diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/api/mastodon/impl/MastodonCard.java b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/api/mastodon/impl/MastodonCard.java
index c2bf6e53..dcc4c6f3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/api/mastodon/impl/MastodonCard.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/api/mastodon/impl/MastodonCard.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class MastodonCard implements Card {
 	private String description;
 	private String url;
 	private String imageLink;
+	private String blurHash;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param json Mastodon card json
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ public class MastodonCard implements Card {
 		url = json.getString("url");
 		title = json.optString("title", "");
 		description = json.optString("description", "");
+		blurHash = json.optString("blurhash");
 		if (Patterns.WEB_URL.matcher(imageLink).matches()) {
 			this.imageLink = imageLink;
 		} else {
@@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ public class MastodonCard implements Card {
 	}
 
 
+	@Override
+	public String getBlurHash() {
+		return blurHash;
+	}
+
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
 		if (!(obj instanceof Card))
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/api/twitter/v2/impl/TwitterCard.java b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/api/twitter/v2/impl/TwitterCard.java
index 28e24fa8..52011090 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/api/twitter/v2/impl/TwitterCard.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/api/twitter/v2/impl/TwitterCard.java
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ public class TwitterCard implements Card {
 	}
 
 
+	@Override
+	public String getBlurHash() {
+		return "";
+	}
+
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
 		if (!(obj instanceof Card))
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/model/Card.java b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/model/Card.java
index 15a0a2a2..5daff891 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/model/Card.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/model/Card.java
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ public interface Card extends Serializable {
 	 * @return preview image link (may be empty)
 	 */
 	String getImageUrl();
+
+	/**
+	 * @return blur hash string of the preview image
+	 */
+	String getBlurHash();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/ui/adapter/holder/CardHolder.java b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/ui/adapter/holder/CardHolder.java
index 5a12f40e..caafbb4e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/ui/adapter/holder/CardHolder.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/ui/adapter/holder/CardHolder.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package org.nuclearfog.twidda.ui.adapter.holder;
 
 import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
+import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.ViewHolder;
 import com.squareup.picasso.MemoryPolicy;
 import com.squareup.picasso.NetworkPolicy;
 import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso;
+import com.squareup.picasso.RequestCreator;
+import com.wolt.blurhashkt.BlurHashDecoder;
 
 import org.nuclearfog.twidda.R;
 import org.nuclearfog.twidda.backend.image.PicassoBuilder;
@@ -101,7 +105,14 @@ public class CardHolder extends ViewHolder implements OnClickListener {
 			Drawable placeholder = new ColorDrawable(EMPTY_COLOR);
 			// set url preview image
 			if (settings.imagesEnabled() && !card.getImageUrl().isEmpty()) {
-				picasso.load(card.getImageUrl()).networkPolicy(NetworkPolicy.NO_STORE).memoryPolicy(MemoryPolicy.NO_STORE).placeholder(placeholder).into(preview);
+				RequestCreator picassoBuilder = picasso.load(card.getImageUrl());
+				if (!card.getBlurHash().isEmpty()) {
+					Bitmap blur = BlurHashDecoder.INSTANCE.decode(card.getBlurHash(), 16, 16, 1f, true);
+					picassoBuilder.placeholder(new BitmapDrawable(preview.getResources(), blur));
+				} else {
+					picassoBuilder.placeholder(placeholder);
+				}
+				picassoBuilder.networkPolicy(NetworkPolicy.NO_STORE).memoryPolicy(MemoryPolicy.NO_STORE).into(preview);
 			} else {
 				preview.setImageDrawable(placeholder);
 			}