diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index f861d34bf..0cc2cc094 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False, alert=False, comment=False, edit=False):
 					sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(0), f'''{i.group(1)}<a href="/id/{u.id}"><img alt="@{u.username}'s profile picture" loading="lazy" src="/uid/{u.id}/pic" class="pp20">@{u.username}</a>''', 1)
 
 
-	for i in re.finditer('https://i\.imgur\.com/(([^_]*?)\.(jpg|png|jpeg))', sanitized):
+	for i in re.finditer('https://i\.imgur\.com/(([^_]*?)\.(jpg|png|jpeg))(?!</code>)', sanitized):
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(1), i.group(2) + "_d.webp?maxwidth=9999&fidelity=high")
 
 	if noimages:
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False, alert=False, comment=False, edit=False):
 
 	if "https://youtube.com/watch?v=" in sanitized: sanitized = sanitized.replace("?t=", "&t=")
 
-	for i in re.finditer('" target="_blank">(https://youtube\.com/watch\?v\=(.*?))</a>', sanitized):
+	for i in re.finditer('" target="_blank">(https://youtube\.com/watch\?v\=(.*?))</a>(?!</code>)', sanitized):
 		url = i.group(1)
 		yt_id = i.group(2).split('&')[0].split('%')[0]
 		replacing = f'<a href="{url}" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">{url}</a>'