diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ItemDescriptionFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ItemDescriptionFragment.java
index 4ee7a06ad..124665a2f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ItemDescriptionFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ItemDescriptionFragment.java
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public class ItemDescriptionFragment extends Fragment implements MediaplayerInfo
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
                 .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                 .subscribe(data -> {
-                    webvDescription.loadDataWithBaseURL(null, data, "text/html",
+                    webvDescription.loadDataWithBaseURL("https://127.0.0.1", data, "text/html",
                             "utf-8", "about:blank");
                     Log.d(TAG, "Webview loaded");
                 }, error -> Log.e(TAG, Log.getStackTraceString(error)));
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ItemFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ItemFragment.java
index bcca281d4..e6e02296d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ItemFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/ItemFragment.java
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public class ItemFragment extends Fragment implements OnSwipeGesture {
 
     private void onFragmentLoaded() {
         if (webviewData != null) {
-            webvDescription.loadDataWithBaseURL(null, webviewData, "text/html", "utf-8", "about:blank");
+            webvDescription.loadDataWithBaseURL("https://127.0.0.1", webviewData, "text/html", "utf-8", "about:blank");
         }
         updateAppearance();
     }