diff --git a/src/components/Comment.svelte b/src/components/Comment.svelte
index 0b7d93e98..4032e38b7 100644
--- a/src/components/Comment.svelte
+++ b/src/components/Comment.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import type { MaybeBlob } from "@app/lib/project";
   import type { Comment, Thread } from "@app/lib/issue";
 
   import Authorship from "@app/components/Authorship.svelte";
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 
   export let comment: Comment | Thread;
   export let caption = "commented";
-  export let getImage: (path: string) => Promise<MaybeBlob>;
+  export let rawPath: string;
 
   $: source = comment.author.id;
   $: title = comment.author.id;
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@
       {#if comment.body.trim() === ""}
         <span class="txt-missing">No description.</span>
       {:else}
-        <Markdown content={comment.body} {getImage} />
+        <Markdown {rawPath} content={comment.body} />
       {/if}
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/components/Markdown.svelte b/src/components/Markdown.svelte
index 1e26ddc56..c51241e1e 100644
--- a/src/components/Markdown.svelte
+++ b/src/components/Markdown.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import type * as proj from "@app/lib/project";
-
   import dompurify from "dompurify";
   import matter from "@radicle/gray-matter";
   import { marked } from "marked";
@@ -8,7 +6,7 @@
   import { toDom } from "hast-util-to-dom";
 
   import { base } from "@app/lib/router";
-  import { getImageMime, isUrl, twemoji, scrollIntoView } from "@app/lib/utils";
+  import { isUrl, twemoji, scrollIntoView, canonicalize } from "@app/lib/utils";
   import { highlight } from "@app/lib/syntax";
   import {
     markdownExtensions as extensions,
@@ -17,8 +15,9 @@
 
   export let content: string;
   export let doc = matter(content);
-  export let getImage: (path: string) => Promise<proj.MaybeBlob>;
   export let hash: string | null = null;
+  export let path: string = "/";
+  export let rawPath: string;
 
   const frontMatter = Object.entries(doc.data).filter(
     ([, val]) => typeof val === "string" || typeof val === "number",
@@ -43,22 +42,18 @@
 
     if (hash) scrollIntoView(hash);
 
-    // Iterate over all images, and fetch their data from the API, then
-    // replace the source with a Data-URL. We do this due to the absence
-    // of a static file server.
+    // Iterate over all images, and replace the source with a canonicalized URL
+    // pointing at the projects /raw endpoint.
     for (const i of container.querySelectorAll("img")) {
-      const path = i.getAttribute("src");
+      const imagePath = i.getAttribute("src");
 
       // Make sure the source isn't a URL before trying to fetch it from the repo
-      if (path && !isUrl(path) && !path.startsWith(`${base}twemoji`)) {
-        getImage(path).then(blob => {
-          if (blob?.content) {
-            const mime = getImageMime(path);
-            if (mime) {
-              i.setAttribute("src", `data:${mime};base64,${blob.content}`);
-            }
-          }
-        });
+      if (
+        imagePath &&
+        !isUrl(imagePath) &&
+        !imagePath.startsWith(`${base}twemoji`)
+      ) {
+        i.setAttribute("src", `${rawPath}/${canonicalize(imagePath, path)}`);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/project.ts b/src/lib/project.ts
index 96bf0f454..711752405 100644
--- a/src/lib/project.ts
+++ b/src/lib/project.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export enum ProjectContent {
 }
 
 export interface ProjectInfo {
-  head: string | null;
+  head: string;
   id: string;
   name: string;
   description: string;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function parseRoute(
 
 export class Project implements ProjectInfo {
   id: string;
-  head: string | null;
+  head: string;
   name: string;
   description: string;
   defaultBranch: string;
@@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ export class Project implements ProjectInfo {
     return result;
   }
 
+  getRawPath(commit?: string): string {
+    return `${this.seed.addr.scheme}://${this.seed.addr.host}:${
+      this.seed.addr.port
+    }/raw/${this.id}/${commit ?? this.head}`;
+  }
+
   static async get(
     id: string,
     seedHost: string,
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index ef9634996..e1814f067 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -119,28 +119,6 @@ export function capitalize(s: string): string {
   return s[0].toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
 }
 
-// Get the mime type of an image, given a file path.
-// Returns `null` if unknown.
-export function getImageMime(path: string): string | null {
-  const mimes: Record<string, string> = {
-    apng: "image/apng",
-    png: "image/png",
-    svg: "image/svg+xml",
-    gif: "image/gif",
-    jpeg: "image/jpeg",
-    jpg: "image/jpeg",
-    webp: "image/webp",
-  };
-  const ext = path.split(".").pop();
-
-  if (ext) {
-    if (mimes[ext]) {
-      return mimes[ext];
-    }
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
 // Takes a path, eg. "../images/image.png", and a base from where to start resolving, e.g. "static/images/index.html".
 // Returns the resolved path.
 export function canonicalize(
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Blob.svelte b/src/views/projects/Blob.svelte
index 69e52757b..4fd75ce38 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Blob.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Blob.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import type { MaybeBlob, Blob } from "@app/lib/project";
+  import type { Blob } from "@app/lib/project";
   import type { MaybeHighlighted } from "@app/lib/syntax";
   import type { ProjectRoute } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   export let activeRoute: ProjectRoute;
   export let blob: Blob;
-  export let getImage: (path: string) => Promise<MaybeBlob>;
+  export let rawPath: string;
   export let line: string | undefined = undefined;
 
   const fileExtension = blob.path.split(".").pop() ?? "";
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
         <span class="txt-tiny">Binary content</span>
       </div>
     {:else if showMarkdown && blob.content}
-      <Readme content={blob.content} {getImage} {activeRoute} />
+      <Readme content={blob.content} {rawPath} {activeRoute} />
     {:else if content}
       <table class="code no-scrollbar">
         {@html toHtml(content)}
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Browser.svelte b/src/views/projects/Browser.svelte
index 28506bb3b..f7ac28139 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Browser.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Browser.svelte
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   import type { ProjectRoute } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
 
   import * as router from "@app/lib/router";
-  import * as utils from "@app/lib/utils";
   import Button from "@app/components/Button.svelte";
   import Loading from "@app/components/Loading.svelte";
   import Placeholder from "@app/components/Placeholder.svelte";
@@ -59,15 +58,6 @@
     browserErrorStore.set(undefined);
   });
 
-  // Get an image blob based on a relative path.
-  const getImage = async (imagePath: string) => {
-    const finalPath = utils.canonicalize(imagePath, path);
-    return project.getBlob(commit, finalPath).catch(() => {
-      console.warn("Not able to load image blob:", finalPath);
-      return undefined;
-    });
-  };
-
   const onSelect = async (newPath: string) => {
     browserErrorStore.set(undefined);
     // Ensure we don't spend any time in a "loading" state. This means
@@ -242,7 +232,11 @@
             <Loading small center />
           {:then blob}
             {#if blob}
-              <Blob {line} {blob} {getImage} {activeRoute} />
+              <Blob
+                {line}
+                {blob}
+                {activeRoute}
+                rawPath={project.getRawPath(commit)} />
             {/if}
           {/await}
         {/if}
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Issue.svelte b/src/views/projects/Issue.svelte
index 98e61a975..27a16ecd4 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Issue.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Issue.svelte
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import type { Blob, Project } from "@app/lib/project";
+  import type { Project } from "@app/lib/project";
   import type { Issue } from "@app/lib/issue";
 
   import Authorship from "@app/components/Authorship.svelte";
   import Avatar from "@app/components/Comment/Avatar.svelte";
   import Chip from "@app/components/Chip.svelte";
   import Comment from "@app/components/Comment.svelte";
-  import { formatNodeId, canonicalize, capitalize } from "@app/lib/utils";
+  import { formatNodeId, capitalize } from "@app/lib/utils";
   import { formatObjectId } from "@app/lib/cobs";
 
   export let issue: Issue;
   export let project: Project;
-
-  // Get an image blob based on a relative path.
-  const getImage = async (imagePath: string): Promise<Blob> => {
-    const finalPath = canonicalize(imagePath, "/"); // We only use the root path in issues.
-    const commit = project.branches[project.defaultBranch]; // We suppose that all issues are only looked at on HEAD of the default branch.
-    return project.getBlob(commit, finalPath);
-  };
 </script>
 
 <style>
@@ -140,7 +133,7 @@
   <main>
     <div class="comments">
       {#each issue.discussion as comment}
-        <Comment {comment} {getImage} />
+        <Comment {comment} rawPath={project.getRawPath()} />
       {/each}
     </div>
     <div class="metadata layout-desktop">
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Issue/New.svelte b/src/views/projects/Issue/New.svelte
index b6fc2dc3b..99cfa28c9 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Issue/New.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Issue/New.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts" strictEvents>
-  import type { MaybeBlob, Project } from "@app/lib/project";
+  import type { Project } from "@app/lib/project";
   import type { Session } from "@app/lib/session";
 
   import * as modal from "@app/lib/modal";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   import TextInput from "@app/components/TextInput.svelte";
   import Textarea from "@app/components/Textarea.svelte";
   import { Issue } from "@app/lib/issue";
-  import { canonicalize, formatNodeId, parseNodeId } from "@app/lib/utils";
+  import { formatNodeId, parseNodeId } from "@app/lib/utils";
   import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte";
 
   export let session: Session;
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
 
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher<{ create: never }>();
 
-  // Get an image blob based on a relative path.
-  const getImage = async (imagePath: string): Promise<MaybeBlob> => {
-    const finalPath = canonicalize(imagePath, "/"); // We only use the root path in issues.
-    const commit = project.branches[project.defaultBranch]; // We suppose that all issues are only looked at on HEAD of the default branch.
-    return project.getBlob(commit, finalPath);
-  };
-
   let preview: boolean = false;
 
   function handleAddAssignee() {
@@ -181,14 +174,14 @@
         </div>
         <div class="comments">
           <Comment
+            rawPath={project.getRawPath()}
             comment={{
               author: { id: session.publicKey },
               body: issueText,
               reactions: {},
               replyTo: null,
               timestamp: Date.now(),
-            }}
-            {getImage} />
+            }} />
         </div>
       {:else}
         <Textarea bind:value={issueTitle} placeholder="Title" />
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Readme.svelte b/src/views/projects/Readme.svelte
index 2fce572f3..837737f0a 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Readme.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Readme.svelte
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import type * as proj from "@app/lib/project";
   import type { ProjectRoute } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
 
   import Markdown from "@app/components/Markdown.svelte";
 
   export let content: string;
-  export let getImage: (path: string) => Promise<proj.MaybeBlob>;
+  export let rawPath: string;
   export let activeRoute: ProjectRoute;
 
+  $: path = activeRoute.params.path || "/";
   $: hash = activeRoute.params.hash || null;
 </script>
 
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 </style>
 
 <article>
-  <Markdown {content} {getImage} {hash} />
+  <Markdown {content} {hash} {rawPath} {path} />
 </article>
diff --git a/tests/e2e/project.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/project.spec.ts
index e199934f9..722568d96 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/project.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/project.spec.ts
@@ -418,23 +418,4 @@ test.describe("browser error handling", () => {
 
     await expect(page.locator("text=Not able to load file")).toBeVisible();
   });
-  test("error appears when a image with a relative path can't be loaded", async ({
-    page,
-  }) => {
-    await page.route(
-      `**/v1/projects/${rid}/blob/${aliceMainHead}/src/black-square.png`,
-      route => route.fulfill({ status: 404 }),
-    );
-
-    await page.goto(projectFixtureUrl);
-    const sourceTree = page.locator(".source-tree");
-    await sourceTree.locator("text=markdown/").click();
-    await sourceTree.locator("text=loading-image.md").click();
-
-    // By having a relative path, this gives away that the image has not loaded
-    // else it would have been converted into a data base64 string
-    await expect(
-      page.locator("img[src='../src/black-square.png']"),
-    ).toBeVisible();
-  });
 });