diff --git a/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/CoverGrid.tsx b/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/CoverGrid.tsx
index a77a9ad..1424382 100644
--- a/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/CoverGrid.tsx
+++ b/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/CoverGrid.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 import GameDto from "Frontend/generated/org/gameyfin/app/games/dto/GameDto";
 import {GameCover} from "Frontend/components/general/covers/GameCover";
-import type {CellComponentProps} from "react-window";
 import {Grid} from "react-window";
-import {useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
+import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
 
 interface CoverGridProps {
     games: GameDto[];
 }
 
+interface GridCellProps {
+    columnIndex: number;
+    rowIndex: number;
+    style: React.CSSProperties;
+    games: GameDto[];
+    columnCount: number;
+    coverHeight: number;
+}
+
 // Constants for grid layout
 const MIN_COLUMN_WIDTH = 180; // Minimum width per item (minmax value from original)
 const MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH = 212; // Maximum width per item (minmax value from original)
@@ -52,20 +60,24 @@ export default function CoverGrid({games}: CoverGridProps) {
     // Calculate row count
     const rowCount = Math.ceil(games.length / columnCount);
 
+
     // Cell renderer for react-window Grid
-    const Cell = ({
-                      columnIndex,
-                      rowIndex,
-                      style
-                  }: CellComponentProps<{}>) => {
-        const gameIndex = rowIndex * columnCount + columnIndex;
+    const Cell = useCallback(({
+                                  columnIndex,
+                                  rowIndex,
+                                  style,
+                                  games: gamesData,
+                                  columnCount: colCount,
+                                  coverHeight: height
+                              }: GridCellProps) => {
+        const gameIndex = rowIndex * colCount + columnIndex;
 
         // Return empty cell if we're past the end of the games array
-        if (gameIndex >= games.length) {
+        if (gameIndex >= gamesData.length) {
             return <div style={style}/>;
         }
 
-        const game = games[gameIndex];
+        const game = gamesData[gameIndex];
 
         return (
             <div
@@ -77,10 +89,10 @@ export default function CoverGrid({games}: CoverGridProps) {
                     boxSizing: 'border-box'
                 }}
             >
-                <GameCover game={game} interactive={true} size={coverHeight} lazy={true}/>
+                <GameCover key={game.id} game={game} interactive={true} size={height} lazy={true}/>
             </div>
         );
-    };
+    }, []);
 
     // Column width function to handle the last column differently
     const getColumnWidth = (index: number) => {
@@ -94,14 +106,14 @@ export default function CoverGrid({games}: CoverGridProps) {
     return (
         <div ref={containerRef} className="w-full">
             {containerWidth > 0 && (
-                <Grid<{}>
+                <Grid<{ games: GameDto[], columnCount: number, coverHeight: number }>
                     columnCount={columnCount}
                     columnWidth={getColumnWidth}
                     rowCount={rowCount}
                     rowHeight={coverHeight + GAP}
                     defaultWidth={containerWidth}
                     cellComponent={Cell}
-                    cellProps={{}}
+                    cellProps={{games, columnCount, coverHeight}}
                     style={{overflowX: 'hidden'}}
                 />
             )}
diff --git a/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/CoverRow.tsx b/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/CoverRow.tsx
index 3216566..c28a462 100644
--- a/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/CoverRow.tsx
+++ b/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/CoverRow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, {useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
+import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
 import {GameCover} from "Frontend/components/general/covers/GameCover";
 import GameDto from "Frontend/generated/org/gameyfin/app/games/dto/GameDto";
 import {CaretLeftIcon, CaretRightIcon} from "@phosphor-icons/react";
@@ -100,20 +100,23 @@ export function CoverRow({games, title, link}: CoverRowProps) {
     const canScrollLeft = scrollPosition > 1; // Allow small margin for floating point issues
     const canScrollRight = scrollPosition < maxScroll - 1 && maxScroll > 0;
 
-    // Cell renderer for react-window Grid
-    const Cell = ({columnIndex, style}: {
-        ariaAttributes: { "aria-colindex": number; role: "gridcell" };
+    // Define interface for Cell props
+    interface RowCellProps {
         columnIndex: number;
         rowIndex: number;
         style: React.CSSProperties;
-    }) => {
-        const game = games[columnIndex];
+        games: GameDto[];
+    }
+
+    // Cell renderer for react-window Grid
+    const Cell = useCallback(({columnIndex, style, games: gamesData}: RowCellProps) => {
+        const game = gamesData[columnIndex];
         return (
             <div style={{...style, paddingRight: gap}}>
-                <GameCover game={game} radius="sm" interactive={true}/>
+                <GameCover key={game.id} game={game} radius="sm" interactive={true}/>
             </div>
         );
-    };
+    }, []);
 
     return (
         <div className="flex flex-col mb-4">
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ export function CoverRow({games, title, link}: CoverRowProps) {
             </div>
             <div ref={containerRef} className="w-full relative overflow-hidden">
                 {containerWidth > 0 && (
-                    <Grid<{}>
+                    <Grid<{ games: GameDto[] }>
                         gridRef={gridRef}
                         columnCount={games.length}
                         columnWidth={defaultImageWidth + gap}
@@ -157,7 +160,7 @@ export function CoverRow({games, title, link}: CoverRowProps) {
                         defaultHeight={defaultImageHeight}
                         defaultWidth={containerWidth}
                         cellComponent={Cell}
-                        cellProps={{}}
+                        cellProps={{games}}
                         className="scrollbar-hide"
                         style={{overflow: 'auto'}}
                     />
diff --git a/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/GameCover.tsx b/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/GameCover.tsx
index e17e3f4..58567e0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/GameCover.tsx
+++ b/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/covers/GameCover.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import GameDto from "Frontend/generated/org/gameyfin/app/games/dto/GameDto";
 import {Image} from "@heroui/react";
 import {GameCoverFallback} from "Frontend/components/general/covers/GameCoverFallback";
-import {useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
+import {memo, useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
 import {decode} from "blurhash";
 
 // Cache to track which images have been loaded across component remounts
@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@ interface GameCoverProps {
     lazy?: boolean;
 }
 
-export function GameCover({game, size = 300, radius = "sm", interactive = false, lazy = false}: GameCoverProps) {
+const GameCoverComponent = ({game, size = 300, radius = "sm", interactive = false, lazy = false}: GameCoverProps) => {
     const [shouldLoad, setShouldLoad] = useState(!lazy);
     // Check cache to see if this image has already been loaded
-    const [isImageLoaded, setIsImageLoaded] = useState(
-        game.cover ? loadedImagesCache.has(game.cover.id) : false
-    );
+    const isCached = game.cover ? loadedImagesCache.has(game.cover.id) : false;
+    const [isImageLoaded, setIsImageLoaded] = useState(isCached);
     const [blurhashUrl, setBlurhashUrl] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
     const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
     // Generate blurhash placeholder image
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (game.cover?.blurhash) {
+        if (game.cover?.blurhash && !blurhashUrl) {
             try {
                 // Decode blurhash to pixel data
                 const pixels = decode(game.cover.blurhash, 32, 45); // Small size for placeholder
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ export function GameCover({game, size = 300, radius = "sm", interactive = false,
                 console.error('Failed to decode blurhash:', e);
             }
         }
-    }, [game.cover?.blurhash]);
+    }, [game.cover?.blurhash, blurhashUrl]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!lazy || shouldLoad) return;
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ export function GameCover({game, size = 300, radius = "sm", interactive = false,
             <Image
                 alt={game.title}
                 className="z-0 object-cover aspect-12/17"
-                src={shouldLoad && isImageLoaded ? `images/cover/${game.cover.id}` : blurhashUrl}
+                src={(shouldLoad || isCached) && isImageLoaded ? `images/cover/${game.cover.id}` : blurhashUrl}
                 radius={radius}
                 height={size}
                 fallbackSrc={<GameCoverFallback title={game.title} size={size} radius={radius}/>}
@@ -114,4 +113,14 @@ export function GameCover({game, size = 300, radius = "sm", interactive = false,
             {coverContent}
         </a>
     ) : coverContent;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
+// Memoize the component to prevent unnecessary re-renders
+// Only re-render if the game ID, size, radius, interactive, or lazy props change
+export const GameCover = memo(GameCoverComponent, (prevProps, nextProps) => {
+    return prevProps.game.id === nextProps.game.id &&
+        prevProps.size === nextProps.size &&
+        prevProps.radius === nextProps.radius &&
+        prevProps.interactive === nextProps.interactive &&
+        prevProps.lazy === nextProps.lazy;
+});
diff --git a/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/modals/CollectionGamesTable.tsx b/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/modals/CollectionGamesTable.tsx
index bb9f4f5..3a51fa0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/modals/CollectionGamesTable.tsx
+++ b/app/src/main/frontend/components/general/modals/CollectionGamesTable.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ export default function CollectionGamesTable({collectionId}: CollectionGamesTabl
                     case "library":
                         cmp = (libraryName(a)).localeCompare(libraryName(b));
                         break;
+                    case "dateAdded":
+                        cmp = new Date(a.createdAt).getTime() - new Date(b.createdAt).getTime();
+                        break;
                     default:
                         cmp = 0;
                 }
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ export default function CollectionGamesTable({collectionId}: CollectionGamesTabl
                 <TableHeader>
                     <TableColumn key="title" allowsSorting>Title</TableColumn>
                     <TableColumn key="library" allowsSorting>Library</TableColumn>
+                    <TableColumn key="dateAdded" allowsSorting>Date added</TableColumn>
                     <TableColumn width={1}>Actions</TableColumn>
                 </TableHeader>
                 <TableBody
@@ -154,6 +158,9 @@ export default function CollectionGamesTable({collectionId}: CollectionGamesTabl
                                     {libraryName(game)}
                                 </Link>
                             </TableCell>
+                            <TableCell>
+                                {new Date(game.createdAt).toLocaleString()}
+                            </TableCell>
                             <TableCell>
                                 <div className="flex flex-row gap-2">
                                     <Tooltip content="Add game to collection">
diff --git a/app/src/main/frontend/views/HomeView.tsx b/app/src/main/frontend/views/HomeView.tsx
index cad656f..daad9a9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/frontend/views/HomeView.tsx
+++ b/app/src/main/frontend/views/HomeView.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,32 @@ export default function HomeView() {
 
     }, [librariesState.sorted, collectionsState.sorted, gamesByLibrary, gamesByCollection]);
 
+    // Sort games by date added (newest first) for libraries
+    const getSortedLibraryGames = (libraryId: number) => {
+        const games = gamesByLibrary[libraryId] || [];
+        return [...games].sort((a, b) => {
+            const dateA = new Date(a.createdAt).getTime();
+            const dateB = new Date(b.createdAt).getTime();
+            return dateB - dateA; // Descending order (newest first)
+        });
+    };
+
+    // Sort games by date added (newest first) for collections
+    const getSortedCollectionGames = (collection: CollectionDto) => {
+        const games = gamesByCollection[collection.id] || [];
+        const gamesAddedAt = collection.metadata?.gamesAddedAt || {};
+
+        return [...games].sort((a, b) => {
+            const dateA = gamesAddedAt[a.id.toString()]
+                ? new Date(gamesAddedAt[a.id.toString()]).getTime()
+                : 0;
+            const dateB = gamesAddedAt[b.id.toString()]
+                ? new Date(gamesAddedAt[b.id.toString()]).getTime()
+                : 0;
+            return dateB - dateA; // Descending order (newest first)
+        });
+    };
+
     return (
         <div className="w-full">
             <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
@@ -65,13 +91,13 @@ export default function HomeView() {
                 }
                 {filteredAndSortedLibraries.map((library) => (
                     <CoverRow key={library.id} title={library.name}
-                              games={gamesByLibrary[library.id] || []}
+                              games={getSortedLibraryGames(library.id)}
                               link={"/library/" + library.id}
                     />
                 ))}
                 {filteredAndSortedCollections.map((collection) => (
                     <CoverRow key={collection.id} title={collection.name}
-                              games={gamesByCollection[collection.id] || []}
+                              games={getSortedCollectionGames(collection)}
                               link={"/collection/" + collection.id}
                     />
                 ))}
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index de73800..e4009f6 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinJvmCompile
 import java.nio.file.Files
 
 group = "org.gameyfin"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.3.1-preview"
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {