diff --git a/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusablePage.ts b/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusablePage.ts
index 3041711c4..3a08f7cb4 100644
--- a/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusablePage.ts
+++ b/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusablePage.ts
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ export default class ReusablePage extends ConcurrencyImplementation {
       await page.goto('about:blank', {timeout: 200}); // prevents memory leak (maybe?)
     } catch (e) {
       logger.err(`unexpected page repair error ${page.clusterGroup}:${page.index}`);
+    } finally {
+      await page.close();
     }
-    await page.close();
     return newPage;
   }
 
diff --git a/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusableSSRPage.ts b/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusableSSRPage.ts
index 1dedd0958..26fb66ee1 100644
--- a/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusableSSRPage.ts
+++ b/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusableSSRPage.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default class ReusableSSRPage extends ReusablePage {
     page.clusterGroup = 'slurper';
     page.language = null;
     page.createdAt = Date.now();
-    const defaultUrl = mempoolHost + '/about';
+    const defaultUrl = mempoolHost + '/preview/block/1';
 
     page.on('pageerror', (err) => {
       console.log(err);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default class ReusableSSRPage extends ReusablePage {
           headers: {"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*"},
           body: mockImageBuffer
         });
-      } else if (!['document', 'script', 'xhr', 'fetch'].includes(req.resourceType())) {
+      } else if (req.resourceType() === 'media') {
         return req.abort();
       } else {
         return req.continue();
diff --git a/unfurler/src/index.ts b/unfurler/src/index.ts
index ae02b8b4c..8494489e6 100644
--- a/unfurler/src/index.ts
+++ b/unfurler/src/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Server {
   mempoolUrl: URL;
   network: string;
   secureHost = true;
+  secureMempoolHost = true;
   canonicalHost: string;
 
   seoQueueLength: number = 0;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class Server {
     this.mempoolHost = config.MEMPOOL.HTTP_HOST + (config.MEMPOOL.HTTP_PORT ? ':' + config.MEMPOOL.HTTP_PORT : '');
     this.mempoolUrl = new URL(this.mempoolHost);
     this.secureHost = config.SERVER.HOST.startsWith('https');
+    this.secureMempoolHost = config.MEMPOOL.HTTP_HOST.startsWith('https');
     this.network = config.MEMPOOL.NETWORK || 'bitcoin';
 
     let canonical;
@@ -277,13 +279,13 @@ class Server {
         return;
       } else {
         logger.info('proxying resource "' + req.url + '"');
-        if (this.secureHost) {
-          https.get(config.SERVER.HOST + rawPath, { headers: { 'user-agent': 'mempoolunfurl' }}, (got) => {
+        if (this.secureMempoolHost) {
+          https.get(this.mempoolHost + rawPath, { headers: { 'user-agent': 'mempoolunfurl' }}, (got) => {
             res.writeHead(got.statusCode, got.headers);
             return got.pipe(res);
           });
         } else {
-          http.get(config.SERVER.HOST + rawPath, { headers: { 'user-agent': 'mempoolunfurl' }}, (got) => {
+          http.get(this.mempoolHost + rawPath, { headers: { 'user-agent': 'mempoolunfurl' }}, (got) => {
             res.writeHead(got.statusCode, got.headers);
             return got.pipe(res);
           });