diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 04a9fb91649d7d34ef3c23f56b4354f4e1317b3c..dc820dc93e29331084eddacb7f744c8d04378c87 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -371,9 +371,7 @@ var FileList={
 		}
 		for (var i=0; i<files.length; i++) {
 			var deleteAction = $('tr').filterAttr('data-file',files[i]).children("td.date").children(".action.delete");
-			var oldHTML = deleteAction.html();
-			var newHTML = '<img class="move2trash" data-action="Delete" title="'+t('files', 'perform delete operation')+'" src="'+ OC.imagePath('core', 'loading.gif') +'"></a>';
-			deleteAction.html(newHTML);
+			deleteAction.removeClass('delete-icon').addClass('progress-icon');
 		}
 		// Finish any existing actions
 		if (FileList.lastAction) {
@@ -394,8 +392,8 @@ var FileList={
 						procesSelection();
 					} else {
 						$.each(files,function(index,file) {
-							var deleteAction = $('tr').filterAttr('data-file',file).children("td.date").children(".move2trash");
-							deleteAction.html(oldHTML);
+							var deleteAction = $('tr').filterAttr('data-file',files[i]).children("td.date").children(".action.delete");
+							deleteAction.removeClass('progress-icon').addClass('delete-icon');
 						});
 					}
 				});
diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index 490619c00d418fb76f83409eec337f625b6feaa4..365de759fdc14e4ee12fb5190c0dba877cf3d979 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ div.crumb:active {
 }
 
 /* icons */
-.folder-icon, .delete-icon, .edit-icon {
+.folder-icon, .delete-icon, .edit-icon, .progress-icon {
 	background-repeat: no-repeat;
 	background-position: center;
 }
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ div.crumb:active {
 	background-image: url('../img/actions/delete-hover.svg');
 }
 .edit-icon { background-image: url('../img/actions/rename.svg'); }
-
+.progress-icon { background-image: url('../img/loading.gif'); }
 
 /* buttons */
 button.loading {