diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/CardViewerFragment.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/CardViewerFragment.kt
index 2048559c34eb..aaed394db252 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/CardViewerFragment.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/CardViewerFragment.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import android.webkit.CookieManager
 import android.webkit.WebChromeClient
 import android.webkit.WebResourceError
 import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest
-import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse
 import android.webkit.WebView
 import android.webkit.WebViewClient
 import android.widget.FrameLayout
@@ -36,11 +35,10 @@ import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsControllerCompat
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
 import androidx.lifecycle.flowWithLifecycle
 import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
+import com.ichi2.anki.CollectionHelper
 import com.ichi2.anki.R
-import com.ichi2.anki.ViewerResourceHandler
 import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.TtsVoicesDialogFragment
 import com.ichi2.anki.localizedErrorMessage
-import com.ichi2.anki.pages.AnkiServer
 import com.ichi2.anki.snackbar.showSnackbar
 import com.ichi2.themes.Themes
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
@@ -83,8 +81,9 @@ abstract class CardViewerFragment(@LayoutRes layout: Int) : Fragment(layout) {
                 allowFileAccess = true
                 domStorageEnabled = true
             }
+            val baseUrl = CollectionHelper.getMediaDirectory(requireContext()).toURI().toString()
             loadDataWithBaseURL(
-                "http://${AnkiServer.LOCALHOST}/",
+                baseUrl,
                 stdHtml(requireContext(), Themes.currentTheme.isNightMode),
                 "text/html",
                 null,
@@ -120,15 +119,7 @@ abstract class CardViewerFragment(@LayoutRes layout: Int) : Fragment(layout) {
     }
 
     private fun onCreateWebViewClient(savedInstanceState: Bundle?): WebViewClient {
-        val resourceHandler = ViewerResourceHandler(requireContext(), AnkiServer.LOCALHOST)
         return object : WebViewClient() {
-            override fun shouldInterceptRequest(
-                view: WebView?,
-                request: WebResourceRequest
-            ): WebResourceResponse? {
-                return resourceHandler.shouldInterceptRequest(request)
-            }
-
             override fun onPageFinished(view: WebView?, url: String?) {
                 viewModel.onPageFinished(isAfterRecreation = savedInstanceState != null)
             }