diff --git a/lib/markdown-renderer.tsx b/lib/markdown-renderer.tsx
index c4f2488..a353d6e 100644
--- a/lib/markdown-renderer.tsx
+++ b/lib/markdown-renderer.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,18 @@ const components: Components = {
 
   // no <div> wrapper — avoids invalid <p><div></div></p> nesting
   img: ({ src, alt }) => {
-    const resolvedSrc = typeof src === "string" && src.startsWith("/") ? `${BASE_PATH}${src}` : src
+    let resolvedSrc = src
+    if (typeof src === "string") {
+      // Handle relative paths like ../images/ - assumes images are in public/images/
+      if (src.startsWith("../")) {
+        resolvedSrc = src.replace("../", "/")
+      }
+
+      // Prepend BASE_PATH if it's a root-relative path
+      if (resolvedSrc?.startsWith("/") && !resolvedSrc.startsWith(BASE_PATH)) {
+        resolvedSrc = `${BASE_PATH}${resolvedSrc}`
+      }
+    }
     // eslint-disable-next-line @next/next/no-img-element
     return <img src={resolvedSrc} alt={alt ?? ""} className="my-8 block rounded-lg w-full h-auto max-w-2xl mx-auto shadow-lg" />
   },
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 41e7f5a..8f7580c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
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         "react": "^19",
         "react-dom": "^19",
-        "react-markdown": "^9.0.1",
+        "react-markdown": "^9.0.2",
         "serve": "^14.2.4",
         "tailwind-merge": "^2.5.5",
         "tailwindcss-animate": "^1.0.7"
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       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "csstype": "^3.0.2"
       }
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@typescript-eslint/scope-manager": "8.36.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/types": "8.36.0",
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       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "acorn": "bin/acorn"
       },
@@ -3021,6 +3024,7 @@
       "deprecated": "This version is no longer supported. Please see https://eslint.org/version-support for other options.",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@eslint-community/eslint-utils": "^4.2.0",
         "@eslint-community/regexpp": "^4.6.1",
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@rtsao/scc": "^1.1.0",
         "array-includes": "^3.1.9",
@@ -6585,6 +6590,7 @@
         }
       ],
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "nanoid": "^3.3.11",
         "picocolors": "^1.1.1",
@@ -6773,6 +6779,7 @@
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       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
@@ -6782,6 +6789,7 @@
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       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "scheduler": "^0.26.0"
       },
@@ -7998,6 +8006,7 @@
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       "integrity": "sha512-w33E2aCvSDP0tW9RZuNXadXlkHXqFzSkQew/aIa2i/Sj8fThxwovwlXHSPXTbAHwEIhBFXAedUhP2tueAKP8Og==",
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@alloc/quick-lru": "^5.2.0",
         "arg": "^5.0.2",
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       },
@@ -8355,6 +8365,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "tsc": "bin/tsc",
         "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"