diff --git a/src/NetManager.vala b/src/NetManager.vala
index a19f007..6cbb15d 100644
--- a/src/NetManager.vala
+++ b/src/NetManager.vala
@@ -135,9 +135,15 @@ public class Tootle.NetManager : GLib.Object {
     public void load_image (string url, Gtk.Image image) {
         var msg = new Soup.Message("GET", url);
         msg.finished.connect(() => {
-                var data = msg.response_body.flatten ().data;
-                var stream = new MemoryInputStream.from_data (data);
-                var pixbuf = new Gdk.Pixbuf.from_stream (stream);
+                // var data = msg.response_body.flatten ().data;
+                // var stream = new MemoryInputStream.from_data (data);
+                // var pixbuf = new Gdk.Pixbuf.from_stream (stream);
+                // image.set_from_pixbuf (pixbuf);
+                
+                var loader = new PixbufLoader ();
+                loader.write (msg.response_body.data);
+                loader.close ();
+                var pixbuf = loader.get_pixbuf ();
                 image.set_from_pixbuf (pixbuf);
         });
         Tootle.network.queue (msg);
diff --git a/src/Views/HomeView.vala b/src/Views/HomeView.vala
index 555082c..fbd53b8 100644
--- a/src/Views/HomeView.vala
+++ b/src/Views/HomeView.vala
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@ public class Tootle.HomeView : Tootle.AbstractView {
         request ();
     }
     
-    public override void clear (){
-        max_id = -1;
-        view.forall (widget => {
-            widget.destroy ();
-        });
-        
-        pre_construct ();
-    }
-    
     public override string get_icon () {
         return "user-home-symbolic";
     }