diff --git a/Tusker/Views/CachedImageView.swift b/Tusker/Views/CachedImageView.swift
index 617a301d..f72d1b7a 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/CachedImageView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/CachedImageView.swift
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ class CachedImageView: UIImageView {
     private var fetchTask: Task<Void, Error>?
     private var blurHashTask: DispatchWorkItem?
     
+    override var image: UIImage? {
+        didSet {
+            fetchTask?.cancel()
+        }
+    }
+    
     init(cache: ImageCache) {
         self.cache = cache
         super.init(frame: .zero)
@@ -31,10 +37,10 @@ class CachedImageView: UIImageView {
         NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(preferencesChanged), name: .preferencesChanged, object: nil)
     }
     
-    func update(for url: URL?, blurhash: String? = nil) {
+    func update(for url: URL?, blurhash: String? = nil, placeholder: UIImage? = nil) {
         if url != self.url || (url != nil && self.image == nil) {
             self.url = url
-            self.image = nil
+            super.image = placeholder
             updateBlurhash(blurhash, for: url)
             updateImage()
         }
@@ -82,7 +88,7 @@ class CachedImageView: UIImageView {
                 return
             }
             try Task.checkCancellation()
-            self.image = transformedImage
+            super.image = transformedImage
             self.isGrayscale = Preferences.shared.grayscaleImages
             self.blurHashTask?.cancel()
         }
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell.swift
index 843301a8..da3540a0 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell.swift
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell, StatusCollecti
     static let monospaceFont = UIFontMetrics.default.scaledFont(for: .monospacedSystemFont(ofSize: 16, weight: .regular))
     static let contentParagraphStyle = HTMLConverter.defaultParagraphStyle
     
+    private static let timelineReasonIconSize: CGFloat = 25
+    
     // MARK: Subviews
     
     private lazy var timelineReasonLabel = EmojiLabel().configure {
@@ -27,8 +29,16 @@ class TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell, StatusCollecti
         $0.font = .preferredFont(forTextStyle: .body)
         $0.adjustsFontForContentSizeCategory = true
     }
-    private let timelineReasonIcon = UIImageView(image: reblogIcon).configure {
+    private let timelineReasonIcon = CachedImageView(cache: .avatars).configure {
+        $0.image = reblogIcon
+        $0.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
+        $0.layer.masksToBounds = true
         $0.tintColor = .secondaryLabel
+        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
+            // this needs to be lessThanOrEqualTo not just equalTo b/c otherwise intermediate layouts are broken
+            $0.heightAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualToConstant: TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell.timelineReasonIconSize),
+            $0.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: $0.heightAnchor),
+        ])
     }
     private lazy var timelineReasonHStack = UIStackView(arrangedSubviews: [
         timelineReasonIcon,
@@ -304,6 +314,9 @@ class TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell, StatusCollecti
         
         mainContainerTopToReblogLabelConstraint = mainContainer.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: timelineReasonHStack.bottomAnchor, constant: 4)
         mainContainerTopToSelfConstraint = mainContainer.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: statusContainer.topAnchor, constant: 8)
+        // when flipping between topToReblog and topToSelf constraints, the framework sometimes thinks both of them should be active simultaneously
+        // even though the code never does that; so let this one get broken temporarily
+        mainContainerTopToSelfConstraint.priority = .init(999)
         mainContainerBottomToActionsConstraint = mainContainer.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: actionsContainer.topAnchor, constant: -4)
         mainContainerBottomToSelfConstraint = mainContainer.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: statusContainer.bottomAnchor, constant: -6)
         
@@ -546,7 +559,6 @@ class TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell, StatusCollecti
             rebloggerID = status.account.id
             
             hideTimelineReason = false
-            timelineReasonIcon.image = reblogIcon
             updateRebloggerLabel(reblogger: status.account)
             status = rebloggedStatus
         } else {
@@ -604,6 +616,7 @@ class TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell, StatusCollecti
         }
         metaIndicatorsView.updateUI(status: status)
         
+        timelineReasonIcon.layer.cornerRadius = Preferences.shared.avatarStyle.cornerRadiusFraction * Self.timelineReasonIconSize
         if let rebloggerID,
            let reblogger = mastodonController.persistentContainer.account(for: rebloggerID) {
             updateRebloggerLabel(reblogger: reblogger)
@@ -650,6 +663,8 @@ class TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell, StatusCollecti
     }
     
     private func updateRebloggerLabel(reblogger: AccountMO) {
+        timelineReasonIcon.update(for: reblogger.avatar, placeholder: reblogIcon)
+        
         if Preferences.shared.hideCustomEmojiInUsernames {
             timelineReasonLabel.text = "\(reblogger.displayNameWithoutCustomEmoji) reblogged"
             timelineReasonLabel.removeEmojis()