diff --git a/lyrics.go b/lyrics.go
index d366d19..9ad7447 100644
--- a/lyrics.go
+++ b/lyrics.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ func (s *song) parseMetadata(doc *goquery.Document) {
 	title := doc.Find("h1[class*='Title']").First().Text()
 	image, exists := doc.Find("meta[property='og:image']").Attr("content")
 	if exists {
-		s.Image = image
+		if u, err := url.Parse(image); err == nil {
+			s.Image = fmt.Sprintf("/images%s", u.Path)
+		}
 	}
 
 	s.Title = title
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 35f8155..6ea3392 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func main() {
 	r.Use(securityHeaders)
 
 	r.HandleFunc("/{id}-lyrics", lyricsHandler)
+	r.HandleFunc("/images/{filename}.jpg", proxyHandler)
 	r.PathPrefix("/static/").Handler(http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("static"))))
 
 	server := &http.Server{
diff --git a/proxy.go b/proxy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28c0c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+)
+
+func proxyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	f := mux.Vars(r)["filename"]
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://images.genius.com/%s.jpg", f)
+
+	res, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		write(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, []byte("can't reach genius genius servers"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		write(w, res.StatusCode, []byte{})
+		return
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Add("Content-type", "image/jpeg")
+	io.Copy(w, res.Body)
+}