diff --git a/components/Global/components/blurhashed-image.tsx b/components/Global/components/blurhashed-image.tsx
index b619e881..7f1cfe50 100644
--- a/components/Global/components/blurhashed-image.tsx
+++ b/components/Global/components/blurhashed-image.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default function BlurhashedImage({
             Math.ceil(height ?? width / 100) * 100 // So these keys need to match
         ],
         queryFn: () => fetchItemImage(item.AlbumId ? item.AlbumId : item.Id!, type ?? ImageType.Primary, width, height ?? width),
-        gcTime: (1000 * 60), // 1 minute, these are stored on disk anyways
+        gcTime: (1000 * 60) * 5, // 5 minutes, these are stored on disk anyways
     });
 
     const blurhash = !isEmpty(item.ImageBlurHashes) 
diff --git a/constants/query-client.ts b/constants/query-client.ts
index 51b10070..f7a8f703 100644
--- a/constants/query-client.ts
+++ b/constants/query-client.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export const queryClient = new QueryClient({
     defaultOptions: {
         queries: {
             gcTime: Infinity, // disable
+            staleTime: (1000 * 60) * 60 // 1 hour, users can manually refresh stuff too!
         }
     }
 });
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