diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/components/info_item_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/components/info_item_widget.dart
index 5bec95ccf..73517e052 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/components/info_item_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/components/info_item_widget.dart
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class InfoItemWidget extends StatelessWidget {
   final Widget? endSection;
   final Future<List<Widget>> subtitleSection;
   final bool hasChipButtons;
+  final bool biggerSpinner;
   final VoidCallback? onTap;
   const InfoItemWidget({
     required this.leadingIcon,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class InfoItemWidget extends StatelessWidget {
     this.endSection,
     required this.subtitleSection,
     this.hasChipButtons = false,
+    this.biggerSpinner = false,
     this.onTap,
     super.key,
   });
@@ -57,10 +59,11 @@ class InfoItemWidget extends StatelessWidget {
               }
             } else {
               child = EnteLoadingWidget(
-                padding: 3,
-                size: 11,
+                padding: biggerSpinner ? 6 : 3,
+                size: biggerSpinner ? 20 : 11,
                 color: getEnteColorScheme(context).strokeMuted,
-                alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
+                alignment:
+                    biggerSpinner ? Alignment.center : Alignment.centerLeft,
               );
             }
             return AnimatedSwitcher(
diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/faces_item_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/faces_item_widget.dart
index e36089749..5df5e6655 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/faces_item_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/faces_item_widget.dart
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class _FacesItemWidgetState extends State<FacesItemWidget> {
       leadingIcon: Icons.face_retouching_natural_outlined,
       subtitleSection: _faceWidgets(context, widget.file, editMode),
       hasChipButtons: true,
+      biggerSpinner: true,
       editOnTap: _toggleEditMode,
     );
   }
@@ -140,6 +141,10 @@ class _FacesItemWidgetState extends State<FacesItemWidget> {
       final lastViewedClusterID = ClusterFeedbackService.lastViewedClusterID;
 
       final faceWidgets = <FaceWidget>[];
+
+      // await generation of the face crops here, so that the file info shows one central loading spinner
+      final test = await getRelevantFaceCrops(faces);
+
       final faceCrops = getRelevantFaceCrops(faces);
       for (final Face face in faces) {
         final int? clusterID = faceIdsToClusterIds[face.faceID];