diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/web/UrlPreviewService.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/web/UrlPreviewService.ts
index 9b5f0acd2c..531d085315 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/web/UrlPreviewService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/web/UrlPreviewService.ts
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@ export class UrlPreviewService {
 	@bindThis
 	private wrap(url?: string | null): string | null {
 		return url != null
-			? url.match(/^https?:\/\//)
-				? `${this.config.mediaProxy}/preview.webp?${query({
-					url,
-					preview: '1',
-				})}`
-				: url
+			? `${this.config.mediaProxy}/preview.webp?${query({
+				url,
+				preview: '1',
+			})}`
 			: null;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend-shared/js/url.ts b/packages/frontend-shared/js/url.ts
index eb830b1eea..e4f9ca513d 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-shared/js/url.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-shared/js/url.ts
@@ -26,3 +26,20 @@ export function extractDomain(url: string) {
 	const match = url.match(/^(?:https?:)?(?:\/\/)?(?:[^@\n]+@)?([^:\/\n]+)/im);
 	return match ? match[1] : null;
 }
+
+export function maybeMakeRelative(urlStr: string, baseStr: string): string {
+	try {
+		const baseObj = new URL(baseStr);
+		const urlObj = new URL(urlStr);
+		/* in all places where maybeMakeRelative is used, baseStr is the
+		 * instance's public URL, which can't have path components, so the
+		 * relative URL will always have the whole path from the urlStr
+		*/
+		if (urlObj.origin === baseObj.origin) {
+			return urlObj.pathname + urlObj.search + urlObj.hash;
+		}
+		return urlStr;
+	} catch (e) {
+		return '';
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkLink.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkLink.vue
index 4bac2bcea4..4cbf289448 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkLink.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkLink.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 <template>
 <component
-	:is="self ? 'MkA' : 'a'" ref="el" style="word-break: break-all;" class="_link" :[attr]="self ? url.substring(local.length) : url" :rel="rel ?? 'nofollow noopener'" :target="target"
+	:is="self ? 'MkA' : 'a'" ref="el" style="word-break: break-all;" class="_link" :[attr]="maybeRelativeUrl" :rel="rel ?? 'nofollow noopener'" :target="target"
 	:behavior="props.navigationBehavior"
 	:title="url"
 >
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { useTooltip } from '@/use/use-tooltip.js';
 import * as os from '@/os.js';
 import { isEnabledUrlPreview } from '@/instance.js';
 import type { MkABehavior } from '@/components/global/MkA.vue';
+import { maybeMakeRelative } from '@@/js/url.js';
 
 const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
 	url: string;
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
 }>(), {
 });
 
-const self = props.url.startsWith(local);
+const maybeRelativeUrl = maybeMakeRelative(props.url, local);
+const self = maybeRelativeUrl !== props.url;
 const attr = self ? 'to' : 'href';
 const target = self ? null : '_blank';
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUrlPreview.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUrlPreview.vue
index 20dab6f028..71c8a6a6e8 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUrlPreview.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUrlPreview.vue
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 	</div>
 </template>
 <div v-else>
-	<component :is="self ? 'MkA' : 'a'" :class="[$style.link, { [$style.compact]: compact }]" :[attr]="self ? url.substring(local.length) : url" rel="nofollow noopener" :target="target" :title="url">
-		<div v-if="thumbnail && !sensitive" :class="$style.thumbnail" :style="prefer.s.dataSaver.urlPreview ? '' : `background-image: url('${thumbnail}')`">
+	<component :is="self ? 'MkA' : 'a'" :class="[$style.link, { [$style.compact]: compact }]" :[attr]="maybeRelativeUrl" rel="nofollow noopener" :target="target" :title="url">
+		<div v-if="thumbnail && !sensitive" :class="$style.thumbnail" :style="prefer.s.dataSaver.urlPreview ? '' : { backgroundImage: `url('${thumbnail}')` }">
 		</div>
 		<article :class="$style.body">
 			<header :class="$style.header">
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ import MkButton from '@/components/MkButton.vue';
 import { transformPlayerUrl } from '@/utility/player-url-transform.js';
 import { store } from '@/store.js';
 import { prefer } from '@/preferences.js';
+import { maybeMakeRelative } from '@@/js/url.js';
 
 type SummalyResult = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof summaly>>;
 
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
 const MOBILE_THRESHOLD = 500;
 const isMobile = ref(deviceKind === 'smartphone' || window.innerWidth <= MOBILE_THRESHOLD);
 
-const self = props.url.startsWith(local);
+const maybeRelativeUrl = maybeMakeRelative(props.url, local);
+const self = maybeRelativeUrl !== props.url;
 const attr = self ? 'to' : 'href';
 const target = self ? null : '_blank';
 const fetching = ref(true);
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserInfo.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserInfo.vue
index cff531b2ca..69144d3824 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserInfo.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserInfo.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 <template>
 <div class="_panel" :class="$style.root">
-	<div :class="$style.banner" :style="user.bannerUrl ? `background-image: url(${prefer.s.disableShowingAnimatedImages ? getStaticImageUrl(user.bannerUrl) : user.bannerUrl})` : ''"></div>
+	<div :class="$style.banner" :style="user.bannerUrl ? { backgroundImage: `url(${prefer.s.disableShowingAnimatedImages ? getStaticImageUrl(user.bannerUrl) : user.bannerUrl})` } : ''"></div>
 	<MkAvatar :class="$style.avatar" :user="user" indicator/>
 	<div :class="$style.title">
 		<MkA :class="$style.name" :to="userPage(user)"><MkUserName :user="user" :nowrap="false"/></MkA>
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserPopup.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserPopup.vue
index 17a882a3a6..3bd2a2ffae 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserPopup.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserPopup.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 >
 	<div v-if="showing" :class="$style.root" class="_popup _shadow" :style="{ zIndex, top: top + 'px', left: left + 'px' }" @mouseover="() => { emit('mouseover'); }" @mouseleave="() => { emit('mouseleave'); }">
 		<div v-if="user != null">
-			<div :class="$style.banner" :style="user.bannerUrl ? `background-image: url(${prefer.s.disableShowingAnimatedImages ? getStaticImageUrl(user.bannerUrl) : user.bannerUrl})` : ''">
+			<div :class="$style.banner" :style="user.bannerUrl ? { backgroundImage: `url(${prefer.s.disableShowingAnimatedImages ? getStaticImageUrl(user.bannerUrl) : user.bannerUrl})` } : ''">
 				<span v-if="$i && $i.id != user.id && user.isFollowed" :class="$style.followed">{{ i18n.ts.followsYou }}</span>
 			</div>
 			<svg viewBox="0 0 128 128" :class="$style.avatarBack">
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserSetupDialog.User.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserSetupDialog.User.vue
index 4accc6183b..54887ba0f0 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserSetupDialog.User.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserSetupDialog.User.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 <template>
 <div v-adaptive-bg class="_panel" style="position: relative;">
-	<div :class="$style.banner" :style="user.bannerUrl ? `background-image: url(${user.bannerUrl})` : ''"></div>
+	<div :class="$style.banner" :style="user.bannerUrl ? { backgroundImage: `url(${user.bannerUrl})` } : ''"></div>
 	<MkAvatar :class="$style.avatar" :user="user" indicator/>
 	<div :class="$style.title">
 		<div :class="$style.name"><MkUserName :user="user" :nowrap="false"/></div>
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/global/MkUrl.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/global/MkUrl.vue
index 0c248b041d..49f716d886 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/global/MkUrl.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/global/MkUrl.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 <template>
 <component
-	:is="self ? 'MkA' : 'a'" ref="el" :class="$style.root" class="_link" :[attr]="self ? props.url.substring(local.length) : props.url" :rel="rel ?? 'nofollow noopener'" :target="target"
+	:is="self ? 'MkA' : 'a'" ref="el" :class="$style.root" class="_link" :[attr]="maybeRelativeUrl" :rel="rel ?? 'nofollow noopener'" :target="target"
 	:behavior="props.navigationBehavior"
 	@contextmenu.stop="() => {}"
 >
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import * as os from '@/os.js';
 import { useTooltip } from '@/use/use-tooltip.js';
 import { isEnabledUrlPreview } from '@/instance.js';
 import type { MkABehavior } from '@/components/global/MkA.vue';
+import { maybeMakeRelative } from '@@/js/url.js';
 
 function safeURIDecode(str: string): string {
 	try {
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
 	showUrlPreview: true,
 });
 
-const self = props.url.startsWith(local);
+const maybeRelativeUrl = maybeMakeRelative(props.url, local);
+const self = maybeRelativeUrl !== props.url;
 const url = new URL(props.url);
 if (!['http:', 'https:'].includes(url.protocol)) throw new Error('invalid url');
 const el = ref();
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/widgets/WidgetPhotos.vue b/packages/frontend/src/widgets/WidgetPhotos.vue
index 5d6e2ed48f..6bbc52b2c2 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/widgets/WidgetPhotos.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/widgets/WidgetPhotos.vue
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 			<div
 				v-for="(image, i) in images" :key="i"
 				:class="$style.img"
-				:style="`background-image: url(${thumbnail(image)})`"
+				:style="{ backgroundImage: `url(${thumbnail(image)})` }"
 			></div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/widgets/server-metric/cpu-mem.vue b/packages/frontend/src/widgets/server-metric/cpu-mem.vue
index 469075e2c4..614ffe59e3 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/widgets/server-metric/cpu-mem.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/widgets/server-metric/cpu-mem.vue
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 		<rect
 			x="-2" y="-2"
 			:width="viewBoxX + 4" :height="viewBoxY + 4"
-			:style="`stroke: none; fill: url(#${ cpuGradientId }); mask: url(#${ cpuMaskId })`"
+			:style="{ stroke: 'none', fill: `url(#${ cpuGradientId })`, mask: `url(#${ cpuMaskId })` }"
 		/>
 		<text x="1" y="5">CPU <tspan>{{ cpuP }}%</tspan></text>
 	</svg>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 		<rect
 			x="-2" y="-2"
 			:width="viewBoxX + 4" :height="viewBoxY + 4"
-			:style="`stroke: none; fill: url(#${ memGradientId }); mask: url(#${ memMaskId })`"
+			:style="{ stroke: 'none', fill: `url(#${ memGradientId })`, mask: `url(#${ memMaskId })` }"
 		/>
 		<text x="1" y="5">MEM <tspan>{{ memP }}%</tspan></text>
 	</svg>