# Ember loading substate not working from addon

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-loading-substate-not-working-from-addon/14038>\
**Category:** Ember CLI\
**Created:** [December 17, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-loading-substate-not-working-from-addon/14038 "2017-12-17T18:53:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlueRaja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/blueraja/32/13567_2.png) [@BlueRaja](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/BlueRaja)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-loading-substate-not-working-from-addon/14038/1 "2017-12-17T18:53:08Z")

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I have an Ember addon that is `npm link`ed with a project.

If I create the file `app/pods/application-loading/template.hbs` in the addon, the loading HTML is not rendered from the base-project. However, if I create the exact same file in the base-project itself, the loading HTML is rendered.

My understanding is that the addon’s `app` folder should be merged with the base-application’s `app` folder, so this shouldn’t be possible. What’s going on?

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**Author:** ![acorncom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/acorncom/32/12198_2.png) [@acorncom](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/acorncom)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-loading-substate-not-working-from-addon/14038/2 "2018-01-06T15:06:53Z")

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You may be running into snags between pods and non-pods with the loading state. Loading states work differently in pods than normally, but that looks like the right spot off the top of my head. If you put it in the “classic” spot does your loading state show up?