diff --git a/code/_onclick/hud/hud.dm b/code/_onclick/hud/hud.dm
index 8fd637b9df81..5daca490f47e 100644
--- a/code/_onclick/hud/hud.dm
+++ b/code/_onclick/hud/hud.dm
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(available_ui_styles, list(
 
 	var/atom/movable/screen/holomap/holomap_container
 	var/atom/movable/screen/progbar_container/use_timer
+	var/atom/movable/screen/vis_holder/vis_holder
 	// subtypes can override this to force a specific UI style
 	var/ui_style
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(available_ui_styles, list(
 	owner.overlay_fullscreen("see_through_darkness", /atom/movable/screen/fullscreen/see_through_darkness)
 
 	holomap_container = new(null, src)
+	vis_holder = new(null, src)
 
 	RegisterSignal(mymob, COMSIG_VIEWDATA_UPDATE, PROC_REF(on_viewdata_update))
 
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(available_ui_styles, list(
 	QDEL_LIST(hotkeybuttons)
 	throw_icon = null
 	QDEL_LIST(infodisplay)
+	QDEL_NULL(vis_holder)
 
 	healths = null
 	stamina = null
@@ -271,6 +274,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(available_ui_styles, list(
 	if(holomap_container)
 		screenmob.client.screen += holomap_container
 
+	if(vis_holder)
+		screenmob.client.screen += vis_holder
+
 	hud_version = display_hud_version
 	update_gunpoint(screenmob)
 	persistent_inventory_update(screenmob)
diff --git a/code/_onclick/hud/screen_objects.dm b/code/_onclick/hud/screen_objects.dm
index f1c5127195f9..64645f246597 100644
--- a/code/_onclick/hud/screen_objects.dm
+++ b/code/_onclick/hud/screen_objects.dm
@@ -1025,3 +1025,7 @@
 	// We offset them by half the size on each axis to center them.
 	// We need to account for this object being 32x32, so we subtract 32 from the initial 480 before dividing
 	screen_loc = "CENTER:-224,CENTER:-224"
+
+/atom/movable/screen/vis_holder
+	icon = ""
+	invisibility = INVISIBILITY_MAXIMUM
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/cards_ids.dm b/code/game/objects/items/cards_ids.dm
index dca4bdac9152..d27622580851 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/cards_ids.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/cards_ids.dm
@@ -465,6 +465,11 @@
 		. += HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_JOB_FIRST_ID_CARD) ? span_boldnotice("Hmm... yes, this ID was issued from Central Command!") : span_boldnotice("This ID was created in this sector, not by Central Command.")
 
 /obj/item/card/id/proc/show(mob/user)
+	set waitfor = FALSE
+
+	var/atom/movable/screen/front_container = user.send_appearance(front_image)
+	var/atom/movable/screen/side_container = user.send_appearance(side_image)
+
 	var/list/content = list("<table style='width:100%'><tr><td>")
 	content += "Name: [registered_name]<br>"
 	content += "Age: [registered_age]<br>"
@@ -472,15 +477,17 @@
 	content += "Blood Type: [blood_type]<br>"
 	content += "Fingerprint: [fingerprint]<br>"
 	content += "DNA Hash: [dna_hash]<br>"
+
 	if(front_image && side_image)
-		content +="<td style='text-align:center; vertical-align:top'>Photo:<br><img src=\ref[front_image.appearance] height=128 width=128 border=4 style='image-rendering: pixelated;-ms-interpolation-mode: nearest-neighbor'><img src=\ref[side_image.appearance] height=128 width=128 border=4 style='image-rendering: pixelated;-ms-interpolation-mode: nearest-neighbor'></td>"
+		content +="<td style='text-align:center; vertical-align:top'>Photo:<br><img src=\ref[front_container.appearance] height=128 width=128 border=4 style='image-rendering: pixelated;-ms-interpolation-mode: nearest-neighbor'><img src=\ref[side_container.appearance] height=128 width=128 border=4 style='image-rendering: pixelated;-ms-interpolation-mode: nearest-neighbor'></td>"
 	content += "</tr></table>"
 	content = jointext(content, null)
 
 	var/datum/browser/popup = new(user, "idcard", name, 660, 270)
 	popup.set_content(content)
 	popup.open()
-	return
+	sleep(1) // I don't know why but for some reason I need to re-send the entire UI to get it to display icons. Yes, I tried sleeping after sending the appearances.
+	popup.open()
 
 /obj/item/card/id/GetAccess()
 	return access.Copy()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
index 13daac996daa..d1dafa252c85 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
@@ -1608,3 +1608,27 @@
 	set name = "View Skills"
 
 	mind?.print_levels(src)
+
+/// Makes a client temporarily aware of an appearance via and invisible vis contents object.
+/mob/proc/send_appearance(mutable_appearance/appearance)
+	RETURN_TYPE(/atom/movable/screen)
+	if(!hud_used || isnull(appearance))
+		return
+
+	var/atom/movable/screen/container
+	if(isatom(container))
+		container = appearance
+	else
+		container = new()
+		container.appearance = appearance
+
+	hud_used.vis_holder.vis_contents += appearance
+	addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(remove_appearance), appearance), 5 SECONDS, TIMER_DELETE_ME)
+
+	return container
+
+/mob/proc/remove_appearance(atom/movable/appearance)
+	if(!hud_used)
+		return
+
+	hud_used.vis_holder.vis_contents -= appearance