diff --git a/mobile/ios/Runner/Images/RemoteImagesImpl.swift b/mobile/ios/Runner/Images/RemoteImagesImpl.swift
index 5c242e18a9..1f0bb3287c 100644
--- a/mobile/ios/Runner/Images/RemoteImagesImpl.swift
+++ b/mobile/ios/Runner/Images/RemoteImagesImpl.swift
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class RemoteImageApiImpl: NSObject, RemoteImageApi {
   static let session = {
     let cacheDir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent("thumbnails", isDirectory: true)
     let config = URLSessionConfiguration.default
+    config.requestCachePolicy = .returnCacheDataElseLoad
     let version = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleShortVersionString") as? String ?? "unknown"
     config.httpAdditionalHeaders = ["User-Agent": "Immich_iOS_\(version)"]
     try! FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: cacheDir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)