diff --git a/src/icon.h b/src/icon.h
--- a/src/icon.h
+++ b/src/icon.h
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@
 protected:
     void geometryChanged(const QRectF &newGeometry, const QRectF &oldGeometry) override;
     QImage findIcon(const QSize& size);
-    void handleFinished(QNetworkAccessManager* qnam, QNetworkReply* reply);
-    void handleReadyRead(QNetworkReply* reply);
+    void handleFinished(QNetworkReply* reply);
+    void handleRedirect(QNetworkAccessManager* qnam, QNetworkReply* reply);
     QIcon::Mode iconMode() const;
     bool guessMonochrome(const QImage &img);
 
diff --git a/src/icon.cpp b/src/icon.cpp
--- a/src/icon.cpp
+++ b/src/icon.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
     QQuickItem::geometryChanged(newGeometry, oldGeometry);
 }
 
-void Icon::handleFinished(QNetworkAccessManager* qnam, QNetworkReply* reply) {
+void Icon::handleRedirect(QNetworkAccessManager* qnam, QNetworkReply* reply) {
     if (reply && reply->error() == QNetworkReply::NoError) {
         const QUrl possibleRedirectUrl = reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::RedirectionTargetAttribute).toUrl();
         if (!possibleRedirectUrl.isEmpty()) {
@@ -399,39 +399,31 @@
             QNetworkRequest request(possibleRedirectUrl);
             request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::CacheLoadControlAttribute, QNetworkRequest::PreferCache);
             m_networkReply = qnam->get(request);
-            connect(m_networkReply.data(), &QNetworkReply::readyRead, this, [this](){handleReadyRead(m_networkReply); });
-            connect(m_networkReply.data(), &QNetworkReply::finished, this, [this, qnam](){handleFinished(qnam, m_networkReply); });
+            connect(m_networkReply.data(), &QNetworkReply::redirected, this, [this, qnam](){ handleRedirect(qnam, m_networkReply); });
+            connect(m_networkReply.data(), &QNetworkReply::finished, this, [this](){handleFinished(m_networkReply); });
             return;
         }
     }
 }
 
-void Icon::handleReadyRead(QNetworkReply* reply)
-{
-    if (reply && reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::RedirectionTargetAttribute).isNull()) {
-        // We're handing the event loop back while doing network work, and it turns out
-        // this fairly regularly results in things being deleted under us. So, just
-        // handle that and crash less :)
-        QPointer<Icon> me(this);
-        QPointer<QNetworkReply> guardedReply(reply);
-        QByteArray data;
-        do {
-            data.append(guardedReply->read(32768));
-            // Because we are in the main thread, this could be potentially very expensive, so let's not block
-            qApp->processEvents();
-            if(!me || !guardedReply) {
-                return;
-            }
-        } while(!guardedReply->atEnd());
-        m_loadedImage = QImage::fromData(data);
-        if (m_loadedImage.isNull()) {
-            // broken image from data, inform the user of this with some useful broken-image thing...
-            const QSize size = QSize(width(), height()) * (window() ? window()->devicePixelRatio() : qApp->devicePixelRatio());
-            m_loadedImage = QIcon::fromTheme(m_fallback).pixmap(size, iconMode(), QIcon::On).toImage();
-        }
-        m_changed = true;
-        update();
+void Icon::handleFinished(QNetworkReply* reply)
+{
+    if (!reply || !reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::RedirectionTargetAttribute).isNull()) {
+        return;
     }
+
+    m_loadedImage = QImage();
+
+    const QString filename = reply->url().fileName();
+    if (!m_loadedImage.load(reply, filename.mid(filename.indexOf(QLatin1Char('.'))).toLatin1().constData())) {
+        qDebug() << "received broken image" << reply->url();
+
+        // broken image from data, inform the user of this with some useful broken-image thing...
+        const QSize size = QSize(width(), height()) * (window() ? window()->devicePixelRatio() : qApp->devicePixelRatio());
+        m_loadedImage = QIcon::fromTheme(m_fallback).pixmap(size, iconMode(), QIcon::On).toImage();
+    }
+    m_changed = true;
+    update();
 }
 
 QImage Icon::findIcon(const QSize &size)
@@ -478,8 +470,8 @@
             QNetworkRequest request(url);
             request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::CacheLoadControlAttribute, QNetworkRequest::PreferCache);
             m_networkReply = qnam->get(request);
-            connect(m_networkReply.data(), &QNetworkReply::readyRead, this, [this](){ handleReadyRead(m_networkReply); });
-            connect(m_networkReply.data(), &QNetworkReply::finished, this, [this, qnam](){ handleFinished(qnam, m_networkReply); });
+            connect(m_networkReply.data(), &QNetworkReply::redirected, this, [this, qnam](){ handleRedirect(qnam, m_networkReply); });
+            connect(m_networkReply.data(), &QNetworkReply::finished, this, [this](){ handleFinished(m_networkReply); });
         }
         // Temporary icon while we wait for the real image to load...
         img = QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("image-x-icon")).pixmap(size, iconMode(), QIcon::On).toImage();