diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/oembed.js b/core/server/api/canary/oembed.js
index 913291627a..c6fc30c50c 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/oembed.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/oembed.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function unknownProvider(url) {
 }
 
 function knownProvider(url) {
-    return extract(url).catch((err) => {
+    return extract(url, {maxwidth: 1280}).catch((err) => {
         return Promise.reject(new common.errors.InternalServerError({
             message: err.message
         }));
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/oembed.js b/core/server/api/v2/oembed.js
index e0509cd1f8..acaefb8663 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v2/oembed.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/oembed.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function unknownProvider(url) {
 }
 
 function knownProvider(url) {
-    return extract(url).catch((err) => {
+    return extract(url, {maxwith: 1280}).catch((err) => {
         return Promise.reject(new common.errors.InternalServerError({
             message: err.message
         }));