diff --git a/src/en/batcave/build.gradle b/src/en/batcave/build.gradle
index b51ef7e33..7f163a37e 100644
--- a/src/en/batcave/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/batcave/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ext {
     extName = 'BatCave'
     extClass = '.BatCave'
-    extVersionCode = 1
+    extVersionCode = 2
 }
 
 apply from: "$rootDir/common.gradle"
diff --git a/src/en/batcave/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/batcave/BatCave.kt b/src/en/batcave/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/batcave/BatCave.kt
index fd9f03bdf..f9f5791fb 100644
--- a/src/en/batcave/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/batcave/BatCave.kt
+++ b/src/en/batcave/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/batcave/BatCave.kt
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ class BatCave : HttpSource() {
             .parseAs<Images>()
 
         return data.images.mapIndexed { idx, img ->
-            Page(idx, imageUrl = baseUrl + img.trim())
+            val imageUrl = if (img.startsWith("https")) img.trim() else baseUrl + img.trim()
+            Page(idx, imageUrl = imageUrl)
         }
     }