diff --git a/player.html b/player.html
index 65481e1..a4a7a0c 100644
--- a/player.html
+++ b/player.html
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@
     var configXMLHTTP = new XMLHttpRequest();
     configXMLHTTP.onreadystatechange = function() {
       if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
-        var data = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
-        loadStreamChoices(data)
+        CONFIG_DATA = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
+        renderStreamInfo()
+        loadStreamChoices(CONFIG_DATA)
       }
     };
     configXMLHTTP.open("GET", "/config.json", true);
@@ -211,21 +212,26 @@
       statusXMLHTTP.onreadystatechange = function() {
         if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
           var streamData = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
-          title = streamData["icestats"]["host"]
           songName = fetchText(streamData, "title")
           listeners = fetchText(streamData, "listeners")
           streamURL = fetchText(streamData, "streamurl")
-          renderStreamInfo(title, songName, listeners, streamURL)
+          renderStreamInfo(songName, listeners, streamURL)
         }
       };
       statusXMLHTTP.open("GET", "/status-json.xsl", true);
       statusXMLHTTP.send();
     }
 
-    function renderStreamInfo(title="", songName="", listeners="", streamURL="") {
+    function renderStreamInfo(songName="", listeners="", streamURL="") {
       width = 60
 
-      titleLine = buildTitleLine(width, title)
+      // Use an empty title while config.json is being loaded
+      if (typeof CONFIG_DATA !== 'undefined') {
+        titleLine = buildTitleLine(width, CONFIG_DATA["title"])
+      } else {
+        titleLine = buildTitleLine(width, "")
+      }
+
       songNameLine = buildLine(width, songName, " Song Title: ")
       listenersLine = buildLine(width, listeners, "  Listeners: ")
       downloadLine = buildDownloadLine(width, streamURL)