diff --git a/ext/link_image/main.php b/ext/link_image/main.php
index dd4e91d0..3183a41d 100644
--- a/ext/link_image/main.php
+++ b/ext/link_image/main.php
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@ class LinkImage extends Extension {
 		$config->set_default_string("ext_link-img_text-link_format", '$title - $id ($ext $size $filesize)');
 	}
 
-	private function hostify(/*string*/ $str) {
-		$str = str_replace(" ", "%20", $str);
-		if(strpos($str, "ttp://") > 0) {
-			return $str;
-		}
-		else {
-			return "http://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $str;
-		}
-	}
-
 	private function data(Image $image) {
 		global $config;
 
@@ -38,9 +28,9 @@ class LinkImage extends Extension {
 		$text_link = trim($text_link) == "" ? null : $text_link; // null blank setting so the url gets filled in on the text links.
 
 		return array(
-			'thumb_src'	=> $this->hostify($image->get_thumb_link()),
-			'image_src'	=> $this->hostify($image->get_image_link()),
-			'post_link'	=> $this->hostify($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]),
+			'thumb_src'	=> make_http($image->get_thumb_link()),
+			'image_src'	=> make_http($image->get_image_link()),
+			'post_link'	=> make_http($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]),
 			'text_link' => $text_link);
 	}
 }