diff --git a/pod_feeder.pl b/pod_feeder.pl
index 870ee59..cc54e8c 100755
--- a/pod_feeder.pl
+++ b/pod_feeder.pl
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ sub get_feed_items {
 
 		# extract image link and hover text from content:encoded if it exists
 		if( defined $item->{'content:encoded'} ){
-			$item->{'content:encoded'} =~ /img .* src=\\?'(https?:\/\/[^']+)/ unless $item->{'content:encoded'} =~ /img .* src=\\?"(https?:\/\/[^"]+)/;
+			$item->{'content:encoded'} =~ /img .* ?src=\\?'(https?:\/\/[^']+)/ unless $item->{'content:encoded'} =~ /img .* ?src=\\?"(https?:\/\/[^"]+)/;
 
 			if( defined $1 ){
 				$image = $1;
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ sub get_feed_items {
 
 		# extract image link and hover text from description if it exists
 		if( not length $image and defined $item->{'description'} ){
-			$item->{'description'} =~ /img .* src='(https?:\/\/[^']+)/ unless $item->{'description'} =~ /img .* src="(https?:\/\/[^"]+)/;
+			$item->{'description'} =~ /img .* ?src='(https?:\/\/[^']+)/ unless $item->{'description'} =~ /img .* ?src="(https?:\/\/[^"]+)/;
 
 			if( defined $1 ){
 				$image = $1;