diff --git a/app/assets/images/ajax_loader_tree.gif b/app/assets/images/ajax_loader_tree.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..99d5a0f37f3e0fda2d0564e5977e3afac9bc08eb
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/assets/images/ajax_loader_tree.gif differ
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 4815d180dfbf4c9e1f31e21e2097fc3f789e55b7..527b5c795e14012b2a79e15b132fd9aee1529062 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -114,3 +114,8 @@ function showDiff(link) {
             return _chosen.apply(this, [default_options]);
     }})
 })(jQuery);
+
+
+function ajaxGet(url) { 
+  $.ajax({type: "GET", url: url, dataType: "script"}); 
+}
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 2697fff433ec88f8bac77693e295e7559c3d6a19..3f15fd9237f38b3c8b8d27133063bdf6deafcc49 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -134,4 +134,8 @@ module ApplicationHelper
              end
     active ? "current" : nil
   end
+
+  def hexdigest(string)
+    Digest::SHA1.hexdigest string
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/tree_helper.rb b/app/helpers/tree_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ed3053d8af59d649ddad414e4719e1ccf9f65a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/tree_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module TreeHelper
+  def tree_icon(content)
+    if content.is_a?(Grit::Blob)
+      if content.text?
+        image_tag "file_txt.png"
+      elsif content.image?
+        image_tag "file_img.png"
+      else
+        image_tag "file_bin.png"
+      end
+    else
+      image_tag "file_dir.png"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def tree_hex_class(content)
+    "file_#{hexdigest(content.name)}"
+  end
+
+  def tree_full_path(content)
+    if params[:path] 
+      File.join(params[:path], content.name)
+    else
+      content.name
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/refs/_tree.html.haml b/app/views/refs/_tree.html.haml
index 1965fe45b365cc8a3f8bfceee2664e604e952e6e..ba0bd69116b5b831bc191284ec5828dbee5a31b5 100644
--- a/app/views/refs/_tree.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/refs/_tree.html.haml
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@
           %td
           %td
 
+      - index = 0
       - contents.select{ |i| i.is_a?(Grit::Tree)}.each do |content|
-        = render :partial => "refs/tree_item", :locals => { :content => content }
+        = render :partial => "refs/tree_item", :locals => { :content => content, :index => (index += 1) }
       - contents.select{ |i| i.is_a?(Grit::Blob)}.each do |content|
-        = render :partial => "refs/tree_item", :locals => { :content => content }
+        = render :partial => "refs/tree_item", :locals => { :content => content, :index => (index += 1) }
       - contents.select{ |i| i.is_a?(Grit::Submodule)}.each do |content|
-        = render :partial => "refs/submodule_item", :locals => { :content => content }
+        = render :partial => "refs/submodule_item", :locals => { :content => content, :index => (index += 1) }
 
     - if content = contents.select{ |c| c.is_a?(Grit::Blob) and c.name =~ /^readme/i }.first
       .file_holder#README
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@
 
   });
 
+  // Load last commit log for each file in tree
   $(window).load(function(){
-    $.ajax({type: "GET", url: '#{@logs_path}', dataType: "script"}); 
+    ajaxGet('#{@logs_path}'); 
   });
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/refs/_tree_item.html.haml b/app/views/refs/_tree_item.html.haml
index 30331944a7f306a7083a3c5dce0611eb7e3064fa..4ce16b22ddd6d59345e1f6d631d077ea5cd61bd1 100644
--- a/app/views/refs/_tree_item.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/refs/_tree_item.html.haml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-- file = params[:path] ? File.join(params[:path], content.name) : content.name
-%tr{ :class => "tree-item file_#{Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(content.name)}", :url => tree_file_project_ref_path(@project, @ref, file) }
+- file = tree_full_path(content)
+%tr{ :class => "tree-item #{tree_hex_class(content)}", :url => tree_file_project_ref_path(@project, @ref, file) }
   %td.tree-item-file-name
-    - if content.is_a?(Grit::Blob)
-      - if content.text?
-        = image_tag "file_txt.png", :class => "tree-ico"
-      - elsif content.image?
-        = image_tag "file_img.png", :class => "tree-ico"
-      - else
-        = image_tag "file_bin.png", :class => "tree-ico"
-    - else
-      = image_tag "file_dir.png", :class => "tree-ico"
+    = tree_icon(content)
     = link_to truncate(content.name, :length => 40), tree_file_project_ref_path(@project, @ref || @commit.id, file), :remote => :true
   %td.tree_time_ago.cgray
+    - if index == 1
+      %span.log_loading
+        Loading commit data..
+        = image_tag "ajax_loader_tree.gif", :width => 14
   %td.tree_commit
diff --git a/app/views/refs/logs_tree.js.haml b/app/views/refs/logs_tree.js.haml
index ea8337398a45f48e700e654cd658c2ef1e1b2696..402f5aa72bc742f21ad6c6acefcf37912b8a49f9 100644
--- a/app/views/refs/logs_tree.js.haml
+++ b/app/views/refs/logs_tree.js.haml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   - tm = @project.team_member_by_name_or_email(content_commit.author_email, content_commit.author_name)
 
   :plain
-    var row = $("table.table_#{@hex_path} tr.file_#{Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(file_name)}");
+    var row = $("table.table_#{@hex_path} tr.file_#{hexdigest(file_name)}");
     row.find("td.tree_time_ago").html('#{escape_javascript(time_ago_in_words(content_commit.committed_date))} ago');
     row.find("td.tree_commit").html('#{escape_javascript(render("tree_commit", :tm => tm, :content_commit => content_commit))}');
diff --git a/app/views/refs/tree.js.haml b/app/views/refs/tree.js.haml
index 600ba62606ef0bdf96e0a1f62dc550fdbe593ae8..9cf55057a6aa48a87653ca4fab518111ccb1747d 100644
--- a/app/views/refs/tree.js.haml
+++ b/app/views/refs/tree.js.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 :plain
+  // Load Files list
   $("#tree-holder").html("#{escape_javascript(render(:partial => "tree", :locals => {:repo => @repo, :commit => @commit, :tree => @tree}))}");
   $("#tree-content-holder").show("slide", { direction: "right" }, 150);
   $('.project-refs-form #path').val("#{params[:path]}");
 
-
+  //  Load last commit log for each file in tree
   $('#tree-slider').waitForImages(function() {
-    $.ajax({type: "GET", url: '#{@logs_path}', dataType: "script"}); 
+    ajaxGet('#{@logs_path}'); 
   });