diff --git a/ui/component/cardMedia/view.jsx b/ui/component/cardMedia/view.jsx
index 383c6c24f..91bc0cf2a 100644
--- a/ui/component/cardMedia/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/cardMedia/view.jsx
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ class CardMedia extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     let url;
     // @if TARGET='web'
     // Pass image urls through a compression proxy
-    url = thumbnail
-      ? 'https://ext.thumbnails.lbry.com/400x,q55/' +
-        // The image server will redirect if we don't remove the double slashes after http(s)
-        thumbnail.replace('https://', 'https:/').replace('http://', 'http:/')
-      : Placeholder;
+        url = thumbnail || Placeholder;
+//     url = thumbnail
+//       ? 'https://ext.thumbnails.lbry.com/400x,q55/' +
+//         // The image server will redirect if we don't remove the double slashes after http(s)
+//         thumbnail.replace('https://', 'https:/').replace('http://', 'http:/')
+//       : Placeholder;
     // @endif
     // @if TARGET='app'
     url = thumbnail || Placeholder;