diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/HomeScreen.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/HomeScreen.kt
index 87879839..e549850b 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/HomeScreen.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/HomeScreen.kt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.compose.resources.stringResource
 @Composable
 fun HomeScreen(
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    animateCollectionGifs: Boolean = true,
     onCatalogClick: ((HomeCatalogSection) -> Unit)? = null,
     onPosterClick: ((MetaPreview) -> Unit)? = null,
     onPosterLongClick: ((MetaPreview) -> Unit)? = null,
@@ -560,6 +561,7 @@ fun HomeScreen(
                                         collection = collection,
                                         modifier = Modifier.padding(bottom = 12.dp),
                                         sectionPadding = homeSectionPadding,
+                                        animateGifs = animateCollectionGifs,
                                         onFolderClick = onFolderClick,
                                     )
                                 }
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/components/HomeCollectionRowSection.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/components/HomeCollectionRowSection.kt
index 2c3121aa..37d3fced 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/components/HomeCollectionRowSection.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/components/HomeCollectionRowSection.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fun HomeCollectionRowSection(
     collection: Collection,
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
     sectionPadding: Dp? = null,
+    animateGifs: Boolean = true,
     onFolderClick: ((collectionId: String, folderId: String) -> Unit)? = null,
 ) {
     if (collection.folders.isEmpty()) return
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ fun HomeCollectionRowSection(
             collection = collection,
             modifier = modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
             sectionPadding = sectionPadding,
+            animateGifs = animateGifs,
             onFolderClick = onFolderClick,
         )
     } else {
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ fun HomeCollectionRowSection(
                 collection = collection,
                 modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
                 sectionPadding = homeSectionHorizontalPaddingForWidth(maxWidth.value),
+                animateGifs = animateGifs,
                 onFolderClick = onFolderClick,
             )
         }
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ private fun HomeCollectionRowSectionContent(
     collection: Collection,
     modifier: Modifier,
     sectionPadding: Dp,
+    animateGifs: Boolean,
     onFolderClick: ((collectionId: String, folderId: String) -> Unit)?,
 ) {
     NuvioShelfSection(
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ private fun HomeCollectionRowSectionContent(
     ) { folder ->
         CollectionFolderCard(
             folder = folder,
+            animateGifs = animateGifs,
             onClick = onFolderClick?.let { { it(collection.id, folder.id) } },
         )
     }
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ private fun HomeCollectionRowSectionContent(
 private fun CollectionFolderCard(
     folder: CollectionFolder,
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    animateGifs: Boolean = true,
     onClick: (() -> Unit)? = null,
 ) {
     val posterCardStyle = rememberPosterCardStyleUiState()
@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ private fun CollectionFolderCard(
                             contentDescription = folder.title,
                             modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
                             contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
-                            animateIfPossible = isAnimatedCollectionFolderImage(folder, imageUrl),
+                            animateIfPossible = animateGifs && isAnimatedCollectionFolderImage(folder, imageUrl),
                         )
                     }
                     !folder.coverEmoji.isNullOrBlank() -> {
diff --git a/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/components/CollectionCardRemoteImage.ios.kt b/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/components/CollectionCardRemoteImage.ios.kt
index 11d9fe42..7f1e5c69 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/components/CollectionCardRemoteImage.ios.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/home/components/CollectionCardRemoteImage.ios.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.nuvio.app.features.home.components
 
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
@@ -51,6 +52,16 @@ private data class ExpandedGifFrames(
     val tickCentiseconds: Int,
 )
 
+private class GifImageViewHolder {
+    var imageView: UIImageView? = null
+
+    fun clear() {
+        imageView?.stopAnimating()
+        imageView?.image = null
+        imageView = null
+    }
+}
+
 @OptIn(ExperimentalForeignApi::class)
 @Composable
 internal actual fun CollectionCardRemoteImage(
@@ -76,6 +87,13 @@ internal actual fun CollectionCardRemoteImage(
         gifImage = loadGifImage(imageUrl)
     }
 
+    val imageViewHolder = remember(imageUrl) { GifImageViewHolder() }
+    DisposableEffect(imageUrl) {
+        onDispose {
+            imageViewHolder.clear()
+        }
+    }
+
     UIKitView(
         modifier = modifier,
         factory = {
@@ -83,19 +101,31 @@ internal actual fun CollectionCardRemoteImage(
                 contentMode = UIViewContentMode.UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill
                 clipsToBounds = true
                 userInteractionEnabled = false
-                image = gifImage
                 tag = imageUrl.hashCode().toLong()
+                imageViewHolder.imageView = this
+                updateGifImage(gifImage)
             }
         },
         update = { imageView ->
+            imageViewHolder.imageView = imageView
             if (imageView.tag != imageUrl.hashCode().toLong()) {
                 imageView.tag = imageUrl.hashCode().toLong()
             }
-            imageView.image = gifImage
+            imageView.updateGifImage(gifImage)
         },
     )
 }
 
+private fun UIImageView.updateGifImage(image: UIImage?) {
+    if (this.image != image) {
+        stopAnimating()
+        this.image = image
+    }
+    if (image != null) {
+        startAnimating()
+    }
+}
+
 private fun cachedGifImage(imageUrl: String): UIImage? {
     val image = gifImageCache[imageUrl] ?: return null
     gifImageCacheOrder.remove(imageUrl)
@@ -311,4 +341,4 @@ private fun ByteArray.readUnsignedShort(startIndex: Int): Int {
     return this[startIndex].unsignedInt() or (this[startIndex + 1].unsignedInt() shl 8)
 }
 
-private fun Byte.unsignedInt(): Int = toInt() and 0xFF
\ No newline at end of file
+private fun Byte.unsignedInt(): Int = toInt() and 0xFF