diff --git a/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageModel.cpp b/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageModel.cpp
index 239705490..4fe914915 100644
--- a/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageModel.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageModel.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 #include "utils/Variant.h"
 
+static QPixmap loadScreenshot( const QString& path )
+{
+    cDebug() << path;
+    return QPixmap( path );
+}
+
 PackageItem::PackageItem() {}
 
 PackageItem::PackageItem( const QString& a_id, const QString& a_name, const QString& a_description )
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ PackageItem::PackageItem::PackageItem( const QVariantMap& item_map )
     : id( CalamaresUtils::getString( item_map, "id" ) )
     , name( CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString( item_map, "name" ) )
     , description( CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString( item_map, "description" ) )
-    , screenshot( CalamaresUtils::getString( item_map, "screenshot" ) )
+    , screenshot( loadScreenshot( CalamaresUtils::getString( item_map, "screenshot" ) ) )
     , packageNames( CalamaresUtils::getStringList( item_map, "packages" ) )
 {
     if ( name.isEmpty() && id.isEmpty() )