diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 77376c5d0a1644b7bd49ecbcd80633342d96dc7a..c4136404eeda1af63a055f658ccd3825966bcdd3 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 * Fix deleting a post from Facebook [#4290](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4290)
 * Display notices a little bit longer to help on sign up errors [#4274](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4274)
 * Fix user contact sharing/receiving [#4163](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4163)
+* Change image to ajax-loader when closing lightbox [#3229](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/3229)
 
 ## Features
 * Admin: add option to find users under 13 (COPPA) [#4252](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4252)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/widgets/lightbox.js b/app/assets/javascripts/widgets/lightbox.js
index 30c969845d50d93c5b5550e5b1cd189650aa423a..6152762de3c62f7d45bf6fe341dca467ac447e26 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/widgets/lightbox.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/widgets/lightbox.js
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ jQuery.fn.center = (function() {
     this.resetLightbox = function() {
       self.lightbox.hide();
       self.body.removeClass("lightboxed");
+      self.image.attr("src", "assets/ajax-loader2.gif");
+      self.imageset.html("");
     };
 
     this.set = function(opts) {