diff --git a/apps/web/playwright/snapshots/messages/messages.spec.ts/preview-basic-linux.png b/apps/web/playwright/snapshots/messages/messages.spec.ts/preview-basic-linux.png
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diff --git a/apps/web/playwright/snapshots/messages/messages.spec.ts/preview-with-thumb-linux.png b/apps/web/playwright/snapshots/messages/messages.spec.ts/preview-with-thumb-linux.png
index 331cdce227..c586e969aa 100644
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diff --git a/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewGroupViewModel.ts b/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewGroupViewModel.ts
index 5a1dc998b9..6cafe3b5af 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewGroupViewModel.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewGroupViewModel.ts
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ export class UrlPreviewGroupViewModel
                 const width = Math.min(declaredWidth ?? PREVIEW_WIDTH_PX, PREVIEW_WIDTH_PX);
                 const height =
                     thumbHeight(width, declaredHeight, PREVIEW_WIDTH_PX, PREVIEW_WIDTH_PX) ?? PREVIEW_WIDTH_PX;
-                const thumb = media.getThumbnailOfSourceHttp(PREVIEW_WIDTH_PX, PREVIEW_HEIGHT_PX, "crop");
+                const thumb = media.getThumbnailOfSourceHttp(PREVIEW_WIDTH_PX, PREVIEW_HEIGHT_PX, "scale");
                 const playable = !!preview["og:video"] || !!preview["og:video:type"] || !!preview["og:audio"];
                 // No thumb, no preview.
                 if (thumb) {