diff -u b/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php b/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php
--- b/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php
+++ b/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php
@@ -121,6 +121,21 @@
     if (strpos($_GET['q'], 'panels/ajax') !== 0) {
       $_SESSION['panels_ipe_fake_path'] = $_GET;
     }
+    // if a node context can be extracted from the ajax path store this,
+    // in order to avoid issues that can arise from broken images etc.
+    if (strpos($_GET['q'], 'panels/ajax') === 0) {
+      $get = explode('/', $_GET['q']);
+      $context = end($get);
+      if(strpos($context, 'panelizer') === 0) {
+        $partscontext = explode(':', $context);
+        foreach($partscontext as $item => $value) {
+          if($value == 'node') {
+            $_SESSION['node_fake_path'] = $partscontext[$item] . '/'. $partscontext[$item+1];
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
 
     parent::add_meta();
   }
@@ -134,6 +149,11 @@
       $original_path = $_GET;
       $_GET = $_SESSION['panels_ipe_fake_path'];
     }
+    // If there is a node fake path found use this preferably
+    if(isset($_SESSION['node_fake_path'])) {
+      $_GET['q'] = $_SESSION['node_fake_path'];
+      unset($_SESSION['node_fake_path']);
+    }
 
     // Render.
     $content = parent::render_layout();