diff --git a/client/timelinewidget.cpp b/client/timelinewidget.cpp
index f09bfc61..e04b8e90 100644
--- a/client/timelinewidget.cpp
+++ b/client/timelinewidget.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 
 using Quotient::operator""_ls;
 
+QNetworkAccessManager* TimelineWidget::NamFactory::create(QObject* parent)
+{
+    return new Quotient::NetworkAccessManager(parent);
+}
+
 TimelineWidget::TimelineWidget(ChatRoomWidget* chatRoomWidget)
     : QQuickWidget(chatRoomWidget)
     , m_messageModel(new MessageEventModel(this))
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ TimelineWidget::TimelineWidget(ChatRoomWidget* chatRoomWidget)
     setResizeMode(SizeRootObjectToView);
 
     engine()->addImageProvider("thumbnail"_ls, makeThumbnailProvider(this));
+    engine()->setNetworkAccessManagerFactory(&namFactory);
 
     auto* ctxt = rootContext();
     ctxt->setContextProperty("messageModel"_ls, m_messageModel);
diff --git a/client/timelinewidget.h b/client/timelinewidget.h
index e9cc7078..da6f7c6d 100644
--- a/client/timelinewidget.h
+++ b/client/timelinewidget.h
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 #include <Quotient/eventitem.h>
 
+#include <QtQml/QQmlNetworkAccessManagerFactory>
 #include <QtQuickWidgets/QQuickWidget>
+
 #include <QtCore/QBasicTimer>
 
 class ChatRoomWidget;
@@ -55,6 +57,12 @@ public slots:
     ActivityDetector activityDetector;
     ChatRoomWidget* roomWidget;
 
+    class NamFactory : public QQmlNetworkAccessManagerFactory {
+    public:
+        QNetworkAccessManager* create(QObject* parent) override;
+    };
+    NamFactory namFactory;
+
     void reStartShownTimer();
     void timerEvent(QTimerEvent* qte) override;
     bool pendingMarkRead() const;