diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/Img.svelte b/packages/ui/src/components/Img.svelte
index 9e6a94375..25c744396 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/Img.svelte
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/Img.svelte
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { css } from '@readable/styled-system/css';
-  import { center } from '@readable/styled-system/patterns';
   import qs from 'query-string';
   import { base64 } from 'rfc4648';
-  import { onMount, tick } from 'svelte';
   import { fade } from 'svelte/transition';
   import { thumbHashToDataURL } from 'thumbhash';
-  import RingSpinner from './RingSpinner.svelte';
   import type { SystemStyleObject } from '@readable/styled-system/types';
 
   type Size = 16 | 24 | 32 | 48 | 64 | 96 | 128 | 256 | 512 | 1024 | 'full';
@@ -24,8 +21,7 @@
 
   let { url, placeholder, ratio, alt, style, size, quality, progressive = false }: Props = $props();
 
-  let containerEl = $state<HTMLDivElement>();
-  let contentEl = $state<HTMLDivElement>();
+  let imgEl = $state<HTMLImageElement>();
   let loaded = $state(false);
 
   const src = $derived(qs.stringifyUrl({ url, query: { s: size === 'full' ? undefined : size, q: quality } }));
@@ -40,61 +36,11 @@
   const placeholderUrl = $derived(
     progressive && placeholder ? thumbHashToDataURL(base64.parse(placeholder)) : undefined,
   );
-
-  const load = async () => {
-    const imgEl = new Image();
-
-    const onload = async () => {
-      if (loaded) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      loaded = true;
-      await tick();
-
-      contentEl?.prepend(imgEl);
-    };
-
-    imgEl.addEventListener('load', onload);
-
-    imgEl.className = css(style);
-    if (sizes) imgEl.sizes = sizes;
-    if (srcset) imgEl.srcset = srcset;
-    imgEl.src = src;
-    imgEl.alt = alt;
-
-    await tick();
-
-    if (imgEl.complete) {
-      onload();
-    }
-  };
-
-  onMount(() => {
-    if (containerEl) {
-      const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
-        if (entries.some((entry) => entry.isIntersecting)) {
-          observer.disconnect();
-          load();
-        }
-      });
-
-      observer.observe(containerEl);
-
-      return () => observer.disconnect();
-    }
-  });
 </script>
 
-<svelte:head>
-  {#if placeholderUrl}
-    <link as="image" href={src} imagesizes={sizes} imagesrcset={srcset} rel="preload" />
-  {/if}
-</svelte:head>
-
 {#if placeholderUrl}
   <div
-    bind:this={containerEl}
+    style:aspect-ratio={ratio}
     class={css({
       position: 'relative',
       width: 'full',
@@ -102,18 +48,24 @@
     })}
   >
     <img
-      style:aspect-ratio={ratio}
-      class={css({ objectFit: 'cover' }, style)}
+      bind:this={imgEl}
+      class={css(style)}
       {alt}
       loading="lazy"
-      src={placeholderUrl}
+      onload={() => (loaded = true)}
+      {sizes}
+      {src}
+      {srcset}
     />
-    {#if loaded}
-      <div bind:this={contentEl} class={css({ position: 'absolute', inset: '0' })} in:fade={{ duration: 200 }}></div>
-    {:else}
-      <div class={center({ position: 'absolute', inset: '0' })}>
-        <RingSpinner style={css.raw({ size: '20px' })} />
-      </div>
+
+    {#if !loaded}
+      <img
+        class={css({ position: 'absolute', inset: '0', size: 'full', objectFit: 'cover' })}
+        {alt}
+        loading="lazy"
+        src={placeholderUrl}
+        out:fade={{ duration: 200 }}
+      />
     {/if}
   </div>
 {:else}