diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/ExternalPlugins/PluginsManifest.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Core/ExternalPlugins/PluginsManifest.cs
index fab1b3e8f00..e3f0e2a2f28 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Core/ExternalPlugins/PluginsManifest.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Core/ExternalPlugins/PluginsManifest.cs
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ public static async Task UpdateManifestAsync(CancellationToken token = default)
                 var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, manifestFileUrl);
                 request.Headers.Add("If-None-Match", latestEtag);
 
-                var response = await Http.SendAsync(request, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                using var response = await Http.SendAsync(request, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
                 {
                     Log.Info($"|PluginsManifest.{nameof(UpdateManifestAsync)}|Fetched plugins from manifest repo");
 
-                    var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await using var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                     UserPlugins = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<List<UserPlugin>>(json, cancellationToken: token).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ public static async Task UpdateManifestAsync(CancellationToken token = default)
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Updater.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Updater.cs
index bad0344eb30..44c47cf289d 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Updater.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Updater.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public async Task UpdateAppAsync(IPublicAPI api, bool silentUpdate = true)
                     await updateManager.CreateUninstallerRegistryEntry().ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
 
-                var newVersionTips = NewVersinoTips(newReleaseVersion.ToString());
+                var newVersionTips = NewVersionTips(newReleaseVersion.ToString());
 
                 Log.Info($"|Updater.UpdateApp|Update success:{newVersionTips}");
 
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ private async Task<UpdateManager> GitHubUpdateManagerAsync(string repository)
             return manager;
         }
 
-        public string NewVersinoTips(string version)
+        public string NewVersionTips(string version)
         {
-            var translater = InternationalizationManager.Instance;
-            var tips = string.Format(translater.GetTranslation("newVersionTips"), version);
+            var translator = InternationalizationManager.Instance;
+            var tips = string.Format(translator.GetTranslation("newVersionTips"), version);
 
             return tips;
         }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
index 9f4146b7be3..e5be0701f2d 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public static void UpdateProxy(ProxyProperty property)
                             var userName when string.IsNullOrEmpty(userName) =>
                                 (new Uri($"http://{Proxy.Server}:{Proxy.Port}"), null),
                             _ => (new Uri($"http://{Proxy.Server}:{Proxy.Port}"),
-                                    new NetworkCredential(Proxy.UserName, Proxy.Password))
+                                new NetworkCredential(Proxy.UserName, Proxy.Password))
                         },
                         _ => (null, null)
                     },
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var userName when string.IsNullOrEmpty(userName) =>
                     _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
                 };
             }
-            catch(UriFormatException e)
+            catch (UriFormatException e)
             {
                 API.ShowMsg("Please try again", "Unable to parse Http Proxy");
                 Log.Exception("Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http", "Unable to parse Uri", e);
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public static async Task DownloadAsync([NotNull] string url, [NotNull] string fi
                 if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
                 {
                     await using var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.CreateNew);
-                    await response.Content.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
+                    await response.Content.CopyToAsync(fileStream, token);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public static async Task DownloadAsync([NotNull] string url, [NotNull] string fi
         public static Task<string> GetAsync([NotNull] string url, CancellationToken token = default)
         {
             Log.Debug($"|Http.Get|Url <{url}>");
-            return GetAsync(new Uri(url.Replace("#", "%23")), token);
+            return GetAsync(new Uri(url), token);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -130,36 +130,57 @@ public static async Task<string> GetAsync([NotNull] Uri url, CancellationToken t
         {
             Log.Debug($"|Http.Get|Url <{url}>");
             using var response = await client.GetAsync(url, token);
-            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
-            {
-                return content;
-            }
-            else
+            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(token);
+            if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
             {
                 throw new HttpRequestException(
                     $"Error code <{response.StatusCode}> with content <{content}> returned from <{url}>");
             }
+
+            return content;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Asynchrously get the result as stream from url.
+        /// Send a GET request to the specified Uri with an HTTP completion option and a cancellation token as an asynchronous operation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="url">The Uri the request is sent to.</param>
+        /// <param name="completionOption">An HTTP completion option value that indicates when the operation should be considered completed.</param>
+        /// <param name="token">A cancellation token that can be used by other objects or threads to receive notice of cancellation</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static Task<Stream> GetStreamAsync([NotNull] string url,
+            CancellationToken token = default) => GetStreamAsync(new Uri(url), token);
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send a GET request to the specified Uri with an HTTP completion option and a cancellation token as an asynchronous operation.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="url"></param>
+        /// <param name="token"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static async Task<Stream> GetStreamAsync([NotNull] string url, CancellationToken token = default)
+        public static async Task<Stream> GetStreamAsync([NotNull] Uri url,
+            CancellationToken token = default)
+        {
+            Log.Debug($"|Http.Get|Url <{url}>");
+            return await client.GetStreamAsync(url, token);
+        }
+
+        public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> GetResponseAsync(string url, HttpCompletionOption completionOption = HttpCompletionOption.ResponseContentRead,
+            CancellationToken token = default)
+            => await GetResponseAsync(new Uri(url), completionOption, token);
+
+        public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> GetResponseAsync([NotNull] Uri url, HttpCompletionOption completionOption = HttpCompletionOption.ResponseContentRead,
+            CancellationToken token = default)
         {
             Log.Debug($"|Http.Get|Url <{url}>");
-            var response = await client.GetAsync(url, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead, token);
-            return await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
+            return await client.GetAsync(url, completionOption, token);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Asynchrously send an HTTP request.
         /// </summary>
-        public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken token = default)
+        public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption = HttpCompletionOption.ResponseContentRead, CancellationToken token = default)
         {
-            return await client.SendAsync(request, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead, token);
+            return await client.SendAsync(request, completionOption, token);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageCache.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageCache.cs
index 04e11bf1ace..2fd2291d44f 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageCache.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageCache.cs
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ public ImageUsage(int usage, ImageSource image)
     public class ImageCache
     {
         private const int MaxCached = 50;
-        public ConcurrentDictionary<string, ImageUsage> Data { get; private set; } = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, ImageUsage>();
+        public ConcurrentDictionary<(string, bool), ImageUsage> Data { get; } = new();
         private const int permissibleFactor = 2;
         private SemaphoreSlim semaphore = new(1, 1);
 
-        public void Initialization(Dictionary<string, int> usage)
+        public void Initialization(Dictionary<(string, bool), int> usage)
         {
             foreach (var key in usage.Keys)
             {
@@ -37,29 +37,29 @@ public void Initialization(Dictionary<string, int> usage)
             }
         }
 
-        public ImageSource this[string path]
+        public ImageSource this[string path, bool isFullImage = false]
         {
             get
             {
-                if (Data.TryGetValue(path, out var value))
+                if (!Data.TryGetValue((path, isFullImage), out var value))
                 {
-                    value.usage++;
-                    return value.imageSource;
+                    return null;
                 }
+                value.usage++;
+                return value.imageSource;
 
-                return null;
             }
             set
             {
                 Data.AddOrUpdate(
-                        path,
-                        new ImageUsage(0, value),
-                        (k, v) =>
-                            {
-                                v.imageSource = value;
-                                v.usage++;
-                                return v;
-                            }
+                    (path, isFullImage),
+                    new ImageUsage(0, value),
+                    (k, v) =>
+                    {
+                        v.imageSource = value;
+                        v.usage++;
+                        return v;
+                    }
                 );
 
                 SliceExtra();
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ async void SliceExtra()
             }
         }
 
-        public bool ContainsKey(string key)
+        public bool ContainsKey(string key, bool isFullImage)
         {
-            return key is not null && Data.ContainsKey(key) && Data[key].imageSource != null;
+            return key is not null && Data.ContainsKey((key, isFullImage)) && Data[(key, isFullImage)].imageSource != null;
         }
 
         public int CacheSize()
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ public int UniqueImagesInCache()
             return Data.Values.Select(x => x.imageSource).Distinct().Count();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs
index 11f66c8affd..13022137960 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs
@@ -3,57 +3,58 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Logger;
 using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Storage;
+using static Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http.Http;
 
 namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Image
 {
     public static class ImageLoader
     {
         private static readonly ImageCache ImageCache = new();
-        private static BinaryStorage<Dictionary<string, int>> _storage;
+        private static BinaryStorage<Dictionary<(string, bool), int>> _storage;
         private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, string> GuidToKey = new();
         private static IImageHashGenerator _hashGenerator;
         private static readonly bool EnableImageHash = true;
         public static ImageSource DefaultImage { get; } = new BitmapImage(new Uri(Constant.MissingImgIcon));
+        public const int SmallIconSize = 32;
 
 
         private static readonly string[] ImageExtensions =
         {
-            ".png",
-            ".jpg",
-            ".jpeg",
-            ".gif",
-            ".bmp",
-            ".tiff",
-            ".ico"
+            ".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".bmp", ".tiff", ".ico"
         };
 
         public static void Initialize()
         {
-            _storage = new BinaryStorage<Dictionary<string, int>>("Image");
+            _storage = new BinaryStorage<Dictionary<(string, bool), int>>("Image");
             _hashGenerator = new ImageHashGenerator();
 
             var usage = LoadStorageToConcurrentDictionary();
 
-            foreach (var icon in new[] { Constant.DefaultIcon, Constant.MissingImgIcon })
+            foreach (var icon in new[]
+                     {
+                         Constant.DefaultIcon, Constant.MissingImgIcon
+                     })
             {
                 ImageSource img = new BitmapImage(new Uri(icon));
                 img.Freeze();
-                ImageCache[icon] = img;
+                ImageCache[icon, false] = img;
             }
 
-            _ = Task.Run(() =>
+            _ = Task.Run(async () =>
             {
-                Stopwatch.Normal("|ImageLoader.Initialize|Preload images cost", () =>
+                await Stopwatch.NormalAsync("|ImageLoader.Initialize|Preload images cost", async () =>
                 {
-                    ImageCache.Data.AsParallel().ForAll(x =>
+                    foreach (var ((path, isFullImage), _) in ImageCache.Data)
                     {
-                        Load(x.Key);
-                    });
+                        await LoadAsync(path, isFullImage);
+                    }
                 });
                 Log.Info($"|ImageLoader.Initialize|Number of preload images is <{ImageCache.CacheSize()}>, Images Number: {ImageCache.CacheSize()}, Unique Items {ImageCache.UniqueImagesInCache()}");
             });
@@ -63,17 +64,20 @@ public static void Save()
         {
             lock (_storage)
             {
-                _storage.Save(ImageCache.Data.Select(x => (x.Key, x.Value.usage)).ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.usage));
+                _storage.Save(ImageCache.Data
+                    .ToDictionary(
+                        x => x.Key,
+                        x => x.Value.usage));
             }
         }
 
-        private static ConcurrentDictionary<string, int> LoadStorageToConcurrentDictionary()
+        private static ConcurrentDictionary<(string, bool), int> LoadStorageToConcurrentDictionary()
         {
             lock (_storage)
             {
-                var loaded = _storage.TryLoad(new Dictionary<string, int>());
+                var loaded = _storage.TryLoad(new Dictionary<(string, bool), int>());
 
-                return new ConcurrentDictionary<string, int>(loaded);
+                return new ConcurrentDictionary<(string, bool), int>(loaded);
             }
         }
 
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ private enum ImageType
             Cache
         }
 
-        private static ImageResult LoadInternal(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
+        private static async ValueTask<ImageResult> LoadInternalAsync(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
         {
             ImageResult imageResult;
 
@@ -107,13 +111,21 @@ private static ImageResult LoadInternal(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
             {
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
                 {
-                    return new ImageResult(ImageCache[Constant.MissingImgIcon], ImageType.Error);
+                    return new ImageResult(DefaultImage, ImageType.Error);
                 }
-                if (ImageCache.ContainsKey(path))
+
+                if (ImageCache.ContainsKey(path, loadFullImage))
                 {
-                    return new ImageResult(ImageCache[path], ImageType.Cache);
+                    return new ImageResult(ImageCache[path, loadFullImage], ImageType.Cache);
                 }
 
+                if (Uri.TryCreate(path, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute, out var uriResult)
+                    && (uriResult.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttp || uriResult.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttps))
+                {
+                    var image = await LoadRemoteImageAsync(loadFullImage, uriResult);
+                    ImageCache[path, loadFullImage] = image;
+                    return new ImageResult(image, ImageType.ImageFile);
+                }
                 if (path.StartsWith("data:", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     var imageSource = new BitmapImage(new Uri(path));
@@ -121,12 +133,7 @@ private static ImageResult LoadInternal(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
                     return new ImageResult(imageSource, ImageType.Data);
                 }
 
-                if (!Path.IsPathRooted(path))
-                {
-                    path = Path.Combine(Constant.ProgramDirectory, "Images", Path.GetFileName(path));
-                }
-
-                imageResult = GetThumbnailResult(ref path, loadFullImage);
+                imageResult = await Task.Run(() => GetThumbnailResult(ref path, loadFullImage));
             }
             catch (System.Exception e)
             {
@@ -140,14 +147,35 @@ private static ImageResult LoadInternal(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
                     Log.Exception($"|ImageLoader.Load|Failed to get thumbnail for {path} on first try", e);
                     Log.Exception($"|ImageLoader.Load|Failed to get thumbnail for {path} on second try", e2);
 
-                    ImageSource image = ImageCache[Constant.MissingImgIcon];
-                    ImageCache[path] = image;
+                    ImageSource image = ImageCache[Constant.MissingImgIcon, false];
+                    ImageCache[path, false] = image;
                     imageResult = new ImageResult(image, ImageType.Error);
                 }
             }
 
             return imageResult;
         }
+        private static async Task<BitmapImage> LoadRemoteImageAsync(bool loadFullImage, Uri uriResult)
+        {
+            // Download image from url
+            await using var resp = await GetStreamAsync(uriResult);
+            await using var buffer = new MemoryStream();
+            await resp.CopyToAsync(buffer);
+            buffer.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            var image = new BitmapImage();
+            image.BeginInit();
+            image.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
+            if (!loadFullImage)
+            {
+                image.DecodePixelHeight = SmallIconSize;
+                image.DecodePixelWidth = SmallIconSize;
+            }
+            image.StreamSource = buffer;
+            image.EndInit();
+            image.StreamSource = null;
+            image.Freeze();
+            return image;
+        }
 
         private static ImageResult GetThumbnailResult(ref string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
         {
@@ -192,7 +220,7 @@ private static ImageResult GetThumbnailResult(ref string path, bool loadFullImag
             }
             else
             {
-                image = ImageCache[Constant.MissingImgIcon];
+                image = ImageCache[Constant.MissingImgIcon, false];
                 path = Constant.MissingImgIcon;
             }
 
@@ -213,14 +241,14 @@ private static BitmapSource GetThumbnail(string path, ThumbnailOptions option =
                 option);
         }
 
-        public static bool CacheContainImage(string path)
+        public static bool CacheContainImage(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
         {
-            return ImageCache.ContainsKey(path) && ImageCache[path] != null;
+            return ImageCache.ContainsKey(path, false) && ImageCache[path, loadFullImage] != null;
         }
 
-        public static ImageSource Load(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
+        public static async ValueTask<ImageSource> LoadAsync(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
         {
-            var imageResult = LoadInternal(path, loadFullImage);
+            var imageResult = await LoadInternalAsync(path, loadFullImage);
 
             var img = imageResult.ImageSource;
             if (imageResult.ImageType != ImageType.Error && imageResult.ImageType != ImageType.Cache)
@@ -231,7 +259,7 @@ public static ImageSource Load(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
 
                     if (GuidToKey.TryGetValue(hash, out string key))
                     { // image already exists
-                        img = ImageCache[key] ?? img;
+                        img = ImageCache[key, false] ?? img;
                     }
                     else
                     { // new guid
@@ -240,7 +268,7 @@ public static ImageSource Load(string path, bool loadFullImage = false)
                 }
 
                 // update cache
-                ImageCache[path] = img;
+                ImageCache[path, false] = img;
             }
 
             return img;
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
index a1d3b83abf2..f2d9323ef83 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ public string IcoPath
             get { return _icoPath; }
             set
             {
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(PluginDirectory) && !Path.IsPathRooted(value))
+                // As a standard this property will handle prepping and converting to absolute local path for icon image processing
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)
+                    && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(PluginDirectory)
+                    && !Path.IsPathRooted(value)
+                    && !value.StartsWith("http://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    && !value.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    _icoPath = Path.Combine(value, IcoPath);
+                    _icoPath = Path.Combine(PluginDirectory, value);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -140,10 +145,11 @@ public string PluginDirectory
             set
             {
                 _pluginDirectory = value;
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(IcoPath) && !Path.IsPathRooted(IcoPath))
-                {
-                    IcoPath = Path.Combine(value, IcoPath);
-                }
+
+                // When the Result object is returned from the query call, PluginDirectory is not provided until
+                // UpdatePluginMetadata call is made at PluginManager.cs L196. Once the PluginDirectory becomes available
+                // we need to update (only if not Uri path) the IcoPath with the full absolute path so the image can be loaded.
+                IcoPath = _icoPath;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Msg.xaml.cs b/Flow.Launcher/Msg.xaml.cs
index 6bb2fc2dc6f..1be89d71604 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Msg.xaml.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Msg.xaml.cs
@@ -38,10 +38,16 @@ public Msg()
             Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(fadeOutAnimation, new PropertyPath(TopProperty));
             fadeOutStoryboard.Children.Add(fadeOutAnimation);
 
-            imgClose.Source = ImageLoader.Load(Path.Combine(Infrastructure.Constant.ProgramDirectory, "Images\\close.png"));
+            _ = LoadImageAsync();
+            
             imgClose.MouseUp += imgClose_MouseUp;
         }
 
+        private async System.Threading.Tasks.Task LoadImageAsync()
+        {
+            imgClose.Source = await ImageLoader.LoadAsync(Path.Combine(Infrastructure.Constant.ProgramDirectory, "Images\\close.png"));
+        }
+
         void imgClose_MouseUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
         {
             if (!closing)
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ private void fadeOutStoryboard_Completed(object sender, EventArgs e)
             Close();
         }
 
-        public void Show(string title, string subTitle, string iconPath)
+        public async void Show(string title, string subTitle, string iconPath)
         {
             tbTitle.Text = title;
             tbSubTitle.Text = subTitle;
@@ -66,15 +72,15 @@ public void Show(string title, string subTitle, string iconPath)
             }
             if (!File.Exists(iconPath))
             {
-                imgIco.Source = ImageLoader.Load(Path.Combine(Constant.ProgramDirectory, "Images\\app.png"));
+                imgIco.Source = await ImageLoader.LoadAsync(Path.Combine(Constant.ProgramDirectory, "Images\\app.png"));
             }
             else {
-                imgIco.Source = ImageLoader.Load(iconPath);
+                imgIco.Source = await ImageLoader.LoadAsync(iconPath);
             }
 
             Show();
 
-            Dispatcher.InvokeAsync(async () =>
+            await Dispatcher.InvokeAsync(async () =>
                                    {
                                        if (!closing)
                                        {
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/PluginViewModel.cs b/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/PluginViewModel.cs
index 2294681b4dc..725857e2f28 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/PluginViewModel.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/PluginViewModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Windows;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using Flow.Launcher.Plugin;
 using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Image;
@@ -24,7 +25,23 @@ public PluginPair PluginPair
             }
         }
 
-        public ImageSource Image => ImageLoader.Load(PluginPair.Metadata.IcoPath);
+
+        private async void LoadIconAsync()
+        {
+            Image = await ImageLoader.LoadAsync(PluginPair.Metadata.IcoPath);
+        }
+
+        public ImageSource Image
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_image == ImageLoader.DefaultImage)
+                    LoadIconAsync();
+
+                return _image;
+            }
+            set => _image = value;
+        }
         public bool PluginState
         {
             get => !PluginPair.Metadata.Disabled;
@@ -50,6 +67,7 @@ public Control SettingControl
                         ? new Control() 
                         : settingProvider.CreateSettingPanel() 
                 : null;
+        private ImageSource _image = ImageLoader.DefaultImage;
 
         public Visibility ActionKeywordsVisibility => PluginPair.Metadata.ActionKeywords.Count == 1 ? Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;
         public string InitilizaTime => PluginPair.Metadata.InitTime + "ms";
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/ResultViewModel.cs b/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/ResultViewModel.cs
index 458aa498f4b..2d61f6cabd3 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/ResultViewModel.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/ResultViewModel.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.ViewModel
     public class ResultViewModel : BaseModel
     {
         private static PrivateFontCollection fontCollection = new();
-        private static Dictionary<string, string> fonts = new(); 
+        private static Dictionary<string, string> fonts = new();
 
         public ResultViewModel(Result result, Settings settings)
         {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public ImageSource Image
 
         public GlyphInfo Glyph { get; set; }
 
-        private async ValueTask LoadImageAsync()
+        private async Task LoadImageAsync()
         {
             var imagePath = Result.IcoPath;
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imagePath) && Result.Icon != null)
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ private async ValueTask LoadImageAsync()
             if (ImageLoader.CacheContainImage(imagePath))
             {
                 // will get here either when icoPath has value\icon delegate is null\when had exception in delegate
-                image = ImageLoader.Load(imagePath, loadFullImage);
+                image = await ImageLoader.LoadAsync(imagePath, loadFullImage);
                 return;
             }
 
             // We need to modify the property not field here to trigger the OnPropertyChanged event
-            Image = await Task.Run(() => ImageLoader.Load(imagePath, loadFullImage)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            Image = await ImageLoader.LoadAsync(imagePath, loadFullImage).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         public Result Result { get; }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SearchSourceSetting.xaml.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SearchSourceSetting.xaml.cs
index fd0701c012a..c19396da0dc 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SearchSourceSetting.xaml.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SearchSourceSetting.xaml.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public SearchSourceSettingWindow(IList<SearchSource> sources, PluginInitContext
             Initilize(sources, context, Action.Add);
         }
 
-        private void Initilize(IList<SearchSource> sources, PluginInitContext context, Action action)
+        private async void Initilize(IList<SearchSource> sources, PluginInitContext context, Action action)
         {
             InitializeComponent();
             DataContext = _viewModel;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ private void Initilize(IList<SearchSource> sources, PluginInitContext context, A
 
             _viewModel.SetupCustomImagesDirectory();
 
-            imgPreviewIcon.Source = _viewModel.LoadPreviewIcon(_searchSource.IconPath);
+            imgPreviewIcon.Source = await _viewModel.LoadPreviewIconAsync(_searchSource.IconPath);
         }
 
         private void OnCancelButtonClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ private void EditSearchSource()
             }
         }
 
-        private void OnSelectIconClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        private async void OnSelectIconClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
             const string filter = "Image files (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, *.png, *.bmp) |*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.gif; *.png; *.bmp";
             var dialog = new OpenFileDialog {InitialDirectory = Main.CustomImagesDirectory, Filter = filter};
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private void OnSelectIconClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
                     if (_viewModel.ShouldProvideHint(selectedNewIconImageFullPath))
                         MessageBox.Show(_api.GetTranslation("flowlauncher_plugin_websearch_iconpath_hint"));
                     
-                    imgPreviewIcon.Source = _viewModel.LoadPreviewIcon(selectedNewIconImageFullPath);
+                    imgPreviewIcon.Source = await _viewModel.LoadPreviewIconAsync(selectedNewIconImageFullPath);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@ public enum Action
         Add,
         Edit
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SearchSourceViewModel.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SearchSourceViewModel.cs
index 372e601e049..1b42bf788ee 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SearchSourceViewModel.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SearchSourceViewModel.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 
@@ -57,9 +58,9 @@ internal bool ShouldProvideHint(string fullPathToSelectedImage)
             return Directory.GetParent(fullPathToSelectedImage).ToString() == Main.DefaultImagesDirectory;
         }
 
-        internal ImageSource LoadPreviewIcon(string pathToPreviewIconImage)
+        internal async ValueTask<ImageSource> LoadPreviewIconAsync(string pathToPreviewIconImage)
         {
-            return ImageLoader.Load(pathToPreviewIconImage);
+            return await ImageLoader.LoadAsync(pathToPreviewIconImage);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SuggestionSources/Bing.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SuggestionSources/Bing.cs
index e01b66df55f..b8ad9a586da 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SuggestionSources/Bing.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SuggestionSources/Bing.cs
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public override async Task<List<string>> SuggestionsAsync(string query, Cancella
             try
             {
                 const string api = "https://api.bing.com/qsonhs.aspx?q=";
-                
-                using var resultStream = await Http.GetStreamAsync(api + Uri.EscapeDataString(query), token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                await using var resultStream = await Http.GetStreamAsync(api + Uri.EscapeDataString(query), token).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 using var json = (await JsonDocument.ParseAsync(resultStream, cancellationToken: token));
                 var root = json.RootElement.GetProperty("AS");
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ public override async Task<List<string>> SuggestionsAsync(string query, Cancella
                     return new List<string>();
 
                 return root.GetProperty("Results")
-                           .EnumerateArray()
-                           .SelectMany(r => r.GetProperty("Suggests")
-                                             .EnumerateArray()
-                                             .Select(s => s.GetProperty("Txt").GetString()))
-                           .ToList();
+                    .EnumerateArray()
+                    .SelectMany(r => r.GetProperty("Suggests")
+                        .EnumerateArray()
+                        .Select(s => s.GetProperty("Txt").GetString()))
+                    .ToList();
 
 
 
             }
-            catch (Exception e) when (e is HttpRequestException or {InnerException: TimeoutException})
+            catch (Exception e) when (e is HttpRequestException or { InnerException: TimeoutException })
             {
                 Log.Exception("|Baidu.Suggestions|Can't get suggestion from baidu", e);
                 return null;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public override async Task<List<string>> SuggestionsAsync(string query, Cancella
             {
                 Log.Exception("|Bing.Suggestions|can't parse suggestions", e);
                 return new List<string>();
-            } 
+            }
         }
 
         public override string ToString()
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SuggestionSources/Google.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SuggestionSources/Google.cs
index bde63ab29d5..567e896b588 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SuggestionSources/Google.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/SuggestionSources/Google.cs
@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@ public override async Task<List<string>> SuggestionsAsync(string query, Cancella
             {
                 const string api = "https://www.google.com/complete/search?output=chrome&q=";
 
-                using var resultStream = await Http.GetStreamAsync(api + Uri.EscapeDataString(query)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await using var resultStream = await Http.GetStreamAsync(api + Uri.EscapeDataString(query), token: token).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 using var json = await JsonDocument.ParseAsync(resultStream, cancellationToken: token);
 
-                if (json == null)
-                    return new List<string>();
-
                 var results = json.RootElement.EnumerateArray().ElementAt(1);
 
                 return results.EnumerateArray().Select(o => o.GetString()).ToList();