diff --git a/src/routes/image.go b/src/routes/image.go
index a070985..252b12d 100644
--- a/src/routes/image.go
+++ b/src/routes/image.go
@@ -51,8 +51,25 @@ func GetImage(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// download the image
+	var resp *resty.Response = nil
 	client := resty.New()
-	resp, err := client.R().Get(claims.ImageURL)
+
+	if flareurl := os.Getenv("FLARERESOLVER"); flareurl == "" {
+		resp, err = client.R().Get(claims.ImageURL)
+	} else {
+		client.R().SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		client.R().SetBody(struct {
+			Cmd        string `json:"cmd"`
+			Url        string `json:"url"`
+			MaxTimeout int    `json:"maxTimeout"`
+		}{
+			Cmd:        "request.get",
+			Url:        claims.ImageURL,
+			MaxTimeout: 60000,
+		})
+		resp, err = client.R().Post(claims.ImageURL)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		c.AbortWithStatus(500)
 		return
diff --git a/src/routes/question.go b/src/routes/question.go
index 3b6274b..e921215 100644
--- a/src/routes/question.go
+++ b/src/routes/question.go
@@ -156,10 +156,26 @@ func parseAndValidateParameters(c *gin.Context) (inputs viewQuestionInputs, err
 }
 
 // fetchQuestionData sends the request to StackOverflow.
-func fetchQuestionData(soLink string) (resp *resty.Response, err error) {
+func fetchQuestionData(soLink string) (*resty.Response, error) {
+	flareurl := ""
 	client := resty.New()
-	resp, err = client.R().Get(soLink)
-	return
+
+	if flareurl = os.Getenv("FLARERESOLVER"); flareurl == "" {
+		return client.R().Get(soLink)
+	}
+
+	client.R().SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	client.R().SetBody(struct {
+		Cmd        string `json:"cmd"`
+		Url        string `json:"url"`
+		MaxTimeout int    `json:"maxTimeout"`
+	}{
+		Cmd:        "request.get",
+		Url:        soLink,
+		MaxTimeout: 60000,
+	})
+
+	return client.R().Post(flareurl)
 }
 
 // extractQuestionData parses the HTML document and extracts question data.
diff --git a/src/utils/links.go b/src/utils/links.go
index 56ad79a..6d9d8d7 100644
--- a/src/utils/links.go
+++ b/src/utils/links.go
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ func ReplaceStackOverflowLinks(html string) string {
 		// Replace the href attribute value in the anchor tag
 		return strings.Replace(match, hrefMatch[1], newUrl, 1)
 	})
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}