diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/link_preview.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/link_preview.cljs
index b2d7c1a1b0..3e18bcd4e6 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/link_preview.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/link_preview.cljs
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@
                          (re-frame/dispatch
                           [:browser.ui/message-link-pressed link]))}
            [react/view (styles/link-preview-wrapper outgoing timeline)
-            [react/image {:source              {:uri thumbnailUrl}
-                          :style               (styles/link-preview-image outgoing (select-keys preview-data [:height :width]))
-                          :accessibility-label :member-photo}]
+            (when-not (string/blank? thumbnailUrl)
+              [react/image {:source              {:uri thumbnailUrl}
+                            :style               (styles/link-preview-image outgoing (select-keys preview-data [:height :width]))
+                            :accessibility-label :member-photo}])
             (when-not (is-gif? thumbnailUrl)
               [:<>
                [quo/text {:size  :small