diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
index 6cdf0107..34b91eec 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from isodate.isoerror import ISO8601Error
 from cookbook.helper.ingredient_parser import parse as parse_single_ingredient
 from cookbook.models import Keyword
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_duration
+from recipe_scrapers._schemaorg import SchemaOrgException
 from recipe_scrapers._utils import get_minutes, normalize_string
 
 
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ def get_from_scraper(scrape, space):
             pass
 
     try:
-        recipe_json['image'] = scrape.image()
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass
+        recipe_json['image'] = parse_image(scrape.image()) or ''
+    except (AttributeError, TypeError, SchemaOrgException):
+        recipe_json['image'] = ''
 
     keywords = []
     try: