diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/details-card.js b/client/app/scripts/components/details-card.js
index 703719ce9..1ae3d6c7c 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/details-card.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/details-card.js
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ class DetailsCard extends React.Component {
     return (
       <div className="details-wrapper" style={style}>
         {showingTerminal && <EmbeddedTerminal />}
-        <NodeDetails nodeId={this.props.id} key={this.props.id} {...this.props} />
+        <NodeDetails
+          key={this.props.id}
+          nodeId={this.props.id}
+          mounted={this.state.mounted}
+          {...this.props}
+        />
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
index ffd99e6a1..6b49acd5c 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import debug from 'debug';
 import React from 'react';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { Map as makeMap } from 'immutable';
 
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ class NodeDetails extends React.Component {
   renderLoading() {
     const node = this.props.nodes.get(this.props.nodeId);
     const label = node ? node.get('label') : this.props.label;
+    // NOTE: If we start the fa-spin animation before the node details panel has been
+    // mounted, the spinner is displayed blurred the whole time in Chrome (possibly
+    // caused by a bug having to do with animating the details panel).
+    const spinnerClassName = classNames('fa fa-circle-o-notch', { 'fa-spin': this.props.mounted });
     const nodeColor = (node ?
                        getNodeColorDark(node.get('rank'), label, node.get('pseudo')) :
                        getNeutralColor());
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ class NodeDetails extends React.Component {
         </div>
         <div className="node-details-content">
           <div className="node-details-content-loading">
-            <span className="fa fa-circle-o-notch fa-spin" />
+            <span className={spinnerClassName} />
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>