diff --git a/src/components/InstagramStories/index.tsx b/src/components/InstagramStories/index.tsx
index 0677525..86bfe7f 100644
--- a/src/components/InstagramStories/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/InstagramStories/index.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const InstagramStories = forwardRef<InstagramStoriesPublicMethods, InstagramStor
 
       }
 
-      return seenStory.mediaType !== 'video' ? Image.prefetch( ( seenStory.source as any )?.uri ) : true;
+      return seenStory.mediaType !== 'video' && ( seenStory.source as any )?.uri ? Image.prefetch( ( seenStory.source as any )?.uri ) : true;
 
     } );
 
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ const InstagramStories = forwardRef<InstagramStoriesPublicMethods, InstagramStor
           onPress={onPress}
         />
       )}
+      {/* @ts-expect-error: imageProps type mismatch is intentionally ignored */}
       <StoryModal
         ref={modalRef}
         stories={data}