diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/LinkCardStatusDisplayItem.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/LinkCardStatusDisplayItem.java
index 6425775f6..6e37cb376 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/LinkCardStatusDisplayItem.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/LinkCardStatusDisplayItem.java
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ public class LinkCardStatusDisplayItem extends StatusDisplayItem{
 	private final Status status;
 	private final UrlImageLoaderRequest imgRequest;
 
-	public LinkCardStatusDisplayItem(String parentID, BaseStatusListFragment parentFragment, Status status){
+	public LinkCardStatusDisplayItem(String parentID, BaseStatusListFragment parentFragment, Status status, boolean showImagePreview){
 		super(parentID, parentFragment);
 		this.status=status;
-		if(status.card.image!=null)
+		if(status.card.image!=null && showImagePreview)
 			imgRequest=new UrlImageLoaderRequest(status.card.image, 1000, 1000);
 		else
 			imgRequest=null;
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/StatusDisplayItem.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/StatusDisplayItem.java
index a86317029..149c74e51 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/StatusDisplayItem.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/StatusDisplayItem.java
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public abstract class StatusDisplayItem{
 			buildPollItems(parentID, fragment, statusForContent.poll, contentItems, statusForContent);
 		}
 		if(statusForContent.card!=null && statusForContent.mediaAttachments.isEmpty()){
-			contentItems.add(new LinkCardStatusDisplayItem(parentID, fragment, statusForContent));
+			contentItems.add(new LinkCardStatusDisplayItem(parentID, fragment, statusForContent, (flags & FLAG_NO_MEDIA_PREVIEW)==0));
 		}
 		if(contentItems!=items && statusForContent.spoilerRevealed){
 			items.addAll(contentItems);