diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/ui/immich_image.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/ui/immich_image.dart
index 49ab09459..2ea8193fc 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/ui/immich_image.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/ui/immich_image.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_cache_manager/flutter_cache_manager.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_thumbhash/flutter_thumbhash.dart';
+import 'package:image_fade/image_fade.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/shared/models/asset.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/shared/models/store.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/image_url_builder.dart';
@@ -90,44 +91,36 @@ class ImmichImage extends StatelessWidget {
     }
     final String? token = Store.get(StoreKey.accessToken);
     final String thumbnailRequestUrl = getThumbnailUrl(asset, type: type);
-    return CachedNetworkImage(
-      imageUrl: thumbnailRequestUrl,
-      httpHeaders: {"Authorization": "Bearer $token"},
-      cacheKey: getThumbnailCacheKey(asset, type: type),
+    Widget placeholderWidget;
+    if (asset.thumbhash != null) {
+      placeholderWidget = FittedBox(
+        fit: BoxFit.fill,
+        child: Image(
+          image: ThumbHash.fromIntList(asset.thumbhash!).toImage(),
+        ),
+      );
+    } else if (useGrayBoxPlaceholder) {
+      placeholderWidget = const DecoratedBox(
+        decoration: BoxDecoration(color: Colors.grey),
+      );
+    } else {
+      placeholderWidget = Transform.scale(
+        scale: 0.2,
+        child: const CircularProgressIndicator(),
+      );
+    }
+
+    return ImageFade(
       width: width,
       height: height,
-      // keeping memCacheWidth, memCacheHeight, maxWidthDiskCache and
-      // maxHeightDiskCache = null allows to simply store the webp thumbnail
-      // from the server and use it for all rendered thumbnail sizes
+      image: CachedNetworkImageProvider(
+        thumbnailRequestUrl,
+        headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer $token"},
+        cacheKey: getThumbnailCacheKey(asset, type: type),
+      ),
       fit: fit,
-      fadeInDuration: const Duration(milliseconds: 250),
-      progressIndicatorBuilder: (context, url, downloadProgress) {
-        if (asset.thumbhash != null) {
-          return FittedBox(
-            fit: BoxFit.fill,
-            child: Image(
-              image: ThumbHash.fromIntList(asset.thumbhash!).toImage(),
-            ),
-          );
-        } else if (useGrayBoxPlaceholder) {
-          return const DecoratedBox(
-            decoration: BoxDecoration(color: Colors.grey),
-          );
-        }
-        return Transform.scale(
-          scale: 0.2,
-          child: CircularProgressIndicator.adaptive(
-            value: downloadProgress.progress,
-          ),
-        );
-      },
-      errorWidget: (context, url, error) {
-        if (error is HttpExceptionWithStatus &&
-            error.statusCode >= 400 &&
-            error.statusCode < 500) {
-          debugPrint("Evicting thumbnail '$url' from cache: $error");
-          CachedNetworkImage.evictFromCache(url);
-        }
+      placeholder: placeholderWidget,
+      errorBuilder: (context, error) {
         return Icon(
           Icons.image_not_supported_outlined,
           color: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
diff --git a/mobile/pubspec.lock b/mobile/pubspec.lock
index d7c64a7b1..ff1173d06 100644
--- a/mobile/pubspec.lock
+++ b/mobile/pubspec.lock
@@ -591,6 +591,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "3.3.0"
+  image_fade:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: image_fade
+      sha256: "7296c9c53cd5de98e675ef1e27bdaa4035d6c3a45cf5b86094b2e545689b4ea6"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.6.2"
   image_picker:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
diff --git a/mobile/pubspec.yaml b/mobile/pubspec.yaml
index b60e83a6a..04f8bf5bc 100644
--- a/mobile/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/mobile/pubspec.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dependencies:
   crypto: ^3.0.3 # TODO remove once native crypto is used on iOS
   wakelock: ^0.6.2
   flutter_thumbhash: 0.1.0+1
+  image_fade: 0.6.2
 
   openapi:
     path: openapi