diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 3e239c88d..88c4c0faf 100755
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -201,22 +201,22 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False):
 	for i in re.finditer('" target="_blank">(https://youtube.com/watch\?v\=.*?)</a>', sanitized):
 		url = i.group(1)
 		replacing = f'<a href="{url}" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">{url}</a>'
-		htmlsource = f'<iframe class="embedvid" loading="lazy" src="/assets/images/loading.gif" data-src="{url}" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
+		htmlsource = f'<iframe class="embedvid" loading="lazy" src="{url}" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(replacing, htmlsource.replace("watch?v=", "embed/"))
 
 	for i in re.finditer('<a href="(https://streamable.com/e/.*?)"', sanitized):
 		url = i.group(1)
 		replacing = f'<a href="{url}" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">{url}</a>'
-		htmlsource = f'<iframe class="embedvid" loading="lazy" src="/assets/images/loading.gif" data-src="{url}" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
+		htmlsource = f'<iframe class="embedvid" loading="lazy" src="{url}" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(replacing, htmlsource)
 
 	for i in re.finditer('<p>(https:.*?\.mp4)</p>', sanitized):
-		sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(0), f'<p><video controls loop preload="metadata" class="embedvid"><source src="/assets/images/loading.gif" data-src="{i.group(1)}" type="video/mp4"></video>')
+		sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(0), f'<p><video controls loop preload="metadata" class="embedvid"><source src="{i.group(1)}" type="video/mp4"></video>')
 
 	for i in re.finditer('<a href="(https://open.spotify.com/embed/.*?)"', sanitized):
 		url = i.group(1)
 		replacing = f'<a href="{url}" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">{url}</a>'
-		htmlsource = f'<iframe src="/assets/images/loading.gif" data-src="{url}" class="spotify" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>'
+		htmlsource = f'<iframe src="{url}" class="spotify" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>'
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(replacing, htmlsource)
 
 	for rd in ["https://reddit.com/", "https://new.reddit.com/", "https://www.reddit.com/", "https://redd.it/"]:
diff --git a/files/templates/submission_listing.html b/files/templates/submission_listing.html
index 84f08a470..892ac7bd9 100755
--- a/files/templates/submission_listing.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission_listing.html
@@ -532,16 +532,16 @@
 	{% if p.url and p.url.lower().endswith('.mp4') %}
 		<div id="video-{{p.id}}" style="text-align: center" class="{% if p.over_18 or not ((v and v.cardview) or (not v and environ.get('CARD_VIEW') == '1')) %}d-none{% endif %} mt-4">
 			<video controls loop preload="metadata" style="max-width: 100%">
-				<source src="/assets/images/loading.gif" data-src="{{p.realurl(v)}}" type="video/mp4">
+				<source src="{{p.realurl(v)}}" type="video/mp4">
 			</video>
 		</div>
 	{% elif p.embed_url and "youtu" in p.domain %}
 		<div id="video-{{p.id}}" style="text-align: center" class="{% if p.over_18 or not ((v and v.cardview) or (not v and environ.get('CARD_VIEW') == '1')) %}d-none{% endif %} mt-3 mb-4">
-			<iframe loading="lazy" src="/assets/images/loading.gif" data-src="{{p.embed_url}}" frameborder="0" style="max-width: 100%" width="600" height="337" allow="fullscreen"></iframe>
+			<iframe loading="lazy" src="{{p.embed_url}}" frameborder="0" style="max-width: 100%" width="600" height="337" allow="fullscreen"></iframe>
 		</div>
 	{% elif p.url and "streamable.com/e/" in p.url %}
 		<div id="video-{{p.id}}" style="text-align: center" class="{% if p.over_18 or not ((v and v.cardview) or (not v and environ.get('CARD_VIEW') == '1')) %}d-none{% endif %} mt-3 mb-4">
-			<iframe loading="lazy" src="/assets/images/loading.gif" data-src="{{p.url}}" frameborder="0" style="max-width: 100%" width="600" height="337" allow="fullscreen"></iframe>
+			<iframe loading="lazy" src="{{p.url}}" frameborder="0" style="max-width: 100%" width="600" height="337" allow="fullscreen"></iframe>
 		</div>
 	{% endif %}
 {% endif %}