diff --git a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/crawling/blocklist/UrlBlocklist.java b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/crawling/blocklist/UrlBlocklist.java
index b8064952..40dbaa0d 100644
--- a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/crawling/blocklist/UrlBlocklist.java
+++ b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/crawling/blocklist/UrlBlocklist.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class UrlBlocklist {
     public UrlBlocklist() {
         // Don't deep-crawl git repos
         patterns.add(Pattern.compile("\\.git/.+").asPredicate());
+        patterns.add(Pattern.compile("wp-content/upload").asPredicate());
 
         // long base64-strings in URLs are typically git hashes or the like, rarely worth crawling
         patterns.add(Pattern.compile(".*/[^/]*[a-f0-9]{32,}(/|$)").asPredicate());
diff --git a/marginalia_nu/src/test/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/crawling/UrlBlocklistTest.java b/marginalia_nu/src/test/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/crawling/UrlBlocklistTest.java
index c93e1ffb..2987fde0 100644
--- a/marginalia_nu/src/test/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/crawling/UrlBlocklistTest.java
+++ b/marginalia_nu/src/test/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/crawling/UrlBlocklistTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class UrlBlocklistTest {
         UrlBlocklist blocklist = new UrlBlocklist();
         assertTrue(blocklist.isUrlBlocked(new EdgeUrl("https://memex.marginalia.nu/ghc/ghc/blob/1b1067d14b656bbbfa7c47f156ec2700c9751549/compiler/main/UpdateCafInfos.hs")));
         assertTrue(blocklist.isUrlBlocked(new EdgeUrl("https://memex.marginalia.nu//gn/+/d62642c920e6a0d1756316d225a90fd6faa9e21e")));
+        assertTrue(blocklist.isUrlBlocked(new EdgeUrl("http://www.marginalia.nu/wp-content/uploads/test.jpg")));
         assertTrue(blocklist.isUrlBlocked(new EdgeUrl("http://yelenasimone.com/pdf/download-a-course-in-algebra.html")));
         assertFalse(blocklist.isUrlBlocked(new EdgeUrl("http://yelenasimone.com/nope/x-a-course-in-algebra.html")));
         assertTrue(blocklist.isUrlBlocked(new EdgeUrl("http://yelenasimone.com/_module/slide/pqPan/library/american-sour-beer-innovative-techniques-for-mixed-fermentations/")));