diff --git a/src/components/common/Image.astro b/src/components/common/Image.astro
index 75ad9ad..9bf8fe5 100644
--- a/src/components/common/Image.astro
+++ b/src/components/common/Image.astro
@@ -41,14 +41,45 @@ const _image = await findImage(props.src);
 
 let image: ImageType | undefined = undefined;
 
-if (
-  typeof _image === 'string' &&
-  (_image.startsWith('http://') || _image.startsWith('https://')) &&
-  isUnpicCompatible(_image)
-) {
-  image = await getImagesOptimized(_image, props, unpicOptimizer);
-} else if (_image) {
-  image = await getImagesOptimized(_image, props, astroAsseetsOptimizer);
+// In dev/preview, avoid Astro's on-demand /_image service to prevent 500s; serve the imported asset directly
+if (import.meta.env.DEV && _image && typeof _image !== 'string') {
+  image = {
+    src: _image.src,
+    attributes: {
+      width: typeof props.width === 'number' ? props.width : _image.width,
+      height: typeof props.height === 'number' ? props.height : _image.height,
+      alt: props.alt || '',
+      loading: props.loading || 'lazy',
+      decoding: props.decoding || 'async',
+    },
+  } as unknown as ImageType;
+}
+
+if (!image) {
+  if (
+    typeof _image === 'string' &&
+    (_image.startsWith('http://') || _image.startsWith('https://')) &&
+    isUnpicCompatible(_image)
+  ) {
+    image = await getImagesOptimized(_image, props, unpicOptimizer);
+  } else if (_image) {
+    image = await getImagesOptimized(_image, props, astroAsseetsOptimizer);
+  }
+}
+
+// Fallback: if optimization produced no output, render the original source directly
+if (!image && _image) {
+  const originalSrc = typeof _image === 'string' ? _image : _image.src;
+  image = {
+    src: originalSrc,
+    attributes: {
+      alt: props.alt || '',
+      width: typeof props.width === 'number' ? props.width : undefined,
+      height: typeof props.height === 'number' ? props.height : undefined,
+      loading: props.loading || 'lazy',
+      decoding: props.decoding || 'async',
+    },
+  } as unknown as ImageType;
 }
 ---
 
@@ -56,6 +87,7 @@ if (
   !image ? (
     <Fragment />
   ) : (
-    <img src={image.src} crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" {...image.attributes} />
+    // Render without crossorigin to avoid CORS/COEP conflicts for local assets; keep attributes from optimizer
+    <img src={image.src} {...image.attributes} />
   )
 }