diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 625335a..590f60f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -362,6 +362,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gdk"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f5ba081bdef3b75ebcdbfc953699ed2d7417d6bd853347a42a37d76406a33646"
+dependencies = [
+ "cairo-rs",
+ "gdk-pixbuf",
+ "gdk-sys",
+ "gio",
+ "glib",
+ "libc",
+ "pango",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gdk-pixbuf"
 version = "0.18.5"
@@ -388,6 +403,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gdk-sys"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31ff856cb3386dae1703a920f803abafcc580e9b5f711ca62ed1620c25b51ff2"
+dependencies = [
+ "cairo-sys-rs",
+ "gdk-pixbuf-sys",
+ "gio-sys",
+ "glib-sys",
+ "gobject-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "pango-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "system-deps",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gdk4"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -878,6 +910,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c168f8615b12bc01f9c17e2eb0cc07dcae1940121185446edc3744920e8ef45"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.20"
@@ -940,13 +982,16 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures",
+ "gdk",
  "gdk-pixbuf",
  "gettext-rs",
+ "glib",
  "gsettings-macro",
  "gtk4",
  "libadwaita",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
+ "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
@@ -1108,6 +1153,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3742b2c103b9f06bc9fff0a37ff4912935851bee6d36f3c02bcc755bcfec228f"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot_core"
+version = "0.9.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c42a9226546d68acdd9c0a280d17ce19bfe27a46bf68784e4066115788d008e"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "smallvec",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -1323,6 +1391,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "2.9.2"
@@ -1413,6 +1487,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8229b473baa5980ac72ef434c4415e70c4b5e71b423043adb4ba059f89c99a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1581,11 +1664,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "num_cpus",
+ "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
+ "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-native-tls"
 version = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df50e79..92d9ba9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ gsettings-macro = "0.1.20"
 gdk-pixbuf = "0.18.5"
 bytes = "1.5.0"
 futures = "0.3.30"
+tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["full"] }
+glib = "0.18.5"
+gdk = "0.18.0"
 
 [dependencies.adw]
 package = "libadwaita"
diff --git a/data/resources/style.css b/data/resources/style.css
index e142005..067a638 100644
--- a/data/resources/style.css
+++ b/data/resources/style.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 .card image {
-  min-width: 500px;
-  min-height: 500px;
+  min-width: 200px;
+  min-height: 200px;
 }
diff --git a/data/resources/ui/components/card.blp b/data/resources/ui/components/card.blp
index 77ef6f0..bacc1a2 100644
--- a/data/resources/ui/components/card.blp
+++ b/data/resources/ui/components/card.blp
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ template $Card: Box {
   orientation: horizontal;
   styles ["card"]
 
-  Image image {}
+  Image image {
+    icon-name: "image-loading";
+  }
 
   Box contents {
     orientation: vertical;
diff --git a/src/api/base.rs b/src/api/base.rs
index 246953b..90ce040 100644
--- a/src/api/base.rs
+++ b/src/api/base.rs
@@ -22,3 +22,17 @@ pub fn get_curse_forge_client() -> Result<reqwest::blocking::Client, reqwest::Er
         .default_headers(headers)
         .build()
 }
+
+pub fn get_async_curse_forge_client() -> Result<reqwest::Client, reqwest::Error> {
+    let mut api_key_header =
+        reqwest::header::HeaderValue::from_str(crate::config::API_KEY).unwrap();
+    api_key_header.set_sensitive(true);
+
+    let mut headers = reqwest::header::HeaderMap::new();
+    headers.insert("x-api-key", api_key_header);
+
+    reqwest::Client::builder()
+        .user_agent(format!("dev.mnts.ModManager/{}", crate::config::VERSION))
+        .default_headers(headers)
+        .build()
+}
diff --git a/src/api/loaders.rs b/src/api/loaders.rs
index 4dc83f4..d09bfda 100644
--- a/src/api/loaders.rs
+++ b/src/api/loaders.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-// Inspired by https://github.com/xou816/spot/blob/aa1c57842c3f4e424eb62c69365438f904b2dc63/src/app/loader.rs
-// Without the caching.
-//
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use gdk_pixbuf::traits::PixbufLoaderExt;
 use gdk_pixbuf::{Pixbuf, PixbufLoader};
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Write};
+use std::thread;
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
 use crate::api::*;
 
@@ -34,20 +32,21 @@ impl ImageLoader {
         Self {}
     }
 
-    fn get_image(url: &str) -> Option<Bytes> {
-        let client = base::get_curse_forge_client().unwrap();
-        let response = client.get(url).send().ok();
-        response.unwrap().bytes().ok()
-    }
+    pub async fn from_url(&self, url: String) -> Option<Pixbuf> {
+        let (sender, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
 
-    pub fn load_remote(&self, url: &str, width: i32, height: i32) -> Option<Pixbuf> {
         let pixbuf_loader = PixbufLoader::new();
-        pixbuf_loader.set_size(width, height);
         let mut loader = LocalPixbufLoader(&pixbuf_loader);
 
-        if let Some(mut resp) = Self::get_image(url) {
-            loader.write_all(&resp).ok()?;
-        }
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            let client = base::get_curse_forge_client().unwrap();
+            let response = client.get(url).send();
+            let bytes = response.unwrap().bytes().ok().unwrap();
+            sender.send(bytes).unwrap();
+        });
+
+        let bytes = receiver.await.ok()?;
+        loader.write_all(&bytes).ok()?;
 
         pixbuf_loader.close().ok()?;
         pixbuf_loader.pixbuf()
diff --git a/src/components/card.rs b/src/components/card.rs
index 377ee14..1517baf 100644
--- a/src/components/card.rs
+++ b/src/components/card.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use adw::subclass::prelude::*;
-use glib::clone;
 use gtk::CompositeTemplate;
 use gtk::{gio, glib};
 
@@ -64,10 +63,11 @@ impl Card {
 
         let url = image_url.to_string();
 
-        worker.send_local_task(clone!(@weak widget => async move {
+        let image = widget.image.clone();
+        worker.send_local_task(async move {
             let loader = ImageLoader::new();
-            let pixbuf = loader.load_remote(url.as_str(), 800, 800);
-            widget.image.set_from_pixbuf(pixbuf.as_ref());
-        }));
+            let pixbuf = loader.from_url(url).await;
+            image.set_from_pixbuf(pixbuf.as_ref());
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b7814a0..6bb9d10 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ mod settings;
 mod windows;
 
 use self::application::ModManagerApplication;
-use self::dispatch::spawn_task_handler;
 
 use config::{GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR, RESOURCES_FILE};
 use gettextrs::{gettext, LocaleCategory};