diff --git a/qortal-ui-core/src/components/settings-view/account-view.js b/qortal-ui-core/src/components/settings-view/account-view.js
index dabcbe42..d4aae69b 100644
--- a/qortal-ui-core/src/components/settings-view/account-view.js
+++ b/qortal-ui-core/src/components/settings-view/account-view.js
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ class AccountView extends connect(store)(LitElement) {
         } else {
             const avatarNode = store.getState().app.nodeConfig.knownNodes[store.getState().app.nodeConfig.node]
             const avatarUrl = avatarNode.protocol + '://' + avatarNode.domain + ':' + avatarNode.port
-            const url = `${avatarUrl}/arbitrary/THUMBNAIL/${this.accountInfo.names[0].name}/qortal_avatar?apiKey=${this.getApiKey()}`
-            return html`<img src="${url}" style="width:150px; height:150px;" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='/img/noavatar.png';">`
+            const url = `${avatarUrl}/arbitrary/THUMBNAIL/${this.accountInfo.names[0].name}/qortal_avatar?async=true&apiKey=${this.getApiKey()}`
+            return html`<img src="${url}" style="width:150px; height:150px;" onerror="this.src='/img/noavatar.png';">`
         }
     }