diff --git a/files/classes/comment.py b/files/classes/comment.py
index 6d6cd7861..6b5583d6d 100644
--- a/files/classes/comment.py
+++ b/files/classes/comment.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def normalize_urls_runtime(body, v):
 		body = twitter_to_nitter_regex.sub(r'\1https://nitter.net/', body)
 
 	if v and v.imgsed:
-		body = body.replace('https://instagram.com/', 'https://imgsed.com/')
+		body = instagram_to_imgsed_regex.sub(r'\1https://imgsed.com/', body)
 
 	if not v or v.controversial:
 		captured = []
diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index a8bbc3eaa..4047b6b6a 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ allowed_domain_regex = re.compile("[a-z0-9\-.]+", flags=re.I|re.A)
 
 twitter_to_nitter_regex = re.compile('(^|>|")https:\/\/twitter.com\/(?!i\/)', flags=re.A)
 
+instagram_to_imgsed_regex = re.compile('(^|>|")https:\/\/instagram.com\/(?!reel\/)', flags=re.A)
+
 color_regex = re.compile("[a-f0-9]{6}", flags=re.A)
 
 # lazy match on the .*?, only match if there is trailing stuff