diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/damontecres/wholphin/ui/slideshow/SlideshowViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/damontecres/wholphin/ui/slideshow/SlideshowViewModel.kt
index c81ffcb7..e74ffdf2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/damontecres/wholphin/ui/slideshow/SlideshowViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/damontecres/wholphin/ui/slideshow/SlideshowViewModel.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.Stable
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
 import androidx.media3.common.Player
+import coil3.imageLoader
+import coil3.request.ImageRequest
+import coil3.size.Size
 import com.github.damontecres.wholphin.data.ChosenStreams
 import com.github.damontecres.wholphin.data.PlaybackEffectDao
 import com.github.damontecres.wholphin.data.ServerRepository
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ class SlideshowViewModel
             val size = state.value.items.size
             val newPosition = state.value.position + 1
             return if (newPosition < size) {
-                updatePosition(newPosition)
+                updatePosition(newPosition, true)
                 true
             } else {
                 false
@@ -182,14 +185,23 @@ class SlideshowViewModel
         fun previousImage(): Boolean {
             val newPosition = state.value.position - 1
             return if (newPosition >= 0) {
-                updatePosition(newPosition)
+                updatePosition(newPosition, false)
                 true
             } else {
                 false
             }
         }
 
-        fun updatePosition(position: Int): Job? =
+        /**
+         * Update image state to the specified position
+         *
+         * @param position the index to use
+         * @param isNext whether moving to the next or previous image for prefetching purposes
+         */
+        fun updatePosition(
+            position: Int,
+            isNext: Boolean = true,
+        ): Job? =
             (state.value.items as? ApiRequestPager<*>)?.let { pager ->
                 viewModelScope.launchIO {
                     try {
@@ -286,6 +298,31 @@ class SlideshowViewModel
                             )
                         }
                     }
+                    try {
+                        // If there is a next/previous image, fetch it into the image cache
+                        val nextIndex = position + if (isNext) 1 else -1
+                        if (nextIndex in pager.indices) {
+                            pager.getBlocking(nextIndex)?.let { nextImage ->
+                                if (nextImage.data.mediaType == MediaType.PHOTO) {
+                                    val url = api.libraryApi.getDownloadUrl(nextImage.id)
+                                    val request =
+                                        ImageRequest
+                                            .Builder(context)
+                                            .data(url)
+                                            .size(Size.ORIGINAL)
+                                            .build()
+                                    context.imageLoader.enqueue(request)
+                                    Timber.v(
+                                        "Prefetching index=%s, id=%s",
+                                        nextIndex,
+                                        nextImage.id,
+                                    )
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } catch (ex: Exception) {
+                        Timber.e(ex, "Error preloading image")
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -339,7 +376,7 @@ class SlideshowViewModel
         fun pulseSlideshow() = pulseSlideshow(slideshowDelay)
 
         fun pulseSlideshow(milliseconds: Long) {
-            Timber.v("pulseSlideshow $milliseconds")
+//            Timber.v("pulseSlideshow $milliseconds")
             slideshowJob?.cancel()
             slideshowJob =
                 viewModelScope