diff --git a/src/engines/mod.rs b/src/engines/mod.rs
index 83814f1..3d42621 100644
--- a/src/engines/mod.rs
+++ b/src/engines/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::{
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 
+use eyre::bail;
 use futures::future::join_all;
 use maud::PreEscaped;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
@@ -536,10 +537,13 @@ pub async fn search(
         SearchTab::All => {
             make_requests(query, progress_tx, start_time, &send_engine_progress_update).await?
         }
-        SearchTab::Images => {
+        SearchTab::Images if query.config.image_search.enabled.unwrap() => {
             make_image_requests(query, progress_tx, start_time, &send_engine_progress_update)
                 .await?
         }
+        _ => {
+            bail!("unknown tab");
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/web/image_proxy.rs b/src/web/image_proxy.rs
index f82f1e8..fae3f08 100644
--- a/src/web/image_proxy.rs
+++ b/src/web/image_proxy.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ pub async fn route(
     Query(params): Query<HashMap<String, String>>,
     State(config): State<Arc<Config>>,
 ) -> Response {
-    let proxy_config = &config.image_search.proxy;
-    if !proxy_config.enabled.unwrap() {
+    let image_search_config = &config.image_search;
+    let proxy_config = &image_search_config.proxy;
+    if !image_search_config.enabled.unwrap() || !proxy_config.enabled.unwrap() {
         return (StatusCode::FORBIDDEN, "Image proxy is disabled").into_response();
     };
     let url = params.get("url").cloned().unwrap_or_default();