diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
index 7ec43bb..2243d0c 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"><img src="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}" alt="{{ .Text }}" {{ with .Title}} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }} /></a>
\ No newline at end of file
+<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"><img src="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}" loading="lazy" alt="{{ .Text }}" {{ with .Title}} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }} /></a>
\ No newline at end of file