diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
index c22e67e6..95eeafe8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
 from .. import text, exception
+import re
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https://)?(?:www\.|m\.)?vk\.com"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class VkExtractor(Extractor):
     request_interval = (0.5, 1.5)
 
     def items(self):
+        sub = re.compile(r"/imp[fg]/").sub
         sizes = "wzyxrqpo"
 
         data = self.metadata()
@@ -40,11 +42,15 @@ class VkExtractor(Extractor):
                 continue
 
             try:
-                photo["url"] = photo[size + "src"]
+                url = photo[size + "src"]
             except KeyError:
                 self.log.warning("no photo URL found (%s)", photo.get("id"))
                 continue
 
+            photo["url"] = sub("/", url.partition("?")[0])
+            #  photo["url"] = url
+            photo["_fallback"] = (url,)
+
             try:
                 _, photo["width"], photo["height"] = photo[size]
             except ValueError:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index 15905d6b..d348b548 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.26.6"
+__version__ = "1.26.7-dev"