diff --git a/anatomy/static/js/anatomy.js b/anatomy/static/js/anatomy.js
index 06cf37ee..493c17b3 100644
--- a/anatomy/static/js/anatomy.js
+++ b/anatomy/static/js/anatomy.js
@@ -599,10 +599,20 @@ async function setUpDicom3d(element) {
 
 
     // Prepare imageIds: ensure remote URLs are usable by dicom-image-loader (wadouri:)
+    // but avoid forcing wadouri: for standard web images (png/jpg/etc) because
+    // the dicom parser will fail when given non-DICOM files. For such images
+    // return the raw URL so the appropriate web-image loader can handle them.
     const imageIds = images.map((url) => {
       url = url.trim();
-      // if it's already a scheme we pass through; otherwise treat as wadouri
-      if (/^(wadouri:|base64:|data:)/i.test(url)) return url;
+      // if it's already a scheme we pass through
+      if (/^(wadouri:|base64:|data:|http:|https:)/i.test(url)) return url;
+
+      // If the URL looks like a regular web image, don't treat it as DICOM
+      if (url.match(/\.(png|jpe?g|gif|bmp|webp)$/i)) {
+        return url;
+      }
+
+      // default: treat as wadouri (likely a DICOM file)
       return `wadouri:${url}`;
     });