diff --git a/src/components/media.jsx b/src/components/media.jsx
index ce2f13ac..727bcb06 100644
--- a/src/components/media.jsx
+++ b/src/components/media.jsx
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function Media({
     [to],
   );
 
-  const remoteMediaURLObj = remoteMediaURL ? new URL(remoteMediaURL) : null;
+  const remoteMediaURLObj = remoteMediaURL ? getURLObj(remoteMediaURL) : null;
   const isVideoMaybe =
     type === 'unknown' &&
     remoteMediaURLObj &&
@@ -618,4 +618,13 @@ function Media({
   }
 }
 
+function getURLObj(url) {
+  try {
+    // Fake base URL if url doesn't have https:// prefix
+    return new URL(url, location.origin);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 export default Media;