diff --git a/app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb b/app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb
index b1c0eae86..26f8bb461 100644
--- a/app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ module OpenGraphHelper
   end
 
   def og_image(post)
-    tags = post.photos.map{|x| meta_tag_with_property('og:image', x.url(:thumb_large))} || []
+    tags = post.photos.map{|x| meta_tag_with_property('og:image', x.url(:thumb_large))}
+    tags << meta_tag_with_property('og:image', default_image_url) if tags.empty?
     tags.join(' ')
   end
 
@@ -38,4 +39,15 @@ module OpenGraphHelper
   def meta_tag_with_property(name, content)
     content_tag(:meta, '', :property => name, :content => content)
   end
+
+  private
+
+  # This method compensates for hosting assets off of s3
+  def default_image_url
+    if image_path('asterisk.png').include?("http")
+      image_path('asterisk.png')
+    else
+      "#{root_url.chop}#{image_path('asterisk.png')}"
+    end
+  end
 end
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