diff --git a/src/components/avatar.jsx b/src/components/avatar.jsx
index f0afddfa..ab6f54a8 100644
--- a/src/components/avatar.jsx
+++ b/src/components/avatar.jsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function Avatar({ url, size, alt = '', squircle, ...props }) {
             if (avatarRef.current) avatarRef.current.dataset.loaded = true;
             if (alphaCache[url] !== undefined) return;
             if (isMissing) return;
-            queueMicrotask(() => {
+            setTimeout(() => {
               try {
                 // Check if image has alpha channel
                 const { width, height } = e.target;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function Avatar({ url, size, alt = '', squircle, ...props }) {
                 // Silent fail
                 alphaCache[url] = false;
               }
-            });
+            }, 1);
           }}
         />
       )}
diff --git a/src/components/modals.jsx b/src/components/modals.jsx
index 4a855333..79467ed9 100644
--- a/src/components/modals.jsx
+++ b/src/components/modals.jsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default function Modals() {
   const location = useLocation();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    queueMicrotask(preload);
+    setTimeout(preload, 1);
   }, []);
 
   return (