diff --git a/Source/AnimatableImageView.swift b/Source/AnimatableImageView.swift
index a819e2a..bad5a4c 100644
--- a/Source/AnimatableImageView.swift
+++ b/Source/AnimatableImageView.swift
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ public class AnimatableImageView: UIImageView {
   /// An `Animator` instance that holds the frames of a specific image in memory.
   var animator: Animator?
   /// A display link that keeps calling the `updateFrame` method on every screen refresh.
-  lazy var displayLink: CADisplayLink = CADisplayLink(target: self, selector: #selector(updateFrame))
+  lazy var displayLink: CADisplayLink = {
+    let display = CADisplayLink(target: self, selector: #selector(updateFrame))
+    display.paused = true
+    return display
+  }()
 
   /// The size of the frame cache.
   public var framePreloadCount = 50