diff --git a/lib/models/photo.dart b/lib/models/photo.dart
index b9a9e44b7..849c17c8f 100644
--- a/lib/models/photo.dart
+++ b/lib/models/photo.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_image_compress/flutter_image_compress.dart';
 import 'package:photo_manager/photo_manager.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
+import 'package:photos/core/configuration.dart';
 
 class Photo {
   int generatedId;
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ class Photo {
     }
   }
 
+  String getRemoteUrl() {
+    return Configuration.instance.getHttpEndpoint() + "/" + remotePath;
+  }
+
   Future<Uint8List> getOriginalBytes() {
     return getAsset().originBytes;
   }
diff --git a/lib/ui/zoomable_image.dart b/lib/ui/zoomable_image.dart
index 282ee7483..175413c26 100644
--- a/lib/ui/zoomable_image.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/zoomable_image.dart
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ class _ZoomableImageState extends State<ZoomableImage> {
   }
 
   void _loadNetworkImage() {
-    _imageProvider = Image.network(Configuration.instance.getHttpEndpoint() +
-            "/" +
-            widget.photo.remotePath)
-        .image;
+    _imageProvider = Image.network(widget.photo.getRemoteUrl()).image;
   }
 
   void _loadLocalImage(BuildContext context) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/share_util.dart b/lib/utils/share_util.dart
index 5bf24a09d..7459e9989 100644
--- a/lib/utils/share_util.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/share_util.dart
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:esys_flutter_share/esys_flutter_share.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:photos/models/photo.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart';
 
 Future<void> share(Photo photo) async {
-  final bytes = await photo.getBytes();
+  final bytes = await _getPhotoBytes(photo);
   final ext = extension(photo.title);
   final shareExt =
       ext == ".HEIC" ? "jpeg" : ext.substring(1, ext.length).toLowerCase();
@@ -15,7 +17,17 @@ Future<void> share(Photo photo) async {
 Future<void> shareMultiple(List<Photo> photos) async {
   final shareContent = Map<String, Uint8List>();
   for (Photo photo in photos) {
-    shareContent[photo.title] = await photo.getBytes();
+    shareContent[photo.title] = await _getPhotoBytes(photo);
   }
   return Share.files("images", shareContent, "*/*");
 }
+
+Future<Uint8List> _getPhotoBytes(Photo photo) async {
+  if (photo.localId != null) {
+    return await photo.getBytes();
+  } else {
+    var request = await HttpClient().getUrl(Uri.parse(photo.getRemoteUrl()));
+    var response = await request.close();
+    return await consolidateHttpClientResponseBytes(response);
+  }
+}