=== WQVGAsmallSkin/WQVGAsmallSkinApplet.lua
==================================================================
--- WQVGAsmallSkin/WQVGAsmallSkinApplet.lua	(revision 39684)
+++ WQVGAsmallSkin/WQVGAsmallSkinApplet.lua	(local)
@@ -1651,6 +1651,15 @@
 		},
 	})
 
+	s.home_menu.menu.item.icon_no_artwork = {
+		img = _loadImage(self, "IconsResized/icon_loading" .. skinSuffix ),
+		h   = THUMB_SIZE,
+		padding = MENU_ITEM_ICON_PADDING,
+		align = 'center',
+	}
+	s.home_menu.menu.selected.item.icon_no_artwork = s.home_menu.menu.item.icon_no_artwork
+	s.home_menu.menu.locked.item.icon_no_artwork = s.home_menu.menu.item.icon_no_artwork
+
 	-- icon_list window
 	s.icon_list = _uses(s.window, {
 		menu = {
=== QVGAbaseSkin/QVGAbaseSkinApplet.lua
==================================================================
--- QVGAbaseSkin/QVGAbaseSkinApplet.lua	(revision 39684)
+++ QVGAbaseSkin/QVGAbaseSkinApplet.lua	(local)
@@ -941,6 +941,37 @@
 		},
 	})
 
+	s.home_menu.menu.item.icon_no_artwork = {
+		img = _loadImage(self, "IconsResized/icon_loading" .. skinSuffix ),
+		w = 51,
+		padding = { 0, 1, 0, 0 },
+	}
+	s.home_menu.menu.selected.item.icon_no_artwork = {
+		img = _loadImage(self, "IconsResized/icon_loading" .. skinSuffix ),
+		w   = 51,
+		padding = { 0, 1, 0, 0 },
+	}
+	s.home_menu.menu.locked.item.icon_no_artwork = {
+		img = _loadImage(self, "IconsResized/icon_loading" .. skinSuffix ),
+		w   = 51,
+		padding = { 0, 1, 0, 0 },
+	}
+	s.home_menu.menu.item_play = _uses(s.home_menu.menu.item, {
+		arrow = { 
+			img = false, 
+		},
+	})
+	s.home_menu.menu.selected.item_play = _uses(s.home_menu.menu.selected.item, {
+		arrow = { 
+			img = false, 
+		},
+	})
+	s.home_menu.menu.locked.item_play = _uses(s.home_menu.menu.locked.item, {
+		arrow = { 
+			img = false, 
+		},
+	})
+
 	s.help_list = _uses(s.text_list)
 
 	-- choose player window is exactly the same as text_list on all windows except WQVGAlarge