diff --git a/modules/launcher/WallpaperItem.qml b/modules/launcher/WallpaperItem.qml
index c037440d..e21743c2 100644
--- a/modules/launcher/WallpaperItem.qml
+++ b/modules/launcher/WallpaperItem.qml
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ StyledRect {
 
     required property Wallpapers.Wallpaper modelData
 
-    scale: PathView.isCurrentItem ? 1 : PathView.onPath ? 0.8 : 0
-    opacity: PathView.onPath ? 1 : 0
+    scale: 0.5
+    opacity: 0
     z: PathView.z
 
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        scale = Qt.binding(() => PathView.isCurrentItem ? 1 : PathView.onPath ? 0.8 : 0);
+        opacity = Qt.binding(() => PathView.onPath ? 1 : 0);
+    }
+
     implicitWidth: image.width + Appearance.padding.larger * 2
     implicitHeight: image.height + label.height + Appearance.spacing.small / 2 + Appearance.padding.large + Appearance.padding.normal
 
diff --git a/widgets/CachingImage.qml b/widgets/CachingImage.qml
index cff5676c..692a0907 100644
--- a/widgets/CachingImage.qml
+++ b/widgets/CachingImage.qml
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ Image {
     required property string path
     property string thumbnail: path
 
-    source: `file://${thumbnail}`
+    source: {
+        if (thumbnail)
+            return `file://${thumbnail}`;
+        shaProc.running = true;
+        return "";
+    }
     asynchronous: true
     fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop