diff --git a/api/channels.js b/api/channels.js
index c1af36e..a520b21 100644
--- a/api/channels.js
+++ b/api/channels.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ module.exports = [
 			const settings = user.getSettingsOrDefaults()
 			const data = await fetchChannel(id, settings.instance)
 			const subscribed = user.isSubscribed(id)
-			return render(200, "pug/channel.pug", {data, subscribed})
+			const instanceOrigin = settings.instance
+			return render(200, "pug/channel.pug", {data, subscribed, instanceOrigin})
 		}
 	}
 ]
diff --git a/api/search.js b/api/search.js
index 11695db..0d9dc23 100644
--- a/api/search.js
+++ b/api/search.js
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 const fetch = require("node-fetch")
 const {render} = require("pinski/plugins")
+const {getUser} = require("../utils/getuser")
 
 module.exports = [
 	{
-		route: "/(?:search|results)", methods: ["GET"], code: async ({url}) => {
+		route: "/(?:search|results)", methods: ["GET"], code: async ({req, url}) => {
 			const query = url.searchParams.get("q") || url.searchParams.get("search_query")
 			const fetchURL = new URL("http://localhost:3000/api/v1/search")
 			fetchURL.searchParams.set("q", query)
 			const results = await fetch(fetchURL.toString()).then(res => res.json())
-			return render(200, "pug/search.pug", {query, results})
+			const instanceOrigin = getUser(req).getSettingsOrDefaults().instance
+			return render(200, "pug/search.pug", {query, results, instanceOrigin})
 		}
 	}
 ]
diff --git a/api/subscriptions.js b/api/subscriptions.js
index 80beaaa..d199728 100644
--- a/api/subscriptions.js
+++ b/api/subscriptions.js
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ module.exports = [
 						})
 				}
 			}
-			return render(200, "pug/subscriptions.pug", {hasSubscriptions, videos, channels, refreshed, timeToPastText})
+			const instanceOrigin = user.getSettingsOrDefaults().instance
+			return render(200, "pug/subscriptions.pug", {hasSubscriptions, videos, channels, refreshed, timeToPastText, instanceOrigin})
 		}
 	}
 ]
diff --git a/api/video.js b/api/video.js
index c70736b..2f1f107 100644
--- a/api/video.js
+++ b/api/video.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ module.exports = [
 			const id = url.searchParams.get("v")
 			const user = getUser(req)
 			const settings = user.getSettingsOrDefaults()
-			const outURL = `${settings.instance}/api/v1/videos/${id}`
+			const instanceOrigin = settings.instance
+			const outURL = `${instanceOrigin}/api/v1/videos/${id}`
 			try {
 				const video = await fetch(outURL).then(res => res.json())
 				if (!video) throw new Error("The instance returned null.")
@@ -57,23 +58,23 @@ module.exports = [
 					}
 				}
 				const subscribed = user.isSubscribed(video.authorId)
-				return render(200, "pug/video.pug", {video, subscribed})
+				return render(200, "pug/video.pug", {video, subscribed, instanceOrigin})
 			} catch (e) {
 				let message = pug.render("pre= error", {error: e.stack || e.toString()})
 				if (e instanceof fetch.FetchError) {
 					const template = `
-p The selected instance, #[code= instance], did not respond correctly.
+p The selected instance, #[code= instanceOrigin], did not respond correctly.
 p Requested URL: #[a(href=url)= url]
 `
-					message = pug.render(template, {instance: settings.instance, url: outURL})
+					message = pug.render(template, {instanceOrigin, url: outURL})
 				} else if (e instanceof InstanceError) {
 					const template = `
 p #[strong= error.message]
 if error.identifier
 	p #[code= error.identifier]
-p That error was generated by #[code= instance].
+p That error was generated by #[code= instanceOrigin].
 `
-					message = pug.render(template, {instance: settings.instance, error: e})
+					message = pug.render(template, {instanceOrigin, error: e})
 				}
 				return render(500, "pug/video.pug", {video: {videoId: id}, error: true, message})
 			}
diff --git a/pug/channel.pug b/pug/channel.pug
index f58ff0d..a82f297 100644
--- a/pug/channel.pug
+++ b/pug/channel.pug
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ block content
     .videos
       each video in data.latestVideos
         .channel-video
-          +video_list_item(video)
+          +video_list_item(video, instanceOrigin)
diff --git a/pug/includes/video-list-item.pug b/pug/includes/video-list-item.pug
index 7c669b9..7883a20 100644
--- a/pug/includes/video-list-item.pug
+++ b/pug/includes/video-list-item.pug
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-mixin video_list_item(video)
+mixin video_list_item(video, instanceOrigin)
+  - if (!instanceOrigin) instanceOrigin = "https://i.ytimg.com"
   - let link = `/watch?v=${video.videoId}`
   a(href=link tabindex="-1").thumbnail
-    img(src=`https://i.ytimg.com/vi/${video.videoId}/mqdefault.jpg` width=320 height=180 alt="").image
+    img(src=`${instanceOrigin}/vi/${video.videoId}/mqdefault.jpg` width=320 height=180 alt="").image
     if video.second__lengthText != undefined
       span.duration= video.second__lengthText
   .info
diff --git a/pug/search.pug b/pug/search.pug
index 7e2052a..159e91f 100644
--- a/pug/search.pug
+++ b/pug/search.pug
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ block content
   main.search-page
     each result in results
       .search-result
-        +video_list_item(result)
+        +video_list_item(result, instanceOrigin)
diff --git a/pug/subscriptions.pug b/pug/subscriptions.pug
index a033d32..5b65e7b 100644
--- a/pug/subscriptions.pug
+++ b/pug/subscriptions.pug
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ block content
 
       each video in videos
         .subscriptions-video
-          +video_list_item(video)
+          +video_list_item(video, instanceOrigin)
     else
       .no-subscriptions
         h2 You have no subscriptions.
diff --git a/pug/video.pug b/pug/video.pug
index 8555b20..f6e47fb 100644
--- a/pug/video.pug
+++ b/pug/video.pug
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ block content
         h2.related-header Related videos
         each r in video.recommendedVideos
           .related-video
-            +video_list_item(r)
+            +video_list_item(r, instanceOrigin)
 
   else
     //- error