diff --git a/app/common/src/queryClient.ts b/app/common/src/queryClient.ts
index 4ad6802a177a..140caf24287e 100644
--- a/app/common/src/queryClient.ts
+++ b/app/common/src/queryClient.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export type QueryClient = vueQuery.QueryClient
 const DEFAULT_QUERY_STALE_TIME_MS = Infinity
 const DEFAULT_QUERY_PERSIST_TIME_MS = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 // 30 days
 
-const DEFAULT_BUSTER = 'v1.1'
+const DEFAULT_BUSTER = 'v1.2'
 
 export interface QueryClientOptions<TStorageValue = string> {
   readonly persisterStorage?: AsyncStorage<TStorageValue> & {
diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.tsx b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.tsx
index 1531ff5e6974..db66e404554e 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.tsx
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ export function MarkdownViewer(props: MarkdownViewerProps) {
 
   const { data: markdownToHtml } = useSuspenseQuery({
     queryKey: ['markdownToHtml', { text, imgUrlResolver, markedInstance }] as const,
+    meta: { persist: false },
+    gcTime: 0,
+    staleTime: 0,
     queryFn: ({ queryKey: [, args] }) =>
       args.markedInstance.parse(args.text, {
         async: true,
@@ -38,15 +41,10 @@ export function MarkdownViewer(props: MarkdownViewerProps) {
             const href = token.href
 
             token.raw = href
-            token.href = await args
-              .imgUrlResolver(href)
-              .then((url) => {
-                return url
-              })
-              .catch((error) => {
-                logger.error(error)
-                return null
-              })
+            token.href = await args.imgUrlResolver(href).catch((error) => {
+              logger.error(error)
+              return null
+            })
             token.text = getText('arbitraryFetchImageError')
           }
         },