diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Format/STL.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Format/STL.pm
index abdef000e..1e30394dd 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Format/STL.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Format/STL.pm
@@ -121,12 +121,11 @@ sub read_file {
 sub _read_ascii {
     my ($fh, $facets) = @_;
     
-    my $point_re = qr/([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s*$/;
+    my $point_re = qr/([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)/;
     
     my $facet;
     seek $fh, 0, 0;
     while (my $_ = <$fh>) {
-        s/\R+$//;
         if (!$facet) {
             /^\s*facet\s+normal\s+$point_re/ or next;
             $facet = [ [$1, $2, $3] ];
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ sub _read_ascii {
                 push @$facets, $facet;
                 undef $facet;
             } else {
-                /^\s*vertex\s+$point_re/ or next;
+                /^\s*vertex\s+$point_re/o or next;
                 push @$facet, [map $_ * 1, $1, $2, $3];
             }
         }
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/GUI/Dashboard.pm b/lib/Slic3r/GUI/Dashboard.pm
index 052ed10d4..945675da3 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/GUI/Dashboard.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/GUI/Dashboard.pm
@@ -139,9 +139,12 @@ sub load_file {
     
     $Slic3r::GUI::SkeinPanel::last_input_file = $input_file;
     
+    my $process_dialog = Wx::ProgressDialog->new('Loading...', "Processing input file...", 100, $self, 0);
+    $process_dialog->Pulse;
     local $SIG{__WARN__} = Slic3r::GUI::warning_catcher($self);
     my $object = $self->{print}->add_object_from_file($input_file);
     my $obj_idx = $#{$self->{print}->objects};
+    $process_dialog->Destroy;
     
     $self->{list}->InsertStringItem($obj_idx, basename($input_file));
     $self->{list}->SetItem($obj_idx, 1, "1");