diff --git a/applets/weather/package/contents/ui/IconAndTextItem.qml b/applets/weather/package/contents/ui/IconAndTextItem.qml
index 57b2b500e..37fb73d8f 100644
--- a/applets/weather/package/contents/ui/IconAndTextItem.qml
+++ b/applets/weather/package/contents/ui/IconAndTextItem.qml
@@ -1,116 +1,119 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2018  Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.9
 
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.3
 
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.components 3.0 as PlasmaComponents
 
 GridLayout {
     id: iconAndTextRoot
 
     property alias iconSource: icon.source
     property alias text: label.text
     property bool vertical: false // too bad we cannot make this an enum
     property alias active: icon.active
 
     readonly property int minimumIconSize: units.iconSizes.small
     readonly property int iconSize: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? width : height
 
     columns: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? 1 : 2
     rows: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? 2 : 1
 
     columnSpacing: 0
     rowSpacing: 0
 
     PlasmaCore.IconItem {
         id: icon
 
         readonly property int implicitMinimumIconSize: Math.max(iconSize, minimumIconSize)
         // reset implicit size, so layout in free dimension does not stop at the default one
         implicitWidth: minimumIconSize
         implicitHeight: minimumIconSize
 
         Layout.fillWidth: iconAndTextRoot.vertical
         Layout.fillHeight: !iconAndTextRoot.vertical
         Layout.minimumWidth: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? minimumIconSize : implicitMinimumIconSize
         Layout.minimumHeight: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? implicitMinimumIconSize : minimumIconSize
     }
 
     Item {
         id: text
 
+        // Otherwise it takes up too much space while loading
+        visible: label.text.length > 0
+
         Layout.fillWidth: iconAndTextRoot.vertical
         Layout.fillHeight: !iconAndTextRoot.vertical
         Layout.minimumWidth: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? 0 : sizehelper.paintedWidth
         Layout.maximumWidth: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? Infinity : Layout.minimumWidth
 
         Layout.minimumHeight: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? sizehelper.paintedHeight : 0
         Layout.maximumHeight: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? Layout.minimumHeight : Infinity
 
         Text {
             id: sizehelper
 
             font {
                 family: label.font.family
                 weight: label.font.weight
                 italic: label.font.italic
                 pixelSize: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? theme.mSize(theme.defaultFont).height * 2 : 1024 // random "big enough" size - this is used as a max pixelSize by the fontSizeMode
             }
             minimumPixelSize: theme.mSize(theme.smallestFont).height
             fontSizeMode: iconAndTextRoot.vertical ? Text.HorizontalFit : Text.VerticalFit
             wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
 
             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
             anchors {
                 fill: parent
                 leftMargin: units.smallSpacing
                 rightMargin: units.smallSpacing
             }
             visible: false
 
             // pattern to reserve some constant space TODO: improve and take formatting/i18n into account
             text: "888.8° X"
         }
 
         PlasmaComponents.Label {
             id: label
 
             font {
                 weight: Font.Normal
                 pixelSize: 1024
                 pointSize: 0 // we need to unset pointSize otherwise it breaks the Text.Fit size mode
             }
             minimumPixelSize: theme.mSize(theme.smallestFont).height
             fontSizeMode: Text.Fit
             wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
 
             height: 0
             width: 0
             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
             anchors {
                 fill: parent
                 leftMargin: units.smallSpacing
                 rightMargin: units.smallSpacing
             }
         }
     }
 }