diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index 0c082ae58..dba5283a1 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		string finalUrl = upgradeInsecureUrl(getAbsoluteUrl(url));
 
+		// use requested url for local name (cache)
+		string dest = localImageName(url);
+	#ifdef LOG_DL
+		nlwarning("add to download '%s' dest '%s' img %p", finalUrl.c_str(), dest.c_str(), img);
+	#endif
+
+		// Display cached image while downloading new
+		if (type != TImageType::OverImage && CFile::fileExists(dest))
+		{
+			setImage(img, dest, type);
+			setImageSize(img, style);
+		}
+
 		// Search if we are not already downloading this url.
 		for(uint i = 0; i < Curls.size(); i++)
 		{
@@ -463,12 +476,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			}
 		}
 
-		// use requested url for local name (cache)
-		string dest = localImageName(url);
-	#ifdef LOG_DL
-		nlwarning("add to download '%s' dest '%s' img %p", finalUrl.c_str(), dest.c_str(), img);
-	#endif
-
 		Curls.push_back(CDataDownload(finalUrl, dest, ImgType, img, "", "", style, type));
 		if (Curls.size() < options.curlMaxConnections) {
 			if (!startCurlDownload(Curls.back()))