diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/markdown_renderer.ex b/lib/philomena_web/markdown_renderer.ex
index 8890335a..8e96982c 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/markdown_renderer.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/markdown_renderer.ex
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.MarkdownRenderer do
             case group do
               [_id, "p"] when not img.hidden_from_users and img.approved ->
                 Phoenix.View.render(@image_view, "_image_target.html",
+                  embed_display: true,
                   image: img,
                   size: @image_view.select_version(img, :medium),
                   conn: conn
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.MarkdownRenderer do
 
               [_id, "t"] when not img.hidden_from_users and img.approved ->
                 Phoenix.View.render(@image_view, "_image_target.html",
+                  embed_display: true,
                   image: img,
                   size: @image_view.select_version(img, :small),
                   conn: conn
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.MarkdownRenderer do
 
               [_id, "s"] when not img.hidden_from_users and img.approved ->
                 Phoenix.View.render(@image_view, "_image_target.html",
+                  embed_display: true,
                   image: img,
                   size: @image_view.select_version(img, :thumb_small),
                   conn: conn
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_image_page.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_image_page.html.slime
index 8c7bb815..1100694a 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_image_page.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_image_page.html.slime
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .center--layout--flex
   = if @image.thumbnails_generated do
-    = render PhilomenaWeb.ImageView, "_image_target.html", image: @image, conn: @conn
+    = render PhilomenaWeb.ImageView, "_image_target.html", embed_display: false, image: @image, conn: @conn
   - else
     #thumbnails-not-yet-generated.block.block--fixed.block--warning.layout--narrow
       h3 Just a moment
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_image_target.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_image_target.html.slime
index f38526b6..45315404 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_image_target.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_image_target.html.slime
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - size = assigns[:size] || :full
+- embed_display = assigns[:embed_display] || false
 
 = content_tag :div, [data: image_container_data(@conn, @image, size), class: "image-show-container"] do
   .block.block--fixed.block--warning.block--no-margin.image-filtered.hidden
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
     =< link("your current filter", to: Routes.filter_path(@conn, :show, @conn.assigns.current_filter), class: "filter-link")
     ' .
 
-  = if size == :full do
+  = if size == :full and not embed_display do
     .image-target.hidden.image-show data-scaled=scaled_value(@conn.assigns.current_user) data-uris=Jason.encode!(thumb_urls(@image, can?(@conn, :hide, @image))) data-width=@image.image_width data-height=@image.image_height data-image-size=@image.image_size data-mime-type=@image.image_mime_type
       = if @image.image_mime_type == "video/webm" do
         video controls=true