diff --git a/qmlUiKirigami/ImageViewer.qml b/qmlUiKirigami/ImageViewer.qml
--- a/qmlUiKirigami/ImageViewer.qml
+++ b/qmlUiKirigami/ImageViewer.qml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
         id: mimeDB
     }
     
+    Koko.ImageDocument {
+        id: imageDoc
+        path: listView.currentItem.currentImageSource
+    }
+    
     Kirigami.ContextDrawer {
         id: contextDrawer
         title: i18n("Edit image")
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@
 
         delegate: Flickable {
             id: flick
-            property alias currentImageSource: image.source
+            property string currentImageSource: model.imageurl
             property alias image: image
             width: imageWidth
             height: imageHeight
@@ -241,16 +246,12 @@
                     }
                 }
 
-                Image {
+                KQA.QImageItem {
                     id: image
                     width: flick.contentWidth
                     height: flick.contentHeight
-                    source: model.imageurl
                     fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
-                    asynchronous: true
-                    autoTransform: true
-                    sourceSize.width: imageWidth * 2
-                    sourceSize.height: imageHeight * 2
+                    image: imageDoc.visualImage
                     Timer {
                         id: doubleClickTimer
                         interval: 150
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     notificationmanager.cpp
     types.cpp
     roles.cpp
+    imagedocument.cpp
 )
 
 add_library (kokoqmlplugin SHARED ${qml_plugin_SRCS})
diff --git a/src/imagedocument.h b/src/imagedocument.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/imagedocument.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright 2017 by Atul Sharma <atulsharma406@gmail.com>
+ * 
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef IMAGEDOCUMENT_H
+#define IMAGEDOCUMENT_H
+
+#include <QImage>
+
+class ImageDocument : public QObject 
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PROPERTY(QString path READ path WRITE setPath NOTIFY pathChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QImage visualImage READ visualImage NOTIFY visualImageChanged)
+public:
+    ImageDocument();
+    ~ImageDocument();
+    
+    QString path();
+    void setPath( QString &url);
+    
+    QImage visualImage();
+    
+signals:
+    void pathChanged(const QString &url);
+    void visualImageChanged();
+    
+private:
+    QString m_path;
+    QImage *m_image;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/imagedocument.cpp b/src/imagedocument.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/imagedocument.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright 2017 by Atul Sharma <atulsharma406@gmail.com>
+ * 
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "imagedocument.h"
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QUrl>
+
+ImageDocument::ImageDocument()
+{
+    m_image = new QImage();
+    connect( this, &ImageDocument::pathChanged, 
+             this, [this] (const QString &url) { 
+                 delete m_image;
+                 /** Since the url passed by the model in the ImageViewer.qml contains 'file://' prefix */
+                 QString location = QUrl( url).path();
+                 m_image = new QImage( location);
+                 emit visualImageChanged();
+            });
+}
+
+ImageDocument::~ImageDocument()
+{
+    delete m_image;
+}
+
+QString ImageDocument::path()
+{
+    return m_path;
+}
+
+void ImageDocument::setPath(QString& url)
+{
+    m_path = url;
+    emit pathChanged( url);
+}
+
+QImage ImageDocument::visualImage()
+{
+    return *m_image;
+}
+
+#include "moc_imagedocument.cpp"
diff --git a/src/qmlplugins.cpp b/src/qmlplugins.cpp
--- a/src/qmlplugins.cpp
+++ b/src/qmlplugins.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "notificationmanager.h"
 #include "types.h"
 #include "roles.h"
+#include "imagedocument.h"
 
 #include <QtQml/qqml.h>
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
     qmlRegisterType<Jungle::SortModel> (uri, 0, 1, "SortModel");
     qmlRegisterType<FileInfo> (uri, 0, 1, "FileInfo");
     qmlRegisterType<ImageListModel> (uri, 0, 1, "ImageListModel");
+    qmlRegisterType<ImageDocument> (uri, 0, 1, "ImageDocument");
     qmlRegisterType<NotificationManager> (uri, 0, 1, "NotificationManager");
     qmlRegisterUncreatableType<Types>(uri, 0, 1, "Types", "Cannot instantiate the Types class");
     qmlRegisterUncreatableType<Roles>(uri, 0, 1, "Roles", "Cannot instantiate the Roles class");