diff --git a/src/agent.ts b/src/agent.ts
index a367c8a..ff68b02 100644
--- a/src/agent.ts
+++ b/src/agent.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import { logInfo, logError, logDebug, logWarning } from './logging';
 import { researchPlan } from './tools/research-planner';
 import { reduceAnswers } from './tools/reducer';
 import { AxiosError } from 'axios';
-import { dedupImagesWithEmbeddings } from './utils/image-tools';
+import { dedupImagesWithEmbeddings, filterImages } from './utils/image-tools';
 import { serpCluster } from './tools/serp-cluster';
 
 async function wait(seconds: number) {
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ But then you realized you have asked them before. You decided to to think out of
             answer: subproblemResponses.map(r => (r.result as AnswerAction).answer).join('\n\n'),
             mdAnswer: subproblemResponses.map(r => (r.result as AnswerAction).mdAnswer).join('\n\n'),
             references: subproblemResponses.map(r => (r.result as AnswerAction).references).flat(),
-            imageReferences: subproblemResponses.map(r => (r.result as AnswerAction).imageReferences).flat(),
+            imageReferences: subproblemResponses.map(r => (r.result as AnswerAction).imageReferences).filter(Boolean).flat(),
             isFinal: true,
             isAggregated: true
           } as AnswerAction;
@@ -1124,10 +1124,12 @@ But unfortunately, you failed to solve the issue. You need to think out of the b
     answerStep.answer = candidateAnswers.join('\n\n'); // await reduceAnswers(candidateAnswers, context, SchemaGen);
     answerStep.mdAnswer = repairMarkdownFootnotesOuter(buildMdFromAnswer(answerStep));
     if (withImages && answerStep.imageReferences?.length) {
-      logDebug('[agent] all image references:', { count: answerStep.imageReferences?.length });
-      const dedupImages = dedupImagesWithEmbeddings(answerStep.imageReferences as ImageObject[], []);
-      logDebug('[agent] deduped images:', { count: dedupImages.length });
-      answerStep.imageReferences = answerStep.imageReferences?.filter(i => i?.url && dedupImages.some(d => d?.url === i.url)) || [];
+      const sortedImages = answerStep.imageReferences.sort((a, b) => (b.relevanceScore ?? 0) - (a.relevanceScore ?? 0));
+      logDebug('[agent] all sorted image references:', { count: sortedImages?.length });
+      const dedupImages = dedupImagesWithEmbeddings(sortedImages as ImageObject[], []);
+      const filteredImages = filterImages(sortedImages, dedupImages);
+      logDebug('[agent] filtered images:', { count: filteredImages.length });
+      answerStep.imageReferences = filteredImages.slice(0, 10); // limit to 10 images
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/build-ref.ts b/src/tools/build-ref.ts
index 5425358..57bdcc3 100644
--- a/src/tools/build-ref.ts
+++ b/src/tools/build-ref.ts
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ export async function buildImageReferences(
     const filteredMatches = [];
 
     for (const match of allMatches) {
-      if (match.relevanceScore < minRelScore) continue;
+      // if (match.relevanceScore < minRelScore) continue;
 
       if (!usedImages.has(match.imageIndex) && !usedAnswerChunks.has(match.answerChunkIndex)) {
         filteredMatches.push(match);
diff --git a/src/utils/image-tools.ts b/src/utils/image-tools.ts
index b15b76c..0b4e763 100644
--- a/src/utils/image-tools.ts
+++ b/src/utils/image-tools.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getEmbeddings } from '../tools/embeddings';
 import { TokenTracker } from './token-tracker';
-import { ImageObject } from '../types';
+import { ImageObject, ImageReference } from '../types';
 import { cosineSimilarity } from '../tools/cosine';
 import { logInfo, logError, logDebug, logWarning } from '../logging';
 import sharp from 'sharp';
@@ -190,4 +190,28 @@ export const dedupImagesWithEmbeddings = (
     // Return all new images if there is an error
     return newImages;
   }
+}
+
+export const filterImages = (imageReferences: ImageReference[], dedupedImages: ImageObject[]): ImageReference[] => {
+  if (!imageReferences || imageReferences.length === 0) {
+    logInfo('No image references provided for filtering');
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  if (!dedupedImages || dedupedImages.length === 0) {
+    logInfo('No deduplicated images provided for filtering');
+    return imageReferences;
+  }
+
+  const urlMap = new Map();
+  for (const img of imageReferences) {
+    if (img?.url && !urlMap.has(img.url)) {
+      urlMap.set(img.url, img);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const filteredReferences = dedupedImages.map(img => urlMap.get(img.url))
+  .filter(Boolean);
+
+  return filteredReferences;
 }
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