diff --git a/webapp/components/Avatar/Avatar.spec.js b/webapp/components/Avatar/Avatar.spec.js
index ae91fecfe..d3ebcb030 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Avatar/Avatar.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/components/Avatar/Avatar.spec.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
 import Avatar from './Avatar.vue'
+import Filters from '~/plugins/vue-filters'
 
 const localVue = createLocalVue()
 localVue.use(Styleguide)
+localVue.use(Filters)
 
 describe('Avatar.vue', () => {
   let propsData = {}
diff --git a/webapp/components/Avatar/Avatar.vue b/webapp/components/Avatar/Avatar.vue
index 0d997c745..ec2f9b28b 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Avatar/Avatar.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/Avatar/Avatar.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <template>
-  <ds-avatar :image="avatarUrl" :name="userName" class="avatar" :size="size" />
+  <ds-avatar
+    :image="user && user.avatar | proxyApiUrl"
+    :name="userName"
+    class="avatar"
+    :size="size"
+  />
 </template>
 
 <script>
@@ -10,11 +15,6 @@ export default {
     size: { type: String, default: 'small' },
   },
   computed: {
-    avatarUrl() {
-      const { avatar: imageSrc } = this.user || {}
-      if (!imageSrc) return imageSrc
-      return imageSrc.startsWith('/') ? imageSrc.replace('/', '/api/') : imageSrc
-    },
     userName() {
       const { name } = this.user || {}
       // The name is used to display the initials in case
diff --git a/webapp/components/Badges.vue b/webapp/components/Badges.vue
index 40d323b2d..42ac23e4d 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Badges.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/Badges.vue
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 <template>
   <div :class="[badges.length === 2 && 'hc-badges-dual']" class="hc-badges">
     <div v-for="badge in badges" :key="badge.key" class="hc-badge-container">
-      <hc-image :title="badge.key" :image-props="{ src: badge.icon }" class="hc-badge" />
+      <img :title="badge.key" :src="badge.icon | proxyApiUrl" class="hc-badge" />
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import HcImage from './Image'
 export default {
-  components: {
-    HcImage,
-  },
   props: {
     badges: {
       type: Array,
diff --git a/webapp/components/Image/index.vue b/webapp/components/Image/index.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 125ea9cef..000000000
--- a/webapp/components/Image/index.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <img v-bind="imageProps" :src="imageSrc" />
-</template>
-
-<script>
-export default {
-  props: {
-    imageProps: {
-      type: Object,
-      required: true,
-    },
-  },
-  computed: {
-    imageSrc() {
-      const src = this.imageProps.src
-      return src.startsWith('/') ? src.replace('/', '/api/') : src
-    },
-  },
-}
-</script>
diff --git a/webapp/components/Image/spec.js b/webapp/components/Image/spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index be568964a..000000000
--- a/webapp/components/Image/spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils'
-import Image from '.'
-
-describe('Image', () => {
-  let propsData = { imageProps: { class: 'hc-badge', src: '' } }
-
-  const Wrapper = () => {
-    return shallowMount(Image, { propsData })
-  }
-
-  it('renders', () => {
-    expect(Wrapper().is('img')).toBe(true)
-  })
-
-  it('passes properties down to `img`', () => {
-    expect(Wrapper().classes()).toEqual(['hc-badge'])
-  })
-
-  describe('given a relative `src`', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      propsData.imageProps.src = '/img/badges/fundraisingbox_de_airship.svg'
-    })
-
-    it('adds a prefix to load the image from the backend', () => {
-      expect(Wrapper().attributes('src')).toBe('/api/img/badges/fundraisingbox_de_airship.svg')
-    })
-  })
-
-  describe('given an absolute `src`', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      propsData.imageProps.src = 'http://lorempixel.com/640/480/animals'
-    })
-
-    it('keeps the URL as is', () => {
-      // e.g. our seeds have absolute image URLs
-      expect(Wrapper().attributes('src')).toBe('http://lorempixel.com/640/480/animals')
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/webapp/components/Password/Change.spec.js b/webapp/components/Password/Change.spec.js
index cffe86466..a15695a55 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Password/Change.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/components/Password/Change.spec.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import ChangePassword from './Change.vue'
 import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
+import Filters from '~/plugins/vue-filters'
 
 const localVue = createLocalVue()
 
 localVue.use(Styleguide)
+localVue.use(Filters)
 
 describe('ChangePassword.vue', () => {
   let mocks
diff --git a/webapp/components/User/spec.js b/webapp/components/User/spec.js
index 56bdc10f1..312615a5b 100644
--- a/webapp/components/User/spec.js
+++ b/webapp/components/User/spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { mount, createLocalVue, RouterLinkStub } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import User from './index'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
 import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
+import Filters from '~/plugins/vue-filters'
 
 import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const filter = jest.fn(str => str)
 localVue.use(Vuex)
 localVue.use(VTooltip)
 localVue.use(Styleguide)
+localVue.use(Filters)
 
 localVue.filter('truncate', filter)
 
diff --git a/webapp/components/comments/CommentList/CommentList.spec.js b/webapp/components/comments/CommentList/CommentList.spec.js
index 9bfa13ea5..c4ee0624c 100644
--- a/webapp/components/comments/CommentList/CommentList.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/components/comments/CommentList/CommentList.spec.js
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import CommentList from '.'
 import Empty from '~/components/Empty'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
 import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
+import Filters from '~/plugins/vue-filters'
 
 const localVue = createLocalVue()
 
 localVue.use(Styleguide)
 localVue.use(Vuex)
+localVue.use(Filters)
 localVue.filter('truncate', string => string)
 
 config.stubs['v-popover'] = '<span><slot /></span>'
diff --git a/webapp/pages/profile/_id/_slug.spec.js b/webapp/pages/profile/_id/_slug.spec.js
index 1bb0eea2e..3c849f538 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/profile/_id/_slug.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/pages/profile/_id/_slug.spec.js
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import { config, mount, shallowMount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import ProfileSlug from './_slug.vue'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
 import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
+import Filters from '~/plugins/vue-filters'
 
 const localVue = createLocalVue()
 
 localVue.use(Vuex)
 localVue.use(Styleguide)
+localVue.use(Filters)
 localVue.filter('date', d => d)
 
 config.stubs['no-ssr'] = '<span><slot /></span>'
diff --git a/webapp/pages/settings/my-social-media.spec.js b/webapp/pages/settings/my-social-media.spec.js
index 34793e066..55ba27bb8 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/settings/my-social-media.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/pages/settings/my-social-media.spec.js
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import { mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import MySocialMedia from './my-social-media.vue'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
 import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
+import Filters from '~/plugins/vue-filters'
 
 const localVue = createLocalVue()
 
 localVue.use(Vuex)
 localVue.use(Styleguide)
+localVue.use(Filters)
 
 describe('my-social-media.vue', () => {
   let wrapper
diff --git a/webapp/pages/settings/my-social-media.vue b/webapp/pages/settings/my-social-media.vue
index b53df6170..948e77407 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/settings/my-social-media.vue
+++ b/webapp/pages/settings/my-social-media.vue
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@
       <ds-list>
         <ds-list-item v-for="link in socialMediaLinks" :key="link.id">
           <a :href="link.url" target="_blank">
-            <hc-image
-              :image-props="{ src: link.favicon }"
-              alt="Social Media link"
-              width="16"
-              height="16"
-            />
+            <img :src="link.favicon | proxyApiUrl" alt="Social Media link" width="16" height="16" />
             {{ link.url }}
           </a>
           &nbsp;&nbsp;
@@ -44,12 +39,8 @@
 <script>
 import gql from 'graphql-tag'
 import { mapGetters, mapMutations } from 'vuex'
-import HcImage from '~/components/Image'
 
 export default {
-  components: {
-    HcImage,
-  },
   data() {
     return {
       value: '',
diff --git a/webapp/plugins/vue-filters.js b/webapp/plugins/vue-filters.js
index aad978d72..4bc9ba289 100644
--- a/webapp/plugins/vue-filters.js
+++ b/webapp/plugins/vue-filters.js
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ export default ({ app = {} }) => {
 
       return excerpt
     },
+    proxyApiUrl: url => {
+      if (!url) return url
+      return url.startsWith('/') ? url.replace('/', '/api/') : url
+    },
   })
 
   // add all methods as filters on each vue component