diff --git a/manual/tracy.tex b/manual/tracy.tex
index 94e15eb7..b2d975c3 100644
--- a/manual/tracy.tex
+++ b/manual/tracy.tex
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ The frame information block consists of four elements: the current frame set nam
 
 The next two items show the \faEye{}~view time range and \faDatabase{}~time span of the whole capture.
 
-The notification area is used to display informational notices, for example how long it took to load a trace from disk. A pulsating dot indicates that some background tasks are being performed, that may need to be completed before full capabilities of the profiler are available.
+The notification area is used to display informational notices, for example how long it took to load a trace from disk. A pulsating dot next to the \faTasks~icon indicates that some background tasks are being performed, that may need to be completed before full capabilities of the profiler are available.
 
 \subsubsection{Frame time graph}
 
diff --git a/server/TracyView.cpp b/server/TracyView.cpp
index 9830001b..f0975786 100644
--- a/server/TracyView.cpp
+++ b/server/TracyView.cpp
@@ -598,9 +598,17 @@ bool View::DrawImpl()
     if( !m_worker.IsBackgroundDone() )
     {
         ImGui::SameLine();
+#ifdef TRACY_EXTENDED_FONT
+        TextDisabledUnformatted( ICON_FA_TASKS );
+        ImGui::SameLine();
         const auto pos = ImGui::GetCursorPos();
         ImGui::TextUnformatted( "  " );
         ImGui::GetWindowDrawList()->AddCircleFilled( pos + ImVec2( 0, ty * 0.75f ), ty * ( 0.2f + ( sin( s_time * 8 ) + 1 ) * 0.125f ), 0xFF888888, 10 );
+#else
+        const auto pos = ImGui::GetCursorPos();
+        ImGui::TextUnformatted( "  " );
+        ImGui::GetWindowDrawList()->AddCircleFilled( pos + ImVec2( 0, ty * 0.75f ), ty * ( 0.2f + ( sin( s_time * 8 ) + 1 ) * 0.125f ), 0xFF888888, 10 );
+#endif
     }
     if( m_saveThreadState.load( std::memory_order_relaxed ) == SaveThreadState::Saving )
     {