diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index cc643f5..b20a397 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -314,9 +314,6 @@ issues!</p>
 MD5() is deprecated as of OpenSSL 3.0, but this would also make it very
 easy to have LibreSSL compatibility.</li>
 <li>Image support: Ability to display icons, similar to rofi</li>
-<li>Image support: Images take a long time to load sometimes,
-particularly when items are selected using the cursor so what we really
-need is a way to skip over images after a set time limit.</li>
 <li>Text drawing: Use cairo for text drawing over Xft.</li>
 <li>Lines: Rofi-like newlines in the same entry
 <ul>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ce3624..73b25cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ Pull requests would be greatly appreciated for any of these issues!
 is deprecated as of OpenSSL 3.0, but this would also make it very easy to
 have LibreSSL compatibility.
 - Image support: Ability to display icons, similar to rofi
-- Image support: Images take a long time to load sometimes, particularly when
-items are selected using the cursor so what we really need is a way to
-skip over images after a set time limit.
 - Text drawing: Use cairo for text drawing over Xft.
 - Lines: Rofi-like newlines in the same entry
   - Just need to `XMoveResizeWindow()` as well as `mh += bh` and `y += bh`
diff --git a/libs/event.c b/libs/event.c
index e8365d2..68e61c4 100644
--- a/libs/event.c
+++ b/libs/event.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 void eventloop(void) {
     XEvent ev;
-#if USEIMAGE
     int noimg = 0;
-#endif
 
     while (!XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
         if (XFilterEvent(&ev, None))
@@ -16,9 +14,7 @@ void eventloop(void) {
                 exit(1);
             case ButtonPress:
                 buttonpress(&ev);
-#if USEIMAGE
                 noimg = 0;
-#endif
                 break;
             case MotionNotify: // currently does nothing
                 break;
@@ -38,6 +34,7 @@ void eventloop(void) {
                 }
 
                 keypress(&ev);
+                noimg = 1;
                 break;
             case SelectionNotify: // paste selection
                 if (ev.xselection.property == utf8)
@@ -50,6 +47,7 @@ void eventloop(void) {
             case KeyRelease:
                 getcapsstate();
                 drawmenu();
+                noimg = 0;
                 break;
         }
 
@@ -70,12 +68,11 @@ void eventloop(void) {
         }
 
         // redraw image on X11 event
+        if (!noimg)
 #if USEIMAGE
-        if (!noimg) {
             drawimage();
-        } else {
-            noimg = 0; // draw it next time
-        }
+#else
+        ;
 #endif
     }
 }