diff --git a/pkg/migrations/migrations.go b/pkg/migrations/migrations.go
index e7dc46667..dd5d2f7ca 100644
--- a/pkg/migrations/migrations.go
+++ b/pkg/migrations/migrations.go
@@ -798,6 +798,38 @@ func Migrate() {
 				return nil
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// some site, vrbangers & vrconk have blank covers, & vrbangers gallery images will not render due to double slashes ie .com//
+			ID: "0035-fix-vrbangers-images",
+			Migrate: func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+				var scenes []models.Scene
+				err := tx.Where("studio  LIKE ?", "VRBangers").Or("images LIKE ?", "%{\"url\":\"\",\"type\":\"gallery\",\"orientation\":\"\"}%").Find(&scenes).Error
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				for _, scene := range scenes {
+					changed := false
+					// check for a blank cover image and remove them
+					if strings.Contains(scene.Images, ",{\"url\":\"\",\"type\":\"cover\",\"orientation\":\"\"}") {
+						scene.Images = strings.ReplaceAll(scene.Images, ",{\"url\":\"\",\"type\":\"cover\",\"orientation\":\"\"}", "")
+						changed = true
+					}
+					// remove double slashes from image url for VRBangers
+					if scene.Studio == "VRBangers" && strings.Contains(scene.Images, ".com//") {
+						scene.Images = strings.ReplaceAll(scene.Images, ".com//", ".com/")
+						changed = true
+					}
+					if changed {
+						err = tx.Save(&scene).Error
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
 	})
 
 	if err := m.Migrate(); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/models/model_scene.go b/pkg/models/model_scene.go
index dd895256e..66ca4ebcb 100644
--- a/pkg/models/model_scene.go
+++ b/pkg/models/model_scene.go
@@ -396,17 +396,21 @@ func SceneCreateUpdateFromExternal(db *gorm.DB, ext ScrapedScene) error {
 	var images []Image
 
 	for i := range ext.Covers {
-		images = append(images, Image{
-			URL:  ext.Covers[i],
-			Type: "cover",
-		})
+		if ext.Covers[i] != "" {
+			images = append(images, Image{
+				URL:  ext.Covers[i],
+				Type: "cover",
+			})
+		}
 	}
 
 	for i := range ext.Gallery {
-		images = append(images, Image{
-			URL:  ext.Gallery[i],
-			Type: "gallery",
-		})
+		if ext.Gallery[i] != "" {
+			images = append(images, Image{
+				URL:  ext.Gallery[i],
+				Type: "gallery",
+			})
+		}
 	}
 
 	imgTxt, err := json.Marshal(images)
diff --git a/pkg/scrape/vrbangers.go b/pkg/scrape/vrbangers.go
index 2ef787b87..76f06d919 100755
--- a/pkg/scrape/vrbangers.go
+++ b/pkg/scrape/vrbangers.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func VRBangersSite(wg *sync.WaitGroup, updateSite bool, knownScenes []string, ou
 		// Gallery - https://content.vrbangers.com/uploads/2021/08/611b4e0ca5c54351494706_XL.jpg
 		gallerytmp := gjson.Get(JsonMetadata, "data.item.galleryImages.#.previews.#(sizeAlias==XL).permalink")
 		for _, v := range gallerytmp.Array() {
-			sc.Gallery = append(sc.Gallery, contentURL+v.Str)
+			sc.Gallery = append(sc.Gallery, strings.Replace(contentURL+v.Str, ".com//", ".com/", 1))
 		}
 
 		// Synopsis