# Is there a way for the image to not show up blank on first load?
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349
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**Created:** [November 10, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349 "2021-11-10T16:51:52Z")
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### Author:  [@Clifton\_Crouch](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Clifton_Crouch)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349/1 "2021-11-10T16:51:52Z")
Whenever a user opens a page with an image for the first time, it displays a blank grey image with a larger size at first. Is there any way to avoid this?
[Video](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XA2GSdjLjgAsjIpD0qZR3jbqsEFwVkkp/view?usp=sharing)
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### Author:  [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349/2 "2021-11-10T16:53:32Z")
Where is your image stored? I believe there will always be some loading time for things like images until they’re cached, but I think the loading time is lowest when the image is uploaded directly to Glide (as opposed to be accessed through a Google Drive shared link, for example).
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### Author:  [@Clifton\_Crouch](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Clifton_Crouch)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349/3 "2021-11-14T16:03:58Z")
It’s stored in Google Drive. I have someone managing the content just from a spreadsheet and they don’t have access to the Glide editor, so it’s the easiest way for them to be able to make changes to the images if needed.
I noticed it reloads fairly often. Do you know how long images stay cached?
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349/4 "2021-11-14T16:09:31Z")
Ya…there’s no great workaround to this. Takes even longer when the image is being crafted from column values (for example, when using Cloudinary or quickchart).
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Turrell](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark_Turrell)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349/5 "2021-11-14T16:53:37Z")
Some tips:
Shrink down the image size so it has a chance of loading faster
Ok, that’s basically it.
I use images that are stored in cloudinary for my app. Over time I’ve been using fewer image template columns, often to get rid of the non-necessary things to make the app faster in general.
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### Author:  [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349/6 "2021-11-14T18:37:49Z")
How about add an image picker to the app in a protected area and have them upload the image that way?
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### Author:  [@Clifton\_Crouch](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Clifton_Crouch)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349/7 "2021-11-15T19:31:52Z")
The app is public, so I don’t think there’s a way to do that without letting anyone change it, correct?
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### Author:  [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-the-image-to-not-show-up-blank-on-first-load/34349/8 "2021-11-15T21:31:13Z")
You can add a sign-in button to a public app and then show an image picker to that specific signed-in user only.