diff --git a/components/KIND20Card.tsx b/components/KIND20Card.tsx
index c9dbd96..9b9ea56 100644
--- a/components/KIND20Card.tsx
+++ b/components/KIND20Card.tsx
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const KIND20Card: React.FC<KIND20CardProps> = ({
   })
   const [imageError, setImageError] = useState(false);
 
-  if (!image || imageError) return null;
-
+  if (!image || !image.startsWith("http") || imageError) return null;
+  
   const title =
     userData?.username || userData?.display_name || userData?.name || userData?.npub || nip19.npubEncode(pubkey)
   text = text.replaceAll("\n", " ")
diff --git a/components/QuickViewKind20NoteCard.tsx b/components/QuickViewKind20NoteCard.tsx
index d288c4c..292e409 100644
--- a/components/QuickViewKind20NoteCard.tsx
+++ b/components/QuickViewKind20NoteCard.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const QuickViewKind20NoteCard: React.FC<QuickViewKind20NoteCardProps> = ({ pubke
   });
   const [imageError, setImageError] = useState(false);
 
-  if (!image || imageError) return null;
+  if (!image || !image.startsWith("http") || imageError) return null;
 
   text = text.replaceAll('\n', ' ');
   const encodedNoteId = nip19.noteEncode(event.id)