diff --git a/deluge/tests/test_tracker_icons.py b/deluge/tests/test_tracker_icons.py
index a1a477886..297ff8707 100644
--- a/deluge/tests/test_tracker_icons.py
+++ b/deluge/tests/test_tracker_icons.py
@@ -1,15 +1,39 @@
+import time
+import gobject
+import os
+
 from deluge.tracker_icons import TrackerIcons
+from deluge.common import get_default_config_dir
 
-def test():
+def del_old():
+    filename = os.path.join(get_default_config_dir("trackers"),"legaltorrents.com.ico")
+    if os.path.exists(filename):
+        os.remove(filename)
+
+def test_get():
+    del_old()
     trackericons  = TrackerIcons()
-
-    print trackericons._fetch_icon("unknown?") #exception, Returns None
-    print trackericons._fetch_icon("deluge-torrent.org") #404 , returns False
-    print trackericons._fetch_icon("legaltorrents.com")
-    print trackericons.get("thepiratebay.com")
-    print trackericons.get("unknown2") #exception, returns None
-    print trackericons.get("legaltorrents.com") #logs cached
+    print trackericons.get("unknown2")
     print trackericons.get("google.com")
+    print trackericons.get("legaltorrents.com")
+    time.sleep(1.0)
+    print trackericons.get("legaltorrents.com")
+
+def callback1(value):
+    print "callback1:", value
+    return False
+
+def test_async():
+    #test is broken :(,. but filtertreeview works.
+    del_old()
+    trackericons  = TrackerIcons()
+    trackericons.get_async("legaltorrents.com",callback1)
+    print "here"
+    gobject.MainLoop()
+
+
+
+test_get()
+#test_async()
 
 
-test()
diff --git a/deluge/tracker_icons.py b/deluge/tracker_icons.py
index 028e21d07..827be7c68 100644
--- a/deluge/tracker_icons.py
+++ b/deluge/tracker_icons.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #    this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
 #    statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
+
+import threading
+import gobject
 from urllib import urlopen
 from deluge.log import LOG as log
 from deluge.common import get_default_config_dir, get_pixmap
@@ -53,15 +56,14 @@ class TrackerIcons(object):
         #load image-names in cache-dir
         for icon in os.listdir(self.image_dir):
             if icon.endswith(".ico"):
-                self.add_icon(icon[:-4], os.path.join(self.image_dir, icon))
+                self.images[icon[:-4]] = os.path.join(self.image_dir, icon)
 
-
-    def _fetch_icon(self, tracker_host):
+    def _fetch_icon_thread(self, tracker_host, callback):
         """
         gets new icon from the internet.
         used by get().
-        calls add_icon()
-        returns True or False
+        calls callback on sucess
+        assumes dicts,urllib and logging are threadsafe.
         """
         try:
             host_name = RENAMES.get(tracker_host, tracker_host)
@@ -75,7 +77,6 @@ class TrackerIcons(object):
                 raise Exception("No data")
         except Exception, e:
             log.debug("%s %s %s" % (tracker_host, e, e.message))
-            self.add_icon(tracker_host, None)
             return False
 
         filename = os.path.join(get_default_config_dir("trackers"),"%s.ico" % tracker_host)
@@ -83,23 +84,21 @@ class TrackerIcons(object):
         f = open(filename,"wb")
         f.write(icon_data)
         f.close()
-        self.add_icon(tracker_host, filename)
-        return True
-
-    def add_icon(self, tracker_host, filename):
         self.images[tracker_host] = filename
+        if callback:
+            gobject.idle_add(callback, filename)
+
+    def get_async(self, tracker_host, callback):
+        threading.Thread(
+            target=self. _fetch_icon_thread,
+            args=(tracker_host, callback)).start()
 
     def  get(self, tracker_host):
         """
-        use this method to get the filename of an icon.
+        returns None if the icon is not fetched(yet) or not fond.
         """
         if not tracker_host in self.images:
-            self._fetch_icon(tracker_host)
-        else:
-            log.debug("cached tracker icon:%s" % tracker_host)
+            self.images[tracker_host] = None
+            self.get_async(tracker_host, None)
         return self.images[tracker_host]
 
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/filtertreeview.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/filtertreeview.py
index 7a1649516..b87cc4753 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/filtertreeview.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/filtertreeview.py
@@ -231,15 +231,20 @@ class FilterTreeView(component.Component):
             return gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(deluge.common.get_pixmap("%s16.png" % pix))
 
         elif cat == "tracker_host":
-            ico  =  self.tracker_icons.get(value)
-            if ico:
-                try: #assume we could get trashed images here..
-                    return gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(ico)
-                except:
-                    log.debug(e.message)
+            self.tracker_icons.get_async(value, lambda filename: self.set_row_image(cat, value, filename))
 
         return None
 
+    def set_row_image(self, cat, value, filename):
+        try: #assume we could get trashed images here..
+            pix = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(filename)
+            row = self.filters[(cat, value)]
+            self.treestore.set_value(row, 4, pix)
+        except Exception, e:
+            log.debug(e.message)
+        return False
+
+
     def on_selection_changed(self, selection):
         try:
             (model, row) = self.label_view.get_selection().get_selected()