diff --git a/shared/markdown.js b/shared/markdown.js
index d2a108e01..05a564254 100644
--- a/shared/markdown.js
+++ b/shared/markdown.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ renderer.image = function (token) {
 	if(href === null)
 		return text;
 
-	let out = `<img src="${href}" alt="${text}" style="--HB_src:url(${href});"`;
+	let out = `<img loading="lazy" src="${href}" alt="${text}" style="--HB_src:url(${href});"`;
 	if(title)
 		out += ` title="${title}"`;