diff --git a/src/forge/ImageCache.java b/src/forge/ImageCache.java
index 3e6f8954c68..c3284435d2b 100644
--- a/src/forge/ImageCache.java
+++ b/src/forge/ImageCache.java
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 package forge;
 
 
-import static java.lang.Double.parseDouble;
-import static java.lang.Math.min;
+import arcane.ui.util.ImageUtil;
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.collect.ComputationException;
+import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;
+import com.mortennobel.imagescaling.ResampleOp;
+import forge.properties.ForgeProps;
+import forge.properties.NewConstants;
 
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
@@ -13,15 +18,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import arcane.ui.util.ImageUtil;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.collect.ComputationException;
-import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;
-import com.mortennobel.imagescaling.ResampleOp;
-
-import forge.properties.ForgeProps;
-import forge.properties.NewConstants;
+import static java.lang.Double.parseDouble;
+import static java.lang.Math.min;
 
 
 /**
@@ -322,4 +320,9 @@ public class ImageCache implements NewConstants {
         BufferedImage image = resampleOp.filter(original, null);
         return image;
     }
+
+
+    public static void clear(){
+        imageCache.clear();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/forge/quest/gui/main/QuestMainPanel.java b/src/forge/quest/gui/main/QuestMainPanel.java
index 4a56c10dcfe..b66776295ce 100644
--- a/src/forge/quest/gui/main/QuestMainPanel.java
+++ b/src/forge/quest/gui/main/QuestMainPanel.java
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ public class QuestMainPanel extends QuestAbstractPanel {
     }//card shop button
 
     private void launchGame() {
+
+        //TODO: This is a temporary hack to see if the image cache affects the heap usage significantly.
+        ImageCache.clear();
+
         String humanDeckName = (String) deckComboBox.getSelectedItem();
         Deck humanDeck = questData.getDeck(humanDeckName);
         Constant.Runtime.HumanDeck[0] = humanDeck;