diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index 7b4eab64c..b8e9829b5 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ audio_regex_extensions = '|'.join(AUDIO_FORMATS)
 audio_sub_regex = re.compile(f'(?<!")(https:\/\/({hosts})\/[\w:~,()\-.#&\/=?@%;+]*?\.({audio_regex_extensions}))' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.A)
 
 image_regex_extensions = '|'.join(IMAGE_FORMATS)
-image_sub_regex = re.compile(f'(?<!")(https:\/\/[\w\-.#&/=\?@%;+,:]{{5,250}}(\.|\?format=)({image_regex_extensions})((\?|&)[\w\-.#&/=\?@%;+,:]*)?)(?=$|\s)', flags=re.I|re.A)
+image_sub_regex = re.compile(f'(?<!")(https:\/\/[\w\-.#&/=\?@%;+,:]{{5,250}}(\.|\?format=)({image_regex_extensions})((\?|&)[\w\-.#&/=\?@%;+,:]*)?)(?=$|\s)' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.I|re.A)
 
 image_regex_extensions_no_gif = image_regex_extensions.replace('|gif', '')
 imgur_regex = re.compile(f'(https:\/\/i\.imgur\.com\/[a-z0-9]+)\.({image_regex_extensions_no_gif})', flags=re.I|re.A)