diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index 5fdb44c..25f9e56 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ let options = {
 };
 let mdfigcaption = require('markdown-it-image-figures');
 let figoptions = {
-  figcaption: true
+  figcaption: true,
+  lazy: true,
+  async: true,
 };
 const mdLib = markdownIt(options).use(mdfigcaption, figoptions);