diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/components/datasets/containers/health-score-gauge.ts b/wherehows-web/app/components/datasets/containers/health-score-gauge.ts
index 8e8cfafa51..08d7e5feb2 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/components/datasets/containers/health-score-gauge.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/components/datasets/containers/health-score-gauge.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import { IDatasetHealth } from 'wherehows-web/typings/api/datasets/health';
 import { readDatasetHealthByUrn } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/health';
 import { get, set } from '@ember/object';
 
-// import { once } from '@ember/runloop';
-
 export default class HealthScoreGauge extends Component {
   /**
    * The urn identifier for the dataset
@@ -17,12 +15,14 @@ export default class HealthScoreGauge extends Component {
    * Defines the tag to be used in the rendered html element for this component
    * @type {string}
    */
-  tagName: '';
+  tagName = '';
+
+  elementId = <any>undefined;
 
   /**
    * The health score to be passed to the container
    */
-  healthScore: number;
+  healthScore: number = 0;
 
   didInsertElement() {
     get(this, 'getHealthScoreTask').perform();
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/components/visualization/charts/score-gauge.ts b/wherehows-web/app/components/visualization/charts/score-gauge.ts
index f7ccf4744d..bacce33c38 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/components/visualization/charts/score-gauge.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/components/visualization/charts/score-gauge.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default class VisualizationChartsScoreGauge extends Component {
    * @type {number}
    * @default 0
    */
-  score: number = this.score || 0;
+  score: number;
 
   /**
    * Represents the maximum value a score can be. Helps us to calculate a percentage score
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/services/dataset-meta.ts b/wherehows-web/app/services/dataset-meta.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c79b5a315..0000000000
--- a/wherehows-web/app/services/dataset-meta.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import Service from '@ember/service';
-import { IObject } from 'wherehows-web/typings/generic';
-import { get } from '@ember/object';
-
-export default class DatasetMeta extends Service {
-  healthScore: number;
-
-  healthScores: IObject<number> = {};
-
-  setHealthScoreForUrn(urn: string, score: number) {
-    get(this, 'healthScores')[urn] = score;
-  }
-}
-
-// DO NOT DELETE: this is how TypeScript knows how to look up your services.
-declare module '@ember/service' {
-  interface Registry {
-    'dataset-meta': DatasetMeta;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/datasets/containers/health-score-gauge.hbs b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/datasets/containers/health-score-gauge.hbs
index c10b475ba0..4833ba635d 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/datasets/containers/health-score-gauge.hbs
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/datasets/containers/health-score-gauge.hbs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{{visualization/charts/score-gauge
-  class="dataset-health-score"
-  score=healthScore
-  title="Health Score:"}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{#if getHealthScoreTask.isIdle}}
+  {{visualization/charts/score-gauge
+    class="dataset-health-score"
+    score=healthScore
+    title="Health Score:"}}
+{{else}}
+  {{pendulum-ellipsis-animation}}
+{{/if}}