diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ea4adcf..78679960 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-- Nothing worth mentioning yet.
+### Fixed
+
+- a bug where the web app qrcode doesn't show up
 
 ## [0.25.2] - 2024-08-05
 
diff --git a/playlet-lib/src/components/QrCodePoster/QrCodePoster.bs b/playlet-lib/src/components/QrCodePoster/QrCodePoster.bs
index 87d3d160..0405b4f9 100644
--- a/playlet-lib/src/components/QrCodePoster/QrCodePoster.bs
+++ b/playlet-lib/src/components/QrCodePoster/QrCodePoster.bs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import "pkg:/source/AsyncTask/AsyncTask.bs"
 import "pkg:/source/AsyncTask/Tasks.bs"
+import "pkg:/source/utils/Logging.bs"
 import "pkg:/source/utils/StringUtils.bs"
 import "pkg:/source/utils/Types.bs"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ function Init()
     OnSizeChange()
 
     m.busySpinnerPoster.uri = "pkg:/images/spinner.png"
+
+    m.top.observeField("loadStatus", FuncName(OnLoadStatusChange))
 end function
 
 function OnSizeChange()
@@ -26,6 +29,21 @@ function OnSizeChange()
 end function
 
 function OnTextChange() as void
+    GenerateQrCode()
+end function
+
+function OnLoadStatusChange() as void
+    if m.top.loadStatus <> "failed"
+        return
+    end if
+
+    ' If the image failed to load, it might have been deleted from cachefs:
+    ' Try to generate it again
+    LogInfo("QrCode image failed to load, trying to generate it again")
+    GenerateQrCode()
+end function
+
+function GenerateQrCode() as void
     if m.qrCodeGenTask <> invalid
         m.qrCodeGenTask.cancel = true
     end if
diff --git a/playlet-lib/src/source/QrCode/QrImage.bs b/playlet-lib/src/source/QrCode/QrImage.bs
index 83960be5..249913ad 100644
--- a/playlet-lib/src/source/QrCode/QrImage.bs
+++ b/playlet-lib/src/source/QrCode/QrImage.bs
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ namespace QrCode
         function Generate(text as string, size as integer, padding as integer, mode = QrCode.QrMode.Byte as QrCode.QrMode) as string
             fileName = m.GetFileName(text, mode, size, padding)
 
-            #if DEBUG
+            #if DISABLE_CACHE
             #else
-                #if DISABLE_CACHE
+                #if DEBUG
                 #else
                     fs = CreateObject("roFileSystem")
                     if fs.exists(fileName)