diff --git a/templates/_recent_bites.html b/templates/_recent_bites.html
index 748ea2b..db1b854 100644
--- a/templates/_recent_bites.html
+++ b/templates/_recent_bites.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             <div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-1">
                 <span class="flex items-center gap-1.5 hover:underline cursor-pointer js-profile-link"
                       data-href="{{ url_for('list_bites', identifier=bite.did) }}">
-                    <img src="{{ bite.avatar_url }}" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='/avatar/{{ bite.did }}'" alt="" class="w-4 h-4 rounded-full bg-gray-100">
+                    <img src="{{ bite.avatar_url }}" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='/avatar/{{ bite.did }}'" alt="" loading="lazy" class="w-4 h-4 rounded-full bg-gray-100">
                     <span class="text-xs text-amber-600">{{ bite.handle or bite.did }}</span>
                 </span>
                 <span class="text-xs text-gray-400">{{ bite.created_at | humandate }}</span>
diff --git a/templates/view.html b/templates/view.html
index 975bc51..ac3d0fa 100644
--- a/templates/view.html
+++ b/templates/view.html
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         {% for reply in replies %}
         <div class="flex gap-3">
             <div class="shrink-0 mt-0.5">
-                <img src="/avatar/{{ reply.did }}" alt="" class="w-5 h-5 rounded-full bg-gray-100">
+                <img src="/avatar/{{ reply.did }}" alt="" loading="lazy" class="w-5 h-5 rounded-full bg-gray-100">
             </div>
             <div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
                 <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-0.5">