diff --git a/damus/Components/ImageCarousel.swift b/damus/Components/ImageCarousel.swift
index 72de487c..88d587d7 100644
--- a/damus/Components/ImageCarousel.swift
+++ b/damus/Components/ImageCarousel.swift
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ struct ImageCarousel: View {
                         }
                         .imageFill(for: geo.size, max: maxHeight, fill: fillHeight) { fill in
                             state.previews.cache_image_meta(evid: evid, image_fill: fill)
+                            // blur hash can be discarded when we have the url
+                            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1.0) {
+                                state.events.lookup_img_metadata(url: url)?.state = .not_needed
+                            }
                             image_fill = fill
                         }
                         .background {
diff --git a/damus/Util/EventCache.swift b/damus/Util/EventCache.swift
index b7acc45a..1b53326e 100644
--- a/damus/Util/EventCache.swift
+++ b/damus/Util/EventCache.swift
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ enum ImageMetaProcessState {
     case processing
     case failed
     case processed(UIImage)
+    case not_needed
     
     var img: UIImage? {
         switch self {