diff --git a/assets/translation.json b/assets/translation.json
index 1e6361f..4745018 100644
--- a/assets/translation.json
+++ b/assets/translation.json
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@
     "Created successfully": "创建成功",
     "name": "名称",
     "Reverse tap to turn Pages": "反转点击翻页",
-    "Show all": "显示全部"
+    "Show all": "显示全部",
+    "Number of images preloaded": "预加载图片数量"
   },
   "zh_TW": {
     "Home": "首頁",
@@ -667,6 +668,7 @@
     "Created successfully": "創建成功",
     "name": "名稱",
     "Reverse tap to turn Pages": "反轉點擊翻頁",
-    "Show all": "顯示全部"
+    "Show all": "顯示全部",
+    "Number of images preloaded": "預加載圖片數量"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/foundation/appdata.dart b/lib/foundation/appdata.dart
index 485e8cb..853bf1c 100644
--- a/lib/foundation/appdata.dart
+++ b/lib/foundation/appdata.dart
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class _Settings with ChangeNotifier {
     'sni': true,
     'autoAddLanguageFilter': 'none', // none, chinese, english, japanese
     'comicSourceListUrl': "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/venera-app/venera-configs@latest/index.json",
+    'preloadImageCount': 4,
   };
 
   operator [](String key) {
diff --git a/lib/pages/reader/images.dart b/lib/pages/reader/images.dart
index 4289053..7b8eee0 100644
--- a/lib/pages/reader/images.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/reader/images.dart
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class _GalleryModeState extends State<_GalleryMode>
 
   late List<bool> cached;
 
-  int get preCacheCount => 4;
+  int get preCacheCount => appdata.settings["preloadImageCount"];
 
   var photoViewControllers = <int, PhotoViewController>{};
 
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ class _ContinuousModeState extends State<_ContinuousMode>
   var fingers = 0;
   bool disableScroll = false;
 
+  late List<bool> cached;
+  int get preCacheCount => appdata.settings["preloadImageCount"];
+
   /// Whether the user was scrolling the page.
   /// The gesture detector has a delay to detect tap event.
   /// To handle the tap event, we need to know if the user was scrolling before the delay.
@@ -388,6 +391,11 @@ class _ContinuousModeState extends State<_ContinuousMode>
     reader = context.reader;
     reader._imageViewController = this;
     itemPositionsListener.itemPositions.addListener(onPositionChanged);
+    cached = List.filled(reader.maxPage + 2, false);
+    Future.delayed(
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 100),
+      () => cacheImages(reader.page),
+    );
     super.initState();
   }
 
@@ -404,6 +412,7 @@ class _ContinuousModeState extends State<_ContinuousMode>
       reader.setPage(page);
       context.readerScaffold.update();
     }
+    cacheImages(page);
   }
 
   double? futurePosition;
@@ -443,6 +452,15 @@ class _ContinuousModeState extends State<_ContinuousMode>
     }
   }
 
+  void cacheImages(int current) {
+    for (int i = current + 1; i <= current + preCacheCount; i++) {
+      if (i <= reader.maxPage && !cached[i]) {
+        _precacheImage(i, context);
+        cached[i] = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     Widget widget = ScrollablePositionedList.builder(
@@ -473,8 +491,6 @@ class _ContinuousModeState extends State<_ContinuousMode>
           width = double.infinity;
         }
 
-        _precacheImage(index, context);
-
         ImageProvider image = _createImageProvider(index, context);
 
         return ComicImage(
diff --git a/lib/pages/settings/reader.dart b/lib/pages/settings/reader.dart
index 82b088c..7efb632 100644
--- a/lib/pages/settings/reader.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/settings/reader.dart
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ class _ReaderSettingsState extends State<ReaderSettings> {
           callback: () => context.to(() => _CustomImageProcessing()),
           actionTitle: "Edit".tl,
         ).toSliver(),
+        _SliderSetting(
+          title: "Number of images preloaded".tl,
+          settingsIndex: "preloadImageCount",
+          interval: 1,
+          min: 1,
+          max: 16,
+        ).toSliver(),
       ],
     );
   }