diff --git a/packages/cwrc-leafwriter/src/js/layout/panels/imageViewer/index.ts b/packages/cwrc-leafwriter/src/js/layout/panels/imageViewer/index.ts
index e4101b6e9a3314726e54da18c354ee83b58cb284..a960b81c9e7f5b5fd3d569a3b5263d5185b030c7 100644
--- a/packages/cwrc-leafwriter/src/js/layout/panels/imageViewer/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cwrc-leafwriter/src/js/layout/panels/imageViewer/index.ts
@@ -232,10 +232,25 @@ class ImageViewer {
                   path: GitUrlParse(realURL).filepath,
                   commit: GitUrlParse(realURL).commit
               })
-              const content = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([Buffer.from(result.data.content, 'base64')]))
-              // console.log(realURL + " " + content)
-              tileSources[index] = { type: 'image', url: content };
-              // console.log(tileSources)
+              if (result.data.content === "") { // content empty if file larger then 1MB
+                //console.log("Get via blob!")
+                const result_blob = 
+                await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs/{file_sha}',{
+                  owner: GitUrlParse(realURL).owner,
+                  repo: GitUrlParse(realURL).name,
+                  file_sha: result.data.sha,
+                })
+                //console.log(result_blob)
+                const content = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([Buffer.from(result_blob.data.content, 'base64')]))
+                //console.log(realURL + " " + content)
+                tileSources[index] = { type: 'image', url: content };
+                //console.log(tileSources)
+              } else {
+                const content = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([Buffer.from(result.data.content, 'base64')]))
+                // console.log(realURL + " " + content)
+                tileSources[index] = { type: 'image', url: content };
+                // console.log(tileSources)
+              }
             } catch(error) {
               tileSources[index] = { type: 'image', url: "non-existent" };
               return
@@ -274,11 +289,27 @@ class ImageViewer {
                 path: realURL
             })
             // console.log(result)
-            const content = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([Buffer.from(result.data.content, 'base64')]))
-            //console.log(realURL + " " + content)
-            tileSources[index] = { type: 'image', url: content };
-            // console.log(tileSources)
+            if (result.data.content === "") { // content empty if file larger then 1MB
+              //console.log("Get via blob!")
+              const result_blob = 
+              await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs/{file_sha}',{
+                owner: this.writer.overmindState.document.GitHubOwner,
+                repo: this.writer.overmindState.document.GitHubRepo,
+                file_sha: result.data.sha,
+              })
+              //console.log(result_blob)
+              const content = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([Buffer.from(result_blob.data.content, 'base64')]))
+              //console.log(realURL + " " + content)
+              tileSources[index] = { type: 'image', url: content };
+              //console.log(tileSources)
+            } else {
+              const content = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([Buffer.from(result.data.content, 'base64')]))
+              //console.log(realURL + " " + content)
+              tileSources[index] = { type: 'image', url: content };
+              // console.log(tileSources)
+            }
           } catch (error) {
+            // console.log(error)
             tileSources[index] = { type: 'image', url: "non-existent" };
             return
           }