diff --git a/app/main.go b/app/main.go
index b1e1cd99..b7205631 100644
--- a/app/main.go
+++ b/app/main.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func main() {
 		DataService: dataService,
 		Exporter:    &exporter,
 		WebRoot:     opts.WebRoot,
-		ImageProxy:  proxy.Image{Enabled: opts.ImageProxy, RoutePath: "/img"},
+		ImageProxy:  proxy.Image{Enabled: opts.ImageProxy, RoutePath: "/api/v1/img"},
 		Authenticator: auth.Authenticator{
 			Admins:       opts.Admins,
 			SessionStore: sessionStore,
diff --git a/app/rest/api/rest.go b/app/rest/api/rest.go
index fac27feb..8930d768 100644
--- a/app/rest/api/rest.go
+++ b/app/rest/api/rest.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (s *Rest) routes() chi.Router {
 			ropen.Get("/config", s.configCtrl)
 			ropen.Post("/preview", s.previewCommentCtrl)
 			ropen.Mount("/rss", s.rssRoutes())
-			ropen.Mount("/proxy", s.ImageProxy.Routes())
+			ropen.Mount("/img", s.ImageProxy.Routes())
 		})
 
 		// protected routes, require auth
diff --git a/app/rest/proxy/image.go b/app/rest/proxy/image.go
index d65530b9..ea10ea3b 100644
--- a/app/rest/proxy/image.go
+++ b/app/rest/proxy/image.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (p Image) Routes() chi.Router {
 	if !p.Enabled {
 		return router
 	}
-	router.Get(p.RoutePath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	router.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		src, err := base64.URLEncoding.DecodeString(r.URL.Query().Get("src"))
 		if err != nil {
 			rest.SendErrorJSON(w, r, http.StatusBadRequest, err, "can't decode image url")