diff --git a/app/services/uriPreview.server.ts b/app/services/uriPreview.server.ts
index f01bb38..8c295dd 100644
--- a/app/services/uriPreview.server.ts
+++ b/app/services/uriPreview.server.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ async function getPeekalink(link: string): Promise<PreviewResult> {
 }
 
 export async function getUriPreview(uri: string): Promise<PreviewResult> {
-  const head = await headUri(uri);
+  const url = rewriteUrl(uri);
+
+  const head = await headUri(url.href);
 
   // If the url is an image content type, return a preview image
   if (
@@ -46,14 +48,14 @@ export async function getUriPreview(uri: string): Promise<PreviewResult> {
       contentType.includes(head.contentType)
     )
   ) {
-    const previewImage = createPreviewImage(uri, head);
+    const previewImage = createPreviewImage(url.href, head);
 
     return previewImage;
   }
 
   // If the url is a json content type, attempt to request the json and return a preview json
   if (head?.contentType.includes("application/json")) {
-    const response = await safeFetch(uri, {
+    const response = await safeFetch(url.href, {
       headers: {
         accept: "application/json",
       },
@@ -65,10 +67,10 @@ export async function getUriPreview(uri: string): Promise<PreviewResult> {
 
     const jsonBody = await response.json();
 
-    return createPreviewJson(uri, jsonBody);
+    return createPreviewJson(url.href, jsonBody);
   }
 
-  const peekalinkResult = await getPeekalink(uri);
+  const peekalinkResult = await getPeekalink(url.href);
 
   return peekalinkResult;
 }
@@ -149,3 +151,20 @@ function createPreviewImage(uri: string, head: HeadInfo): PreviewImage {
     size: head.contentLength,
   };
 }
+
+// Rewrites the URL to convert an ipfs: url to use https://ipfs.io/ipfs/
+function rewriteUrl(url: URL | string): URL {
+  const unmodifiedUrl =
+    typeof url === "string" ? new URL(url) : new URL(url.href);
+
+  // Rewrite the URL if it is a relative URL
+  if (unmodifiedUrl.protocol === "ipfs:") {
+    return new URL(
+      `https://ipfs.io/ipfs/${unmodifiedUrl.hostname}${
+        unmodifiedUrl.pathname.length > 0 ? `/${unmodifiedUrl.pathname}` : ""
+      }${unmodifiedUrl.search}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  return unmodifiedUrl;
+}