diff --git a/src/components/Emojis/List.tsx b/src/components/Emojis/List.tsx
index 455a1044..56418778 100644
--- a/src/components/Emojis/List.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Emojis/List.tsx
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const EmojisList = () => {
             >
               <FastImage
                 enterTransition='fadeIn'
-                transitionDuration={100}
+                transitionDuration={60}
                 accessibilityLabel={t('common:customEmoji.accessibilityLabel', {
                   emoji: emoji.shortcode
                 })}
diff --git a/src/components/GracefullyImage.tsx b/src/components/GracefullyImage.tsx
index 04cf027d..6b20b451 100644
--- a/src/components/GracefullyImage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GracefullyImage.tsx
@@ -88,21 +88,21 @@ const GracefullyImage = ({
       {...(onPress ? { accessibilityRole: 'imagebutton' } : { accessibilityRole: 'image' })}
       accessibilityLabel={accessibilityLabel}
       accessibilityHint={accessibilityHint}
-      style={[style, dimension, { backgroundColor: colors.shimmerDefault }]}
+      style={[style, dimension]}
       {...(onPress ? (hidden ? { disabled: true } : { onPress }) : { disabled: true })}
     >
       {uri.preview && !imageLoaded ? (
         <FastImage
           source={connectMedia({ uri: uri.preview })}
           enterTransition='fadeIn'
-          transitionDuration={100}
-          style={[styles.placeholder, { backgroundColor: colors.shimmerDefault }]}
+          transitionDuration={60}
+          style={[styles.placeholder]}
         />
       ) : null}
       <FastImage
         source={connectMedia(source)}
         enterTransition='fadeIn'
-        transitionDuration={100}
+        transitionDuration={60}
         style={[{ flex: 1 }, imageStyle]}
         onLoad={() => {
           setImageLoaded(true)
diff --git a/src/components/Instance/index.tsx b/src/components/Instance/index.tsx
index 5aad3b7b..efe90d19 100644
--- a/src/components/Instance/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Instance/index.tsx
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ const ComponentInstance: React.FC<Props> = ({
         if (!account) {
           setGlobalStorage('accounts', (accounts || []).concat([accountKey]))
         }
-        setAccount(accountKey)
+        await setAccount(accountKey)
 
         goBack && navigation.goBack()
       }
diff --git a/src/screens/Compose/Root/Footer/Attachments.tsx b/src/screens/Compose/Root/Footer/Attachments.tsx
index 7743ce1d..b4496616 100644
--- a/src/screens/Compose/Root/Footer/Attachments.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Compose/Root/Footer/Attachments.tsx
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ const ComposeAttachments: React.FC<Props> = ({ accessibleRefAttachments }) => {
       >
         <FastImage
           enterTransition='fadeIn'
-          transitionDuration={100}
+          transitionDuration={60}
           style={{ width: '100%', height: '100%' }}
           source={
             item.local?.thumbnail
diff --git a/src/utils/storage/actions.ts b/src/utils/storage/actions.ts
index 602d4407..701219e6 100644
--- a/src/utils/storage/actions.ts
+++ b/src/utils/storage/actions.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ export const getGlobalStorage = {
   object: <T extends keyof StorageGlobal>(key: T) => {
     const value = storage.global.getString(key)
     if (value?.length) {
-      return JSON.parse(value) as NonNullable<StorageGlobal[T]> extends object
-        ? StorageGlobal[T]
-        : never
+      try {
+        return JSON.parse(value) as NonNullable<StorageGlobal[T]> extends object
+          ? StorageGlobal[T]
+          : never
+      } catch {
+        return undefined
+      }
     } else {
       return undefined
     }
@@ -108,9 +112,13 @@ export const getAccountStorage = {
   object: <T extends keyof StorageAccount>(key: T) => {
     const value = storage.account?.getString(key)
     if (value?.length) {
-      return JSON.parse(value) as NonNullable<StorageAccount[T]> extends object
-        ? StorageAccount[T]
-        : never
+      try {
+        return JSON.parse(value) as NonNullable<StorageAccount[T]> extends object
+          ? StorageAccount[T]
+          : never
+      } catch {
+        return undefined
+      }
     } else {
       return undefined
     }