Unable to refresh top site previews in Safari 8

Just started using Safari 8.0 on OS 10 Yosemite as Chrome is not stable. Trying to get Top Sites page working well but cannot get preview images to refresh. All my top sites reflect login pages i.e. Facebook login page. Searching for answer turns up doing PAGE REFRESH as a solution to his issue. However there is no refresh button on the Top Sites page (as no site is loaded) - using Command - R also does nothing.

Hi!
Is this (Re: Top site doesn't work. Safari 8.0) the same problem? If it is, try what I mentioned there. I hope it helps.

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