diff --git a/damus/Util/Extensions/KFOptionSetter+.swift b/damus/Util/Extensions/KFOptionSetter+.swift
index 3da4d016..023a2e59 100644
--- a/damus/Util/Extensions/KFOptionSetter+.swift
+++ b/damus/Util/Extensions/KFOptionSetter+.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extension KFOptionSetter {
             maxSize: imageContext.maxMebibyteSize(),
             downsampleSize: imageContext.downsampleSize()
         )
+        options.loadDiskFileSynchronously = false
         options.backgroundDecode = true
         options.cacheOriginalImage = true
         options.scaleFactor = UIScreen.main.scale