diff --git a/lib/frenzy/pipeline/scrape_stage.ex b/lib/frenzy/pipeline/scrape_stage.ex
index 828ffdc..199680d 100644
--- a/lib/frenzy/pipeline/scrape_stage.ex
+++ b/lib/frenzy/pipeline/scrape_stage.ex
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ defmodule Frenzy.Pipeline.ScrapeStage do
                   {"src", new_src}
 
                 _ ->
-                  {"src", image_to_data_uri(convert_to_data_uris, src)}
+                  {"src", image_to_data_uri(src, convert_to_data_uris)}
               end
 
             attr ->
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ defmodule Frenzy.Pipeline.ScrapeStage do
   @content_type_allowlist ["image/jpeg", "image/png", "image/heic", "image/heif", "image/tiff"]
 
   # convert images to data URIs so that they're stored by clients as part of the body
-  defp image_to_data_uri(true, src) do
+  defp image_to_data_uri(src, true) do
     case HTTPoison.get(src) do
       {:ok, %HTTPoison.Response{status_code: 200, body: body, headers: headers}} ->
         {"Content-Type", content_type} =
@@ -193,5 +193,5 @@ defmodule Frenzy.Pipeline.ScrapeStage do
     end
   end
 
-  defp image_to_data_uri(false, src), do: src
+  defp image_to_data_uri(src, false), do: src
 end