diff --git a/static/map.js b/static/map.js
index d8296e0..b8e3117 100644
--- a/static/map.js
+++ b/static/map.js
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ function initializeMap(mapImgUrl) {
 
 // this works but assumes the map is square (reasonable limitation I think)
 function resizeMarkers() {
-  let tryAgain = false;
+
+  // for newly created tokens, the icon may not be loaded and thus the resize will not properly complete
+  // we need a way to queue the resize for when the icon is finished loading
+
   tokens.forEach(t=>{
-    if (t.m._icon == null) {
-      tryAgain = true;
-    } else {
       const icon = t.m.options.icon;
       const scaleFactor = mapImg._image.clientWidth / mapImg._image.naturalWidth;
     
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ function resizeMarkers() {
       t.m.setIcon(icon);
     }
   });
-  if (tryAgain) {
-    setTimeout(resizeMarkers, 500)
-  }
+
 }
 
 function processTokens(tokenChanges) {