diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/ImageHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/ImageHelper.kt
index 8ea6c5aa1..d5aae8dc6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/ImageHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/ImageHelper.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import android.widget.ImageView
 import coil.ImageLoader
 import coil.disk.DiskCache
 import coil.load
+import coil.request.CachePolicy
 import coil.request.ImageRequest
 import com.github.libretube.api.CronetHelper
 import com.github.libretube.constants.PreferenceKeys
@@ -25,17 +26,24 @@ object ImageHelper {
     fun initializeImageLoader(context: Context) {
         val maxImageCacheSize = PreferenceHelper.getString(
             PreferenceKeys.MAX_IMAGE_CACHE,
-            "128"
-        ).toInt()
-
-        val diskCache = DiskCache.Builder()
-            .directory(context.filesDir.resolve("coil"))
-            .maxSizeBytes(maxImageCacheSize * 1024 * 1024L)
-            .build()
+            ""
+        )
 
         imageLoader = ImageLoader.Builder(context)
             .callFactory(CronetHelper.callFactory)
-            .diskCache(diskCache)
+            .apply {
+                when (maxImageCacheSize) {
+                    "" -> {
+                        memoryCachePolicy(CachePolicy.DISABLED)
+                    }
+                    else -> diskCache(
+                        DiskCache.Builder()
+                            .directory(context.filesDir.resolve("coil"))
+                            .maxSizeBytes(maxImageCacheSize.toInt() * 1024 * 1024L)
+                            .build()
+                    )
+                }
+            }
             .build()
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/array.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/array.xml
index d48ec1b73..5b5f4eb28 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/array.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/array.xml
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
         <item>128MB</item>
         <item>256MB</item>
         <item>512MB</item>
+        <item>@string/limit_to_runtime</item>
     </string-array>
 
     <string-array name="cacheSizeValues">
@@ -408,6 +409,7 @@
         <item>128</item>
         <item>256</item>
         <item>512</item>
+        <item />
     </string-array>
 
     <string-array name="loadingInterval">
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 43190dc2a..216c80716 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@
     <string name="hls_instead_of_dash">Use HLS</string>
     <string name="hls_instead_of_dash_summary">Use HLS instead of DASH (will be slower, not recommended)</string>
     <string name="auto_quality">Auto</string>
+    <string name="limit_to_runtime">Limit to runtime</string>
 
     <!-- Notification channel strings -->
     <string name="download_channel_name">Download Service</string>