Try using custom fetcher for Coil...

app/build.gradle

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.5.1'
     implementation 'androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.6.1'
     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-compose:2.5.1'
+    implementation 'io.coil-kt:coil:2.2.1'
     implementation 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:5.0.1'
     debugImplementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling"
     debugImplementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-test-manifest"

app/src/main/java/io/element/android/x/ElementXApplication.kt

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 package io.element.android.x
 
 import android.app.Application
+import coil.ImageLoader
+import coil.ImageLoaderFactory
 import com.airbnb.mvrx.Mavericks
 import io.element.android.x.matrix.MatrixInstance
+import io.element.android.x.matrix.media.MediaFetcher
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineName
 import kotlinx.coroutines.MainScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.plus
 import timber.log.Timber
 
-class ElementXApplication : Application() {
+class ElementXApplication : Application(), ImageLoaderFactory {
 
     private val applicationScope = MainScope() + CoroutineName("ElementX Scope")
 
@@ -18,4 +21,13 @@ class ElementXApplication : Application() {
         MatrixInstance.init(this, applicationScope)
         Mavericks.initialize(this)
     }
+
+    override fun newImageLoader(): ImageLoader {
+        return ImageLoader
+            .Builder(this)
+            .components {
+                add(MediaFetcher.Factory(MatrixInstance.getInstance()))
+            }
+            .build()
+    }
 }