diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
index f22d825dd..4753c39f2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         mBackgroundImage = MyGUI::Gui::getInstance().createWidgetReal<BackgroundImage>("ImageBox", 0,0,1,1,
             MyGUI::Align::Stretch, "Menu");
+        mSceneImage = MyGUI::Gui::getInstance().createWidgetReal<BackgroundImage>("ImageBox", 0,0,1,1,
+            MyGUI::Align::Stretch, "Scene");
 
         findSplashScreens();
     }
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
         WindowBase::setVisible(visible);
         mBackgroundImage->setVisible(visible);
+        mSceneImage->setVisible(visible);
     }
 
     double LoadingScreen::getTargetFrameRate() const
@@ -214,8 +217,11 @@ namespace MWGui
             // TODO: add option (filename pattern?) to use image aspect ratio instead of 4:3
             // we can't do this by default, because the Morrowind splash screens are 1024x1024, but should be displayed as 4:3
             bool stretch = Settings::Manager::getBool("stretch menu background", "GUI");
+            mBackgroundImage->setVisible(true);
             mBackgroundImage->setBackgroundImage(randomSplash, true, stretch);
         }
+        mSceneImage->setBackgroundImage("");
+        mSceneImage->setVisible(false);
     }
 
     void LoadingScreen::setProgressRange (size_t range)
@@ -292,9 +298,11 @@ namespace MWGui
         mViewer->getCamera()->setInitialDrawCallback(new CopyFramebufferToTextureCallback(mTexture));
 
         mBackgroundImage->setBackgroundImage("");
+        mBackgroundImage->setVisible(false);
 
-        mBackgroundImage->setRenderItemTexture(mGuiTexture.get());
-        mBackgroundImage->getSubWidgetMain()->_setUVSet(MyGUI::FloatRect(0.f, 0.f, 1.f, 1.f));
+        mSceneImage->setRenderItemTexture(mGuiTexture.get());
+        mSceneImage->getSubWidgetMain()->_setUVSet(MyGUI::FloatRect(0.f, 0.f, 1.f, 1.f));
+        mSceneImage->setVisible(true);
     }
 
     void LoadingScreen::draw()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
index 2f8831fdc..8536972a3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         MyGUI::TextBox* mLoadingText;
         MyGUI::ScrollBar* mProgressBar;
         BackgroundImage* mBackgroundImage;
+        BackgroundImage* mSceneImage;
 
         std::vector<std::string> mSplashScreens;
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
index 7c7cdb63e..7586bb66a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->removeGuiMode(GM_Travel);
         MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->exitCurrentGuiMode();
 
+        MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->fadeScreenOut(1);
+
         // Teleports any followers, too.
         MWWorld::ActionTeleport action(interior ? cellname : "", pos, true);
         action.execute(player);
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_layers.xml b/files/mygui/openmw_layers.xml
index cd8a9f760..5e4a74978 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_layers.xml
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_layers.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <MyGUI type="Layer" version="1.0">
+    <Layer name="Scene" overlapped="false" pick="false"/>
     <Layer name="Overlay" overlapped="false" pick="false"/>
     <Layer name="AdditiveOverlay" type="AdditiveLayer" pick="false"/>
     <Layer name="HUD" overlapped="false" pick="true"/>