diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/assets/[assetId]/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/assets/[assetId]/route.ts
index 3bff79ba..edc9a3e7 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/assets/[assetId]/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/assets/[assetId]/route.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { createContextFromRequest } from "@/server/api/client";
 import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import sharp from "sharp";
 
 import { assets } from "@hoarder/db/schema";
 import { readAsset } from "@hoarder/shared/assetdb";
@@ -45,12 +46,34 @@ export async function GET(
       },
     });
   } else {
-    return new Response(asset, {
+    let finalAsset = asset;
+
+    const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
+    if (searchParams.has("preview")) {
+      finalAsset = await cropImage(asset);
+    }
+
+    return new Response(finalAsset, {
       status: 200,
       headers: {
-        "Content-Length": asset.length.toString(),
         "Content-type": metadata.contentType,
       },
     });
   }
 }
+
+async function cropImage(buffer: Buffer): Promise<Buffer> {
+  try {
+    const metadata = await sharp(buffer).metadata();
+    if (!metadata.height || metadata.height < 1000) {
+      return buffer;
+    }
+    return await sharp(buffer)
+      // cropping to 1000 pixels which is just a conservative guess and not something that is actually calculated
+      .extract({ left: 0, top: 0, width: metadata.width!, height: 1000 })
+      .toBuffer();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error cropping image:", error);
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/components/dashboard/bookmarks/LinkCard.tsx b/apps/web/components/dashboard/bookmarks/LinkCard.tsx
index 86eed9e7..ffc9d771 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/dashboard/bookmarks/LinkCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/dashboard/bookmarks/LinkCard.tsx
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@ function LinkImage({
       unoptimized={unoptimized}
       className={className}
       alt="card banner"
-      fill={true}
+      fill
+      // below 640px only 1 bookmark, until 768px 1 bookmark + sidebar, until 1024px 2 bookmarks + sidebar, after that 3 bookmarks + sidebar
+      sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 60vw, (max-width: 1024px) 40vw, 25vw"
       src={url}
     />
   );
 
-  const imageDetails = getBookmarkLinkImageUrl(link);
+  const imageDetails = getBookmarkLinkImageUrl(link, true);
 
   let img: React.ReactNode;
   if (isBookmarkStillCrawling(bookmark)) {
diff --git a/packages/shared-react/utils/assetUtils.ts b/packages/shared-react/utils/assetUtils.ts
index 119451d9..9b05d00d 100644
--- a/packages/shared-react/utils/assetUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-react/utils/assetUtils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-export function getAssetUrl(assetId: string) {
-  return `/api/assets/${assetId}`;
+export function getAssetUrl(assetId: string, preview?: boolean) {
+  return `/api/assets/${assetId}${preview ? "?preview" : ""}`;
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared-react/utils/bookmarkUtils.ts b/packages/shared-react/utils/bookmarkUtils.ts
index 0a089f64..4a728afd 100644
--- a/packages/shared-react/utils/bookmarkUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-react/utils/bookmarkUtils.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,21 @@ import { getAssetUrl } from "./assetUtils";
 
 const MAX_LOADING_MSEC = 30 * 1000;
 
-export function getBookmarkLinkImageUrl(bookmark: ZBookmarkedLink) {
+export function getBookmarkLinkImageUrl(
+  bookmark: ZBookmarkedLink,
+  preview?: boolean,
+) {
   if (bookmark.imageAssetId) {
-    return { url: getAssetUrl(bookmark.imageAssetId), localAsset: true };
+    return {
+      url: getAssetUrl(bookmark.imageAssetId, preview),
+      localAsset: true,
+    };
   }
   if (bookmark.screenshotAssetId) {
-    return { url: getAssetUrl(bookmark.screenshotAssetId), localAsset: true };
+    return {
+      url: getAssetUrl(bookmark.screenshotAssetId, preview),
+      localAsset: true,
+    };
   }
   return bookmark.imageUrl
     ? { url: bookmark.imageUrl, localAsset: false }