diff --git a/src/lib/api/feed/custom.ts b/src/lib/api/feed/custom.ts
index 123456789..987654321 100644
--- a/src/lib/api/feed/custom.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/feed/custom.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   jsonStringToLex,
 } from '@atproto/api'

+import {PUBLIC_APPVIEW} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {
   getAppLanguageAsContentLanguage,
   getContentLanguages,
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ async function loggedOutFetch({

   // manually construct fetch call so we can add the `lang` cache-busting param
   let res = await fetch(
-    `https://api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getFeed?feed=${feed}${
+    `${PUBLIC_APPVIEW}/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getFeed?feed=${encodeURIComponent(feed)}${
       cursor ? `&cursor=${cursor}` : ''
     }&limit=${limit}&lang=${contentLangs}`,
     {
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ async function loggedOutFetch({

   // no data, try again with language headers removed
   res = await fetch(
-    `https://api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getFeed?feed=${feed}${
+    `${PUBLIC_APPVIEW}/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getFeed?feed=${encodeURIComponent(feed)}${
       cursor ? `&cursor=${cursor}` : ''
     }&limit=${limit}`,
     {method: 'GET', headers: {'Accept-Language': '', ...labelersHeader}},