diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 492cfbb..ae3f97a 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [2020-07-04] Changed GitLab CI to build on every push irregardless of tagging by [@carbotaniuman].
 
 ### Deprecated
-- [2020-07-05] Deprecated `Referer` checking for hotlink prevention in favour of token verification system by [@lflare].
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/server/ImageServer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/server/ImageServer.kt
index 0e239ef..fd2b0ef 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/server/ImageServer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/server/ImageServer.kt
@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@ class ImageServer(
                 }
             }
 
-            if (snapshot != null && imageDatum != null) {
+            if (request.header("Referer")?.startsWith("https://mangadex.org") == false) {
+                snapshot?.close()
+                Response(Status.FORBIDDEN)
+            } else if (snapshot != null && imageDatum != null) {
                 request.handleCacheHit(sanitizedUri, getRc4(rc4Bytes), snapshot, imageDatum)
             } else {
                 if (snapshot != null) {