diff --git a/htroot/yacysearchitem.java b/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
index ec50e3cc9..a38cc523c 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public class yacysearchitem {
 
                 final String license = URLLicense.aquireLicense(image.imageUrl); // this is just the license key to get the image forwarded through the YaCy thumbnail viewer, not an actual lawful license
                 //sb.loader.loadIfNotExistBackground(image.imageUrl, 1024 * 1024 * 10, null, ClientIdentification.yacyIntranetCrawlerAgent);
-                prop.putHTML("content_item_hrefCache", "ViewImage." + ("gif.png.svg".contains(imageUrlExt) ? imageUrlExt : "png") + "?maxwidth=128&maxheight=128&code="+license+"&isStatic=true&quadratic=&url=" + imageUrlstring);
+                prop.putHTML("content_item_hrefCache", "ViewImage." + (!imageUrlExt.isEmpty() && "gif.png.svg".contains(imageUrlExt) ? imageUrlExt : "png") + "?maxwidth=128&maxheight=128&code="+license+"&isStatic=true&quadratic=&url=" + imageUrlstring);
                 prop.putHTML("content_item_href", imageUrlstring);
                 prop.putHTML("content_item_target", target);
                 prop.put("content_item_code", license);