diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8537a9e532..a9a5d99fa6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ gem 'lemmatizer', '~> 0.2.2'
 gem 'mailman', require: false
 # To implement fontawesome v4.7.0
 gem "font-awesome-rails"
+ gem "lazyload-rails"
 
 # To convert html to markdown
 gem 'reverse_markdown'
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 2a0bed10da..b36ea514b1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 //
 //= require jquery
 //= require jquery_ujs
+//= require jquery-lazyload/jquery.lazyload.js
 //= require debounce/index.js
 //= require bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js
 //= require bootstrap-3-typeahead/bootstrap3-typeahead.min.js
@@ -60,4 +61,4 @@
 //= require validation.js
 //= require submit_form_ajax.js
 //= require urlMapHash.js
-//= require spam2.js
\ No newline at end of file
+//= require spam2.js
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/_node_default.html.erb b/app/views/dashboard/_node_default.html.erb
index 72abf63bfa..ba40a1f4ff 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/_node_default.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/_node_default.html.erb
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
     <%= render partial: 'dashboard/node_moderate', locals: { node: node } %>
 
     <% if node.main_image %>
-        <a class="img" href="<%= node.path %>"><img src="<%= node.main_image.path(:default) %>" style="width:100%;" /></a>
+        <a class="img" href="<%= node.path %>"><%= image_tag(node.main_image.path(:default), style:'width:100%;') %></a>
     <% elsif node.scraped_image %>
-        <a class="img" href="<%= node.path %>"><img src="<%= node.scraped_image %>" style="width:100%;" /></a>
+        <a class="img" href="<%= node.path %>"><%= image_tag(node.scraped_image, style:'width:100%;') %></a>
     <% end %>
 
     <h4><a href="<%= node.path %>"><%= node.title %></a> <% if node.status == 3 %><span style="font-size: small;" class="badge badge-success">Draft</span><% end %></h4>
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@
 
   </div>
 </div>
+
+<script>
+$(function(){
+  $("img").lazyload();
+});
+</script>
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/_node_question.html.erb b/app/views/dashboard/_node_question.html.erb
index bd74034a8a..8e4fdee1d2 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/_node_question.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/_node_question.html.erb
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <div class="col-lg-6 note-container-question">
   <div class="note note-pane note-question<% if node.status == 4 %> moderated<% end %>">
-    
+
     <div class="header-icon"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i> <a href="/q/<%= node.id %>"><i class="fa fa-link"></i></a></div>
 
     <div style="overflow: hidden;">
 
       <%= render partial: 'dashboard/node_moderate', locals: { node: node } %>
- 
+
       <% if node.main_image %>
-        <a class="img" href="<%= node.path(:question) %>"><img src="<%= node.main_image.path(:default) %>" style="width:100%;" /></a>
+        <a class="img" href="<%= node.path(:question) %>"><%= image_tag(node.main_image.path(:default), style:'width:100%;') %></a>
       <% elsif node.scraped_image %>
-        <a class="img" href="<%= node.path %>"><img src="<%= node.scraped_image %>" style="width:100%;" /></a>
+        <a class="img" href="<%= node.path %>"><%= image_tag(node.scraped_image, style:'width:100%;') %></a>
       <% end %>
-  
+
       <h4><a href="<%= node.path(:question) %>"><%= node.title %></a></h4>
 
       <p class="meta"><%= translation('dashboard._node_question.question') %> <%= render partial: "dashboard/node_meta", locals: { node: node } %></p>
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
+
+<script>
+$(function(){
+  $("img").lazyload();
+});
+</script>
diff --git a/app/views/notes/_card.html.erb b/app/views/notes/_card.html.erb
index dcc372735a..fc0c82fa63 100644
--- a/app/views/notes/_card.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/notes/_card.html.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <div class="card">
   <% if node.main_image %>
-    <a class="card-img-top img" style="overflow: hidden; height:10em;"<% if @widget %>target="_blank"<% end %> href="<%= node.path %>"><img src="<%= node.main_image.path(:default) %>" style="width:100%;"/></a>
+    <a class="card-img-top img" style="overflow: hidden; height:10em;"<% if @widget %>target="_blank"<% end %> href="<%= node.path %>"><%= image_tag(node.main_image.path(:default), style:'width:100%;') %></a>
   <% elsif node.scraped_image %>
-    <a class="card-img-top img" style="overflow: hidden; height:10em;" href="<%= node.path %>"><img src="<%= node.scraped_image %>" style="width:100%;" /></a>
+    <a class="card-img-top img" style="overflow: hidden; height:10em;" href="<%= node.path %>"><%= image_tag(node.scraped_image, style:'width:100%;') %></a>
   <%  else %>
     <a class="imgg" style="height:10em; margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 1rem;">
     <i class="fa fa-picture-o note-not aria-hidden="true" style="color: #ccc; font-size: 6em;"></i>
@@ -66,3 +66,9 @@
     </div>
   </small>
 </div>
+
+<script>
+$(function(){
+  $("img").lazyload();
+});
+</script>
diff --git a/app/views/notes/show.html.erb b/app/views/notes/show.html.erb
index e6a519caf8..d9ffcc605d 100644
--- a/app/views/notes/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/notes/show.html.erb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
   <% if @node.main_image %>
     <a class="main-image" style="max-width:100%;width:800px;" href="<%= @node.main_image.path(:original) %>">
-      <img style="max-height:600px;max-width:100%;" class="rounded d-none d-lg-inline" src="<%= @node.main_image.path(:large) %>" />
-      <img style="width:100%;" class="rounded d-lg-none" src="<%= @node.main_image.path(:large) %>" />
+      <%= image_tag(@node.main_image.path(:large), class:"rounded d-none d-lg-inline", style:'max-height:600px;max-width:100%;') %>
+      <%= image_tag(@node.main_image.path(:large), class:"rounded d-lg-none", style:'width:100%;') %>
     </a>
     <!--<div class="expand"><a onClick="$('.main-image').toggleClass('compressed');"><i class="fa fa-angle-down"></i></a></div>-->
   <% end %>
@@ -138,4 +138,7 @@
   $("#collapse-button").click(function(){
       $(this).remove();
   });
+  $(function(){
+    $("img").lazyload();
+  });
 </script>
diff --git a/app/views/questions/show.html.erb b/app/views/questions/show.html.erb
index 82009bbcb2..e28eaaa0dd 100644
--- a/app/views/questions/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/questions/show.html.erb
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 <%= javascript_include_tag('comment_expand') %>
 <%= javascript_include_tag('notes') %>
 <%= javascript_include_tag('textbox_expand') %>
-<script> var comments_length = <%= @node.comments.length %>; </script>
+<script> var comments_length = <%= @node.comments.length %>; $(function(){
+  $("img").lazyload();
+});</script>
 <%= javascript_include_tag('question') %>
 <div class="col-lg-9 note-show question-show">
 
    <% if @node.main_image %>
     <a class="main-image" style="max-width:100%;width:800px;" href="<%= @node.main_image.path(:original) %>">
-      <img style="max-height:600px;" class="rounded d-none d-lg-inline" src="<%= @node.main_image.path(:large) %>" />
-      <img style="width:100%;" class="rounded d-lg-none" src="<%= @node.main_image.path(:large) %>" />
+      <%= image_tag(@node.main_image.path(:large), class:"rounded d-none d-lg-inline", style:'max-height:600px;max-width:100%;') %>
+      <%= image_tag(@node.main_image.path(:large), class:"rounded d-lg-none", style:'width:100%;') %>
     </a>
   <% end %>
 
diff --git a/app/views/users/list.html.erb b/app/views/users/list.html.erb
index fa1cf1a649..af90f91e86 100644
--- a/app/views/users/list.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/list.html.erb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
            <div class="row card-body">
             <div class="col-lg-12 nopadding">
               <div class="profile-image text-center">
-                  <img class="rounded-circle img-fluid" id="profile-photo" src="<%= user.profile_image %>" />
+                  <%= image_tag(user.profile_image, class:'rounded-circle img-fluid', id:'profile-photo') %>
               </div>
             </div>
             <div class="col-lg-12 nopadding">
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ h3, h2, h5 {
   padding-bottom: 5px;
   padding-left: 14px;
 }
-  
+
 .sort-style{
   color: #808080;
 }
@@ -177,4 +177,9 @@ h3, h2, h5 {
   text-decoration: underline;
 }
 </style>
+<script>
+$(function(){
+  $("img").lazyload();
+});
+</script>
 <%= render partial: 'tag/location' %>
diff --git a/app/views/users/profile.html.erb b/app/views/users/profile.html.erb
index 7213f25947..2ce8096eb2 100644
--- a/app/views/users/profile.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/profile.html.erb
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
     <%= render :partial => "map/leaflet" , locals: { lat: @map_lat, lon: @map_lon, zoom: @map_zoom, blurred: @map_blurred, topmap: true, user: @profile_user } %>
   <% elsif !current_user.nil? && current_user.id == @profile_user.id %>
     <div id="map_template" style="position: relative; width: 100%; display: inline-block;">
-      <img src="https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/jywarren.map-lmrwb2em/0/0/0.png" style="height:300px; width: 100%; margin: 0; position: relative; margin-right: -10px;">  
+      <img src="https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/jywarren.map-lmrwb2em/0/0/0.png" style="height:300px; width: 100%; margin: 0; position: relative; margin-right: -10px;">
       <button type='button' class='blurred-location-input btn btn-default btn-lg' onclick='addLocation()' style="position: absolute;    position: absolute;top: 41% ; left: 15% ;"> <strong> Share your Location </strong> </button>
       <p><i><small>Learn about <a href='https://publiclab.org/wiki/location-privacy'>privacy</a> </small></i></p>
-    </div> 
+    </div>
   <% end %>
 
   <br />
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@
 
 <div class="offset-md-1 order-first order-md-last col-md-4 text-center">
   <div class="text-center">
-    <%if @content_approved or (!current_user.nil? && current_user.id == @profile_user.id)%> 
-      <img class="d-none d-lg-inline rounded-circle" id="profile-photo" style="width:50%;margin-bottom:10px;" src="<%= @profile_user.profile_image %>" />
+    <%if @content_approved or (!current_user.nil? && current_user.id == @profile_user.id)%>
+      <%= image_tag(@profile_user.profile_image, class:'d-none d-lg-inline rounded-circle', id:'profile-photo', style:"width:50%;margin-bottom:10px;") %>
     <%end%>
     <h4 class="mt-3"><strong>@<%= @profile_user.name %> <%= @profile_user.new_contributor %></strong></h4>
   </div>
   <div style="text-align:center;" class="d-lg-none">
-    <%if @content_approved or (!current_user.nil? && current_user.id == @profile_user.id)%> 
-      <img class="rounded-circle" id="profile-photo" style="width:50%;margin-bottom:20px;" src="<%= @profile_user.profile_image(:medium) %>" />
+    <%if @content_approved or (!current_user.nil? && current_user.id == @profile_user.id)%>
+      <%= image_tag(@profile_user.profile_image(:medium), class:'rounded-circle', id:'profile-photo', style:"width:50%;margin-bottom:20px;") %>
     <%end%>
   <h4 class="mt-3"><strong>@<%= @profile_user.name %> <%= @profile_user.new_contributor %></strong></h4>
   </div>
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
       <% if @profile_user.status == 0 %> | <i class="fa fa-ban" style="color:#a00;"></i> <%= translation('users.profile.banned') %><% end %>
     </small>
   </h4>
-  <%if @content_approved or (!current_user.nil? && current_user.id == @profile_user.id)%> 
+  <%if @content_approved or (!current_user.nil? && current_user.id == @profile_user.id)%>
     <p><%= raw auto_link(RDiscount.new(@profile_user.bio || '').to_html, :sanitize => false) %></p>
-  <%end%>  
+  <%end%>
   <div class="mt-3">
 
     <a class="btn btn-outline-secondary" id="tags-section">Tags</a>
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@
 <script src = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/frappe-charts@0.0.8/dist/frappe-charts.min.iife.js"></script>
 
 <script type = "text/javascript">
+  $(function(){
+    $("img").lazyload();
+  });
   //Upon clicking copy button, copyToken function is activated.
   $('#copy-btn').on('click', copyToken);
 
diff --git a/app/views/wiki/_header.html.erb b/app/views/wiki/_header.html.erb
index e7e4b0dfdf..4d8aa23b1b 100644
--- a/app/views/wiki/_header.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/wiki/_header.html.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <% if @node.main_image && !@presentation %>
   <a style="margin-bottom:10px;" href="<%= @node.main_image.path(:original) %>">
-    <img style="max-width:100%;max-height:600px;margin-bottom:10px;" class="rounded" src="<%= @node.main_image.path(:large) %>" />
+    <%= image_tag(@node.main_image.path(:large), class:"rounded", style:'max-width:100%;max-height:600px;margin-bottom:10px;') %>
   </a>
 <% end %>
 
diff --git a/app/views/wiki/show.html.erb b/app/views/wiki/show.html.erb
index 1b398a05b2..875a37e571 100644
--- a/app/views/wiki/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/wiki/show.html.erb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <% if @presentation && @node.main_image%>
   <div id="main-image-presentation" style="margin-bottom:8px;">
     <a href="<%= @node.main_image.path(:original) %>">
-      <img style="width: 100vw;margin: 0 calc((100% / 2) - 50vw);margin-top: -21px;margin-bottom: 12px;" class="rounded" src="<%= @node.main_image.path(:original) %>" />
+      <%= image_tag(@node.main_image.path(:original), class:"rounded", style:'width: 100vw;margin: 0 calc((100% / 2) - 50vw);margin-top: -21px;margin-bottom: 12px;') %>
     </a>
   </div>
 <% end %>
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 
 <script>
 (function(){
+  $("img").lazyload();
 
   <% if @fancy %>
     $('#content img').addClass('img-rounded');
diff --git a/config/initializers/lazyload.rb b/config/initializers/lazyload.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cee5ac00e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/lazyload.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Lazyload::Rails.configure do |config|
+  # By default, a 1x1 grey gif is used as placeholder ("data:image/gif;base64,...").
+  # This can be easily customized:
+  # config.placeholder = "/public/img/grey.gif"
+
+  # image_tag can return lazyload-friendly images by default,
+  # no need to pass the { lazy: true } option
+  config.lazy_by_default = true
+end
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc508e40b6..a2a160d6d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
     "typeahead.js": "^0.11.1",
     "typeahead.js-browserify": "Javier-Rotelli/typeahead.js-browserify#~1.0.7",
     "urlhash": "^0.1.3",
-    "woofmark": "~4.2.0"
+    "woofmark": "~4.2.0",
+    "jquery-lazyload": "1.9.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "homepage": "https://github.com/publiclab/plots2",