diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/actions/assets.js b/client/modules/IDE/actions/assets.js
index 5b72791e..e2b49cf6 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/actions/assets.js
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/actions/assets.js
@@ -1,26 +1,32 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
-
 import * as ActionTypes from '../../../constants';
+import { startLoader, stopLoader } from './loader';
 
 const __process = (typeof global !== 'undefined' ? global : window).process;
 const ROOT_URL = __process.env.API_URL;
 
-function setAssets(assets) {
+function setAssets(assets, totalSize) {
   return {
     type: ActionTypes.SET_ASSETS,
-    assets
+    assets,
+    totalSize
   };
 }
 
 export function getAssets() {
-  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+  return (dispatch) => {
+    dispatch(startLoader());
     axios.get(`${ROOT_URL}/S3/objects`, { withCredentials: true })
       .then((response) => {
-        dispatch(setAssets(response.data.assets));
+        dispatch(setAssets(response.data.assets, response.data.totalSize));
+        dispatch(stopLoader());
       })
-      .catch(response => dispatch({
-        type: ActionTypes.ERROR
-      }));
+      .catch(() => {
+        dispatch({
+          type: ActionTypes.ERROR
+        });
+        dispatch(stopLoader());
+      });
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/components/AssetList.jsx b/client/modules/IDE/components/AssetList.jsx
index ab548322..a658fedf 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/components/AssetList.jsx
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/components/AssetList.jsx
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { bindActionCreators } from 'redux';
 import { Link } from 'react-router';
 import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
-
 import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes';
 
+import Loader from '../../App/components/loader';
 import * as AssetActions from '../actions/assets';
 
-
 class AssetList extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
@@ -23,17 +22,37 @@ class AssetList extends React.Component {
     return `p5.js Web Editor | ${this.props.username}'s assets`;
   }
 
+  hasAssets() {
+    return !this.props.loading && this.props.assetList.length > 0;
+  }
+
+  renderLoader() {
+    if (this.props.loading) return <Loader />;
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  renderEmptyTable() {
+    if (!this.props.loading && this.props.assetList.length === 0) {
+      return (<p className="asset-table__empty">No uploaded assets.</p>);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   render() {
     const username = this.props.username !== undefined ? this.props.username : this.props.user.username;
+    const { assetList, totalSize } = this.props;
     return (
       <div className="asset-table-container">
+        {/* Eventually, this copy should be Total / 250 MB Used */}
+        {this.hasAssets() &&
+          <p className="asset-table__total">{`${prettyBytes(totalSize)} Total`}</p>
+        }
         <Helmet>
           <title>{this.getAssetsTitle()}</title>
         </Helmet>
-        {this.props.assets.length === 0 &&
-          <p className="asset-table__empty">No uploaded assets.</p>
-        }
-        {this.props.assets.length > 0 &&
+        {this.renderLoader()}
+        {this.renderEmptyTable()}
+        {this.hasAssets() &&
           <table className="asset-table">
             <thead>
               <tr>
@@ -44,7 +63,7 @@ class AssetList extends React.Component {
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
-              {this.props.assets.map(asset =>
+              {assetList.map(asset =>
                 (
                   <tr className="asset-table__row" key={asset.key}>
                     <td>{asset.name}</td>
@@ -65,20 +84,24 @@ AssetList.propTypes = {
     username: PropTypes.string
   }).isRequired,
   username: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-  assets: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.shape({
+  assetList: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.shape({
     key: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     name: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     url: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     sketchName: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     sketchId: PropTypes.string.isRequired
   })).isRequired,
+  totalSize: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
   getAssets: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  loading: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
 };
 
 function mapStateToProps(state) {
   return {
     user: state.user,
-    assets: state.assets
+    assetList: state.assets.list,
+    totalSize: state.assets.totalSize,
+    loading: state.loading
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/reducers/assets.js b/client/modules/IDE/reducers/assets.js
index 260660f2..9ddd1cbe 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/reducers/assets.js
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/reducers/assets.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import * as ActionTypes from '../../../constants';
 
-const assets = (state = [], action) => {
+// 1,000,000 bytes in a MB. can't upload if totalSize is bigger than this.
+const initialState = {
+  list: [],
+  totalSize: 0
+};
+
+const assets = (state = initialState, action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case ActionTypes.SET_ASSETS:
-      return action.assets;
+      return { list: action.assets, totalSize: action.totalSize };
     default:
       return state;
   }
diff --git a/client/styles/components/_asset-list.scss b/client/styles/components/_asset-list.scss
index 76013deb..e9258f3a 100644
--- a/client/styles/components/_asset-list.scss
+++ b/client/styles/components/_asset-list.scss
@@ -54,3 +54,7 @@
   text-align: center;
   font-size: #{16 / $base-font-size}rem;
 }
+
+.asset-table__total {
+  padding: 0 #{20 / $base-font-size}rem;
+}
diff --git a/server/controllers/aws.controller.js b/server/controllers/aws.controller.js
index 4e94e24e..dd9122f6 100644
--- a/server/controllers/aws.controller.js
+++ b/server/controllers/aws.controller.js
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export function listObjectsInS3ForUser(req, res) {
       .on('end', () => {
         const projectAssets = [];
         getProjectsForUserId(userId).then((projects) => {
+          let totalSize = 0;
           assets.forEach((asset) => {
             const name = asset.key.split('/').pop();
             const foundAsset = {
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ export function listObjectsInS3ForUser(req, res) {
               size: asset.size,
               url: `${process.env.S3_BUCKET_URL_BASE}${asset.key}`
             };
+            totalSize += asset.size;
             projects.some((project) => {
               let found = false;
               project.files.some((file) => {
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ export function listObjectsInS3ForUser(req, res) {
             });
             projectAssets.push(foundAsset);
           });
-          res.json({ assets: projectAssets });
+          res.json({ assets: projectAssets, totalSize });
         });
       });
   });