diff --git a/server/api/og-image/[url].ts b/server/api/og-image/[url].ts
index 51e1c280..515bec61 100644
--- a/server/api/og-image/[url].ts
+++ b/server/api/og-image/[url].ts
@@ -1,45 +1,9 @@
-import opengraph from 'opengraph-io'
-
-// This API-Endpoint will be cached via nuxt.config.ts -> nitro.routeRules['/api/og-image/**']
-
-type OpenGraphClient = ReturnType<typeof opengraph>
-
-let openGraphClient: OpenGraphClient
-
-function getOpenGraphClient(): OpenGraphClient {
-  const appId = useRuntimeConfig().opengraphApi
-  if (typeof appId !== 'string')
-    throw new Error('Missing NUXT_OPENGRAPH_API environment variable.')
-
-  if (!openGraphClient)
-    openGraphClient = opengraph({ appId, fullRender: true })!
-
-  return openGraphClient
-}
-
-function extractOgImageUrl(html: string): string {
-  const match = html.match(/<meta[^>]*property="og:image"[^>]*content="([^"]+)"|<meta[^>]*content="([^"]+)"[^>]*property="og:image"/)
-  return match?.[1] ?? match?.[2] ?? ''
-}
-
-async function resolveOgImageUrlManually(cardUrl: string): Promise<string> {
-  const html = await $fetch<string>(cardUrl)
-
-  const ogImageUrl = extractOgImageUrl(html)
-
-  if (!ogImageUrl) {
-    // Throw an error so we can try to apply another fallback
-    throw new Error('Could not find og:image in html.')
-  }
-
-  return ogImageUrl
-}
+// This API-Endpoint will be cached via netlify builder function -> nitro.routeRules['/api/og-image/**']
 
 export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
-  const config = useRuntimeConfig()
   const { url } = getRouterParams(event)
 
-  const cardUrl = decodeURIComponent(url)
+  const cardUrl = decodeURIComponent(url || '')
 
   if (!cardUrl) {
     sendError(event, {
@@ -52,72 +16,32 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     return
   }
 
-  if (typeof cardUrl !== 'string') {
+  // First we want to try to get the og:image from the html
+  // But sometimes it is not included due to async JS loading
+  const ogImageUrl = await resolveOgImageUrlManually(cardUrl)
+
+  if (!ogImageUrl) {
+    // If nothing helped, send 404 so the srcset can fallback to the default image
     sendError(event, {
-      statusCode: 422,
+      statusCode: 404,
       fatal: false,
-      message: 'cardUrl must be string.',
+      message: 'Could not find og:image.',
       name: 'OgImageError',
       unhandled: false,
     })
     return
   }
 
-  // If anything goes wrong, fail gracefully
-  try {
-    // First we want to try to get the og:image from the html
-    // But sometimes it is not included due to async JS loading
-    let ogImageUrl = await resolveOgImageUrlManually(cardUrl).catch(() =>
-      // Try another fallback
-      '',
-    )
-
-    if (config.opengraphApi) {
-      // If no og:image was found, try to get it from opengraph.io
-      if (!ogImageUrl) {
-        const response = await getOpenGraphClient().getSiteInfo(cardUrl).catch(() =>
-          // Try another fallback
-          null,
-        )
-
-        ogImageUrl = response?.openGraph?.image?.url || response?.hybridGraph?.image || ''
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (!ogImageUrl.startsWith('https')) {
-      // If the og:image is not https, we can't use it
-      sendError(event, {
-        statusCode: 404, // Must be 404 so the srcset can fallback to the default image
-        fatal: false,
-        message: 'og:image must be https.',
-        name: 'OgImageError',
-        unhandled: false,
-      })
-      return
-    }
-
-    if (!ogImageUrl) {
-      // If nothing helped, send 404 so the srcset can fallback to the default image
-      sendError(event, {
-        statusCode: 404,
-        fatal: false,
-        message: 'Could not find og:image.',
-        name: 'OgImageError',
-        unhandled: false,
-      })
-      return
-    }
-
-    return $fetch(ogImageUrl, {
-      responseType: 'stream',
-    })
-  }
-  catch (error) {
-    throw createError({
-      statusCode: 500,
-      statusMessage: (error as Error)?.message || 'Unknown error.',
-      cause: error,
-    })
-  }
+  return $fetch(ogImageUrl, {
+    responseType: 'stream',
+  })
 })
 
+const OG_IMAGE_RE = /<meta[^>]*property="og:image"[^>]*content="([^"]+)"|<meta[^>]*content="([^"]+)"[^>]*property="og:image"/
+
+async function resolveOgImageUrlManually(cardUrl: string): Promise<string> {
+  const html = await $fetch<string>(cardUrl)
+
+  const match = html.match(OG_IMAGE_RE)
+  return match?.[1] ?? match?.[2] ?? ''
+}