diff --git a/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarkstools.cpp b/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarkstools.cpp
index f522fdfcc..888360754 100644
--- a/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarkstools.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarkstools.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,9 @@ void BookmarksTools::addUrlToMenu(QObject* receiver, Menu* menu, BookmarkItem* b
     Action* act = new Action(menu);
     QString title = QFontMetrics(act->font()).elidedText(bookmark->title(), Qt::ElideRight, 250);
     act->setText(title);
-    act->setIcon(bookmark->icon());
+    IconProvider::imageForUrlAsync(bookmark->url(), act, [=](const QImage &img) {
+        act->setIcon(QIcon(QPixmap::fromImage(img)));
+    });
 
     act->setData(QVariant::fromValue<void*>(static_cast<void*>(bookmark)));
     act->setIconVisibleInMenu(true);
diff --git a/src/lib/tools/iconprovider.cpp b/src/lib/tools/iconprovider.cpp
index 2bf80e045..661c7bec5 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/iconprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/tools/iconprovider.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QBuffer>
+#include <QFutureWatcher>
+#include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrentRun>
 
 Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(IconProvider, qz_icon_provider)
 
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ QImage IconProvider::imageForUrl(const QUrl &url)
 
     query.addBindValue(QString("%1%").arg(QzTools::escapeSqlString(QString::fromUtf8(url.toEncoded(QUrl::RemoveFragment)))));
     query.addBindValue(QL1S("!"));
-    query.exec();
+    query = SqlDatabase::instance()->exec(query);
 
     if (query.next()) {
         return QImage::fromData(query.value(0).toByteArray());
@@ -188,6 +190,16 @@ QImage IconProvider::imageForUrl(const QUrl &url)
     return IconProvider::emptyWebImage();
 }
 
+void IconProvider::imageForUrlAsync(const QUrl &url, QObject *receiver, std::function<void(const QImage &)> callback)
+{
+    QFutureWatcher<QImage> *watcher = new QFutureWatcher<QImage>();
+    connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<QImage>::finished, receiver, [=]() {
+        watcher->deleteLater();
+        callback(watcher->result());
+    });
+    watcher->setFuture(QtConcurrent::run(imageForUrl, url));
+}
+
 QIcon IconProvider::iconForDomain(const QUrl &url)
 {
     return instance()->iconFromImage(imageForDomain(url));
diff --git a/src/lib/tools/iconprovider.h b/src/lib/tools/iconprovider.h
index c2e85b59e..e7543757b 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/iconprovider.h
+++ b/src/lib/tools/iconprovider.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QUrl>
 
+#include <functional>
+
 #include "qzcommon.h"
 
 class QIcon;
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ class QUPZILLA_EXPORT IconProvider : public QWidget
     // Icon for url (only available for urls in history)
     static QIcon iconForUrl(const QUrl &url);
     static QImage imageForUrl(const QUrl &url);
+    static void imageForUrlAsync(const QUrl &url, QObject *receiver, std::function<void(const QImage&)> callback);
 
     // Icon for domain (only available for urls in history)
     static QIcon iconForDomain(const QUrl &url);