diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/ui/image/Image.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/ui/image/Image.tsx
index 5a837954c..2548af529 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/ui/image/Image.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/ui/image/Image.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ImageErrorEventData, ImageProps as ExpoImageProps } from "expo-image"
 import { Image as ExpoImage } from "expo-image"
 import { forwardRef, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react"
+import { useColor } from "react-native-uikit-colors"
 
 import { getAllSources } from "./utils"
 
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ export const Image = forwardRef<ExpoImage, ImageProps>(
       [isError, rest],
     )
 
+    const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
+    const onLoad = useCallback(() => {
+      setIsLoading(false)
+    }, [])
+
+    const backgroundColor = useColor("systemFill")
+
     if (!source?.uri) {
       return null
     }
@@ -44,6 +52,7 @@ export const Image = forwardRef<ExpoImage, ImageProps>(
       <ExpoImage
         source={isError ? safeSource : proxiesSafeSource}
         onError={onError}
+        onLoad={onLoad}
         placeholder={{
           blurhash,
           ...(typeof rest.placeholder === "object" && { ...rest.placeholder }),
@@ -51,6 +60,7 @@ export const Image = forwardRef<ExpoImage, ImageProps>(
         style={{
           aspectRatio,
           ...(typeof rest.style === "object" && { ...rest.style }),
+          ...(isLoading && { backgroundColor }),
         }}
         recyclingKey={source?.uri}
         {...rest}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/ui/image/utils.ts b/apps/mobile/src/components/ui/image/utils.ts
index 2e0eb2315..5e14e318b 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/ui/image/utils.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/ui/image/utils.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ export const getAllSources = (
     height?: number
   },
 ) => {
+  source.uri = source.uri.replace("http://", "https://")
+
   const safeSource: ImageProps["source"] = (() => {
     return source?.uri
       ? {