diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/FlatUiTable.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/FlatUiTable.tsx
index bec51bbc..69899ae4 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/FlatUiTable.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/FlatUiTable.tsx
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ const TableInner: React.FC<FlatUiTableProps> = ({
         <Grid data={parsedData.data} />
       </div>
     );
-  return <Spinning />;
+  return <LoadingSpinner />;
 };
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/LineChart.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/LineChart.tsx
index 278a1e3b..275ed57f 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/LineChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/LineChart.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import LoadingSpinner from './LoadingSpinner';
 import { VegaLite } from './VegaLite';
+import loadData from '../lib/loadData';
+
+type AxisType = 'quantitative' | 'temporal';
+type TimeUnit = 'year' | undefined; // or ...
 
 export type LineChartProps = {
   data: Array<Array<string | number>> | string | { x: string; y: number }[];
   title?: string;
   xAxis?: string;
+  xAxisType?: AxisType;
+  xAxisTimeUnit: TimeUnit;
   yAxis?: string;
+  yAxisType?: AxisType;
   fullWidth?: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -13,15 +22,16 @@ export function LineChart({
   fullWidth = false,
   title = '',
   xAxis = 'x',
+  xAxisType = 'temporal',
+  xAxisTimeUnit = 'year', //  TODO: defaults to undefined would probably work better... keeping it as it's for compatibility purposes
   yAxis = 'y',
+  yAxisType = 'quantitative',
 }: LineChartProps) {
-  var tmp = data;
-  if (Array.isArray(data)) {
-    tmp = data.map((r) => {
-      return { x: r[0], y: r[1] };
-    });
-  }
-  const vegaData = { table: tmp };
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  //  By default, assumes data is an Array...
+  const [specData, setSpecData] = useState<any>({ name: 'table' });
+
   const spec = {
     $schema: 'https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v5.json',
     title,
@@ -33,9 +43,7 @@ export function LineChart({
       strokeWidth: 1,
       tooltip: true,
     },
-    data: {
-      name: 'table',
-    },
+    data: specData,
     selection: {
       grid: {
         type: 'interval',
@@ -45,19 +53,44 @@ export function LineChart({
     encoding: {
       x: {
         field: xAxis,
-        timeUnit: 'year',
-        type: 'temporal',
+        timeUnit: xAxisTimeUnit,
+        type: xAxisType,
       },
       y: {
         field: yAxis,
-        type: 'quantitative',
+        type: yAxisType,
       },
     },
-  };
-  if (typeof data === 'string') {
-    spec.data = { url: data } as any;
-    return <VegaLite fullWidth={fullWidth} spec={spec} />;
+  } as any;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    //  If data is string, assume it's a URL
+    if (typeof data === 'string') {
+      setIsLoading(true);
+
+      //  Manualy loading the data allows us to do other kinds
+      //  of stuff later e.g. load a file partially
+      loadData(data).then((res: any) => {
+        setSpecData({ values: res, format: { type: 'csv' } });
+        setIsLoading(false);
+      });
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  var vegaData = {};
+  if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+    var dataObj;
+    dataObj = data.map((r) => {
+      return { x: r[0], y: r[1] };
+    });
+    vegaData = { table: dataObj };
   }
 
-  return <VegaLite fullWidth={fullWidth} data={vegaData} spec={spec} />;
+  return isLoading ? (
+    <div className="w-full flex items-center justify-center w-[600px] h-[300px]">
+      <LoadingSpinner />
+    </div>
+  ) : (
+    <VegaLite fullWidth={fullWidth} data={vegaData} spec={spec} />
+  );
 }
diff --git a/packages/components/stories/LineChart.stories.ts b/packages/components/stories/LineChart.stories.ts
index 66ac6043..8428ee8d 100644
--- a/packages/components/stories/LineChart.stories.ts
+++ b/packages/components/stories/LineChart.stories.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,19 @@ const meta: Meta = {
       description:
         'Name of the X axis on the data. Required when the "data" parameter is an URL.',
     },
+    xAxisType: {
+      description: 'Type of the X axis',
+    },
+    xAxisTimeUnit: {
+      description: 'Time unit of the X axis (optional)',
+    },
     yAxis: {
       description:
         'Name of the Y axis on the data. Required when the "data" parameter is an URL.',
     },
+    yAxisType: {
+      description: 'Type of the Y axis',
+    },
     fullWidth: {
       description:
         'Whether the component should be rendered as full bleed or not',