diff --git a/src/plugins/rehype-component-gitlab-card.mjs b/src/plugins/rehype-component-gitlab-card.mjs
index d3466eb..7467fa9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/rehype-component-gitlab-card.mjs
+++ b/src/plugins/rehype-component-gitlab-card.mjs
@@ -58,8 +58,13 @@ export function GitlabCardComponent(properties, children) {
         document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-description').innerText = data.description?.replace(/:[a-zA-Z0-9_]+:/g, '') || "Description not set";
         document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-forks').innerText = Intl.NumberFormat('en-us', { notation: "compact", maximumFractionDigits: 1 }).format(data.forks_count).replaceAll("\u202f", '');
         document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-stars').innerText = Intl.NumberFormat('en-us', { notation: "compact", maximumFractionDigits: 1 }).format(data.star_count).replaceAll("\u202f", '');
-        const avatarEl = document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-avatar');
-        document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-avatar').style.backgroundImage = 'url(' + data.namespace.avatar_url + ')';
+        
+		const avatar_url = data.namespace.avatar_url;
+		if (avatar_url.startsWith('/')) {
+			document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-avatar').style.backgroundImage = 'url(https://gitlab.com' + avatar_url + ')';
+		} else {
+			document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-avatar').style.backgroundImage = 'url(' + avatar_url + ')';
+		}
         document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-avatar').style.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
         document.getElementById('${cardUuid}-card').classList.remove("fetch-waiting");
         console.log("[GITLAB-CARD] Loaded card for ${repo} | ${cardUuid}.")