diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/app/components/layout/AuthLayout.tsx b/fluxer_app/src/features/app/components/layout/AuthLayout.tsx
index a01609923..25bde5d66 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/app/components/layout/AuthLayout.tsx
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/app/components/layout/AuthLayout.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const AuthLayoutContent = observer(function AuthLayoutContent({children}: {child
 	const registerFormDraftsRef = useRef<Map<string, AuthRegisterFormDraft>>(new Map());
 	const scrollerRef = useRef<ScrollerHandle>(null);
 	const location = useLocation();
-	const {patternReady, splashLoaded, splashDimensions} = useAuthBackground(splashUrl, foodPatternUrl);
+	const {patternReady, splashDimensions} = useAuthBackground(splashUrl, foodPatternUrl);
 	const handleSetSplashUrl = useCallback(
 		(url: string | null) => {
 			if (splashUrlRef.current === url) return;
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ const AuthLayoutContent = observer(function AuthLayoutContent({children}: {child
 						>
 							<AuthBackground
 								splashUrl={splashUrl}
-								splashLoaded={splashLoaded}
 								splashDimensions={splashDimensions}
 								splashScale={splashScale}
 								patternReady={patternReady}
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/flow/AuthBackground.tsx b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/flow/AuthBackground.tsx
index e2ff7deaa..777eed23f 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/flow/AuthBackground.tsx
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/flow/AuthBackground.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
-import Accessibility from '@app/features/accessibility/state/Accessibility';
 import styles from '@app/features/app/components/layout/AuthLayout.module.css';
 import {GuildSplashCardAlignment} from '@fluxer/constants/src/GuildConstants';
 import type {ValueOf} from '@fluxer/constants/src/ValueOf';
-import {motion} from 'framer-motion';
 import type React from 'react';
 
 const getSplashAlignmentStyles = (alignment: ValueOf<typeof GuildSplashCardAlignment>) => {
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ const getSplashAlignmentStyles = (alignment: ValueOf<typeof GuildSplashCardAlign
 
 export interface AuthBackgroundProps {
 	splashUrl: string | null;
-	splashLoaded: boolean;
 	splashDimensions?: {width: number; height: number} | null;
 	splashScale?: number | null;
 	patternReady: boolean;
@@ -32,7 +29,6 @@ export interface AuthBackgroundProps {
 
 export const AuthBackground: React.FC<AuthBackgroundProps> = ({
 	splashUrl,
-	splashLoaded,
 	splashDimensions,
 	splashScale,
 	patternReady,
@@ -47,13 +43,7 @@ export const AuthBackground: React.FC<AuthBackgroundProps> = ({
 		if (useFullCover) {
 			return (
 				<div className={className} data-flx="auth.flow.auth-background.div">
-					<motion.div
-						initial={{opacity: 0}}
-						animate={{opacity: splashLoaded ? 1 : 0}}
-						transition={{duration: Accessibility.useReducedMotion ? 0 : 0.5, ease: 'easeInOut'}}
-						style={{position: 'absolute', inset: 0}}
-						data-flx="auth.flow.auth-background.div--2"
-					>
+					<div style={{position: 'absolute', inset: 0}} data-flx="auth.flow.auth-background.div--2">
 						<img
 							src={splashUrl}
 							alt=""
@@ -68,17 +58,14 @@ export const AuthBackground: React.FC<AuthBackgroundProps> = ({
 							data-flx="auth.flow.auth-background.img"
 						/>
 						<div className={styles.splashOverlay} data-flx="auth.flow.auth-background.splash-overlay" />
-					</motion.div>
+					</div>
 				</div>
 			);
 		}
 		return (
 			<div className={styles.rightSplit} data-flx="auth.flow.auth-background.right-split">
-				<motion.div
+				<div
 					className={styles.splashImage}
-					initial={{opacity: 0}}
-					animate={{opacity: splashLoaded ? 1 : 0}}
-					transition={{duration: Accessibility.useReducedMotion ? 0 : 0.5, ease: 'easeInOut'}}
 					style={{
 						width: splashDimensions.width,
 						height: splashDimensions.height,
@@ -104,7 +91,7 @@ export const AuthBackground: React.FC<AuthBackgroundProps> = ({
 						data-flx="auth.flow.auth-background.img--2"
 					/>
 					<div className={styles.splashOverlay} data-flx="auth.flow.auth-background.splash-overlay--2" />
-				</motion.div>
+				</div>
 			</div>
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/hooks/useAuthBackground.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/hooks/useAuthBackground.ts
index 9c6e36711..77af62a48 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/hooks/useAuthBackground.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/hooks/useAuthBackground.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
+import * as ImageCacheUtils from '@app/features/messaging/utils/ImageCacheUtils';
 import {useEffect, useState} from 'react';
 
 interface ImageDimensions {
@@ -12,62 +13,53 @@ interface PatternImageLoaderResult {
 }
 
 interface SplashImageLoaderResult {
-	loaded: boolean;
 	dimensions: ImageDimensions | null;
 }
 
 interface AuthBackgroundResult {
 	patternReady: boolean;
-	splashLoaded: boolean;
 	splashDimensions: ImageDimensions | null;
 }
 
 export function usePatternImageLoader(patternUrl: string): PatternImageLoaderResult {
-	const [patternReady, setPatternReady] = useState(false);
+	const [patternReady, setPatternReady] = useState(() => ImageCacheUtils.hasImage(patternUrl));
 	useEffect(() => {
-		const img = new Image();
-		const handleLoad = () => setPatternReady(true);
-		img.addEventListener('load', handleLoad, {once: true});
-		img.src = patternUrl;
-		return () => img.removeEventListener('load', handleLoad);
+		if (ImageCacheUtils.hasImage(patternUrl)) {
+			setPatternReady(true);
+			return;
+		}
+		setPatternReady(false);
+		return ImageCacheUtils.loadImage(patternUrl, () => setPatternReady(true));
 	}, [patternUrl]);
 	return {patternReady};
 }
 
 export function useSplashImageLoader(imageUrl: string | null): SplashImageLoaderResult {
-	const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
-	const [dimensions, setDimensions] = useState<ImageDimensions | null>(null);
+	const [dimensions, setDimensions] = useState<ImageDimensions | null>(
+		() => ImageCacheUtils.getImageSize(imageUrl) ?? null,
+	);
 	useEffect(() => {
-		if (!imageUrl) {
-			setLoaded(false);
-			setDimensions(null);
+		const cached = ImageCacheUtils.getImageSize(imageUrl);
+		if (cached) {
+			setDimensions(cached);
 			return;
 		}
-		let isMounted = true;
-		const img = new Image();
-		const handleLoad = () => {
-			if (!isMounted) return;
-			setLoaded(true);
-			setDimensions({
-				width: img.naturalWidth,
-				height: img.naturalHeight,
-			});
-		};
-		img.addEventListener('load', handleLoad, {once: true});
-		img.src = imageUrl;
-		return () => {
-			isMounted = false;
-		};
+		setDimensions(null);
+		if (!imageUrl) {
+			return;
+		}
+		return ImageCacheUtils.loadImage(imageUrl, () => {
+			setDimensions(ImageCacheUtils.getImageSize(imageUrl) ?? null);
+		});
 	}, [imageUrl]);
-	return {loaded, dimensions};
+	return {dimensions};
 }
 
 export function useAuthBackground(splashUrl: string | null, patternUrl: string): AuthBackgroundResult {
 	const {patternReady} = usePatternImageLoader(patternUrl);
-	const {loaded: splashLoaded, dimensions: splashDimensions} = useSplashImageLoader(splashUrl);
+	const {dimensions: splashDimensions} = useSplashImageLoader(splashUrl);
 	return {
 		patternReady,
-		splashLoaded,
 		splashDimensions,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/invite/components/modals/InvitePagePreviewModal.tsx b/fluxer_app/src/features/invite/components/modals/InvitePagePreviewModal.tsx
index d1e85821a..5fbcb404c 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/invite/components/modals/InvitePagePreviewModal.tsx
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/invite/components/modals/InvitePagePreviewModal.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const InvitePagePreviewModal: React.FC<InvitePagePreviewModalProps> = obs
 			}
 			return null;
 		}, [previewSplashUrl, guild?.id, guild?.splash]);
-		const {patternReady, splashLoaded, splashDimensions} = useAuthBackground(splashUrl, foodPatternUrl);
+		const {patternReady, splashDimensions} = useAuthBackground(splashUrl, foodPatternUrl);
 		const shouldShowSplash = Boolean(splashUrl && splashDimensions);
 		const handleClose = useCallback(() => {
 			ModalCommands.pop();
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ export const InvitePagePreviewModal: React.FC<InvitePagePreviewModalProps> = obs
 					<AuthBackground
 						className={clsx(styles.background, !shouldShowSplash && authLayoutStyles.patternHost)}
 						splashUrl={splashUrl}
-						splashLoaded={splashLoaded}
 						splashDimensions={splashDimensions}
 						patternReady={patternReady}
 						patternImageUrl={foodPatternUrl}