Pdf icon preview randomly not showing on desktop

I have no idea why this has been happening, but for some reason, the pdf preview icon on my desktop shows the preview of some pdf's in the icon, and at random, only shows the generic icon on others. Quick Look works fine.
This phenomenon is constantly changing among pdf files every time I reboot my computer. Any help would be very much appreciated!

I have this problem in the stacks. One time it displays the icon right and some minutes later wrong. It's very annoying.

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