diff --git a/app/services/discourse_translator/base.rb b/app/services/discourse_translator/base.rb
index cf8caa3a..3f04e47a 100644
--- a/app/services/discourse_translator/base.rb
+++ b/app/services/discourse_translator/base.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ def self.get_text(topic_or_post)
       end
     end
 
+    def self.strip_img_for_detection(detection_text)
+      html_doc = Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.parse(detection_text)
+      html_doc.css("img").remove
+      html_doc.to_html
+    end
+
     def self.language_supported?(detected_lang)
       raise NotImplementedError unless self.const_defined?(:SUPPORTED_LANG_MAPPING)
       supported_lang = const_get(:SUPPORTED_LANG_MAPPING)
diff --git a/app/services/discourse_translator/google.rb b/app/services/discourse_translator/google.rb
index 415a8228..75d112a8 100644
--- a/app/services/discourse_translator/google.rb
+++ b/app/services/discourse_translator/google.rb
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ def self.access_token
     end
 
     def self.detect(topic_or_post)
+      detection_text = get_text(topic_or_post).truncate(MAXLENGTH, omission: nil)
+      detection_text = strip_img_for_detection(detection_text)
       topic_or_post.custom_fields[DiscourseTranslator::DETECTED_LANG_CUSTOM_FIELD] ||= result(
         DETECT_URI,
-        q: get_text(topic_or_post).truncate(MAXLENGTH, omission: nil),
+        q: detection_text,
       )[
         "detections"
       ][
diff --git a/spec/services/google_spec.rb b/spec/services/google_spec.rb
index b55060c0..94aa75ea 100644
--- a/spec/services/google_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/google_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   end
 
   describe ".detect" do
-    let(:post) { Fabricate(:post) }
+    fab!(:post)
 
     it "should store the detected language in a custom field" do
       detected_lang = "en"
@@ -74,6 +74,34 @@
 
       expect(described_class.detect(post)).to eq(detected_lang)
     end
+
+    it "strips img tags from detection text" do
+      post.cooked = "there are some words <img src='http://example.com/image.jpg'> to be said"
+      detected_lang = "en"
+
+      request_url = "#{DiscourseTranslator::Google::DETECT_URI}"
+      body = { q: "there are some words  to be said", key: api_key }
+
+      Excon
+        .expects(:post)
+        .with(
+          request_url,
+          body: URI.encode_www_form(body),
+          headers: {
+            "Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+            "Referer" => "http://test.localhost",
+          },
+        )
+        .returns(
+          mock_response.new(
+            200,
+            %{ { "data": { "detections": [ [ { "language": "#{detected_lang}", "isReliable": false, "confidence": 0.18397073 } ] ] } } },
+          ),
+        )
+        .once
+
+      expect(described_class.detect(post)).to eq(detected_lang)
+    end
   end
 
   describe ".translate_supported?" do