diff --git a/src/app_style.rs b/src/app_style.rs
index 1e1a57f..9f21b1b 100644
--- a/src/app_style.rs
+++ b/src/app_style.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ pub fn create_themed_visuals(theme: ColorTheme, default: Visuals) -> Visuals {
             width: 1.0,
             color: theme.window_stroke_color,
         },
+        image_loading_spinners: false,
         ..default
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/note/contents.rs b/src/ui/note/contents.rs
index 8be574b..467da02 100644
--- a/src/ui/note/contents.rs
+++ b/src/ui/note/contents.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ fn image_carousel(
                         match img_cache.map()[&image].ready() {
                             // Still waiting
                             None => {
-                                ui.add(egui::Spinner::new().size(spinsz));
+                                ui.allocate_space(egui::vec2(spinsz, spinsz));
+                                //ui.add(egui::Spinner::new().size(spinsz));
                             }
                             // Failed to fetch image!
                             Some(Err(_err)) => {
@@ -246,7 +247,8 @@ fn image_carousel(
                                 );
                                 img_cache.map_mut().insert(image.to_owned(), no_pfp);
                                 // spin until next pass
-                                ui.add(egui::Spinner::new().size(spinsz));
+                                ui.allocate_space(egui::vec2(spinsz, spinsz));
+                                //ui.add(egui::Spinner::new().size(spinsz));
                             }
                             // Use the previously resolved image
                             Some(Ok(img)) => {
diff --git a/src/ui/profile/picture.rs b/src/ui/profile/picture.rs
index 86ef55a..379ac63 100644
--- a/src/ui/profile/picture.rs
+++ b/src/ui/profile/picture.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fn render_pfp(
     }
 
     match img_cache.map()[url].ready() {
-        None => ui.add(egui::Spinner::new().size(ui_size)),
+        None => paint_circle(ui, ui_size),
 
         // Failed to fetch profile!
         Some(Err(_err)) => {