diff --git a/src/GraphQL/AssetType/AssetType.php b/src/GraphQL/AssetType/AssetType.php
index cd53fd47..034bb6f1 100644
--- a/src/GraphQL/AssetType/AssetType.php
+++ b/src/GraphQL/AssetType/AssetType.php
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ public function build(&$config)
                 'type' => Type::string(),
                 'args' => [
                     'thumbnail' => ['type' => Type::string()],
-                    'format' => ['type' => Type::string()]
+                    'format' => ['type' => Type::string()],
+                    'deferred' => ['type' => Type::boolean(), 'defaultValue' => true],
                 ],
                 'resolve' => [$resolver, 'resolvePath'],
             ],
diff --git a/src/GraphQL/FieldHelper/AssetFieldHelper.php b/src/GraphQL/FieldHelper/AssetFieldHelper.php
index dcb335b1..bbabd2e0 100644
--- a/src/GraphQL/FieldHelper/AssetFieldHelper.php
+++ b/src/GraphQL/FieldHelper/AssetFieldHelper.php
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ public function getVideoThumbnail(Asset\Video $asset, string | Video\Thumbnail\C
         return null;
     }
 
-    public function getImageDocumentThumbnail(Asset $asset, string | Image\Thumbnail\Config $thumbNailConfig, string $thumbNailFormat = null): mixed
+    public function getImageDocumentThumbnail(Asset $asset, string | Image\Thumbnail\Config $thumbNailConfig, string $thumbNailFormat = null, $deferred = false): mixed
     {
         $thumb = null;
 
         if ($asset instanceof Asset\Document || $asset instanceof Asset\Video) {
             $thumb = $asset->getImageThumbnail($thumbNailConfig);
         } elseif ($asset instanceof Asset\Image) {
-            $thumb = $asset->getThumbnail($thumbNailConfig, false);
+            $thumb = $asset->getThumbnail($thumbNailConfig, $deferred);
         }
         if (isset($thumb, $thumbNailFormat) && method_exists($thumb, 'getAsFormat') && !($asset instanceof Asset\Video)) {
             $thumb = $thumb->getAsFormat($thumbNailFormat);
@@ -57,12 +57,20 @@ public function getImageDocumentThumbnail(Asset $asset, string | Image\Thumbnail
         return $thumb;
     }
 
-    public function getAssetThumbnail(Asset $asset, string | Image\Thumbnail\Config | Video\Thumbnail\Config $thumbNailConfig, string $thumbNailFormat = null): mixed
+    /**
+     * @param \Pimcore\Model\Asset $asset
+     * @param string|\Pimcore\Model\Asset\Image\Thumbnail\Config|\Pimcore\Model\Asset\Video\Thumbnail\Config $thumbNailConfig
+     * @param string|null $thumbNailFormat
+     * @param bool $deferred Taken in account _if viable_.
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getAssetThumbnail(Asset $asset, string | Image\Thumbnail\Config | Video\Thumbnail\Config $thumbNailConfig, string $thumbNailFormat = null, bool $deferred = false): mixed
     {
         if (($asset instanceof Asset\Video) && (is_string($thumbNailConfig) || $thumbNailConfig instanceof Video\Thumbnail\Config)) {
             return $this->getVideoThumbnail($asset, $thumbNailConfig, $thumbNailFormat);
         } else {
-            return $this->getImageDocumentThumbnail($asset, $thumbNailConfig, $thumbNailFormat);
+            return $this->getImageDocumentThumbnail($asset, $thumbNailConfig, $thumbNailFormat, $deferred);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/GraphQL/Resolver/AssetType.php b/src/GraphQL/Resolver/AssetType.php
index 62b8a12f..886cc00f 100644
--- a/src/GraphQL/Resolver/AssetType.php
+++ b/src/GraphQL/Resolver/AssetType.php
@@ -147,23 +147,13 @@ public function resolvePath($value = null, $args = [], $context = [], ResolveInf
             if (!isset($thumbNailConfig)) {
                 return $asset->getFullPath();
             }
-            // @TODO: check if this still possible with the new metohd
-            // before we had:
-            /*
-             * if ($asset instanceof Asset\Image) {
-             *   return isset($args['thumbnail']) ? $asset->getThumbnail($args['thumbnail'], $deferredThumbnail) : $asset->getFullPath();
-             * }
-             */
 
-            // get thumbnails with the "deferred" option as we don't need the data itself
-            // only the URL and the generation of the thumbnail should happen later
-            // which is done during request the image and could be parallelized from the browser
-            $deferredThumbnail = false;
-            if (!$resolveInfo || $resolveInfo->fieldName !== 'data') {
-                $deferredThumbnail = true;
-            }
-
-            return $assetFieldHelper->getAssetThumbnail($asset, $thumbNailConfig, $thumbNailFormat);
+            return $assetFieldHelper->getAssetThumbnail(
+                $asset,
+                $thumbNailConfig,
+                $thumbNailFormat,
+                !empty($args['deferred'])
+            );
         }
 
         return Service::resolveCachedValue($value, $resolveInfo);