diff --git a/scripts/songselect/songwheel.lua b/scripts/songselect/songwheel.lua
index 87d4da6..e3bba54 100644
--- a/scripts/songselect/songwheel.lua
+++ b/scripts/songselect/songwheel.lua
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ local jacketCache = {}
 local top50diffs = {}
 
 local isIrLeaderboardRequested = false;
+local isIrLeaderboardFetching = false;
+local irRequestStatus = 1; -- 0=unused, 1=not requested, 2=loading, others are status codes
 local irRequestTimeout = 2
 local irLeaderboard = {}
 
@@ -497,6 +499,7 @@ function drawData() -- Draws the song data on the left panel
     drawIrLeaderboard()
 
     gfx.FontSize(22)
+    gfx.TextAlign(gfx.TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT + gfx.TEXT_ALIGN_MIDDLE)
     gfx.GlobalAlpha(transitionAfterscrollDataOverlayAlpha);
     gfx.Text(diff.effector, 270, 1180); -- effected by
     gfx.Text(diff.illustrator, 270, 1210); -- illustrated by
@@ -542,25 +545,43 @@ function drawLocalLeaderboard(diff)
 end
 
 function drawIrLeaderboard()
-    if #irLeaderboard == 0 then
-        return;
-    end
-
     gfx.LoadSkinFont('Digital-Serial-Bold.ttf')
     gfx.FontSize(26)
-
+    
     local scoreBoardX = 75;
     local scoreBoardY = 1500;
-
+    
     local sbBarWidth = 336*1.2;
     local sbBarHeight = 33;
-
+    
     local sbBarContentLeftX = scoreBoardX + 80;
     local sbBarContentRightX = scoreBoardX + sbBarWidth/2 + 30;
 
     -- Draw the header
     gfx.BeginPath();
     gfx.ImageRect(scoreBoardX, scoreBoardY, sbBarWidth, sbBarHeight, scoreBoardBarBgImage, 1, 0);
+    
+    gfx.TextAlign(gfx.TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER + gfx.TEXT_ALIGN_MIDDLE)
+    gfx.BeginPath();
+
+    if isIrLeaderboardFetching or irRequestTimeout > 0 then
+        gfx.Text("Loading ranking...", scoreBoardX + (sbBarWidth / 2), scoreBoardY + sbBarHeight/2);
+        return;
+    end
+
+    if irRequestStatus == IRData.States.ChartRefused then
+        gfx.Text("This chart is blacklisted", scoreBoardX + (sbBarWidth / 2), scoreBoardY + sbBarHeight/2);
+        return;
+    end
+
+    if irRequestStatus == IRData.States.NotFound then
+        gfx.Text("This chart is not tracked", scoreBoardX + (sbBarWidth / 2), scoreBoardY + sbBarHeight/2);
+        return;
+    end
+
+    if #irLeaderboard == 0 then
+        return;
+    end
 
     gfx.BeginPath();
     gfx.ImageRect(205, 1252.5, 800*0.045, 600*0.045, crownImage, 1, 0);
@@ -662,6 +683,7 @@ function refreshIrLeaderboard()
         return;
     end
 
+    isIrLeaderboardFetching = true;
     IR.Leaderboard(diff.hash, 'best', 4, onIrLeaderboardFetched)
 end
 
@@ -679,6 +701,10 @@ function dump(o)
 end
 
 function onIrLeaderboardFetched(res)
+    isIrLeaderboardFetching = false;
+
+    irRequestStatus = res.statusCode;
+
     if res.statusCode == IRData.States.Success then
         local tempIrLeaderboard = res.body;
 
diff --git a/textures/song_select/ir_loading.png b/textures/song_select/ir_loading.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8576fde
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