diff --git a/src/BlurhashProvider.h b/src/BlurhashProvider.h
index 21e4ff16..73b95eee 100644
--- a/src/BlurhashProvider.h
+++ b/src/BlurhashProvider.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
 
     void handleDone(QImage image)
     {
-        m_image = image;
+        m_image = std::move(image);
         emit finished();
     }
     void handleError(QString error)
diff --git a/src/JdenticonProvider.cpp b/src/JdenticonProvider.cpp
index e421c932..f0360ad6 100644
--- a/src/JdenticonProvider.cpp
+++ b/src/JdenticonProvider.cpp
@@ -19,65 +19,6 @@
 #include "Utils.h"
 #include "jdenticoninterface.h"
 
-static QPixmap
-clipRadius(QPixmap img, double radius)
-{
-    QPixmap out(img.size());
-    out.fill(Qt::transparent);
-
-    QPainter painter(&out);
-    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, true);
-    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform, true);
-
-    QPainterPath ppath;
-    ppath.addRoundedRect(img.rect(), radius, radius, Qt::SizeMode::RelativeSize);
-
-    painter.setClipPath(ppath);
-    painter.drawPixmap(img.rect(), img);
-
-    return out;
-}
-
-JdenticonResponse::JdenticonResponse(const QString &key,
-                                     bool crop,
-                                     double radius,
-                                     const QSize &requestedSize)
-  : m_key(key)
-  , m_crop{crop}
-  , m_radius{radius}
-  , m_requestedSize(requestedSize.isValid() ? requestedSize : QSize(100, 100))
-  , m_pixmap{m_requestedSize}
-  , jdenticonInterface_{Jdenticon::getJdenticonInterface()}
-{
-    setAutoDelete(false);
-}
-
-void
-JdenticonResponse::run()
-{
-    m_pixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
-
-    QPainter painter;
-    painter.begin(&m_pixmap);
-    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, true);
-    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform, true);
-
-    try {
-        QSvgRenderer renderer{
-          jdenticonInterface_->generate(m_key, m_requestedSize.width()).toUtf8()};
-        renderer.render(&painter);
-    } catch (std::exception &e) {
-        nhlog::ui()->error(
-          "caught {} in jdenticonprovider, key '{}'", e.what(), m_key.toStdString());
-    }
-
-    painter.end();
-
-    m_pixmap = clipRadius(m_pixmap, m_radius);
-
-    emit finished();
-}
-
 namespace Jdenticon {
 JdenticonInterface *
 getJdenticonInterface()
@@ -106,3 +47,81 @@ getJdenticonInterface()
     return interface;
 }
 }
+
+static QPixmap
+clipRadius(QPixmap img, double radius)
+{
+    QPixmap out(img.size());
+    out.fill(Qt::transparent);
+
+    QPainter painter(&out);
+    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, true);
+    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform, true);
+
+    QPainterPath ppath;
+    ppath.addRoundedRect(img.rect(), radius, radius, Qt::SizeMode::RelativeSize);
+
+    painter.setClipPath(ppath);
+    painter.drawPixmap(img.rect(), img);
+
+    return out;
+}
+
+JdenticonResponse::JdenticonResponse(const QString &key,
+                                     bool crop,
+                                     double radius,
+                                     const QSize &requestedSize,
+                                     QThreadPool *pool)
+{
+    auto runnable = new JdenticonRunnable(key, crop, radius, requestedSize);
+    connect(runnable, &JdenticonRunnable::done, this, &JdenticonResponse::handleDone);
+    pool->start(runnable);
+}
+
+JdenticonRunnable::JdenticonRunnable(const QString &key,
+                                     bool crop,
+                                     double radius,
+                                     const QSize &requestedSize)
+  : m_key(key)
+  , m_crop{crop}
+  , m_radius{radius}
+  , m_requestedSize(requestedSize.isValid() ? requestedSize : QSize(100, 100))
+{}
+
+void
+JdenticonRunnable::run()
+{
+    QPixmap pixmap(m_requestedSize);
+    pixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
+
+    auto jdenticon = Jdenticon::getJdenticonInterface();
+    if (!jdenticon) {
+        emit done(pixmap.toImage());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QPainter painter;
+    painter.begin(&pixmap);
+    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, true);
+    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform, true);
+
+    try {
+        QSvgRenderer renderer{jdenticon->generate(m_key, m_requestedSize.width()).toUtf8()};
+        renderer.render(&painter);
+    } catch (std::exception &e) {
+        nhlog::ui()->error(
+          "caught {} in jdenticonprovider, key '{}'", e.what(), m_key.toStdString());
+    }
+
+    painter.end();
+
+    pixmap = clipRadius(pixmap, m_radius);
+
+    emit done(pixmap.toImage());
+}
+
+bool
+JdenticonProvider::isAvailable()
+{
+    return Jdenticon::getJdenticonInterface() != nullptr;
+}
diff --git a/src/JdenticonProvider.h b/src/JdenticonProvider.h
index 95f3db78..b387b3c1 100644
--- a/src/JdenticonProvider.h
+++ b/src/JdenticonProvider.h
@@ -13,31 +13,47 @@
 
 #include "jdenticoninterface.h"
 
-namespace Jdenticon {
-JdenticonInterface *
-getJdenticonInterface();
-}
-
-class JdenticonResponse
-  : public QQuickImageResponse
+class JdenticonRunnable
+  : public QObject
   , public QRunnable
 {
+    Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    JdenticonResponse(const QString &key, bool crop, double radius, const QSize &requestedSize);
-
-    QQuickTextureFactory *textureFactory() const override
-    {
-        return QQuickTextureFactory::textureFactoryForImage(m_pixmap.toImage());
-    }
+    JdenticonRunnable(const QString &key, bool crop, double radius, const QSize &requestedSize);
 
     void run() override;
 
+signals:
+    void done(QImage img);
+
+private:
     QString m_key;
     bool m_crop;
     double m_radius;
     QSize m_requestedSize;
-    QPixmap m_pixmap;
-    JdenticonInterface *jdenticonInterface_ = nullptr;
+};
+
+class JdenticonResponse : public QQuickImageResponse
+{
+public:
+    JdenticonResponse(const QString &key,
+                      bool crop,
+                      double radius,
+                      const QSize &requestedSize,
+                      QThreadPool *pool);
+
+    QQuickTextureFactory *textureFactory() const override
+    {
+        return QQuickTextureFactory::textureFactoryForImage(m_pixmap);
+    }
+
+    void handleDone(QImage img)
+    {
+        m_pixmap = std::move(img);
+        emit finished();
+    }
+
+    QImage m_pixmap;
 };
 
 class JdenticonProvider
@@ -47,7 +63,7 @@ class JdenticonProvider
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    static bool isAvailable() { return Jdenticon::getJdenticonInterface() != nullptr; }
+    static bool isAvailable();
 
 public slots:
     QQuickImageResponse *
@@ -70,9 +86,7 @@ public slots:
             }
         }
 
-        JdenticonResponse *response = new JdenticonResponse(id_, crop, radius, requestedSize);
-        pool.start(response);
-        return response;
+        return new JdenticonResponse(id_, crop, radius, requestedSize, &pool);
     }
 
 private: