diff --git a/frontend/lib/formatting.ts b/frontend/lib/formatting.ts
index ddf4215d..260f7c39 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/formatting.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/formatting.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import _ from "lodash";
-import { HypercertClient } from "@hypercerts-org/sdk";
 
 export const formatScope = (scopeLabel: string) =>
   scopeLabel.toLowerCase().replaceAll(/\s+/g, "-").trim();
@@ -74,10 +73,13 @@ export const formatAddress = (address: string) =>
 export const cidToIpfsUri = (cid: string) =>
   cid.startsWith("ipfs://") ? cid : `ipfs://${cid}`;
 
-export const formatExternalUrl = (
-  client: HypercertClient,
-  externalUrl?: string,
-) => {
+const getIpfsGatewayUri = (cidOrIpfsUri: string) => {
+  const NFT_STORAGE_IPFS_GATEWAY = "https://nftstorage.link/ipfs/{cid}";
+  const cid = cidOrIpfsUri.replace("ipfs://", "");
+  return NFT_STORAGE_IPFS_GATEWAY.replace("{cid}", cid);
+};
+
+export const formatExternalUrl = (externalUrl?: string) => {
   if (!externalUrl) {
     return "";
   }
@@ -85,7 +87,5 @@ export const formatExternalUrl = (
     return externalUrl;
   }
 
-  return client.storage.getNftStorageGatewayUri(
-    externalUrl.replace("ipfs://", ""),
-  );
+  return getIpfsGatewayUri(externalUrl);
 };
diff --git a/frontend/lib/hypercert.ts b/frontend/lib/hypercert.ts
index fd4eb87e..0f2be7da 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/hypercert.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/hypercert.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ export async function loadHypercert(
       const metadata = await client.storage.getMetadata(metadataUri);
       hypercert.metadata = {
         ...metadata,
-        external_url_formatted: formatExternalUrl(
-          client,
-          metadata.external_url,
-        ),
+        external_url_formatted: formatExternalUrl(metadata.external_url),
       };
     }
     return hypercert;
@@ -54,10 +51,7 @@ export async function loadHypercert(
       const metadata = await client.storage.getMetadata(options.metadataUri);
       return new MetadataOnlyHypercert(options.metadataUri, {
         ...metadata,
-        external_url_formatted: formatExternalUrl(
-          client,
-          metadata.external_url,
-        ),
+        external_url_formatted: formatExternalUrl(metadata.external_url),
       });
     }
     throw new Error(