# Syncing works, but Image are not loaded

**URL:** <https://community.silverbullet.md/t/syncing-works-but-image-are-not-loaded/3553>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [November 16, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/syncing-works-but-image-are-not-loaded/3553 "2025-11-16T20:02:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![littlebignita](https://community.silverbullet.md/user_avatar/community.silverbullet.md/littlebignita/32/2217_2.png) [@littlebignita](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/littlebignita)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/syncing-works-but-image-are-not-loaded/3553/1 "2025-11-16T20:02:06Z")

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Hi!

I’ve installed a Silverbullet docker container on my unraid-server. Accessing it via cloudflare tunnel. Everthing works except the images. They are uploaded to the server but if I login to my silverbullet-site everything is shown except the images. They are not synched to the client.

Has anybody an idea where the problem could be?

Thanks in advance.  
anita

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**Author:** ![bmblb3](https://community.silverbullet.md/user_avatar/community.silverbullet.md/bmblb3/32/2136_2.png) [@bmblb3](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/bmblb3)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/syncing-works-but-image-are-not-loaded/3553/2 "2025-11-16T22:26:25Z")

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Can you see the images when you manually add upload them into the web-UI using the “Upload: File” command?

 ![image](https://community.silverbullet.md/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fd722140211492162d651085340a69c9b637d9fa.png)

If that works, then the problem is likely Cloudflare cacheing static content.  
Try these steps:

### 1. In the Cloudflare dashboard (one time setup)

1. Go to your domain
2. On the left bar =\> **Cacheing** =\> **Cache rules** =\> **Create a cache rule**
3. Call it whatever, for example: “Bypass cache for SB”
4. Create expression like below (NOTE: You need to separate them with **OR** ). You can also add additional queries for /\*.pdf, or other doc formats as needed  
 ![image](https://community.silverbullet.md/uploads/default/original/2X/4/438304530fe62b46e827fd70680cad9598fdbb6c.png)
5. **Cache eligibility** should be **`Bypass cache`**
6. **Save**
7. On the left bar =\> Cacheing =\> Configuration =\> **Custom purge**
  1. Purge by URL
  2. Add your domain like this `https://silverbullet.domain.com/*`  
Alternatively you could **Purge everything**

### 2. In your Silverbullet webpage

1. Delete all site data, normally `Ctrl+Shift+Delete` does the trick
2. You may also need to enter Developer-Settings in your browser and go to **Applications** =\> **Clear site data**.  
 ![image](https://community.silverbullet.md/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7393af71b5bfd517d41b9715f5319d3006ce72f0.png)  
This is how it looks in Edge
3. Force reload the webpage and see if the images are showing up.

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**Author:** ![littlebignita](https://community.silverbullet.md/user_avatar/community.silverbullet.md/littlebignita/32/2217_2.png) [@littlebignita](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/littlebignita)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/syncing-works-but-image-are-not-loaded/3553/3 "2025-11-17T07:30:17Z")

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Worked!

Thank you. Just saved my day.

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**Author:** ![bmblb3](https://community.silverbullet.md/user_avatar/community.silverbullet.md/bmblb3/32/2136_2.png) [@bmblb3](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/bmblb3)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/syncing-works-but-image-are-not-loaded/3553/4 "2025-11-17T08:00:52Z")

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No worries  
@zef would it make sense to add this to your Cloudflare guide?

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**Author:** ![laurybueno](https://community.silverbullet.md/user_avatar/community.silverbullet.md/laurybueno/32/1601_2.png) [@laurybueno](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/laurybueno)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/syncing-works-but-image-are-not-loaded/3553/5 "2025-11-18T19:27:35Z")

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I have been scratching my head with this problem for weeks now.

Amazing work figuring this out!

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**Author:** ![zef](https://community.silverbullet.md/user_avatar/community.silverbullet.md/zef/32/7_2.png) [@zef](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/zef)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/syncing-works-but-image-are-not-loaded/3553/6 "2025-11-18T19:37:38Z")

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I was like: what cloudflare guide, but I suppose you mean this one? I didn’t write it, but we can link them.

> [@Cloudflare and Portainer](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/cloudflare-and-portainer/31):
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> Guide by [Hylosium](https://github.com/Hylosium): In this guide we will show you how to deploy silverbullet and cloudflare in containers, making them “talk/communicate” in the same private network just for them. This guide assumes that you have already deployed Portainer. If not, see [this official guide](https://docs.portainer.io/start/install-ce/server/docker/linux) from Portainer to deploy it on Linux. Brief This guide will be divided into three parts, in the first we’ll set up Silverbullet with Cloudflare. In the second, we will set up Cloudflare from the beginning to access Silverbu…
