diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
index 0603379b5..45b352513 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
@@ -1264,20 +1264,20 @@ ul.content-activities {
   top: 0;
   z-index: 1000000000;
 
-  &:before {
+  &::before {
     background: $color-white;
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     height: 100%;
     opacity: .5;
     width: 100%;
   }
 
-  &:after {
+  &::after {
     background-image: url("/images/medium/loading.svg");
     background-position: center;
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     height: 100%;
     position: absolute;
diff --git a/public/images/medium/loading.svg b/public/images/medium/loading.svg
index 9667efbbe..338af0e24 100644
--- a/public/images/medium/loading.svg
+++ b/public/images/medium/loading.svg
@@ -12,42 +12,31 @@
   repeatCount="indefinite"
   id="tlfade"
   />
-
-  <animate
-    xlink:href="#top_right"
-    attributeName="opacity"
-    from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
-    values="0; 0; 1; 1; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0"
-    keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
-    repeatCount="indefinite"
-    id="trfade"
-    />
-
-    <animate
-      xlink:href="#bottom_right"
-      attributeName="opacity"
-      from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
-      values="0; 0; 0; 0; 1; 1; 0; 0; 0"
-      keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
-      repeatCount="indefinite"
-      id="brfade"
-      />
-
-      <animate
-        xlink:href="#bottom_left"
-        attributeName="opacity"
-        from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
-        values="0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 1; 1; 0"
-        keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
-        repeatCount="indefinite"
-        id="blfade"
-        />
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+<animate
+  xlink:href="#top_right"
+  attributeName="opacity"
+  from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
+  values="0; 0; 1; 1; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0"
+  keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
+  repeatCount="indefinite"
+  id="trfade"
+/>
+<animate
+  xlink:href="#bottom_right"
+  attributeName="opacity"
+  from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
+  values="0; 0; 0; 0; 1; 1; 0; 0; 0"
+  keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
+  repeatCount="indefinite"
+  id="brfade"
+/>
+<animate
+  xlink:href="#bottom_left"
+  attributeName="opacity"
+  from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
+  values="0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 1; 1; 0"
+  keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
+  repeatCount="indefinite"
+  id="blfade"
+/>
 </svg>
diff --git a/public/images/medium/loading_white.svg b/public/images/medium/loading_white.svg
index 0d9a6c442..c3a97bb40 100644
--- a/public/images/medium/loading_white.svg
+++ b/public/images/medium/loading_white.svg
@@ -11,43 +11,32 @@
   keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875;  1"
   repeatCount="indefinite"
   id="tlfade"
-  />
-
-  <animate
-    xlink:href="#top_right"
-    attributeName="opacity"
-    from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
-    values="0; 0; 1; 1; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0"
-    keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
-    repeatCount="indefinite"
-    id="trfade"
-    />
-
-    <animate
-      xlink:href="#bottom_right"
-      attributeName="opacity"
-      from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
-      values="0; 0; 0; 0; 1; 1; 0; 0; 0"
-      keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
-      repeatCount="indefinite"
-      id="brfade"
-      />
-
-      <animate
-        xlink:href="#bottom_left"
-        attributeName="opacity"
-        from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
-        values="0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 1; 1; 0"
-        keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
-        repeatCount="indefinite"
-        id="blfade"
-        />
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+/>
+<animate
+  xlink:href="#top_right"
+  attributeName="opacity"
+  from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
+  values="0; 0; 1; 1; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0"
+  keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
+  repeatCount="indefinite"
+  id="trfade"
+/>
+<animate
+  xlink:href="#bottom_right"
+  attributeName="opacity"
+  from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
+  values="0; 0; 0; 0; 1; 1; 0; 0; 0"
+  keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
+  repeatCount="indefinite"
+  id="brfade"
+/>
+<animate
+  xlink:href="#bottom_left"
+  attributeName="opacity"
+  from="0" to="1" dur="0.8s"
+  values="0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 1; 1; 0"
+  keyTimes="0; 0.125; 0.25; 0.375; 0.5; 0.625; 0.75; 0.875; 1"
+  repeatCount="indefinite"
+  id="blfade"
+/>
 </svg>