diff --git a/components/RandomImage.js b/components/RandomImage.js
index 9b02ff7..43e4254 100644
--- a/components/RandomImage.js
+++ b/components/RandomImage.js
@@ -12,45 +12,46 @@ const RANDOM_WALLPAPER_URL = `https://source.unsplash.com/collection/${WALLPAPER
 const largerImage = url => url.replace(/w=\d+/, 'w=1920').replace(/&h=\d+/, '')
 const smallerImage = url => url.replace(/w=\d+/, 'w=240')
 
-const imageUrls = {}
-let cache = []
-
-async function getImage() {
-  // circumvent browser caching
-  const sig = Math.floor(Math.random() * RAND_RANGE)
-
-  const res = await axios.get(`${RANDOM_WALLPAPER_URL}?sig=${sig}`, { responseType: 'blob' })
-
-  // image already in cache?
-  if (imageUrls[res.request.responseURL]) return
-
-  imageUrls[res.request.responseURL] = true
-  return {
-    url: res.request.responseURL,
-    dataURL: await fileToDataURL(res.data)
-  }
-}
-
 export default class extends React.Component {
   constructor() {
     super()
     this.state = { cacheIndex: 0, loading: false }
     this.selectImage = this.selectImage.bind(this)
     this.updateCache = this.updateCache.bind(this)
+    this.getImage = this.getImage.bind(this)
     this.nextImage = this.nextImage.bind(this)
   }
 
+  cache = []
+  imageUrls = {}
+
   // fetch images in browser (we require window.FileReader)
   componentDidMount() {
     // clear cache when remounted
-    cache = []
+    this.cache = []
     this.updateCache()
   }
 
+  async getImage() {
+    // circumvent browser caching
+    const sig = Math.floor(Math.random() * RAND_RANGE)
+
+    const res = await axios.get(`${RANDOM_WALLPAPER_URL}?sig=${sig}`, { responseType: 'blob' })
+
+    // image already in cache?
+    if (this.imageUrls[res.request.responseURL]) return
+
+    this.imageUrls[res.request.responseURL] = true
+    return {
+      url: res.request.responseURL,
+      dataURL: await fileToDataURL(res.data)
+    }
+  }
+
   selectImage() {
     this.setState({ loading: true })
     axios
-      .get(largerImage(cache[this.state.cacheIndex].url), { responseType: 'blob' })
+      .get(largerImage(this.cache[this.state.cacheIndex].url), { responseType: 'blob' })
       .then(res => res.data)
       .then(this.props.onChange)
       .then(() => this.setState({ loading: false }))
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ export default class extends React.Component {
 
   updateCache() {
     this.setState({ loading: true })
-    Promise.all(range(UPDATE_SIZE).map(getImage))
+    Promise.all(range(UPDATE_SIZE).map(this.getImage))
       .then(imgs => imgs.filter(img => img)) // remove null
-      .then(imgs => (cache = cache.concat(imgs)))
+      .then(imgs => (this.cache = this.cache.concat(imgs)))
       .then(() => this.setState({ loading: false }))
   }
 
@@ -69,13 +70,13 @@ export default class extends React.Component {
 
     this.setState({ cacheIndex: this.state.cacheIndex + 1 })
 
-    if (this.state.cacheIndex > cache.length - 2) {
+    if (this.state.cacheIndex > this.cache.length - 2) {
       this.updateCache()
     }
   }
 
   render() {
-    const bgImage = cache[this.state.cacheIndex] && cache[this.state.cacheIndex].dataURL
+    const bgImage = this.cache[this.state.cacheIndex] && this.cache[this.state.cacheIndex].dataURL
 
     return (
       <div className="random-image-container">