a992 100644
--- a/src/core/TrackContainer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/TrackContainer.cpp
@@ -86,25 +86,18 @@ void TrackContainer::loadSettings( const QDomElement & _this )
 
 	static QProgressDialog * pd = NULL;
 	bool was_null = ( pd == NULL );
-	int start_val = 0;
 	if( !journalRestore && gui != nullptr )
 	{
 		if( pd == NULL )
 		{
 			pd = new QProgressDialog( tr( "Loading project..." ),
 						tr( "Cancel" ), 0,
-						_this.childNodes().count(),
+						Engine::getSong()->getLoadingTrackCount(),
 						gui->mainWindow() );
 			pd->setWindowModality( Qt::ApplicationModal );
 			pd->setWindowTitle( tr( "Please wait..." ) );
 			pd->show();
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			start_val = pd->value();
-			pd->setMaximum( pd->maximum() +
-						_this.childNodes().count() );
-		}
 	}
 
 	QDomNode node = _this.firstChild();
@@ -124,6 +117,14 @@ void TrackContainer::loadSettings( const QDomElement & _this )
 		if( node.isElement() &&
 			!node.toElement().attribute( "metadata" ).toInt() )
 		{
+			QString trackName = node.toElement().hasAttribute( "name" ) ?
+						node.toElement().attribute( "name" ) :
+						node.firstChild().toElement().attribute( "name" );
+			if( pd != NULL )
+			{
+				pd->setLabelText( tr("Loading Track %1 (%2/Total %3)").arg( trackName ).
+						  arg( pd->value() + 1 ).arg( Engine::getSong()->getLoadingTrackCount() ) );
+			}
 			Track::create( node.toElement(), this );
 		}
 		node = node.nextSibling();
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@ void TrackContainer::loadSettings( const QDomElement & _this )
 
 	if( pd != NULL )
 	{
-		pd->setValue( start_val + _this.childNodes().count() );
 		if( was_null )
 		{
 			delete pd;