diff --git a/app/services/image_importer.rb b/app/services/image_importer.rb
index 40fd7680d4..9cef10548a 100644
--- a/app/services/image_importer.rb
+++ b/app/services/image_importer.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require "private_address_check"
+require "private_address_check/tcpsocket_ext"
+
 class ImageImporter
   def import(url, product)
     valid_url = URI.parse(url)
-    file = File.open(valid_url.to_s)
     filename = File.basename(valid_url.path)
+    metadata = { custom: { origin: url } }
 
-    Spree::Image.create(
-      attachment: { io: file, filename: },
-      viewable_id: product.id,
-      viewable_type: Spree::Product,
-    )
+    image = Spree::Image.create do |img|
+      PrivateAddressCheck.only_public_connections do
+        img.attachment.attach(io: valid_url.open, filename:, metadata:)
+      end
+    end
+    product.image = image if image
+  rescue StandardError
+    # Any URL parsing or network error shouldn't impact the product import
+    # at all. Maybe we'll add UX for error handling later.
+    nil
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/services/image_importer_spec.rb b/spec/services/image_importer_spec.rb
index df526750ca..67fa4793d2 100644
--- a/spec/services/image_importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/image_importer_spec.rb
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe ImageImporter do
-  let(:url) { Rails.root.join("spec/fixtures/files/logo.png").to_s }
+  let(:ofn_url) { "https://s3.amazonaws.com/ofn_production/eofop2en1y6tu9fr1x9b0wzwgs5r" }
   let(:product) { create(:product) }
 
   describe "#import" do
-    it "downloads and attaches to the product" do
+    it "downloads from the Internet", :vcr do
       expect {
-        subject.import(url, product)
+        subject.import(ofn_url, product)
       }.to change {
         Spree::Image.count
       }.by(1)
 
       expect(product.image).not_to be_nil
-      expect(product.reload.image.attachment_blob.byte_size).to eq 6274
+      expect(product.reload.image.attachment_blob.byte_size).to eq 12_926
     end
   end
 end