diff --git a/article_scraper/src/constants.rs b/article_scraper/src/constants.rs
index 31bc213..79823f8 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/constants.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/constants.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use regex::{Regex, RegexBuilder};
 
+pub const UNKNOWN_CONTENT_SIZE_LIMIT: usize = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
 pub const DEFAULT_CHAR_THRESHOLD: usize = 500;
 pub static IS_IMAGE: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| {
     RegexBuilder::new(r#"\.(jpg|jpeg|png|webp)"#)
diff --git a/article_scraper/src/images/mod.rs b/article_scraper/src/images/mod.rs
index 56554c6..5a2d133 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/images/mod.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/images/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub use self::error::ImageDownloadError;
 use self::image_data::ImageDataBase64;
 use self::pair::Pair;
 use self::request::ImageRequest;
+use crate::constants;
 use crate::util::Util;
 use base64::Engine;
 use futures::StreamExt;
@@ -36,13 +37,19 @@ impl ImageDownloader {
     ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ImageDownloadError> {
         let response = client.get(url).send().await?;
 
-        let content_type = Util::get_content_type(&response)?;
-        let content_length = Util::get_content_length(&response).unwrap_or(0);
+        let content_type = Util::get_content_type(&response);
+        let content_length = Util::get_content_length(&response);
 
-        if !content_type.contains("image") {
+        if let (Err(_), Ok(content_length)) = (&content_type, &content_length) {
+            if *content_length > constants::UNKNOWN_CONTENT_SIZE_LIMIT {
+                return Err(ImageDownloadError::ContentType);
+            }
+        } else if !content_type?.contains("image") {
             return Err(ImageDownloadError::ContentType);
         }
 
+        let content_length = content_length.unwrap_or(0);
+
         let mut stream = response.bytes_stream();
         let mut downloaded_bytes = 0;