diff --git a/client/components/codeEditor/extensions/customHighlight.js b/client/components/codeEditor/extensions/customHighlight.js
index 8c59f9035..0162e204e 100644
--- a/client/components/codeEditor/extensions/customHighlight.js
+++ b/client/components/codeEditor/extensions/customHighlight.js
@@ -354,10 +354,7 @@ class ImageWidget extends WidgetType {
 		img.className = 'cm-preview';
 		img.src = this.url;
 
-		img.onerror = ()=>{
-			img.src  = '/icons/broken-image.jpg';
-		};
-
+		if (img.onerror) return document.createElement('span');
 		return img;
 	}