diff --git a/src/messages/Image.cpp b/src/messages/Image.cpp
index 412727d01..558ffea24 100644
--- a/src/messages/Image.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/Image.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,15 @@ namespace detail {
 }  // namespace detail
 
 // IMAGE2
+Image::~Image()
+{
+    // run destructor of Frames in gui thread
+    if (!isGuiThread())
+    {
+        postToThread([frames = this->frames_.release()]() { delete frames; });
+    }
+}
+
 ImagePtr Image::fromUrl(const Url &url, qreal scale)
 {
     static std::unordered_map<Url, std::weak_ptr<Image>> cache;
diff --git a/src/messages/Image.hpp b/src/messages/Image.hpp
index 7aa184e9d..f114d1f0f 100644
--- a/src/messages/Image.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/Image.hpp
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ using ImagePtr = std::shared_ptr<Image>;
 class Image : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Image>, boost::noncopyable
 {
 public:
+    ~Image();
+
     static ImagePtr fromUrl(const Url &url, qreal scale = 1);
     static ImagePtr fromPixmap(const QPixmap &pixmap, qreal scale = 1);
     static ImagePtr getEmpty();