diff --git a/lib/service/http/rich_media_preview_client.ex b/lib/service/http/rich_media_preview_client.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edd190818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/service/http/rich_media_preview_client.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+defmodule Mobilizon.Service.HTTP.RichMediaPreviewClient do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Tesla HTTP Basic Client
+  with JSON middleware
+  """
+
+  use Tesla
+  alias Mobilizon.Config
+
+  @default_opts [
+    recv_timeout: 20_000
+  ]
+
+  adapter(Tesla.Adapter.Hackney, @default_opts)
+
+  @user_agent Config.instance_user_agent()
+
+  plug(Tesla.Middleware.FollowRedirects)
+
+  plug(Tesla.Middleware.Timeout, timeout: 10_000)
+
+  plug(Tesla.Middleware.Headers, [{"User-Agent", @user_agent}])
+end
diff --git a/lib/service/rich_media/parser.ex b/lib/service/rich_media/parser.ex
index fa16a328c..c313990f0 100644
--- a/lib/service/rich_media/parser.ex
+++ b/lib/service/rich_media/parser.ex
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ defmodule Mobilizon.Service.RichMedia.Parser do
   ]
 
   alias Mobilizon.Config
+  alias Mobilizon.Service.HTTP.RichMediaPreviewClient
   alias Mobilizon.Service.RichMedia.Favicon
   alias Plug.Conn.Utils
   require Logger
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ defmodule Mobilizon.Service.RichMedia.Parser do
       with {:ok, _} <- prevent_local_address(url),
            {:ok, %{body: body, status: code, headers: response_headers}}
            when code in 200..299 <-
-             Tesla.get(
+             RichMediaPreviewClient.get(
                url,
                headers: headers,
                opts: @options