diff --git a/src/js/utilsSC.js b/src/js/utilsSC.js
index 2aec598922d7c4e30a71f338817d95e7eb974c96..c424d660b07a8ad10dd97262ec90e1717fb751bd 100644
--- a/src/js/utilsSC.js
+++ b/src/js/utilsSC.js
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ App.UI.disabledLink = function(link, reasons) {
 /** handler function for slaveDescriptionDialog. do not call directly. */
 App.UI._showDescriptionDialog = function(slave) {
 	Dialog.setup(SlaveFullName(slave));
-	const image = App.UI.DOM.makeElement("div", App.Art.SlaveArtElement(slave, 2, 0), ["imageRef", "medImg"]);
+	const image = V.seeImages ? App.UI.DOM.makeElement("div", App.Art.SlaveArtElement(slave, 2, 0), ["imageRef", "medImg"]) : '';
 	Dialog.append(image).append(App.Desc.longSlave(slave, {eventDescription: 1}));
 	Dialog.open();
 };