diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.coffee
index 41dba342107..b13a431a52f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.coffee
@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
   Milestones:
     template: '<li>${title}</li>'
 
+  Loading:
+    template: '<li><i class="fa fa-refresh fa-spin"></i> Loading...</li>'
+
+  DefaultOptions:
+    sorter: (query, items, searchKey) ->
+      return items if items[0].name? and items[0].name is 'loading'
+
+      $.fn.atwho.default.callbacks.sorter(query, items, searchKey)
+    filter: (query, data, searchKey) ->
+      return data if data[0] is 'loading'
+
+      $.fn.atwho.default.callbacks.filter(query, data, searchKey)
+    beforeInsert: (value) ->
+      if value.indexOf('undefined')
+        @at
+      else
+        value
+
   # Add GFM auto-completion to all input fields, that accept GFM input.
   setup: (wrap) ->
     @input = $('.js-gfm-input')
@@ -53,18 +71,37 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
     # Emoji
     @input.atwho
       at: ':'
-      displayTpl: @Emoji.template
+      displayTpl: (value) =>
+        if value.path?
+          @Emoji.template
+        else
+          @Loading.template
       insertTpl: ':${name}:'
+      data: ['loading']
+      callbacks:
+        sorter: @DefaultOptions.sorter
+        filter: @DefaultOptions.filter
+        beforeInsert: @DefaultOptions.beforeInsert
 
     # Team Members
     @input.atwho
       at: '@'
-      displayTpl: @Members.template
+      displayTpl: (value) =>
+        if value.username?
+          @Members.template
+        else
+          @Loading.template
       insertTpl: '${atwho-at}${username}'
       searchKey: 'search'
+      data: ['loading']
       callbacks:
+        sorter: @DefaultOptions.sorter
+        filter: @DefaultOptions.filter
+        beforeInsert: @DefaultOptions.beforeInsert
         beforeSave: (members) ->
           $.map members, (m) ->
+            return m if not m.username?
+
             title = m.name
             title += " (#{m.count})" if m.count
 
@@ -76,11 +113,21 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
       at: '#'
       alias: 'issues'
       searchKey: 'search'
-      displayTpl: @Issues.template
+      displayTpl:  (value) =>
+        if value.title?
+          @Issues.template
+        else
+          @Loading.template
+      data: ['loading']
       insertTpl: '${atwho-at}${id}'
       callbacks:
+        sorter: @DefaultOptions.sorter
+        filter: @DefaultOptions.filter
+        beforeInsert: @DefaultOptions.beforeInsert
         beforeSave: (issues) ->
           $.map issues, (i) ->
+            return i if not i.title?
+
             id:     i.iid
             title:  sanitize(i.title)
             search: "#{i.iid} #{i.title}"
@@ -89,11 +136,18 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
       at: '%'
       alias: 'milestones'
       searchKey: 'search'
-      displayTpl: @Milestones.template
+      displayTpl:  (value) =>
+        if value.title?
+          @Milestones.template
+        else
+          @Loading.template
       insertTpl: '${atwho-at}"${title}"'
+      data: ['loading']
       callbacks:
         beforeSave: (milestones) ->
           $.map milestones, (m) ->
+            return m if not m.title?
+
             id:     m.iid
             title:  sanitize(m.title)
             search: "#{m.title}"
@@ -102,11 +156,21 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
       at: '!'
       alias: 'mergerequests'
       searchKey: 'search'
-      displayTpl: @Issues.template
+      displayTpl:  (value) =>
+        if value.title?
+          @Issues.template
+        else
+          @Loading.template
+      data: ['loading']
       insertTpl: '${atwho-at}${id}'
       callbacks:
+        sorter: @DefaultOptions.sorter
+        filter: @DefaultOptions.filter
+        beforeInsert: @DefaultOptions.beforeInsert
         beforeSave: (merges) ->
           $.map merges, (m) ->
+            return m if not m.title?
+
             id:     m.iid
             title:  sanitize(m.title)
             search: "#{m.iid} #{m.title}"
@@ -128,3 +192,7 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
     @input.atwho 'load', 'mergerequests', data.mergerequests
     # load emojis
     @input.atwho 'load', ':', data.emojis
+
+    # This trigger at.js again
+    # otherwise we would be stuck with loading until the user types
+    $(':focus').trigger('keyup')