diff --git a/files/templates/footer.html b/files/templates/footer.html
index e9cb08eb68..d092fd94b1 100644
--- a/files/templates/footer.html
+++ b/files/templates/footer.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 							"Not like anything that happens on this niche website will ever matter so it's not worth caring about but is it just me or has the 1984 shit really stepped up in the past few weeks?"
 						</p>
 						<div class="p-2 bg-gray-700 border-t border-gray-800 shadow-inset-t-white-05">
-							<img src="https://i.imgur.com/47oAlsK.jpg" class="inline-block flex-shrink-0 object-cover h-9 w-9 p-[3px] bg-white border border-gray-800" alt="avatar"/>
+							<img loading="lazy" src="https://i.imgur.com/47oAlsK.jpg" class="inline-block flex-shrink-0 object-cover h-9 w-9 p-[3px] bg-white border border-gray-800" alt="avatar"/>
 							<strong class="pl-1 text-sm font-bold">
 								<a href="/post/24615/not-like-anything-that-happens-on" class="text-gray-300 hover:text-gray-200">
 									@turkey_privilege
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 				<ul class="flex flex-wrap gap-x-3 gap-y-2 mb-3">
 					{% for user in kek %}
 					<li class="w-10 flex-shrink-0 overflow-hidden">
-						<img src="{{ user.profile_url }}" class="object-cover h-10 w-10 rounded bg-white inner-shadow" alt="avatar"/>
+						<img loading="lazy" src="{{ user.profile_url }}" class="object-cover h-10 w-10 rounded bg-white inner-shadow" alt="avatar"/>
 						<small class="block">{{ user.username }}</small>
 					</li>
 					{% endfor %}