diff --git a/src/delegates/ImageManipulationDelegate.h b/src/delegates/ImageManipulationDelegate.h
index 43e7446..9605ba3 100644
--- a/src/delegates/ImageManipulationDelegate.h
+++ b/src/delegates/ImageManipulationDelegate.h
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
 
 //Qt
 #import <QSize>
+#import <QtGui/qpixmap.h>
 
 //Ring
 #import <interfaces/pixmapmanipulatori.h>
 #import <call.h>
 
 class Person;
-class QPixmap;
+class QString;
 
 namespace Interfaces {
 
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@
         QPixmap drawDefaultUserPixmap(const QSize& size, bool displayPresence = false, bool isPresent = false);
         CGImageRef resizeCGImage(CGImageRef image, const QSize& size);
 
+        QHash<QString, QPixmap> m_hDefaultUserPixmap;
+
         /**
          * Return a version of size destSize centered of the bigger photo
          */
diff --git a/src/delegates/ImageManipulationDelegate.mm b/src/delegates/ImageManipulationDelegate.mm
index c21f8e4..7780d94 100644
--- a/src/delegates/ImageManipulationDelegate.mm
+++ b/src/delegates/ImageManipulationDelegate.mm
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #import <QBuffer>
 #import <QtGui/QColor>
 #import <QtGui/QPainter>
+#import <QHash>
 #import <QtGui/QBitmap>
 #import <QtWidgets/QApplication>
 #import <QtGui/QImage>
@@ -40,10 +41,7 @@
 
 namespace Interfaces {
 
-    ImageManipulationDelegate::ImageManipulationDelegate()
-    {
-
-    }
+    ImageManipulationDelegate::ImageManipulationDelegate() {}
 
     QVariant ImageManipulationDelegate::contactPhoto(Person* c, const QSize& size, bool displayPresence) {
         const int radius = size.height() / 2;
@@ -164,6 +162,12 @@
     }
 
     QPixmap ImageManipulationDelegate::drawDefaultUserPixmap(const QSize& size, bool displayPresence, bool isPresent) {
+
+        auto index = QStringLiteral("%1%2").arg(size.width()).arg(size.height());
+        if (m_hDefaultUserPixmap.contains(index)) {
+            return m_hDefaultUserPixmap.value(index);
+        }
+
         // create the image somehow, load from file, draw into it...
         auto sourceImgRef = CGImageSourceCreateWithData((__bridge CFDataRef)[[NSImage imageNamed:@"default_user_icon"] TIFFRepresentation], NULL);
         auto imgRef = CGImageSourceCreateImageAtIndex(sourceImgRef, 0, NULL);
@@ -171,6 +175,8 @@
         CFRelease(sourceImgRef);
         CFRelease(imgRef);
 
+        m_hDefaultUserPixmap.insert(index, finalpxm);
+
         return finalpxm;
     }