diff --git a/src/game/game.c b/src/game/game.c
index 0612953..b79e61d 100644
--- a/src/game/game.c
+++ b/src/game/game.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ void initGame(void)
 	game.timePlayed = 0;
 	
 	loadMetaInfo();
-	
-	initControls();
 }
 
 void addRescuedMIA(char *name)
diff --git a/src/system/controls.c b/src/system/controls.c
index 49c73f0..5fb39c6 100644
--- a/src/system/controls.c
+++ b/src/system/controls.c
@@ -20,33 +20,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
 #include "controls.h"
 
-void initControls(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_LEFT] = SDL_SCANCODE_A;
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_RIGHT] = SDL_SCANCODE_D;
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_UP] = SDL_SCANCODE_W;
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_DOWN] = SDL_SCANCODE_S;
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_JUMP] = SDL_SCANCODE_I;
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_FIRE] = SDL_SCANCODE_J;
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_JETPACK] = SDL_SCANCODE_L;
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_MAP] = SDL_SCANCODE_M;
-	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_PAUSE] = SDL_SCANCODE_TAB;
-
-	/* can't use memset here, as it doesn't work */
-	for (i = 0 ; i < CONTROL_MAX ; i++)
-	{
-		app.config.joypadControls[i] = -1;
-	}
-	
-	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_JUMP] = 1;
-	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_FIRE] = 3;
-	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_JETPACK] = 2;
-	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_MAP] = 6;
-	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_PAUSE] = 7;
-}
-
 int isControl(int type)
 {
 	int key, btn;
diff --git a/src/system/init.c b/src/system/init.c
index 6333541..7ce437e 100644
--- a/src/system/init.c
+++ b/src/system/init.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
 static void loadConfig(void);
 static void initJoypad(void);
+static void showLoadingStep(float step, float maxSteps);
 
 void init18N(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -94,8 +95,6 @@ void initSDL(void)
 	}
 
 	initJoypad();
-
-	initControls();
 }
 
 static void initJoypad(void)
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ void initGameSystem(void)
 		initLookups,
 		initGraphics,
 		initFonts,
-		initControls,
 		initAtlas,
 		initSounds,
 		initSprites,
@@ -138,18 +136,85 @@ void initGameSystem(void)
 
 	for (i = 0 ; i < numInitFuns ; i++)
 	{
-		/*showLoadingStep(i + 1, numInitFuns);*/
+		showLoadingStep(i + 1, numInitFuns);
 
 		initFuncs[i]();
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Just in case the initial loading takes a while on the target machine. The rest of the loading a pretty quick by comparison.
+ */
+static void showLoadingStep(float step, float maxSteps)
+{
+	SDL_Rect r;
+
+	prepareScene();
+
+	r.w = SCREEN_WIDTH - 400;
+	r.h = 14;
+	r.x = (SCREEN_WIDTH / 2) - r.w / 2;
+	r.y = (SCREEN_HEIGHT / 2) - r.h / 2;
+
+	SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(app.renderer, 128, 128, 128, 255);
+	SDL_RenderDrawRect(app.renderer, &r);
+
+	r.w *= (step / maxSteps);
+	r.x += 2;
+	r.y += 2;
+	r.w -= 4;
+	r.h -= 4;
+
+	SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(app.renderer, 128, 196, 255, 255);
+	SDL_RenderFillRect(app.renderer, &r);
+
+	presentScene();
+
+	SDL_Delay(1);
+}
+
+
+static void initDefaultConfig(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	
+	app.config.hudInventory = 1;
+	app.config.blood = 1;
+
+	app.config.musicVolume = 80;
+	app.config.soundVolume = 100;
+
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_LEFT] = SDL_SCANCODE_A;
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_RIGHT] = SDL_SCANCODE_D;
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_UP] = SDL_SCANCODE_W;
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_DOWN] = SDL_SCANCODE_S;
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_JUMP] = SDL_SCANCODE_I;
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_FIRE] = SDL_SCANCODE_J;
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_JETPACK] = SDL_SCANCODE_L;
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_MAP] = SDL_SCANCODE_TAB;
+	app.config.keyControls[CONTROL_PAUSE] = SDL_SCANCODE_P;
+
+	/* can't use memset here, as it doesn't work */
+	for (i = 0 ; i < CONTROL_MAX ; i++)
+	{
+		app.config.joypadControls[i] = -1;
+	}
+	
+	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_JUMP] = 1;
+	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_FIRE] = 3;
+	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_JETPACK] = 2;
+	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_MAP] = 6;
+	app.config.joypadControls[CONTROL_PAUSE] = 7;
+}
+
 static void loadConfig(void)
 {
 	int i;
 	cJSON *root, *controlsJSON, *node;
 	char *text;
 
+	initDefaultConfig();
+
 	if (fileExists(getSaveFilePath(CONFIG_FILENAME)))
 	{
 		text = readFile(getSaveFilePath(CONFIG_FILENAME));
diff --git a/src/system/init.h b/src/system/init.h
index fa2ca3f..1bbf7bb 100644
--- a/src/system/init.h
+++ b/src/system/init.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ extern void initFonts(void);
 extern void initAtlas(void);
 extern void initSounds(void);
 extern void initSprites(void);
-extern void initControls(void);
 extern void initEntityFactory(void);
 extern void destroyLookups(void);
 extern void destroyFonts(void);
@@ -48,5 +47,7 @@ extern char *readFile(const char *filename);
 extern long lookup(const char *name);
 extern int writeFile(const char *filename, const char *data);
 extern char *getLookupName(const char *prefix, long num);
+extern void prepareScene(void);
+extern void presentScene(void);
 
 extern App app;