diff --git a/mobile/ios/Runner/Images/RemoteImagesImpl.swift b/mobile/ios/Runner/Images/RemoteImagesImpl.swift
index 36baf4bc74..5c242e18a9 100644
--- a/mobile/ios/Runner/Images/RemoteImagesImpl.swift
+++ b/mobile/ios/Runner/Images/RemoteImagesImpl.swift
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ class RemoteImageRequest {
 
 class RemoteImageApiImpl: NSObject, RemoteImageApi {
   private static let delegate = RemoteImageApiDelegate()
-  static let cacheDir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent(
-    "thumbnails", isDirectory: true)
   static let session = {
+    let cacheDir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent("thumbnails", isDirectory: true)
     let config = URLSessionConfiguration.default
     let version = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleShortVersionString") as? String ?? "unknown"
     config.httpAdditionalHeaders = ["User-Agent": "Immich_iOS_\(version)"]
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ class RemoteImageApiImpl: NSObject, RemoteImageApi {
       diskCapacity: 1 << 30,
       directory: cacheDir
     )
-    config.httpMaximumConnectionsPerHost = 16
+    config.httpMaximumConnectionsPerHost = 64
     return URLSession(configuration: config, delegate: delegate, delegateQueue: nil)
   }()
   
diff --git a/mobile/lib/infrastructure/loaders/image_request.dart b/mobile/lib/infrastructure/loaders/image_request.dart
index b0f641431b..5be7b57835 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/infrastructure/loaders/image_request.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/infrastructure/loaders/image_request.dart
@@ -54,21 +54,21 @@ abstract class ImageRequest {
     }
 
     final descriptor = await ui.ImageDescriptor.encoded(buffer);
+    buffer.dispose();
     if (_isCancelled) {
-      buffer.dispose();
       descriptor.dispose();
       return null;
     }
 
     final codec = await descriptor.instantiateCodec();
-    buffer.dispose();
-    descriptor.dispose();
     if (_isCancelled) {
+      descriptor.dispose();
       codec.dispose();
       return null;
     }
 
     final frame = await codec.getNextFrame();
+    descriptor.dispose();
     codec.dispose();
     if (_isCancelled) {
       frame.image.dispose();
@@ -105,16 +105,17 @@ abstract class ImageRequest {
       rowBytes: rowBytes,
       pixelFormat: ui.PixelFormat.rgba8888,
     );
-    final codec = await descriptor.instantiateCodec();
-
     buffer.dispose();
-    descriptor.dispose();
+
+    final codec = await descriptor.instantiateCodec();
     if (_isCancelled) {
+      descriptor.dispose();
       codec.dispose();
       return null;
     }
 
     final frame = await codec.getNextFrame();
+    descriptor.dispose();
     codec.dispose();
     if (_isCancelled) {
       frame.image.dispose();