diff --git a/src/services/import/tar.js b/src/services/import/tar.js
index 43ef79ab1..49bedc41b 100644
--- a/src/services/import/tar.js
+++ b/src/services/import/tar.js
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ async function importTar(taskContext, fileBuffer, importRootNote) {
                 return /^(?:[a-z]+:)?\/\//i.test(url);
             }
 
+            content = content.replace(/<html.*<body[^>]*>/gis, "");
+            content = content.replace(/<\/body>.*<\/html>/gis, "");
+
             content = content.replace(/src="([^"]*)"/g, (match, url) => {
                 url = decodeURIComponent(url);
 
@@ -298,9 +301,6 @@ async function importTar(taskContext, fileBuffer, importRootNote) {
                 return `href="#root/${targetNoteId}"`;
             });
 
-            content = content.replace(/<html.*<body[^>]*>/gis, "");
-            content = content.replace(/<\/body>.*<\/html>/gis, "");
-
             content = content.replace(/<h1>([^<]*)<\/h1>/gi, (match, text) => {
                 if (noteTitle.trim() === text.trim()) {
                     return ""; // remove whole H1 tag