diff --git a/app/render/framehashcache.cpp b/app/render/framehashcache.cpp
index 1cfb9278c..679d03478 100644
--- a/app/render/framehashcache.cpp
+++ b/app/render/framehashcache.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,49 @@ void FrameHashCache::SaveCacheFrame(const QByteArray &hash, FramePtr frame)
   SaveCacheFrame(hash, frame->data(), frame->video_params());
 }
 
+FramePtr FrameHashCache::LoadCacheFrame(const QByteArray &hash, const PixelFormat::Format &format)
+{
+  return LoadCacheFrame(CachePathName(hash, format));
+}
+
+FramePtr FrameHashCache::LoadCacheFrame(const QString &fn)
+{
+  FramePtr frame = nullptr;
+
+  if (!fn.isEmpty() && QFileInfo::exists(fn)) {
+    auto input = OIIO::ImageInput::open(fn.toStdString());
+
+    if (input) {
+
+      PixelFormat::Format image_format = PixelFormat::OIIOFormatToOliveFormat(input->spec().format,
+                                                                              input->spec().nchannels == kRGBAChannels);
+
+      frame = Frame::Create();
+      frame->set_video_params(VideoParams(input->spec().width,
+                                          input->spec().height,
+                                          image_format));
+
+      frame->allocate();
+
+      input->read_image(input->spec().format,
+                        frame->data(),
+                        OIIO::AutoStride,
+                        frame->linesize_bytes());
+
+      input->close();
+
+#if OIIO_VERSION < 10903
+      OIIO::ImageInput::destroy(input);
+#endif
+
+    } else {
+      qWarning() << "OIIO Error:" << OIIO::geterror().c_str();
+    }
+  }
+
+  return frame;
+}
+
 void FrameHashCache::LengthChangedEvent(const rational &old, const rational &newlen)
 {
   if (newlen < old) {
diff --git a/app/render/framehashcache.h b/app/render/framehashcache.h
index 5b0712650..39e92a841 100644
--- a/app/render/framehashcache.h
+++ b/app/render/framehashcache.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public:
   static bool SaveCacheFrame(const QString& filename, char *data, const VideoParams &vparam);
   static void SaveCacheFrame(const QByteArray& hash, char *data, const VideoParams &vparam);
   static void SaveCacheFrame(const QByteArray& hash, FramePtr frame);
+  static FramePtr LoadCacheFrame(const QByteArray& hash, const PixelFormat::Format& format);
+  static FramePtr LoadCacheFrame(const QString& fn);
 
   static QString GetFormatExtension(const PixelFormat::Format& f);
 
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
index a460fa8cc..160f563b3 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
@@ -394,38 +394,10 @@ void ViewerWidget::SetBackgroundCacheTask(CacheTask *t)
 
 FramePtr DecodeCachedImage(const QString &fn, const rational& time)
 {
-  FramePtr frame = nullptr;
+  FramePtr frame = FrameHashCache::LoadCacheFrame(fn);
 
-  if (!fn.isEmpty() && QFileInfo::exists(fn)) {
-    auto input = OIIO::ImageInput::open(fn.toStdString());
-
-    if (input) {
-
-      PixelFormat::Format image_format = PixelFormat::OIIOFormatToOliveFormat(input->spec().format,
-                                                                              input->spec().nchannels == kRGBAChannels);
-
-      frame = Frame::Create();
-      frame->set_timestamp(time);
-      frame->set_video_params(VideoParams(input->spec().width,
-                                                   input->spec().height,
-                                                   image_format));
-
-      frame->allocate();
-
-      input->read_image(input->spec().format,
-                        frame->data(),
-                        OIIO::AutoStride,
-                        frame->linesize_bytes());
-
-      input->close();
-
-#if OIIO_VERSION < 10903
-      OIIO::ImageInput::destroy(input);
-#endif
-
-    } else {
-      qWarning() << "OIIO Error:" << OIIO::geterror().c_str();
-    }
+  if (frame) {
+    frame->set_timestamp(time);
   }
 
   return frame;