diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/ai/create_digest.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/ai/create_digest.ts
index ae9affa13..929b88581 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/ai/create_digest.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/ai/create_digest.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { ANTHROPIC_MODEL, OPENAI_MODEL } from '../../utils/ai'
 import { analytics } from '../../utils/analytics'
 import { enqueueSendEmail } from '../../utils/createTask'
 import { wordsCount } from '../../utils/helpers'
+import { createThumbnailProxyUrl } from '../../utils/imageproxy'
 import { logger } from '../../utils/logger'
 import { htmlToMarkdown, markdownToHtml } from '../../utils/parser'
 import { uploadToBucket } from '../../utils/uploads'
@@ -649,7 +650,9 @@ const findThumbnail = async (
 
   try {
     for (const thumbnail of thumbnails) {
-      const size = await getImageSize(thumbnail)
+      const proxyUrl = createThumbnailProxyUrl(thumbnail)
+      // pre-cache thumbnail first if exists
+      const size = await getImageSize(proxyUrl)
       if (!size) {
         continue
       }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/find_thumbnail.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/find_thumbnail.ts
index 3a81a2d6b..b446e462a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/find_thumbnail.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/find_thumbnail.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   findLibraryItemById,
   updateLibraryItem,
 } from '../services/library_item'
-import { createThumbnailUrl } from '../utils/imageproxy'
+import { createThumbnailProxyUrl } from '../utils/imageproxy'
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 
 interface Data {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export const findThumbnail = async (data: Data) => {
 
   const thumbnail = item.thumbnail
   if (thumbnail) {
-    const proxyUrl = createThumbnailUrl(thumbnail)
+    const proxyUrl = createThumbnailProxyUrl(thumbnail)
     // pre-cache thumbnail first if exists
     const image = await fetchImage(proxyUrl)
     if (!image) {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
index 3bd1d2624..532c7de6f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { findActiveUser } from '../../services/user'
 import createHttpTaskWithToken from '../../utils/createTask'
 import { cleanUrl } from '../../utils/helpers'
-import { createThumbnailUrl } from '../../utils/imageproxy'
+import { createThumbnailProxyUrl } from '../../utils/imageproxy'
 import { logger } from '../../utils/logger'
 import { RSSRefreshContext } from './refreshAllFeeds'
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ const createItemWithFeedContent = async (
     })
 
     const thumbnail = getThumbnail(item)
-    const previewImage = thumbnail && createThumbnailUrl(thumbnail)
+    const previewImage = thumbnail && createThumbnailProxyUrl(thumbnail)
     const url = cleanUrl(item.link)
 
     const user = await findActiveUser(userId)
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/following.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/following.ts
index 8d171af6d..5e29688f3 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/following.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/following.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { createAndSaveLabelsInLibraryItem } from '../../services/labels'
 import { createOrUpdateLibraryItem } from '../../services/library_item'
 import { parsedContentToLibraryItem } from '../../services/save_page'
 import { cleanUrl, generateSlug } from '../../utils/helpers'
-import { createThumbnailUrl } from '../../utils/imageproxy'
+import { createThumbnailProxyUrl } from '../../utils/imageproxy'
 import { logger } from '../../utils/logger'
 import {
   ParsedContentPuppeteer,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export function followingServiceRouter() {
 
       const feedUrl = req.body.addedToFollowingBy
       const thumbnail =
-        req.body.thumbnail && createThumbnailUrl(req.body.thumbnail)
+        req.body.thumbnail && createThumbnailProxyUrl(req.body.thumbnail)
       const url = cleanUrl(req.body.url)
 
       const preparedDocument: PreparedDocumentInput = {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/imageproxy.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/imageproxy.ts
index f449ca871..00b576215 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/imageproxy.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/imageproxy.ts
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ export function createImageProxyUrl(
   return `${env.imageProxy.url}/${width}x${height},s${signature}/${url}`
 }
 
-export const createThumbnailUrl = (url: string): string =>
+export const createThumbnailProxyUrl = (url: string): string =>
   createImageProxyUrl(url, 320, 320)