diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74a925a3f..86269583c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## UNRELEASED
+
+## Fixed
+- Media proxy no longer attempts to proxy embedded images
+
 ## 3.13.3 
 
 ## BREAKING
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/media_proxy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/media_proxy.ex
index 61b6f2a62..9e48dda74 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/media_proxy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/media_proxy.ex
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy do
 
   @spec url_proxiable?(String.t()) :: boolean()
   def url_proxiable?(url) do
-    not local?(url) and not whitelisted?(url) and not blocked?(url)
+    not local?(url) and not whitelisted?(url) and not blocked?(url) and http_scheme?(url)
   end
 
   def preview_url(url, preview_params \\ []) do
-    if preview_enabled?() do
+    if preview_enabled?() and url_proxiable?(url) do
       encode_preview_url(url, preview_params)
     else
       url(url)
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy do
 
   def local?(url), do: String.starts_with?(url, Endpoint.url())
 
+  def http_scheme?(url), do: String.starts_with?(url, ["http:", "https:"])
+
   def whitelisted?(url) do
     %{host: domain} = URI.parse(url)
 
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/media_proxy_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/media_proxy_test.exs
index bd5efe4c9..1a6e9a521 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/media_proxy_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/media_proxy_test.exs
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxyTest do
       assert MediaProxy.url(local_root) == local_root
     end
 
+    test "ignores data url" do
+      assert MediaProxy.url("data:image/png;base64,") == "data:image/png;base64,"
+    end
+
     test "encodes and decodes URL" do
       url = "https://pleroma.soykaf.com/static/logo.png"
       encoded = MediaProxy.url(url)