diff --git a/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro b/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
index 59049c3..ae5d4db 100644
--- a/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
+++ b/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ let matchedImage_src;
 if (matchedImage && !customFeaturedImage) {
     matchedImage_src = await getImage({src: featuredImages[matchedImage], format: 'webp'}) || null;
 }
-const firstImageURL = await ExtractFirstImage(Content,Astro.url.origin)
+const firstImageURL = await ExtractFirstImage(Content)
 
 const cover = customFeaturedImage || matchedImage_src?.src || firstImageURL || `/post/${slug}/featured.png` || '';
 ---
diff --git a/src/pages/post/[slug]/featured.png.js b/src/pages/post/[slug]/featured.png.js
index 449cf73..bcd4371 100644
--- a/src/pages/post/[slug]/featured.png.js
+++ b/src/pages/post/[slug]/featured.png.js
@@ -20,14 +20,22 @@ async function getExternalImage(post) {
   return matchedImage_?.src;
 }
 
+// Function to check for images in markdown without rendering
+function checkForImages(markdownContent) {
+  // Match markdown image syntax ![alt](url) or HTML <img> tags
+  const imageRegex = /!\[.*?]\(.*?\)|<img.*?src=["'].*?["'].*?>/g;
+  return imageRegex.test(markdownContent);
+}
+
 // This function dynamically generates og:images for posts that don't have a featured image
 export async function GET({ props }) {
   const {post} = props;
   const ExternalImageURL = await getExternalImage(post);
+  const hasImage = checkForImages(post.body);
   try {
     // Check if a custom cover image already exists
-    if (post.data.cover || ExternalImageURL) {
-      // Redirect to the existing image
+    if (post.data.cover || ExternalImageURL || hasImage) {
+      // set it to empty to prevent the image generation
       return new Response(null);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/extract-images.js b/src/plugins/extract-images.js
index 61253dd..7bb35d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/extract-images.js
+++ b/src/plugins/extract-images.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {getContainerRenderer as getMDXRenderer} from "@astrojs/mdx";
 import {experimental_AstroContainer as AstroContainer} from "astro/container";
 import {transform, walk} from "ultrahtml";
 
-export async function ExtractFirstImage(Content, baseUrl = '') {
+export async function ExtractFirstImage(Content) {
     // Load MDX renderer. Other renderers for UI frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, etc.) would need adding here if you were using those.
     const renderers = await loadRenderers([getMDXRenderer()]);
 
@@ -22,15 +22,7 @@ export async function ExtractFirstImage(Content, baseUrl = '') {
             await walk(node, (node) => {
                 if (node.name === "img" && node.attributes.src) {
                     // Store the first image URL we find
-                    if (!firstImageUrl) {
-                        firstImageUrl = node.attributes.src.startsWith("/")
-                            ? baseUrl + node.attributes.src
-                            : node.attributes.src;
-                    }
-                    // Still update the src attribute if needed
-                    if (node.attributes.src.startsWith("/")) {
-                        node.attributes.src = baseUrl + node.attributes.src;
-                    }
+                    firstImageUrl = node.attributes.src;
                 }
             });
             return node;