diff --git a/add-on/manifest.json b/add-on/manifest.json
index d125bfcb3..f1728a3c5 100644
--- a/add-on/manifest.json
+++ b/add-on/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "manifest_version": 2,
-    "name": "IPFS Gateway Redirect (Test Channel)",
-    "version" : "2.0.0alpha1",
+    "name": "IPFS Gateway Redirect (Development Channel)",
+    "version" : "2.0.0alpha2",
 
     "description": "Access IPFS resources via custom HTTP2IPFS gateway",
     "homepage_url": "https://github.com/lidel/ipfs-firefox-addon",
diff --git a/add-on/src/lib/common.js b/add-on/src/lib/common.js
index ff089e69e..2b1978e1f 100644
--- a/add-on/src/lib/common.js
+++ b/add-on/src/lib/common.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function smokeTestLibs () {
 // ===================================================================
 
 function publicIpfsResource (url) {
-  return window.IsIpfs.url(url) && !url.startsWith(state.gwURLString)
+  return window.IsIpfs.url(url) && !url.startsWith(state.gwURLString) && !url.startsWith(state.apiURLString)
 }
 
 function redirectToCustomGateway (request) {