diff -Nru performous-1.1+lp2766/debian/bzr-builder.manifest performous-1.1+lp2768/debian/bzr-builder.manifest
--- performous-1.1+lp2766/debian/bzr-builder.manifest	2017-11-03 18:31:54.000000000 +0000
+++ performous-1.1+lp2768/debian/bzr-builder.manifest	2017-11-30 10:17:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# bzr-builder format 0.4 deb-version 1.1+lp2766-0~201711031831
-lp:performous revid:git-v1:af07148a336119b1c2f94f9be99a5ef37aebc9c7
+# bzr-builder format 0.4 deb-version 1.1+lp2768-0~201711301017
+lp:performous revid:git-v1:9b78e146f9d5647b0ca8daba5961e380bfc1d36e
 merge packaging lp:~performous-team/performous/ubuntu revid:tobias-debian@23.gs-20160311195435-zcj5fy4yjvh99cop
diff -Nru performous-1.1+lp2766/debian/changelog performous-1.1+lp2768/debian/changelog
--- performous-1.1+lp2766/debian/changelog	2017-11-03 18:31:54.000000000 +0000
+++ performous-1.1+lp2768/debian/changelog	2017-11-30 10:17:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-performous (1.1+lp2766-0~201711031831~ubuntu16.04.1) xenial; urgency=low
+performous (1.1+lp2768-0~201711301017~ubuntu16.04.1) xenial; urgency=low
 
   * Auto build.
 
- -- Launchpad Package Builder <noreply@launchpad.net>  Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:31:54 +0000
+ -- Launchpad Package Builder <noreply@launchpad.net>  Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:17:36 +0000
 
 performous (1.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
diff -Nru performous-1.1+lp2766/game/main.cc performous-1.1+lp2768/game/main.cc
--- performous-1.1+lp2766/game/main.cc	2017-11-03 18:31:52.000000000 +0000
+++ performous-1.1+lp2768/game/main.cc	2017-11-30 10:17:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@
 		while (!gm.isFinished()) {
 			Profiler prof("mainloop");
 			bool benchmarking = config["graphic/fps"].b();
+			if (songs.doneLoading == true && songs.displayedAlert == false) {
+				gm.dialog(_("Done Loading!\n Loaded ") + std::to_string(songs.loadedSongs()) + " Songs.");
+				songs.displayedAlert = true;
+			}
 			if( g_take_screenshot ) {
 				try {
 					window.screenshot();
diff -Nru performous-1.1+lp2766/game/songs.cc performous-1.1+lp2768/game/songs.cc
--- performous-1.1+lp2766/game/songs.cc	2017-11-03 18:31:52.000000000 +0000
+++ performous-1.1+lp2768/game/songs.cc	2017-11-30 10:17:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 
 void Songs::reload() {
 	if (m_loading) return;
+	if (doneLoading == true) {
+		doneLoading = false;
+		displayedAlert = false;
+	}
 	// Run loading thread
 	m_loading = true;
 	m_thread.reset(new boost::thread(boost::bind(&Songs::reload_internal, boost::ref(*this))));
@@ -60,8 +64,7 @@
 	std::clog << std::flush;
 	m_loading = false;
 	std::clog << "songs/notice: Done Loading. Loaded " << m_songs.size() << " Songs." << std::endl;
-	Game* gm = Game::getSingletonPtr();
-    //gm->dialog(_("Done Loading!\n Loaded ") + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(m_songs.size()) + " Songs.");	//crashes on ubuntu 16.10 but not on 16.04
+	doneLoading = true;
 }
 
 void Songs::reload_internal(fs::path const& parent) {
diff -Nru performous-1.1+lp2766/game/songs.hh performous-1.1+lp2768/game/songs.hh
--- performous-1.1+lp2766/game/songs.hh	2017-11-03 18:31:52.000000000 +0000
+++ performous-1.1+lp2768/game/songs.hh	2017-11-30 10:17:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
 	void sortSpecificChange(int sortOrder, bool descending = false);
 	/// parses file into Song &tmp
 	void parseFile(Song& tmp);
+	volatile bool doneLoading = false;
+	volatile bool displayedAlert = false;
+	size_t loadedSongs() const { return m_songs.size(); }
 
   private:
 	class RestoreSel;