diff --git a/.changeset/stupid-lions-relax.md b/.changeset/stupid-lions-relax.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07a6728a9f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stupid-lions-relax.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/image': patch
+---
+
+Fix problem where image metadata generation throwed error when provided url started with /@astroimage
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/squoosh.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/squoosh.ts
index e4ea530475df..b91b05be0e38 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/squoosh.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/squoosh.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,13 @@ class SquooshService extends BaseSSRService {
 				case 8:
 					return { type: 'rotate', numRotations: 3 };
 			}
-		} catch {}
+		} catch {
+			error({
+				level: 'info',
+				prefix: false,
+				message: red(`Cannot read metadata for ${transform.src}`),
+			});
+		}
 	}
 
 	async transform(inputBuffer: Buffer, transform: TransformOptions) {
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/utils/metadata.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/utils/metadata.ts
index 6440be40d9bf..7bb8afa41711 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/utils/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/utils/metadata.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ export interface Metadata extends ImageMetadata {
 
 export async function metadata(src: URL | string, data?: Buffer): Promise<Metadata | undefined> {
 	const file = data || (await fs.readFile(src));
-
-	const { width, height, type, orientation } = await sizeOf(file);
+	const { width, height, type, orientation } = sizeOf(file);
 	const isPortrait = (orientation || 0) >= 5;
 
 	if (!width || !height || !type) {
@@ -19,7 +18,8 @@ export async function metadata(src: URL | string, data?: Buffer): Promise<Metada
 	}
 
 	return {
-		src: fileURLToPath(src),
+		// We shouldn't call fileURLToPath function if it starts with /@astroimage/ because it will throw Invalid URL error
+		src: typeof src === 'string' && /^[\/\\]?@astroimage/.test(src) ? src : fileURLToPath(src),
 		width: isPortrait ? height : width,
 		height: isPortrait ? width : height,
 		format: type as InputFormat,