diff --git a/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/actions/api.ts b/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/actions/api.ts
index 9944c8bbc14f..09f7c15cbb5f 100644
--- a/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/actions/api.ts
+++ b/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/actions/api.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import * as actions from '.'
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import invariant from 'tiny-invariant'
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
@@ -1129,17 +1130,23 @@ async function mockApiInternal({ page, setupAPI }: MockParams) {
       })
     })
 
-    await get(remoteBackendPaths.getProjectAssetPath(GLOB_PROJECT_ID, '*'), (route, request) => {
-      const maybeId = request.url().match(/[/]projects[/]([^?/]+)/)?.[1]
-      if (!maybeId) return
-      const projectId = backend.ProjectId(maybeId)
-      called('getProjectAsset', { projectId })
-      return route.fulfill({
-        // This is a mock SVG image. Just a square with a black background.
-        body: '/mock/svg.svg',
-        contentType: 'text/plain',
-      })
-    })
+    await get(
+      remoteBackendPaths.getProjectAssetPath(GLOB_PROJECT_ID, '*'),
+      async (route, request) => {
+        const maybeId = request.url().match(/[/]projects[/]([^?/]+)/)?.[1]
+
+        invariant(maybeId, 'Unable to parse the ID provided')
+
+        const projectId = backend.ProjectId(maybeId)
+
+        called('getProjectAsset', { projectId })
+
+        return route.fulfill({
+          // This is a mock SVG image. Just a square with a black background.
+          path: join(__dirname, '../mock/example.png'),
+        })
+      },
+    )
 
     await page.route('mock/svg.svg', (route) => {
       return route.fulfill({ body: MOCK_SVG, contentType: 'image/svg+xml' })
diff --git a/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/assetPanel.spec.ts b/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/assetPanel.spec.ts
index 9282cf573724..37e8ffd05102 100644
--- a/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/assetPanel.spec.ts
+++ b/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/assetPanel.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { EmailAddress, UserId } from '#/services/Backend'
 
 import { PermissionAction } from '#/utilities/permissions'
 
-import { mockAllAndLogin } from './actions'
+import { mockAllAndLogin, TEXT } from './actions'
 
 /** Find an asset panel. */
 function locateAssetPanel(page: Page) {
@@ -87,4 +87,25 @@ test('Asset Panel documentation view', ({ page }) =>
       await expect(assetPanel.getByTestId('asset-panel-tab-panel-docs')).toBeVisible()
       await expect(assetPanel.getByTestId('asset-docs-content')).toBeVisible()
       await expect(assetPanel.getByTestId('asset-docs-content')).toHaveText(/Project Goal/)
+      await expect(assetPanel.getByText(TEXT.arbitraryFetchImageError)).not.toBeVisible()
     }))
+
+test('Assets Panel docs images', ({ page }) => {
+  return mockAllAndLogin({
+    page,
+    setupAPI: (api) => {
+      api.addProject({})
+    },
+  })
+    .do(() => {})
+    .driveTable.clickRow(0)
+    .toggleDocsAssetPanel()
+    .withAssetPanel(async (assetPanel) => {
+      await expect(assetPanel.getByTestId('asset-docs-content')).toBeVisible()
+
+      for (const image of await assetPanel.getByRole('img').all()) {
+        await expect(image).toBeVisible()
+        await expect(image).toHaveJSProperty('complete', true)
+      }
+    })
+})
diff --git a/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/mock/example.png b/app/gui/integration-test/dashboard/mock/example.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4d6d8b3cb9c
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diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.tsx b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.tsx
index 709d617623b8..ebd199958086 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.tsx
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** @file A Markdown viewer component. */
 
+import { useLogger } from '#/providers/LoggerProvider'
 import { useText } from '#/providers/TextProvider'
 import { useSuspenseQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import type { RendererObject } from 'marked'
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export function MarkdownViewer(props: MarkdownViewerProps) {
   const { text, imgUrlResolver, renderer = defaultRenderer, testId } = props
 
   const { getText } = useText()
+  const logger = useLogger()
 
   const markedInstance = marked.use({ renderer: Object.assign({}, defaultRenderer, renderer) })
 
@@ -36,7 +38,15 @@ export function MarkdownViewer(props: MarkdownViewerProps) {
             const href = token.href
 
             token.raw = href
-            token.href = await args.imgUrlResolver(href).catch(() => null)
+            token.href = await args
+              .imgUrlResolver(href)
+              .then((url) => {
+                return url
+              })
+              .catch((error) => {
+                logger.error(error)
+                return null
+              })
             token.text = getText('arbitraryFetchImageError')
           }
         },
diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/defaultRenderer.ts b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/defaultRenderer.ts
index 032da7bf4f5d..ac2a909e2987 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/defaultRenderer.ts
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/MarkdownViewer/defaultRenderer.ts
@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ export const defaultRenderer: RendererObject = {
     return `<a href="${href}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="${BUTTON_STYLES({ variant: 'link' }).base()}">${this.parser.parseInline(tokens)}</a>`
   },
   /** The renderer for images. */
-  image({ href, title, raw, text }) {
+  image({ href, title, raw }) {
     const alt = title ?? ''
 
     return `
-      <object data="${href}" alt="${alt}" type="image/xyz" class="my-1 h-auto max-w-full" data-raw=${raw}>
-        <span class="${TEXT_STYLE({ variant: 'overline', color: 'danger', weight: 'bold', className: 'block px-2 border-l-2 border-current' })}">${text}</span>
-      </object>
+      <img src="${href}" alt="${alt}" class="my-1 h-auto max-w-full" data-raw=${raw}>
     `
   },
   /** The renderer for code. */