diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/data-source.ts b/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/data-source.ts
index 715d152805..ced982eee2 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/data-source.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/data-source.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ export type ItemData = PhotoSwipeSlideData & {
      *   portion of the live photo.
      */
     imageURL?: string;
+    /**
+     * The original image associated with the file, as a Blob.
+     *
+     * - For images, this will be the original image itself.
+     * - For live photos, this will be the image component of the live photo.
+     * - For videos, this will be not be present.
+     */
+    originalImageBlob?: Blob;
     /**
      * The renderable object URL of the video associated with the file.
      *
@@ -283,8 +291,9 @@ const enqueueUpdates = async (file: EnteFile) => {
                 const sourceURLs =
                     await downloadManager.renderableSourceURLs(file);
                 const imageURL = ensureString(sourceURLs.url);
+                const originalImageBlob = sourceURLs.originalImageBlob!;
                 const itemData = await withDimensions(imageURL);
-                update({ ...itemData, imageURL });
+                update({ ...itemData, imageURL, originalImageBlob });
                 break;
             }
 
@@ -301,8 +310,16 @@ const enqueueUpdates = async (file: EnteFile) => {
                     await downloadManager.renderableSourceURLs(file);
                 const livePhotoSourceURLs =
                     sourceURLs.url as LivePhotoSourceURL;
-                const imageURL = await livePhotoSourceURLs.image();
-                const imageData = await withDimensions(ensureString(imageURL));
+                const imageURL = ensureString(
+                    await livePhotoSourceURLs.image(),
+                );
+                const originalImageBlob =
+                    (await livePhotoSourceURLs.originalImageBlob())!;
+                const imageData = {
+                    ...(await withDimensions(imageURL)),
+                    imageURL,
+                    originalImageBlob,
+                };
                 update(imageData);
                 const videoURL = await livePhotoSourceURLs.video();
                 update({ ...imageData, videoURL });
@@ -390,7 +407,7 @@ export const fileInfoExifForFile = (
  *
  * This function is expected to be called when an item is loaded as PhotoSwipe
  * content. It can be safely called multiple times - it will ignore calls until
- * the item has an associated {@link imageURL}, and it will also ignore calls
+ * the item has an associated {@link originalImageBlob}, and it will also ignore calls
  * that are made after exif data has already been extracted.
  *
  * If required, it will extract the exif data from the file, massage it to a
@@ -401,7 +418,7 @@ export const fileInfoExifForFile = (
  * See also {@link forgetExifForItemData}.
  */
 export const updateFileInfoExifIfNeeded = async (itemData: ItemData) => {
-    const { fileID, fileType, imageURL } = itemData;
+    const { fileID, fileType, originalImageBlob } = itemData;
 
     // We already have it available.
     if (_state.fileInfoExifByFileID.has(fileID)) return;
@@ -418,11 +435,10 @@ export const updateFileInfoExifIfNeeded = async (itemData: ItemData) => {
     }
 
     // This is not a video, but the original image is not available yet.
-    if (!imageURL) return;
+    if (!originalImageBlob) return;
 
     try {
-        const blob = await (await fetch(imageURL)).blob();
-        const file = new File([blob], "");
+        const file = new File([originalImageBlob], "");
         const tags = await extractRawExif(file);
         const parsed = parseExif(tags);
         return updateNotifyAndReturn({ tags, parsed });
diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/services/download.ts b/web/packages/gallery/services/download.ts
index b36a06cc51..6d811cee09 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/services/download.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/services/download.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 
 export interface LivePhotoSourceURL {
     image: () => Promise<string | undefined>;
+    originalImageBlob: () => Promise<Blob | undefined>;
     video: () => Promise<string | undefined>;
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export interface LoadedLivePhotoSourceURL {
  */
 export interface RenderableSourceURLs {
     url: string | LivePhotoSourceURL | LoadedLivePhotoSourceURL;
-    originalImageURL?: string | undefined;
+    originalImageBlob?: Blob | undefined;
     type: "normal" | "livePhoto";
     /**
      * `true` if there is potential conversion that can still be applied.
@@ -598,7 +599,9 @@ const createRenderableSourceURLs = async (
             : undefined;
 
     let url: RenderableSourceURLs["url"] | undefined;
-    let originalImageURL: RenderableSourceURLs["originalImageURL"] | undefined;
+    let originalImageBlob:
+        | RenderableSourceURLs["originalImageBlob"]
+        | undefined;
     let type: RenderableSourceURLs["type"] = "normal";
     let mimeType: string | undefined;
     let canForceConvert = false;
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ const createRenderableSourceURLs = async (
             const convertedBlob = await renderableImageBlob(fileBlob, fileName);
             const convertedURL = existingOrNewObjectURL(convertedBlob);
             url = convertedURL;
-            originalImageURL = originalFileURL;
+            originalImageBlob = fileBlob;
             mimeType = convertedBlob.type;
             break;
         }
@@ -646,7 +649,7 @@ const createRenderableSourceURLs = async (
     // @ts-ignore
     return {
         url: url!,
-        originalImageURL,
+        originalImageBlob,
         type,
         mimeType,
         canForceConvert,
@@ -671,6 +674,15 @@ async function getRenderableLivePhotoURL(
         }
     };
 
+    const getOriginalImageBlob = async () => {
+        try {
+            return new Blob([livePhoto.imageData]);
+        } catch {
+            //ignore and return null
+            return undefined;
+        }
+    };
+
     const getRenderableLivePhotoVideoURL = async () => {
         try {
             const videoBlob = new Blob([livePhoto.videoData]);
@@ -689,6 +701,7 @@ async function getRenderableLivePhotoURL(
 
     return {
         image: getRenderableLivePhotoImageURL,
+        originalImageBlob: getOriginalImageBlob,
         video: getRenderableLivePhotoVideoURL,
     };
 }