diff --git a/src/button/button.c b/src/button/button.c
index 7151c14..01334f4 100644
--- a/src/button/button.c
+++ b/src/button/button.c
@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@ void button_reload_icon(Button *button)
 
 	char *new_icon_path = get_icon_path(icon_theme_wrapper, button->backend->icon_name, button->frontend->iconw, TRUE);
 	if (new_icon_path)
-		button->frontend->icon = imlib_load_image_immediately(new_icon_path);
+		button->frontend->icon = load_image(new_icon_path, TRUE);
 	free(new_icon_path);
 	// On loading error, fallback to default
 	if (!button->frontend->icon) {
 		new_icon_path = get_icon_path(icon_theme_wrapper, DEFAULT_ICON, button->frontend->iconw, TRUE);
 		if (new_icon_path)
-			button->frontend->icon = imlib_load_image_immediately(new_icon_path);
+			button->frontend->icon = load_image(new_icon_path, TRUE);
 		free(new_icon_path);
 	}
 	Imlib_Image original = button->frontend->icon;
diff --git a/src/launcher/launcher.c b/src/launcher/launcher.c
index 46c22d0..d0f674f 100644
--- a/src/launcher/launcher.c
+++ b/src/launcher/launcher.c
@@ -572,13 +572,13 @@ void launcher_reload_icon_image(Launcher *launcher, LauncherIcon *launcherIcon)
 
 	char *new_icon_path = get_icon_path(icon_theme_wrapper, launcherIcon->icon_name, launcherIcon->icon_size, TRUE);
 	if (new_icon_path)
-		launcherIcon->image = load_image(new_icon_path, 1);
+		launcherIcon->image = load_image(new_icon_path, TRUE);
 	// On loading error, fallback to default
 	if (!launcherIcon->image) {
 		free(new_icon_path);
 		new_icon_path = get_icon_path(icon_theme_wrapper, DEFAULT_ICON, launcherIcon->icon_size, TRUE);
 		if (new_icon_path)
-			launcherIcon->image = imlib_load_image_immediately(new_icon_path);
+			launcherIcon->image = load_image(new_icon_path, TRUE);
 	}
 	Imlib_Image original = launcherIcon->image;
 	launcherIcon->image = scale_icon(launcherIcon->image, launcherIcon->icon_size);
diff --git a/src/tint.c b/src/tint.c
index 00ac012..15fd259 100644
--- a/src/tint.c
+++ b/src/tint.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ void init_X11_post_config()
 	for (int i = 0; data_dirs[i] != NULL; i++) {
 		gchar *path = g_build_filename(data_dirs[i], "tint2", "default_icon.png", NULL);
 		if (g_file_test(path, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
-			default_icon = imlib_load_image(path);
+			default_icon = load_image(path, TRUE);
 		g_free(path);
 	}
 	if (!default_icon) {