diff --git a/apps/news/models.py b/apps/news/models.py
index 79e2bbd0..3be956a7 100644
--- a/apps/news/models.py
+++ b/apps/news/models.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class NewsQuerySet(TranslationQuerysetMixin):
 
     def with_base_related(self):
         """Return qs with related objects."""
-        return self.select_related('news_type', 'country').prefetch_related('tags', 'tags__translation')
+        return self.select_related('news_type', 'country').prefetch_related('tags', 'tags__translation', 'gallery')
 
     def with_extended_related(self):
         """Return qs with related objects."""
@@ -306,8 +306,9 @@ class News(GalleryMixin, BaseAttributes, TranslatedFieldsMixin, HasTagsMixin,
     @property
     def main_image(self):
         qs = self.news_gallery.main_image()
-        if qs.exists():
-            return qs.order_by('-id').first().image
+        image_model = qs.order_by('-id').first()
+        if image_model is not None:
+            return image_model.image
 
     @property
     def image_url(self):