diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/App.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/App.kt
index c8edfba3b..bc0bef390 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/App.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/App.kt
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import exh.log.XLogLogcatLogger
 import exh.log.xLogD
 import exh.log.xLogE
 import exh.syDebugVersion
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.distinctUntilChanged
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.drop
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
@@ -206,6 +207,11 @@ class App : Application(), DefaultLifecycleObserver, ImageLoaderFactory {
             crossfade((300 * this@App.animatorDurationScale).toInt())
             allowRgb565(getSystemService<ActivityManager>()!!.isLowRamDevice)
             if (networkPreferences.verboseLogging().get()) logger(DebugLogger())
+
+            // Coil spawns a new thread for every image load by default
+            fetcherDispatcher(Dispatchers.IO.limitedParallelism(8))
+            decoderDispatcher(Dispatchers.IO.limitedParallelism(2))
+            transformationDispatcher(Dispatchers.IO.limitedParallelism(2))
         }.build()
     }