diff --git a/Yep/ViewControllers/NewFeed/NewFeedViewController.swift b/Yep/ViewControllers/NewFeed/NewFeedViewController.swift
index e4dbe591..a0fc8b41 100644
--- a/Yep/ViewControllers/NewFeed/NewFeedViewController.swift
+++ b/Yep/ViewControllers/NewFeed/NewFeedViewController.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import UIKit
 import Proposer
 import CoreLocation
 import MobileCoreServices
+import Photos
 
 class NewFeedViewController: UIViewController {
 
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ class NewFeedViewController: UIViewController {
         return imagePicker
         }()
 
+    var imageAssetSet: Set<PHAsset>?
+
     var mediaImages = [UIImage]() {
         didSet {
             dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) { [weak self] in
@@ -110,8 +113,13 @@ class NewFeedViewController: UIViewController {
 
             let vc = segue.destinationViewController as! PickPhotosViewController
 
-            vc.completion = { [weak self] images in
-                self?.mediaImages.appendContentsOf(images)
+            if let imageAssetSet = imageAssetSet {
+                vc.pickedImageSet = imageAssetSet
+            }
+
+            vc.completion = { [weak self] images, imageAssetSet in
+                self?.mediaImages = images
+                self?.imageAssetSet = imageAssetSet
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/Yep/ViewControllers/PickPhotos/ImageCacheController.swift b/Yep/ViewControllers/PickPhotos/ImageCacheController.swift
index ad8e0da8..26de1f0c 100644
--- a/Yep/ViewControllers/PickPhotos/ImageCacheController.swift
+++ b/Yep/ViewControllers/PickPhotos/ImageCacheController.swift
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ class ImageCacheController {
             updatedCache.addIndex(path.item)
         }
 
-        println("images: \(images), \(visibleCells.count), \(updatedCache.lastIndex), \(cachePreheatSize)")
         let minCache = max(0, updatedCache.firstIndex - cachePreheatSize)
         let maxCache = min(images.count - 1, updatedCache.lastIndex + cachePreheatSize)
-        println("cache: \(minCache), \(maxCache)")
 
         updatedCache.addIndexesInRange(NSMakeRange(minCache, maxCache - minCache + 1))
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ class ImageCacheController {
             if !updatedCache.containsIndex(index) {
                 let asset: PHAsset! = self.images[index] as! PHAsset
                 self.imageCache.stopCachingImagesForAssets([asset], targetSize: self.targetSize, contentMode: self.contentMode, options: nil)
-                print("Stopping caching image \(index)")
+                //println("Stopping caching image \(index)")
             }
         }
 
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ class ImageCacheController {
             if !self.cachedIndices.containsIndex(index) {
                 let asset: PHAsset! = self.images[index] as! PHAsset
                 self.imageCache.startCachingImagesForAssets([asset], targetSize: self.targetSize, contentMode: self.contentMode, options: nil)
-                print("Starting caching image \(index)")
+                //println("Starting caching image \(index)")
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Yep/ViewControllers/PickPhotos/PickPhotosViewController.swift b/Yep/ViewControllers/PickPhotos/PickPhotosViewController.swift
index 4af60dad..4b8ae0e6 100644
--- a/Yep/ViewControllers/PickPhotos/PickPhotosViewController.swift
+++ b/Yep/ViewControllers/PickPhotos/PickPhotosViewController.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class PickPhotosViewController: UICollectionViewController, PHPhotoLibraryChange
     var imageCacheController: ImageCacheController!
 
     var pickedImageSet = Set<PHAsset>()
-    var completion: ((images: [UIImage]) -> Void)?
+    var completion: ((images: [UIImage], imageAssetSet: Set<PHAsset>) -> Void)?
 
     let photoCellID = "PhotoCell"
 
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class PickPhotosViewController: UICollectionViewController, PHPhotoLibraryChange
             let pixelWidth = CGFloat(imageAsset.pixelWidth)
             let pixelHeight = CGFloat(imageAsset.pixelHeight)
 
-            println("pixelWidth: \(pixelWidth)")
-            println("pixelHeight: \(pixelHeight)")
+            //println("pixelWidth: \(pixelWidth)")
+            //println("pixelHeight: \(pixelHeight)")
 
             let targetSize: CGSize
 
@@ -83,17 +83,17 @@ class PickPhotosViewController: UICollectionViewController, PHPhotoLibraryChange
                 targetSize = CGSize(width: width, height: height)
             }
 
-            println("targetSize: \(targetSize)")
+            //println("targetSize: \(targetSize)")
 
             imageManager.requestImageForAsset(imageAsset, targetSize: targetSize, contentMode: .AspectFill, options: options) { image, info in
                 if let image = image {
-                    println("image.size: \(image.size)")
+                    //println("image.size: \(image.size)")
                     images.append(image)
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        completion?(images: images)
+        completion?(images: images, imageAssetSet: pickedImageSet)
         navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
     }
 
@@ -108,18 +108,23 @@ class PickPhotosViewController: UICollectionViewController, PHPhotoLibraryChange
     }
 
     override func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
+
         let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier(photoCellID, forIndexPath: indexPath) as! PhotoCell
-
-        cell.imageManager = imageManager
-
-        if let imageAsset = images[indexPath.item] as? PHAsset {
-            cell.imageAsset = imageAsset
-            cell.photoPickedImageView.hidden = !pickedImageSet.contains(imageAsset)
-        }
-
         return cell
     }
 
+    override func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, willDisplayCell cell: UICollectionViewCell, forItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
+
+        if let cell = cell as? PhotoCell {
+            cell.imageManager = imageManager
+
+            if let imageAsset = images[indexPath.item] as? PHAsset {
+                cell.imageAsset = imageAsset
+                cell.photoPickedImageView.hidden = !pickedImageSet.contains(imageAsset)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     override func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
 
         if let imageAsset = images[indexPath.item] as? PHAsset {
diff --git a/Yep/Views/Cells/Feed/FeedCell.swift b/Yep/Views/Cells/Feed/FeedCell.swift
index 850a5e36..7d9d3ea8 100644
--- a/Yep/Views/Cells/Feed/FeedCell.swift
+++ b/Yep/Views/Cells/Feed/FeedCell.swift
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ extension FeedCell: UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDelegate {
 
         if let imageURL = attachmentURLs[safe: indexPath.item] {
 
-            println("attachment imageURL: \(imageURL)")
+            //println("attachment imageURL: \(imageURL)")
 
             cell.configureWithImageURL(imageURL)
         }
diff --git a/Yep/Views/Cells/Photo/PhotoCell.swift b/Yep/Views/Cells/Photo/PhotoCell.swift
index e2d9cb0f..e02f10de 100644
--- a/Yep/Views/Cells/Photo/PhotoCell.swift
+++ b/Yep/Views/Cells/Photo/PhotoCell.swift
@@ -16,15 +16,20 @@ class PhotoCell: UICollectionViewCell {
 
     var imageManager: PHImageManager?
 
+    static var imageRequestOptions: PHImageRequestOptions = {
+        let options = PHImageRequestOptions()
+        options.synchronous = true
+        return options
+        }()
+
     var imageAsset: PHAsset? {
         willSet {
             guard let imageAsset = newValue else {
                 return
             }
 
-            self.imageManager?.requestImageForAsset(imageAsset, targetSize: CGSize(width: 80, height: 80), contentMode: .AspectFill, options: nil) { [weak self] image, info in
+            self.imageManager?.requestImageForAsset(imageAsset, targetSize: CGSize(width: 120, height: 120), contentMode: .AspectFill, options: PhotoCell.imageRequestOptions) { [weak self] image, info in
                 self?.photoImageView.image = image
-                self?.photoPickedImageView.hidden = !imageAsset.favorite
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/Yep/Views/Feed/FeedView.swift b/Yep/Views/Feed/FeedView.swift
index e8713718..03856a85 100644
--- a/Yep/Views/Feed/FeedView.swift
+++ b/Yep/Views/Feed/FeedView.swift
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ extension FeedView: UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDelegate {
 
         let imageURL = attachmentURLs[indexPath.item]
 
-        println("attachment imageURL: \(imageURL)")
+        //println("attachment imageURL: \(imageURL)")
 
         cell.configureWithImageURL(imageURL)