diff --git a/commons/pom.xml b/commons/pom.xml
index 86939fbe1..3f024c02e 100644
--- a/commons/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
       <groupId>de.akquinet.android.androlog</groupId>
       <artifactId>androlog</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.nostra13.universalimageloader</groupId>
+          <artifactId>universal-image-loader</artifactId>
+          <version>1.7.1</version>
+      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 <build>
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/CommonsApplication.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/CommonsApplication.java
index edd8429b2..e6a3b7ed4 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/CommonsApplication.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/CommonsApplication.java
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 package org.wikimedia.commons;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.net.URI;
 
 import javax.xml.transform.*;
 
 import android.accounts.*;
 import android.app.Application;
+import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
 import android.os.Build;
 
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.ImageLoader;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.ImageLoaderConfiguration;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.download.ImageDownloader;
 import org.mediawiki.api.*;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.wikimedia.commons.auth.WikiAccountAuthenticator;
@@ -39,6 +45,21 @@ public class CommonsApplication extends Application {
         return dbOpenHelper;
     }
 
+    public class ContentUriImageDownloader extends ImageDownloader {
+
+        @Override
+        protected InputStream getStreamFromNetwork(URI uri) throws IOException {
+            return super.getStream(uri); // Pass back to parent code, which handles http, https, etc
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected InputStream getStreamFromOtherSource(URI imageUri) throws IOException {
+            if(imageUri.getScheme().equals("content")) {
+                return getContentResolver().openInputStream(Uri.parse(imageUri.toString()));
+            }
+            throw new RuntimeException("Not a content URI: " + imageUri);
+        }
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void onCreate() {
@@ -47,6 +68,11 @@ public class CommonsApplication extends Application {
         // Fire progress callbacks for every 3% of uploaded content
         System.setProperty("in.yuvi.http.fluent.PROGRESS_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD", "3.0");
         api = createMWApi();
+
+
+        ImageLoaderConfiguration imageLoaderConfiguration = new ImageLoaderConfiguration.Builder(getApplicationContext())
+                .imageDownloader(new ContentUriImageDownloader()).build();
+        ImageLoader.getInstance().init(imageLoaderConfiguration);
     }
     
     public MWApi getApi() {
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/contributions/ContributionsActivity.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/contributions/ContributionsActivity.java
index 4ec587c00..d7fbf863e 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/contributions/ContributionsActivity.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/contributions/ContributionsActivity.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.wikimedia.commons.contributions;
 
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.support.v4.app.LoaderManager;
 import android.support.v4.content.CursorLoader;
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.ListView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockFragmentActivity;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.DisplayImageOptions;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.ImageLoader;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.ImageLoaderConfiguration;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.assist.FailReason;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.assist.ImageLoadingListener;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.assist.ImageScaleType;
+import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.display.FadeInBitmapDisplayer;
 import org.wikimedia.commons.ImageLoaderTask;
 import org.wikimedia.commons.R;
 import org.wikimedia.commons.UploadService;
@@ -50,8 +58,9 @@ public class ContributionsActivity extends AuthenticatedActivity implements Load
             ImageView image = (ImageView)view.findViewById(R.id.contributionImage);
             TextView title = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.contributionTitle);
 
-            ImageLoaderTask imageLoader = new ImageLoaderTask(image);
-            imageLoader.execute(Uri.parse(cursor.getString(COLUMN_LOCALURI)));
+            Uri imageUri = Uri.parse(cursor.getString(COLUMN_LOCALURI));
+
+            ImageLoader.getInstance().displayImage(imageUri.toString(), image, contributionDisplayOptions);
 
             title.setText(cursor.getString(COLUMN_FILENAME));
 
@@ -60,8 +69,11 @@ public class ContributionsActivity extends AuthenticatedActivity implements Load
     private LocalBroadcastManager localBroadcastManager;
 
     private ListView contributionsList;
+
     private ContributionAdapter contributionsAdapter;
 
+    private DisplayImageOptions contributionDisplayOptions;
+
     private String[] broadcastsToReceive = {
             UploadService.INTENT_CONTRIBUTION_STATE_CHANGED
     };
@@ -100,6 +112,11 @@ public class ContributionsActivity extends AuthenticatedActivity implements Load
 
     @Override
     protected void onAuthCookieAcquired(String authCookie) {
+        contributionDisplayOptions = new DisplayImageOptions.Builder().cacheInMemory()
+                .imageScaleType(ImageScaleType.IN_SAMPLE_POWER_OF_2)
+                .displayer(new FadeInBitmapDisplayer(300))
+                .resetViewBeforeLoading().build();
+
         Cursor allContributions = getContentResolver().query(ContributionsContentProvider.BASE_URI, CONTRIBUTIONS_PROJECTION, CONTRIBUTION_SELECTION, null, CONTRIBUTION_SORT);
         contributionsAdapter = new ContributionAdapter(this, allContributions, 0);
         contributionsList.setAdapter(contributionsAdapter);