diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
index cf834651ad..65706dd0a8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
@@ -1869,7 +1869,6 @@ public class AdapterMessage extends RecyclerView.Adapter<AdapterMessage.ViewHold
                 webView.init(
                         height, size, position,
                         textSize, monospaced,
-                        show_images, inline,
                         new WebViewEx.IWebView() {
                             @Override
                             public void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int ow, int oh) {
@@ -1896,6 +1895,7 @@ public class AdapterMessage extends RecyclerView.Adapter<AdapterMessage.ViewHold
                                 return ViewHolder.this.onOpenLink(uri, null);
                             }
                         });
+                webView.setImages(show_images, inline);
                 webView.setOnTouchListener(ViewHolder.this);
 
                 tvBody.setVisibility(View.GONE);
@@ -3564,7 +3564,12 @@ public class AdapterMessage extends RecyclerView.Adapter<AdapterMessage.ViewHold
         }
 
         private void onShowImagesConfirmed(TupleMessageEx message) {
-            bindBody(message, false);
+            boolean show_full = properties.getValue("full", message.id);
+            boolean show_images = properties.getValue("images", message.id);
+            if (show_full && show_images && wvBody != null)
+                ((WebViewEx) wvBody).setImages(show_images, inline);
+            else
+                bindBody(message, false);
         }
 
         private void onActionUnsubscribe(TupleMessageEx message) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/WebViewEx.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/WebViewEx.java
index 1fbcf476cc..3642d72d48 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/WebViewEx.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/WebViewEx.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public class WebViewEx extends WebView implements DownloadListener, View.OnLongC
     void init(
             int height, float size, Pair<Integer, Integer> position,
             float textSize, boolean monospaced,
-            boolean show_images, boolean inline,
             IWebView intf) {
         Log.i("Init height=" + height + " size=" + size);
 
@@ -91,10 +90,6 @@ public class WebViewEx extends WebView implements DownloadListener, View.OnLongC
         if (monospaced)
             settings.setStandardFontFamily("monospace");
 
-        settings.setLoadsImagesAutomatically(show_images || inline);
-        settings.setBlockNetworkLoads(!show_images);
-        settings.setBlockNetworkImage(!show_images);
-
         this.intf = intf;
 
         setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
@@ -120,6 +115,13 @@ public class WebViewEx extends WebView implements DownloadListener, View.OnLongC
             });
     }
 
+    void setImages(boolean show_images, boolean inline) {
+        WebSettings settings = getSettings();
+        settings.setLoadsImagesAutomatically(show_images || inline);
+        settings.setBlockNetworkLoads(!show_images);
+        settings.setBlockNetworkImage(!show_images);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
         if (height > getMinimumHeight())