diff --git a/app/home-image/route.tsx b/app/home-image/route.tsx
index a8a2231a..68df76be 100644
--- a/app/home-image/route.tsx
+++ b/app/home-image/route.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import {
 } from '@/image-response';
 import HomeImageResponse from '@/image-response/HomeImageResponse';
 import { getIBMPlexMono } from '@/app/font';
-import { ImageResponse } from 'next/og';
 import { getImageResponseCacheControlHeaders } from '@/image-response/cache';
-import { isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos } from '@/photo';
 import { APP_OG_IMAGE_QUERY_OPTIONS } from '@/feed';
+import { safePhotoImageResponse } from '@/platforms/safe-photo-image-response';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-static';
 
@@ -29,17 +28,15 @@ export async function GET() {
 
   const { width, height } = IMAGE_OG_DIMENSION_SMALL;
 
-  // Make sure next/image can be reached from absolute urls,
-  // which may not exist on first pre-render
-  const isNextImageReady = await isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos(photos);
-
-  return new ImageResponse(
-    <HomeImageResponse {...{
-      photos: isNextImageReady ? photos : [],
-      width,
-      height,
-      fontFamily,
-    }}/>,
-    { width, height, headers, fonts },
+  return safePhotoImageResponse(
+    photos,
+    isNextImageReady => (
+      <HomeImageResponse {...{
+        photos: isNextImageReady ? photos : [],
+        width,
+        height,
+        fontFamily,
+      }}/>
+    ), { width, height, headers, fonts },
   );
 }
diff --git a/app/p/[photoId]/image/route.tsx b/app/p/[photoId]/image/route.tsx
index b70c6a89..6f8b6024 100644
--- a/app/p/[photoId]/image/route.tsx
+++ b/app/p/[photoId]/image/route.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ import { getPhotoCached } from '@/photo/cache';
 import { IMAGE_OG_DIMENSION } from '@/image-response';
 import PhotoImageResponse from '@/image-response/PhotoImageResponse';
 import { getIBMPlexMono } from '@/app/font';
-import { ImageResponse } from 'next/og';
 import { getImageResponseCacheControlHeaders } from '@/image-response/cache';
-import { isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos } from '@/photo';
 import { staticallyGeneratePhotosIfConfigured } from '@/app/static';
+import { safePhotoImageResponse } from '@/platforms/safe-photo-image-response';
 
 export const generateStaticParams = staticallyGeneratePhotosIfConfigured(
   'image',
@@ -30,19 +29,18 @@ export async function GET(
   if (!photo) { return new Response('Photo not found', { status: 404 }); }
 
   const { width, height } = IMAGE_OG_DIMENSION;
-
-  // Make sure next/image can be reached from absolute urls,
-  // which may not exist on first pre-render
-  const isNextImageReady = await isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos([photo]);
   
-  return new ImageResponse(
-    <PhotoImageResponse {...{
-      photo,
-      width,
-      height,
-      fontFamily,
-      isNextImageReady,
-    }} />,
+  return safePhotoImageResponse(
+    [photo],
+    isNextImageReady => (
+      <PhotoImageResponse {...{
+        photo,
+        width,
+        height,
+        fontFamily,
+        isNextImageReady,
+      }} />
+    ),
     { width, height, fonts, headers },
   );
 }
diff --git a/app/recents/image/route.tsx b/app/recents/image/route.tsx
index ef607dca..d7a40faa 100644
--- a/app/recents/image/route.tsx
+++ b/app/recents/image/route.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ import {
 import RecentsImageResponse from
   '@/image-response/RecentsImageResponse';
 import { getIBMPlexMono } from '@/app/font';
-import { ImageResponse } from 'next/og';
 import { getImageResponseCacheControlHeaders } from '@/image-response/cache';
 import { getAppText } from '@/i18n/state/server';
 import { SHOW_RECENTS } from '@/app/config';
-import { isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos } from '@/photo';
+import { safePhotoImageResponse } from '@/platforms/safe-photo-image-response';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-static';
 
@@ -36,18 +35,17 @@ export async function GET() {
 
   const { width, height } = IMAGE_OG_DIMENSION_SMALL;
 
-  // Make sure next/image can be reached from absolute urls,
-  // which may not exist on first pre-render
-  const isNextImageReady = await isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos(photos);
-
-  return new ImageResponse(
-    <RecentsImageResponse {...{
-      title,
-      photos: isNextImageReady ? photos : [],
-      width,
-      height,
-      fontFamily,
-    }}/>,
+  return safePhotoImageResponse(
+    photos,
+    isNextImageReady => (
+      <RecentsImageResponse {...{
+        title,
+        photos: isNextImageReady ? photos : [],
+        width,
+        height,
+        fontFamily,
+      }}/>
+    ),
     { width, height, fonts, headers },
   );
 }
diff --git a/app/template-image-tight/route.tsx b/app/template-image-tight/route.tsx
index d1ee4201..61b3fcd3 100644
--- a/app/template-image-tight/route.tsx
+++ b/app/template-image-tight/route.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ import {
 import TemplateImageResponse from
   '@/image-response/TemplateImageResponse';
 import { getIBMPlexMono } from '@/app/font';
-import { ImageResponse } from 'next/og';
 import { getImageResponseCacheControlHeaders } from '@/image-response/cache';
-import { isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos } from '@/photo';
+import { safePhotoImageResponse } from '@/platforms/safe-photo-image-response';
 
 export async function GET() {
   const [
@@ -26,12 +25,9 @@ export async function GET() {
 
   const { width, height } = IMAGE_OG_DIMENSION;
 
-  // Make sure next/image can be reached from absolute urls,
-  // which may not exist on first pre-render
-  const isNextImageReady = await isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos(photos);
-
-  return new ImageResponse(
-    (
+  return safePhotoImageResponse(
+    photos,
+    isNextImageReady => (
       <TemplateImageResponse {...{
         photos: isNextImageReady ? photos : [],
         includeHeader: false,
diff --git a/app/template-image/route.tsx b/app/template-image/route.tsx
index e920f7d9..96ebe72a 100644
--- a/app/template-image/route.tsx
+++ b/app/template-image/route.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ import {
 import TemplateImageResponse from
   '@/image-response/TemplateImageResponse';
 import { getIBMPlexMono } from '@/app/font';
-import { ImageResponse } from 'next/og';
 import { getImageResponseCacheControlHeaders } from '@/image-response/cache';
-import { isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos } from '@/photo';
+import { safePhotoImageResponse } from '@/platforms/safe-photo-image-response';
 
 export async function GET() {
   const [
@@ -26,12 +25,9 @@ export async function GET() {
 
   const { width, height } = GRID_OG_DIMENSION;
 
-  // Make sure next/image can be reached from absolute urls,
-  // which may not exist on first pre-render
-  const isNextImageReady = await isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos(photos);
-  
-  return new ImageResponse(
-    (
+  return safePhotoImageResponse(
+    photos,
+    isNextImageReady => (
       <TemplateImageResponse {...{
         photos: isNextImageReady ? photos : [],
         width,
diff --git a/src/photo/index.ts b/src/photo/index.ts
index 9a9eef1f..acaa63cd 100644
--- a/src/photo/index.ts
+++ b/src/photo/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { formatFocalLength } from '@/focal';
-import { getNextImageUrlForRequest } from '@/platforms/next-image';
 import { photoHasFilmData } from '@/film';
 import {
-  IS_PREVIEW,
   SHOW_EXIF_DATA,
   SHOW_FILMS,
   SHOW_LENSES,
@@ -374,17 +372,6 @@ export const getKeywordsForPhoto = (photo: Photo) =>
     .filter(Boolean)
     .map(keyword => keyword.toLocaleLowerCase());
 
-export const isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos = async (
-  photos: Photo[],
-): Promise<boolean> =>
-  photos.length > 0 && fetch(getNextImageUrlForRequest({
-    imageUrl: photos[0].url,
-    size: 640,
-    addBypassSecret: IS_PREVIEW,
-  }))
-    .then(response => response.ok)
-    .catch(() => false);
-
 export const downloadFileNameForPhoto = (photo: Photo) =>
   photo.title
     ? `${parameterize(photo.title)}.${photo.extension}`
diff --git a/src/platforms/safe-photo-image-response.ts b/src/platforms/safe-photo-image-response.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3744f628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platforms/safe-photo-image-response.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { Photo } from '@/photo';
+import { ImageResponse } from 'next/og';
+import { JSX } from 'react';
+import { getNextImageUrlForRequest } from './next-image';
+import { IS_PREVIEW } from '@/app/config';
+
+const isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos = async (
+  photos: Photo[],
+): Promise<boolean> =>
+  photos.length > 0 &&
+  fetch(getNextImageUrlForRequest({
+    imageUrl: photos[0].url,
+    size: 640,
+    addBypassSecret: IS_PREVIEW,
+  }))
+    .then(response => response.ok)
+    .catch(() => false);
+
+export const safePhotoImageResponse = async (
+  photos: Photo[],
+  jsx: (isNextImageReady: boolean) => JSX.Element,
+  options: ConstructorParameters<typeof ImageResponse>[1],
+) => {
+  // Make sure next/image can be reached from absolute urls,
+  // which may not exist on first pre-render
+  const isNextImageReady = await isNextImageReadyBasedOnPhotos(photos);
+
+  return new ImageResponse(
+    jsx(isNextImageReady),
+    options,
+  );
+};