From baa6716fc2c2e2518df1ef5213f778e5ce3fb4a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Silberengel <silberengel7@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 16:24:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] display og image, not favicon, as fallback

---
 src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx |  1 +
 src/services/web.service.ts         | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx b/src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx
index 3b45679..61035a6 100644
--- a/src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ export default function WebPreview({ url, className }: { url: string; className?
 
       // Fallback to OG image from website if event doesn't have an image
       // The OG image is already converted to absolute URL by useFetchWebMetadata
+      // Prioritize: event image tag > OG image from URL metadata (not favicon)
       const displayImage = eventImageThumbnail || image
 
       // Extract bookstr metadata if applicable
diff --git a/src/services/web.service.ts b/src/services/web.service.ts
index ea625ee..c7d327f 100644
--- a/src/services/web.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/web.service.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,15 @@ class WebService {
                   const basePath = urlObj.pathname.substring(0, urlObj.pathname.lastIndexOf('/') + 1)
                   image = `${urlObj.protocol}//${urlObj.host}${basePath}${image}`
                 }
-                logger.info('[WebService] Converted relative image URL to absolute', { originalImage: (doc.querySelector('meta[property="og:image"]') as HTMLMetaElement | null)?.content, absoluteImage: image })
+                
+                // Filter out favicon URLs - we want OG images, not favicons
+                const imageLower = image.toLowerCase()
+                if (imageLower.includes('/favicon') || imageLower.endsWith('/favicon.ico') || imageLower.endsWith('/favicon.svg')) {
+                  logger.warn('[WebService] Filtered out favicon URL from OG image', { url, image })
+                  image = undefined
+                } else {
+                  logger.info('[WebService] Converted relative image URL to absolute', { originalImage: (doc.querySelector('meta[property="og:image"]') as HTMLMetaElement | null)?.content, absoluteImage: image })
+                }
               } catch (error) {
                 logger.warn('[WebService] Failed to convert relative image URL', { image, url, error })
                 // Keep original image URL if conversion fails