diff --git a/middleware.ts b/middleware.ts
index 53e8634a..33a5bde1 100644
--- a/middleware.ts
+++ b/middleware.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ export default function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 
 export const config = {
   matcher: [
-    '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico|manifest.webmanifest|.*\\.(?:svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|pdf|txt|vcf|xml)$).*)',
+    '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|_img|favicon.ico|manifest.webmanifest|.*\\.(?:svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|pdf|txt|vcf|xml)$).*)',
+    '/(de|en)/:path*',
     '/(de|en)/:path*',
   ],
 };