diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23f7812..ceb9212 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Canary
 *   Skip button for auto-post ads
+*   Image tab on the character profile view now loads up faster 
 
 
 ## 1.8.0
diff --git a/chat/Chat.vue b/chat/Chat.vue
index e11da21..b634625 100644
--- a/chat/Chat.vue
+++ b/chat/Chat.vue
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import {InlineDisplayMode} from '../interfaces';
 <template>
     <div style="display:flex; flex-direction: column; height:100%; justify-content: center">
         <div class="card bg-light" style="width:400px;max-width:100%;margin:0 auto" v-if="!connected">
diff --git a/site/character_page/character_page.vue b/site/character_page/character_page.vue
index 9d6db38..b0ad138 100644
--- a/site/character_page/character_page.vue
+++ b/site/character_page/character_page.vue
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 
     import {Component, Hook, Prop, Watch} from '@f-list/vue-ts';
     import Vue from 'vue';
+    import log from 'electron-log'; //tslint:disable-line:match-default-export-name
+
     import {StandardBBCodeParser} from '../../bbcode/standard';
     import {BBCodeView} from '../../bbcode/view';
     import { CharacterCacheRecord } from '../../learn/profile-cache';
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@
     import { CharacterImage, SimpleCharacter } from '../../interfaces';
 
     const CHARACTER_CACHE_EXPIRE = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 7 days (milliseconds)
-    const CHARACTER_META_CACHE_EXPIRE = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 10 days (milliseconds)
+    const CHARACTER_META_CACHE_EXPIRE = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 7 days (milliseconds)
 
     interface ShowableVueTab extends Vue {
         show?(): void
@@ -198,8 +200,14 @@
             return core.state.settings.risingAdScore;
         }
 
+
         async reload(): Promise<void> {
             await this.load(true, true);
+
+            const target = <ShowableVueTab>this.$refs[`tab${this.tab}`];
+
+            //tslint:disable-next-line:no-unbound-method
+            if(typeof target.show === 'function') target.show();
         }
 
 
@@ -355,6 +363,8 @@
         }
 
         private async _getCharacter(skipCache: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
+            log.debug('profile.getCharacter', { name: this.name } );
+
             this.character = undefined;
             this.friends = null;
             this.groups = null;
@@ -373,20 +383,24 @@
 
             standardParser.inlines = this.character.character.inlines;
 
+            if ((cache) && (cache.meta)) {
+              this.guestbook = cache.meta.guestbook;
+              this.friends = cache.meta.friends;
+              this.groups = cache.meta.groups;
+              this.images = cache.meta.images;
+            }
+
             if (
                 (cache && !skipCache)
                 && (cache.meta)
                 && (cache.meta.lastMetaFetched)
                 && (Date.now() - cache.meta.lastMetaFetched.getTime() > CHARACTER_META_CACHE_EXPIRE)
             ) {
-                this.guestbook = cache.meta.guestbook;
-                this.friends = cache.meta.friends;
-                this.groups = cache.meta.groups;
-                this.images = cache.meta.images;
+              // do nothing
             } else {
                 // No await on purpose:
                 // tslint:disable-next-line no-floating-promises
-                this.updateMeta(this.name);
+                this.updateMeta(this.name).catch(err => console.error('profile.updateMeta', err));
             }
 
             // console.log('LoadChar', this.name, this.character);
diff --git a/site/character_page/images.vue b/site/character_page/images.vue
index 17fa638..5ae17e1 100644
--- a/site/character_page/images.vue
+++ b/site/character_page/images.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
 <!--    <div class="character-images row">-->
     <div class="character-images">
-        <div v-show="loading" class="alert alert-info">Loading images.</div>
+        <div v-show="((loading) && (images.length === 0))" class="alert alert-info">Loading images.</div>
         <template v-if="!loading">
             <div class="images-navigate-up">
                 <i class="fa fa-angle-up"></i>
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts">
+    import log from 'electron-log'; //tslint:disable-line:match-default-export-name
     import {Component, Prop} from '@f-list/vue-ts';
     import Vue from 'vue';
     import {CharacterImage} from '../../interfaces';
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@
     import {methods} from './data_store';
     import {Character} from './interfaces';
     import core from '../../chat/core';
+    import _ from 'lodash';
+
 
     @Component
     export default class ImagesView extends Vue {
@@ -50,36 +53,82 @@
         imageUrl = (image: CharacterImage) => methods.imageUrl(image);
         thumbUrl = (image: CharacterImage) => methods.imageThumbUrl(image);
 
-        async show(): Promise<void> {
+
+        show(): void {
+          log.debug('profile.images.show', { shown: this.shown, loading: this.loading });
+
+          if (this.shown) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          this.images = this.resolveImages();
+
+          // this promise is intentionally not part of a chain
+          this.showAsync().catch((err) => log.error('profile.images.error', { err }));
+        }
+
+
+        async showAsync(): Promise<void> {
+            log.debug('profile.images.show.async', { shown: this.shown, loading: this.loading });
+
             if(this.shown) return;
             try {
                 this.error = '';
                 this.shown = true;
                 this.loading = true;
-                this.images = await this.resolveImages();
-            } catch(e) {
+                this.images = await this.resolveImagesAsync();
+            } catch(err) {
                 this.shown = false;
-                if(Utils.isJSONError(e))
-                    this.error = <string>e.response.data.error;
-                Utils.ajaxError(e, 'Unable to load images.');
+                if(Utils.isJSONError(err))
+                    this.error = <string>err.response.data.error;
+                Utils.ajaxError(err, 'Unable to refresh images.');
+                log.error('profile.images.show.async.error', { err });
             }
             this.loading = false;
         }
 
-        async resolveImages(): Promise<CharacterImage[]> {
+        async resolveImagesAsync(): Promise<CharacterImage[]> {
+            log.debug('profile.images.async.injected', { count: this.injectedImages ? this.injectedImages.length : 0 });
+
             if ((this.injectedImages) && (this.injectedImages.length)) {
                 return this.injectedImages;
             }
 
             const c = await core.cache.profileCache.get(this.character.character.name);
 
+            log.debug('profile.images.async.cache', { count: _.get(c, 'meta.images.length') });
+
             if ((c) && (c.meta) && (c.meta.images)) {
                 return c.meta.images;
             }
 
-            return methods.imagesGet(this.character.character.id);
+            const images = await methods.imagesGet(this.character.character.id);
+
+            log.debug('profile.images.async.api', { count: images.length });
+
+            return images;
         }
 
+
+        resolveImages(): CharacterImage[] {
+          log.debug('profile.images.sync.injected', { count: this.injectedImages ? this.injectedImages.length : 0 });
+
+          if ((this.injectedImages) && (this.injectedImages.length)) {
+              return this.injectedImages;
+          }
+
+          const c = core.cache.profileCache.getSync(this.character.character.name);
+
+          log.debug('profile.images.sync.cache', { count: _.get(c, 'meta.images.length') });
+
+          if ((c) && (c.meta) && (c.meta.images)) {
+              return c.meta.images;
+          }
+
+          return [];
+        }
+
+
         handleImageClick(e: MouseEvent, image: CharacterImage): void {
             if(this.usePreview) {
                 this.previewImage = methods.imageUrl(image);