diff --git a/backend/igny8_core/ai/tasks.py b/backend/igny8_core/ai/tasks.py
index 67f03d54..b743513a 100644
--- a/backend/igny8_core/ai/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/igny8_core/ai/tasks.py
@@ -544,10 +544,9 @@ def process_image_generation_queue(self, image_ids: list, account_id: int = None
                         
                         # Try frontend/public/images/ai-images/ first (web-accessible)
                         try:
-                            from django.conf import settings
-                            base_dir = Path(settings.BASE_DIR) if hasattr(settings, 'BASE_DIR') else Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
-                            # Navigate to frontend/public/images/ai-images/
-                            images_dir = str(base_dir / 'frontend' / 'public' / 'images' / 'ai-images')
+                            # Use absolute path: /data/app/igny8/frontend/public/images/ai-images/
+                            # This matches the structure where frontend is at project root level
+                            images_dir = '/data/app/igny8/frontend/public/images/ai-images'
                             os.makedirs(images_dir, exist_ok=True)
                             # Test write access
                             test_file = os.path.join(images_dir, '.write_test')
diff --git a/backend/igny8_core/modules/writer/views.py b/backend/igny8_core/modules/writer/views.py
index fe68a8d4..66358e7d 100644
--- a/backend/igny8_core/modules/writer/views.py
+++ b/backend/igny8_core/modules/writer/views.py
@@ -402,19 +402,11 @@ class ImagesViewSet(SiteSectorModelViewSet):
                 # Try alternative locations based on the filename
                 filename = os.path.basename(file_path)
                 alternative_paths = [
-                    '/data/app/igny8/images/' + filename,  # Primary location
+                    '/data/app/igny8/frontend/public/images/ai-images/' + filename,  # Primary location (web-accessible)
+                    '/data/app/igny8/images/' + filename,  # Secondary location
                     '/data/app/images/' + filename,      # Fallback location
                 ]
                 
-                # Also try project-relative path
-                try:
-                    from django.conf import settings
-                    from pathlib import Path
-                    base_dir = Path(settings.BASE_DIR) if hasattr(settings, 'BASE_DIR') else Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
-                    alternative_paths.append(str(base_dir / 'data' / 'app' / 'images' / filename))
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-                
                 # Try each alternative path
                 found = False
                 for alt_path in alternative_paths:
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/ContentImageCell.tsx b/frontend/src/components/common/ContentImageCell.tsx
index 50e79909..9b46b34d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/ContentImageCell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/ContentImageCell.tsx
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ export default function ContentImageCell({ image, maxPromptLength = 100 }: Conte
 
         {image.status === 'generated' && (
           <div className="space-y-1">
-            {/* Show local image if available, otherwise show original URL */}
-            {image.image_path ? (
+            {/* Always show image from image_path if available, otherwise from image_url */}
+            {image.image_path && image.image_path.trim() ? (
               <>
                 <img
                   src={getLocalImageUrl(image.image_path)}
diff --git a/images/img-y7hooMkdjGUoscfAKHonJKYO.png b/images/img-y7hooMkdjGUoscfAKHonJKYO.png
deleted file mode 100644
index a6faacfe..00000000
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