diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/ImageGalleryDataSource.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/ImageGalleryDataSource.swift
index 22b6d4dc6d..832fa5bf7d 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/ImageGalleryDataSource.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/ImageGalleryDataSource.swift
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ImageGalleryDataSource: GalleryDataSource {
                 gifController: gifController
             )
         } else {
-            return LoadingGalleryContentViewController {
+            return LoadingGalleryContentViewController(caption: nil) {
                 let (data, image) = await self.cache.get(self.url, loadOriginal: true)
                 if let image {
                     let gifController: GIFController? =
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/LoadingGalleryContentViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/LoadingGalleryContentViewController.swift
index e8ef4e9d7e..899206373b 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/LoadingGalleryContentViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/LoadingGalleryContentViewController.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import UIKit
 import GalleryVC
 
 class LoadingGalleryContentViewController: UIViewController, GalleryContentViewController {
+    private let fallbackCaption: String?
     private let provider: () async -> (any GalleryContentViewController)?
     private var wrapped: (any GalleryContentViewController)!
     
@@ -24,14 +25,15 @@ class LoadingGalleryContentViewController: UIViewController, GalleryContentViewC
     }
     
     var caption: String? {
-        wrapped?.caption
+        wrapped?.caption ?? fallbackCaption
     }
     
     var canAnimateFromSourceView: Bool {
         wrapped?.canAnimateFromSourceView ?? true
     }
     
-    init(provider: @escaping () async -> (any GalleryContentViewController)?) {
+    init(caption: String?, provider: @escaping () async -> (any GalleryContentViewController)?) {
+        self.fallbackCaption = caption
         self.provider = provider
         
         super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource.swift
index c2c53b0dbf..1119b12ac1 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource.swift
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ class StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource: GalleryDataSource {
                     gifController: gifController
                 )
             } else {
-                return LoadingGalleryContentViewController {
+                return LoadingGalleryContentViewController(caption: attachment.description) {
+                    try! await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: NSEC_PER_SEC)
                     let (data, image) = await ImageCache.attachments.get(attachment.url, loadOriginal: true)
                     if let image {
                         let gifController: GIFController? =
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ class StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource: GalleryDataSource {
             // TODO: use separate content VC with audio visualization?
             return VideoGalleryContentViewController(url: attachment.url, caption: attachment.description)
         case .unknown:
-            return LoadingGalleryContentViewController {
+            return LoadingGalleryContentViewController(caption: nil) {
                 do {
                     let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(from: attachment.url)
                     let url = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent(attachment.url.lastPathComponent)