diff --git a/src/routes/image-proxy/index.ts b/src/routes/image-proxy/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58b586b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/image-proxy/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { RequestHandler } from "@builder.io/qwik-city";
+
+export const onGet: RequestHandler = async ({ send, headers, url }) => {
+  const imageUrl = url.searchParams.get("url");
+
+  if (!imageUrl || !/^https?:\/\//i.test(imageUrl)) {
+    send(400, "Invalid or missing URL parameter");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(imageUrl, {
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000),
+    });
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error("Failed to fetch image");
+    }
+
+    const contentType = response.headers.get("Content-Type");
+    if (!contentType || !contentType.startsWith("image/")) {
+      throw new Error("Invalid content type");
+    }
+    const cacheControl = response.headers.get("Cache-Control");
+
+    headers.set("Content-Type", contentType);
+    headers.set("Cache-Control", cacheControl || "public, max-age=31536000");
+
+    const buffer = Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());
+    send(200, buffer);
+  } catch (error) {
+    send(400, "Error fetching image");
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/[projectId]/index.tsx b/src/routes/projects/[projectId]/index.tsx
index cae7020..8406300 100644
--- a/src/routes/projects/[projectId]/index.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/projects/[projectId]/index.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,35 @@ import Socials from "~/components/blocks/Socials";
 import { AppwriteException } from "appwrite";
 import { useUpvotes } from "~/components/hooks/useUpvotes";
 
+const escape = (unsafe: string) => {
+  return unsafe
+    .replace(/&/g, "&")
+    .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
+    .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
+    .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
+    .replace(/'/g, "&#039;");
+};
+
+const renderer: Partial<
+  Omit<marked.Renderer<false>, "constructor" | "options">
+> = {
+  image(href: string, title: string, text: string) {
+    if (!href || !/^https?:\/\//i.test(href)) {
+      return text || "";
+    }
+
+    const searchParams = new URLSearchParams();
+    searchParams.set("url", href);
+
+    const escapedText = text ? `alt="${escape(text)}"` : "";
+    const escapedTitle = title ? `title="${escape(title)}"` : "";
+
+    return `<img src="/image-proxy?${searchParams.toString()}" ${escapedText} ${escapedTitle} loading="lazy">`;
+  },
+};
+
+marked.use({ renderer });
+
 export const useProjectData = routeLoader$(async ({ params, status }) => {
   try {
     return {