diff --git a/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py b/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
index c2e4cb4991..c0e57fe26b 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class InlineInterestingLinkProcessor(markdown.treeprocessors.Treeprocessor):
                     image_info["title"] = filename
                     image_info["desc"] = ""
                     # Dropbox's "unable to preview" image
-                    image_info["image"] = "https://dt8kf6553cww8.cloudfront.net/static/images/preview_fail-vflc3IDxf.png"
+                    image_info["image"] = "/static/images/preview_fail.png"
 
                 image_info["is_image"] = is_image
                 return image_info
diff --git a/zerver/test_bugdown.py b/zerver/test_bugdown.py
index db2ceb0ac6..2510a8e7ad 100644
--- a/zerver/test_bugdown.py
+++ b/zerver/test_bugdown.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class BugdownTest(TestCase):
         # Don't fail on bad dropbox links
         msg = "https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM"
         converted = bugdown_convert(msg)
-        self.assertEqual(converted, '<p><a href="https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM" target="_blank" title="https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM">https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM</a></p>\n<div class="message_inline_image"><a href="https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM" target="_blank" title="ROmr9K1XYtmpneM"><img src="https://dt8kf6553cww8.cloudfront.net/static/images/preview_fail-vflc3IDxf.png"></a></div>')
+        self.assertEqual(converted, '<p><a href="https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM" target="_blank" title="https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM">https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM</a></p>\n<div class="message_inline_image"><a href="https://meta-dbdev.dev.corp.dropbox.com/photos/cl/ROmr9K1XYtmpneM" target="_blank" title="ROmr9K1XYtmpneM"><img src="/static/images/preview_fail.png"></a></div>')
 
     def test_twitter_id_extraction(self):
         self.assertEqual(bugdown.get_tweet_id('http://twitter.com/#!/VizzQuotes/status/409030735191097344'), '409030735191097344')