# When changing posters, loading them has been extremely slow for months **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [June 1, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871 "2025-06-01T04:15:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/1 "2025-06-01T04:15:25Z")
Server Version#: v1.41.7.9823-59f304c16 Player Version#: Chrome Web Browser I’ve noticed this issues for months now, so I’m not sure exactly when it started. When I go to change posters in Plex, it takes forever to load them, and this is what it looks like: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/6/1/a/61accdeac7368346430079a7b1c6b1026ec5e44e.jpeg) Once it loads, it also takes FOREVER to save: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/0/e/1/0e1b6055ce6c86cdd98a18bdcbb14c76f16b1a8a.jpeg) I’m talking minutes in both cases. It does if I access via `app.plex.tv` and my local server’s port directly. It’s like something’s slow about the movie and poster APIs, but I’m not sure what. Since it’s been so long, I can’t even pinpoint what might’ve caused it. I used to be near-instant. I assumed everyone else was having issues, and that it’d be fixed by now. ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/2 "2025-06-01T04:18:39Z")
I checked the request it’s making for the poster, and it loads instantly when I go to the URL in the fetch request: ```auto https://10-1-0-6.f01df56df50d4f28a36962a4d4f90780.plex.direct:32400/library/metadata/359064/poster?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FrCzpDGLbOoPwLjy3OAm5NUPOTrC.jpg&X-Plex-Product=Plex%20Web&X-Plex-Version=4.147.0&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=ibypqkeuyxptgi06mhrynkbu&X-Plex-Platform=Chrome&X-Plex-Platform-Version=136.0&X-Plex-Features=external-media%2Cindirect-media%2Chub-style-list&X-Plex-Model=standalone&X-Plex-Device=Windows&X-Plex-Device-Name=Chrome&X-Plex-Device-Screen-Resolution=1279x988%2C3840x1600&X-Plex-Token=redacted&X-Plex-Language=en&X-Plex-Session-Id=bee45e34-56f8-4b8e-8b7e-43e95ca7ba22 ``` ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/3 "2025-06-01T05:38:10Z")
Have you run DBRepair recently to tighten up the DB? It helps with posters and searches It won’t help fetching from Plex’s servers / upstream media sources (if that’s where the problem is) The request you’re making is pulling existing (on server) metadata ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/4 "2025-06-01T06:55:41Z")
I did run those in the past, maybe that’s what caused it, but I ran both today, and this is what it looks like now: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/1/c/d1c6505ceb645585b407022e695d553fc740389f.jpeg) Still not great. I’m wondering why the fetch would be slow. Is there something special I need to do? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/5 "2025-06-01T07:13:05Z")
Yeah, Metadata refresh is needed on that. This is my machine (which is just a stock load) ![Screenshot from 2025-06-01 03-11-36](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/c/7/3c728c9c86b3ae72b22fcafc73326771316e0a40.png) Worst case scenario, Bounce ([Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)) the media so it pulls it back in completely fresh with a fresh load of posters (as if new) ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/6 "2025-06-01T07:43:11Z")
I have a lot of movies and shows and music I’ve purchased over the years. Is that possibly the cause? The list of posters to load is there. I see all the possible squares, but the images themselves take time to load. Even after refreshing metadata, I’m not seeing any change. What specifically is taking a long time? From the network requests, it looks like it’s trying to transcode these images: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/5/b/35b908175fd5b83e9c589d635a015492c87ce656.png) I have an NVIDIA 4060 in here, and I’ve got it set up to transcode through Plex. Yes, it does do transcoding of videos. The processor is 16C/32T Epyc of the Ryzen 5000 series generation, so even if it was using the CPU, that shouldn’t be an issue. ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/7 "2025-06-01T07:58:31Z")
If I load the URL directly, it hangs for a second. It has to be something with the GPU transcoding these images. I’m using the latest version of Plex and the latest TrueNAS. This is the container config: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/4/2/342b228fa824e306d8ca9ab0eb81d58ec3e509c7.png) When loading images I looked at my CPU and GPU load: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/b/9/9b9a1cfd703b84e5360ee048f1a91a81f4fa221a.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/f/1/cf1cafa3e4cdb8c9a1ad17d5e34054c121caa421.png) CPU load is incredibly high for this system, but Plex is currently refreshing a ton of metadata for all my other libraries in parallel. GPU load is non-existent. Nothing is using the GPU even if I watch it while loading those images. ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/8 "2025-07-05T03:41:09Z")
I’m still having this issue. Seems worse each time. I’m really lost as to the cause. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/9 "2025-07-05T04:04:02Z")
Have you run [DBRepair](https://github.com/ChuckPa/DBRepair) inside the container and used the Prune functionality to clean up the Photo Transcoder directory ? ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/10 "2025-07-05T04:29:14Z")
Thanks for responding! I’m trying out your tool now 🙂: ```auto root@8b425f8cb930:~# ./DBRepair.sh stop auto start exit Database Repair Utility for Plex Media Server (Docker) Version v1.11.07 [2025-07-04 23.25.14] Stopping PMS. [2025-07-04 23.25.17] Stopped PMS. [2025-07-04 23.25.17] Automatic Check,Repair,Index started. [2025-07-04 23.25.17] [2025-07-04 23.25.17] Checking the PMS databases [2025-07-04 23.25.19] Check complete. PMS main database is damaged. [2025-07-04 23.25.24] Check complete. PMS blobs database is OK. [2025-07-04 23.25.24] [2025-07-04 23.25.24] Exporting current databases using timestamp: 2025-07-04_23.25.17 [2025-07-04 23.25.24] Exporting Main DB [2025-07-04 23.25.33] Exporting Blobs DB [2025-07-04 23.26.13] Successfully exported the main and blobs databases. [2025-07-04 23.26.13] Start importing into new databases. [2025-07-04 23.26.13] Importing Main DB. [2025-07-04 23.26.38] Importing Blobs DB. [2025-07-04 23.26.52] Successfully imported databases. [2025-07-04 23.26.52] Verifying databases integrity after importing. [2025-07-04 23.26.59] Verification complete. PMS main database is OK. [2025-07-04 23.27.00] Verification complete. PMS blobs database is OK. [2025-07-04 23.27.00] Saving current databases with '-BACKUP-2025-07-04_23.25.17' [2025-07-04 23.27.00] Making repaired databases active [2025-07-04 23.27.00] Repair complete. Please check your library settings and contents for completeness. [2025-07-04 23.27.00] Recommend: Scan Files and Refresh all metadata for each library section. [2025-07-04 23.27.00] [2025-07-04 23.27.00] Backing up of databases [2025-07-04 23.27.00] Backup current databases with '-BACKUP-2025-07-04_23.27.00' timestamp. [2025-07-04 23.27.01] Reindexing main database [2025-07-04 23.27.08] Reindexing main database successful. [2025-07-04 23.27.08] Reindexing blobs database [2025-07-04 23.27.11] Reindexing blobs database successful. [2025-07-04 23.27.11] Reindex complete. [2025-07-04 23.27.11] Automatic Check, Repair/optimize, & Index successful. [2025-07-04 23.27.11] Starting PMS. [2025-07-04 23.27.11] Started PMS ``` This line is interesting: > PMS main database is damaged I ran it in my Docker container and after running, it’s still like this: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/d/5/3d5c4902e7f44d1e60cce3c274874c8ff7c1ec44.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/3/2/a32d8d24a1559b0cbb69c7d86ab17a2d9a81982d.jpeg) But even still, it’s many times faster than before. While I do see that screen, it loads after 5 seconds rather than 5 minutes. Here’s some more info: ```auto root@8b425f8cb930:~# ./DBRepair.sh show Database Repair Utility for Plex Media Server (Docker) Version v1.11.07 ================================================================================== 2025-07-04 23.24.40 - ============================================================ 2025-07-04 23.24.40 - Session start: Host is Docker 2025-07-04 23.25.14 - ============================================================ 2025-07-04 23.25.14 - Session start: Host is Docker 2025-07-04 23.25.17 - Stop - PASS 2025-07-04 23.25.17 - Auto - START 2025-07-04 23.25.19 - Check - Check com.plexapp.plugins.library.db - FAIL () 2025-07-04 23.25.24 - Check - Check com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db - PASS 2025-07-04 23.25.24 - Check - FAIL 2025-07-04 23.26.13 - Repair - Export databases - PASS 2025-07-04 23.26.52 - Repair - Import - PASS 2025-07-04 23.26.59 - Repair - Verify main database - PASS (Size: 438MB/422MB). 2025-07-04 23.27.00 - Repair - Verify blobs database - PASS (Size: 437MB/457MB). 2025-07-04 23.27.00 - Repair - Making repaired databases active 2025-07-04 23.27.00 - Repair - Move files - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.00 - Repair - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.00 - Repair - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.00 - Reindex - MakeBackup com.plexapp.plugins.library.db - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.01 - Reindex - MakeBackup com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.01 - Reindex - MakeBackup - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.08 - Reindex - Reindex: com.plexapp.plugins.library.db - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.11 - Reindex - Reindex: com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.11 - Reindex - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.11 - Reindex - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.11 - Auto - COMPLETED 2025-07-04 23.27.11 - Start - PASS 2025-07-04 23.27.11 - Exit - Delete temp files. 2025-07-04 23.27.11 - Session end. Fri Jul 4 23:27:11 CDT 2025 2025-07-04 23.27.11 - ============================================================ 2025-07-04 23.29.52 - ============================================================ 2025-07-04 23.29.52 - Session start: Host is Docker ================================================================================== ``` I wonder if there’s maybe some other command I need to run? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/11 "2025-07-05T04:45:46Z")
Posters are transcoded by the CPU, not the GPU, so there is that to contend with. Browsers will use hardware acceleration loading posters into the Poster selection page is a function of the machine, the local internet service, and retrieving them from plex.tv in real time. The next thing you can try is the `prune` command. By default, this will remove all temp files & posters more than 30 days old. (they tend to accumulate) ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/12 "2025-07-05T16:44:12Z")
I tried the Prune command, it got rid of stuff, but it didn’t fix the issue. It also happens on my phone: ![Screenshot_20250705_113624_Plex Dash](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/2/2/1/221b1c92f467fbdb2ae8dc6d22870247c101dec0.jpeg) So it doesn’t seem to be limited to any of my PCs. Next would be the router. I can try testing via 5G on my phone, but I believe the result is the same, actually, it’s worse. You can see it takes a while to even show the poster list: ![Screenshot_20250705_114030_Plex Dash](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/1/3/a1387bf468479673f00b8e68c628fd354cd48d6c.jpeg) And then this again: ![Screenshot_20250705_114035_Plex Dash](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/2/8/8/28809959b23ddb4fc1e2d8858d93db690035a558.jpeg) Still takes 5 sec or so before it populated. I remember this list being instant when I first started using Plex. Another thing I could try for troubleshooting is a whole new instance of Plex, but I’m wondering if you have other suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/13 "2025-07-05T21:11:56Z")
How big are your Database files? ( wondering if you’re dealing with bloat ) Your server DEBUG logs which capture this happening would be of great help here. (I can look for time-out and other issues) ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/14 "2025-07-05T22:45:35Z")
How should go about getting server DEBUG logs and checking the size of the database files? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/15 "2025-07-05T23:51:33Z")
1. Confirm [DEBUG logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) is enabled – Settings - [server] - General - Show Advanced – Confirm [DEBUG logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) is checked – Confirm VERBOSE logging is NOT checked – SAVE if any changes made 2. Now recreate the issue 3. Settings - [server] - Troubleshooting (Web app) - Download Logs 4. Attach the ZIP file it gives you Databases are stored, by default, in `"/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media ServerPlug-in Support/Databases"` on Linux hosts. A standard `ls -lah` will show the contents with humanized sizes ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/16 "2025-07-06T02:03:34Z")
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2025-07-05\_21-00-05.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/wlssiFqsE9FjF15zx3vBTFuHcoM.zip) (4.4 MB) The “Download Databases” button showed ~450MB in the zip file. But the whole folder you noted is 3.1GB: ```auto root@8b425f8cb930:~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server# ls -lah Plug-in\ Support/Databases/ total 3.1G drwxrwx--- 3 plex plex 30 Jul 5 02:06 . drwxrwx--- 7 plex plex 7 Nov 14 2024 .. -rwxrwx--- 1 root plex 4.2K Jul 4 23:34 DBRepair.log drwxrwx--- 2 plex plex 6 Jul 5 02:06 'Music Analysis 3' -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 416K Jul 4 23:34 com.plexapp.dlna.db -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 32K Jul 4 23:34 com.plexapp.dlna.db-shm -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 801K Jul 4 23:34 com.plexapp.dlna.db-wal -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 458M Jul 4 23:34 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 232M Nov 14 2024 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2023-12-04-tmp -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 1.0K Nov 14 2024 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2023-12-04-tmp-journal -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 438M Jun 26 02:05 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2025-06-26 -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 438M Jun 29 02:05 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2025-06-29 -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 438M Jul 2 02:05 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2025-07-02 -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 458M Jul 5 02:04 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2025-07-05 -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 32K Jul 5 20:55 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-shm -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 1.4M Jul 5 20:55 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-wal -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 423M Jul 5 20:57 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 2.5M Nov 14 2024 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2024-06-10-tmp -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 1.0K Nov 14 2024 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2024-06-10-tmp-journal -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 3.3M Nov 14 2024 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2024-06-16-tmp -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 1.0K Nov 14 2024 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2024-06-16-tmp-journal -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 9.5M Nov 14 2024 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2024-06-19-tmp -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 1.0K Nov 14 2024 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2024-06-19-tmp-journal -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 0 Feb 23 02:01 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2025-02-23-tmp -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 440M Jun 26 02:05 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2025-06-26 -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 437M Jun 29 02:05 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2025-06-29 -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 440M Jul 2 02:05 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2025-07-02 -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 421M Jul 5 02:04 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2025-07-05 -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 32K Jul 5 21:02 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-shm -rwxrwx--- 1 plex plex 6.3M Jul 5 21:02 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-wal ``` ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/17 "2025-07-09T22:15:42Z")
What should I be looking for in the logs? Anything in particular? And which file specifically? ---
**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/18 "2025-07-11T09:23:33Z")
If you can provide [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) then somebody can see where the bottleneck is. ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/19 "2025-07-12T01:25:30Z")
> [@sawtaytoes](#): > > [Plex Media Server Logs\_2025-07-05\_21-00-05.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/wlssiFqsE9FjF15zx3vBTFuHcoM.zip) (4.4 MB) @drzoidberg33 That’s great! I hope these help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sawtaytoes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sawtaytoes/32/294991_2.png) [@sawtaytoes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sawtaytoes)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871/20 "2025-08-02T12:25:12Z")
Update, it works now. Must’ve been some combination of what I did with that great tool, but I’ve not had issues since. Thank you so much @ChuckPa! [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-changing-posters-loading-them-has-been-extremely-slow-for-months/920871.md?page=2)