diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
index 6c80f343..d8a5136d 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     {{ $img = resources.Get $path }}
 {{ end -}}
 
-{{/* https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/pull/10666/files */}}
+{{/* https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/pull/10666 */}}
 {{- $params := $url.Query -}}
 {{- $x2Param := $params.Get "2x" -}}
 {{- $x2 := false -}}
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 90e41daa..199a3235 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <div class="prose">
           {{ $altText := $.Params.featureAlt | default $.Params.coverAlt | default "" }}
           {{ $class := "mb-6 -mt-4 rounded-md" }}
-          {{ partial "pictureDefaults.html" (dict "img" . "alt" $altText "class" $class) }}
+          {{ partial "pictureDefaults.html" (dict "img" . "alt" $altText "class" $class "lazy" false) }}
           {{ with $.Params.coverCaption }}
             <figcaption class="mb-6 -mt-3 text-center">{{ . | markdownify }}</figcaption>
           {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/picture.html b/layouts/partials/picture.html
index 33553667..f0bc2f49 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/picture.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/picture.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {{ $lazy := .lazy }}
 {{ $webp := .webp }}
 {{ $lqip := .lqip }}
-{{ $x2 := .x2 | default false }}
+{{ $x2 := .x2 }}
 
 {{ with $img }}
   {{ if (eq .MediaType.SubType "svg") }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pictureDefaults.html b/layouts/partials/pictureDefaults.html
index 01eb0986..9ce43084 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/pictureDefaults.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/pictureDefaults.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{ $img := .img }}
 {{ $alt := .alt }}
 {{ $class := .class }}
-{{ $lazy := $.Page.Site.Params.enableImageLazyLoading | default true }}
+{{ $lazy := .lazy | default $.Page.Site.Params.enableImageLazyLoading | default true }}
 {{ $webp := $.Page.Site.Params.enableImageWebp | default true }}
 {{ $lqip := false }}
 {{ $x2 := .x2 }}