diff --git a/client/components/cards/minicard.jade b/client/components/cards/minicard.jade
index 03511e0a5..f4de2584b 100644
--- a/client/components/cards/minicard.jade
+++ b/client/components/cards/minicard.jade
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ template(name="minicard")
         .handle
           .fa.fa-arrows
     if cover
-      .minicard-cover(style="background-image: url('{{cover.url}}');")
+      .minicard-cover(style="background-image: url('{{cover.link}}');")
     if labels
       .minicard-labels
         each labels
diff --git a/models/cards.js b/models/cards.js
index 96fa85ca4..949b3402f 100644
--- a/models/cards.js
+++ b/models/cards.js
@@ -535,10 +535,7 @@ Cards.helpers({
 
   cover() {
     if (!this.coverId) return false;
-    const cover = Attachments.findOne(this.coverId);
-    // if we return a cover before it is fully stored, we will get errors when we try to display it
-    // todo XXX we could return a default "upload pending" image in the meantime?
-    return cover && cover.url() && cover;
+    return Attachments.findOne(this.coverId);
   },
 
   checklists() {