diff --git a/web/src/components/AuthenticatedImage.vue b/web/src/components/AuthenticatedImage.vue
index 67a64c6..921b562 100644
--- a/web/src/components/AuthenticatedImage.vue
+++ b/web/src/components/AuthenticatedImage.vue
@@ -23,17 +23,21 @@ export default {
             servers: []
         }
     },
-    methods: mapActions(['fetchImage']),
-    async mounted() {
-        try {
-            const response = await this.fetchImage(this.src);
-            const mime_type = response.headers.get("content-type");
-            const base64 = btoa(new Uint8Array(await response.arrayBuffer())
-                .reduce((data, byte) => data + String.fromCharCode(byte), ""));
-            this.image_data = "data:" + mime_type + ";base64," + base64;
-        } catch (e) {
-            console.log(e);
+    methods: {
+        ...mapActions(['fetchImage']),
+        loadImage() {
+            this.fetchImage(this.src).then((response) => {
+                const mime_type = response.headers.get("content-type");
+                response.arrayBuffer().then((buf) => {
+                    const base64 = btoa(new Uint8Array(buf)
+                        .reduce((data, byte) => data + String.fromCharCode(byte), ""));
+                    this.image_data = "data:" + mime_type + ";base64," + base64;
+                });
+            })
         }
+    },
+    mounted() {
+        this.loadImage();
     }
 }
 </script>
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diff --git a/web/src/store/index.js b/web/src/store/index.js
index 12ae214..1f57aa1 100644
--- a/web/src/store/index.js
+++ b/web/src/store/index.js
@@ -208,14 +208,15 @@ const store = new Vuex.Store({
             await dispatch('loadTickets');
         },
         async fetchImage({state}, url) {
-            return await fetch(url, {headers: {'Authorization': `Token ${state.token}`}}).then(r => r.blob());
+            return await fetch(url, {headers: {'Authorization': `Token ${state.token}`}});
         },
         async loadEvents({commit}) {
             const {data} = await axios.get('/2/events/');
             commit('replaceEvents', data);
         },
-        changeEvent({dispatch, getters}, eventName) {
+        changeEvent({dispatch, getters, commit}, eventName) {
             router.push({path: `/${eventName.slug}/${getters.getActiveView}/`});
+            commit('replaceLoadedItems', []);
             dispatch('loadEventItems');
         },
         changeView({getters}, link) {
diff --git a/web/src/views/Items.vue b/web/src/views/Items.vue
index 32fa477..9ed1474 100644
--- a/web/src/views/Items.vue
+++ b/web/src/views/Items.vue
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             v-slot="{ item }"
             @itemActivated="openLightboxModalWith($event)"
         >
-            <AuthenticatedImage
+            <AuthenticatedImage v-if="item.file"
                 :src="`/media/2/256/${item.file}/`"
                 class="card-img-top img-fluid"
             />