diff --git a/src/api/catalog/PageLocalization.ts b/src/api/catalog/PageLocalization.ts
index f24ae87..824683d 100644
--- a/src/api/catalog/PageLocalization.ts
+++ b/src/api/catalog/PageLocalization.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,16 @@ export class PageLocalization implements IPageLocalization
 
         if(!imageName || !imageName.length) return null;
 
+        // Already a full URL (any extension) -> use it directly.
+        if(/^https?:\/\//i.test(imageName)) return imageName;
+
         let assetUrl = GetConfigurationValue<string>('catalog.asset.image.url');
 
+        // The template forces ".gif" (.../%name%.gif). If the image name
+        // already carries its own extension (png/jpg/webp/gif), don't append
+        // the forced .gif so non-gif catalog images work too.
+        if(/\.[a-z0-9]+$/i.test(imageName)) assetUrl = assetUrl.replace(/\.gif(?=$|\?)/i, '');
+
         assetUrl = assetUrl.replace('%name%', imageName);
 
         return assetUrl;