diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMedia.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMedia.java
index c11315f152..28d2e04e02 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMedia.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMedia.java
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public class AdapterMedia extends RecyclerView.Adapter<AdapterMedia.ViewHolder>
                         tvCaption.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                         ivImage.setImageResource(R.drawable.twotone_warning_24);
                     }
-                }.setKill(true).execute(context, owner, args, "media:load");
+                }.setExecutor(Helper.getSerialExecutor()).setKill(true).execute(context, owner, args, "media:load");
             } else
                 ivImage.setImageResource(attachment.progress == null
                         ? R.drawable.twotone_image_24 : R.drawable.twotone_hourglass_top_24);