diff --git a/appview/config/config.go b/appview/config/config.go
index 36a66a68..20369cf8 100644
--- a/appview/config/config.go
+++ b/appview/config/config.go
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ type SSHConfig struct {
 	HostKeyPath string `env:"HOST_KEY_PATH"`
 }
 
+type PorxieConfig struct {
+	Url string `env:"URL"` // appview will default to PDS when porxie url is not configured
+}
+
 func (cfg RedisConfig) ToURL() string {
 	u := &url.URL{
 		Scheme: "redis",
@@ -198,6 +202,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	KnotMirror    KnotMirrorConfig `env:",prefix=TANGLED_KNOTMIRROR_"`
 	Ogre          OgreConfig       `env:",prefix=TANGLED_OGRE_"`
 	SSH           SSHConfig        `env:",prefix=TANGLED_SSH_"`
+	Porxie        PorxieConfig     `env:",prefix=TANGLED_PORXIE_"`
 }
 
 func LoadConfig(ctx context.Context) (*Config, error) {
diff --git a/appview/state/state.go b/appview/state/state.go
index 8a40d158..cf9d22af 100644
--- a/appview/state/state.go
+++ b/appview/state/state.go
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ func Make(ctx context.Context, config *config.Config) (*State, error) {
 
 	mentionsResolver := mentions.New(config, res, d, log.SubLogger(logger, "mentionsResolver"))
 
-	blobStore := blobstore.NewPdsBlobStore(res.Directory())
+	var blobStore blobstore.BlobStore
+	if config.Porxie.Url != "" {
+		blobStore = blobstore.NewPorxieBlobStore(config.Porxie.Url)
+	} else {
+		blobStore = blobstore.NewPdsBlobStore(res.Directory())
+	}
 
 	jc, err := jetstream.NewJetstreamClient(
 		config.Jetstream.Endpoint,
diff --git a/blobstore/porxie.go b/blobstore/porxie.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f867480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blobstore/porxie.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package blobstore
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/atproto/syntax"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
+)
+
+type Porxie struct {
+	url string
+}
+
+func NewPorxieBlobStore(url string) *Porxie {
+	return &Porxie{url}
+}
+
+func (s *Porxie) GetBlob(ctx context.Context, did syntax.DID, cid cid.Cid) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", s.url, did, cid)
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status: %s", resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	return resp.Body, nil
+}
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 1c5f8cb9..54b5ac15 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1771848320,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0MAd+0mun3K/Ns8JATeHT1sX28faLII5hVLq0L3BdZU=",
+        "lastModified": 1777954456,
+        "narHash": "sha256-hGdgeU2Nk87RAuZyYjyDjFL6LK7dAZN5RE9+hrDTkDU=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "2fc6539b481e1d2569f25f8799236694180c0993",
+        "rev": "549bd84d6279f9852cae6225e372cc67fb91a4c1",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/nix/vm.nix b/nix/vm.nix
index bef5a80b..64f0bd80 100644
--- a/nix/vm.nix
+++ b/nix/vm.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ in
               host.port = 7100;
               guest.port = 7100;
             }
+            {
+              from = "host";
+              host.port = 6314;
+              guest.port = 6314;
+            }
           ];
           sharedDirectories = {
             # We can't use the 9p mounts directly for most of these
@@ -155,6 +160,14 @@ in
             host  all tnglr 127.0.0.1/32 trust
           '';
         };
+        services.porxie = {
+          enable = true;
+          settings = {
+            PORXIE_SERVER_ADDRESS = "ip:0.0.0.0:6314";
+            PORXIE_BLOB_ALLOWED_MIMETYPES = ["application/gzip" "image/*" "text/plain"];
+            PORXIE_IDENTITY_PLC_URL = plcUrl;
+          };
+        };
         services.tangled.knotmirror = {
           enable = true;
           knotSSRF = false;