diff --git a/static/app-strings.json b/static/app-strings.json
index 497a6108b..e2b24f98d 100644
--- a/static/app-strings.json
+++ b/static/app-strings.json
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@
   "However, you can get a longer version of this URL for any bid": "However, you can get a longer version of this URL for any bid",
   "It looks like you haven't published anything to LBRY yet.": "It looks like you haven't published anything to LBRY yet.",
   "Publish something new": "Publish something new",
-  "View it on spee.ch": "View it on spee.ch",
   "New thumbnail": "New thumbnail",
   "Follow": "Follow",
   "Claim sequence must be a number.": "Claim sequence must be a number.",
@@ -315,7 +314,6 @@
   "Upload Thumbnail": "Upload Thumbnail",
   "Confirm Thumbnail Upload": "Confirm Thumbnail Upload",
   "Upload": "Upload",
-  "Are you sure you want to upload this thumbnail to spee.ch": "Are you sure you want to upload this thumbnail to spee.ch",
   "Uploading thumbnail": "Uploading thumbnail",
   "Please wait for thumbnail to finish uploading": "Please wait for thumbnail to finish uploading",
   "API connection string": "API connection string",
@@ -737,7 +735,6 @@
   "Your deposit must be higher": "Your deposit must be higher",
   "%view_count% views": "%view_count% views",
   "1 view": "1 view",
-  "Upload your thumbnail to %speech_link%. Recommended size is 16:9.": "Upload your thumbnail to %speech_link%. Recommended size is 16:9.",
   "Get %amount% LBC": "Get %amount% LBC",
   "Get %range% LBC": "Get %range% LBC",
   "Did something go wrong? Have a look in your log file, or send it to %support_link%.": "Did something go wrong? Have a look in your log file, or send it to %support_link%.",
@@ -745,7 +742,6 @@
   "%amount% fee": "%amount% fee",
   "1 file hidden due to your %content_viewing_preferences_link%": "1 file hidden due to your %content_viewing_preferences_link%",
   "Thumbnail": "Thumbnail",
-  "spee.ch": "spee.ch",
   "This Week": "This Week",
   "This Month": "This Month",
   "This Year": "This Year",
diff --git a/ui/component/selectAsset/view.jsx b/ui/component/selectAsset/view.jsx
index 5c88f3c0f..225888cc1 100644
--- a/ui/component/selectAsset/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/selectAsset/view.jsx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ function SelectAsset(props: Props) {
       .then(json => (json.success ? onSuccess(`${json.data.serveUrl}`) : uploadError(json.message)))
       .catch(err => {
         uploadError(err.message);
+        setUploadStatus(SPEECH_READY);
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/ui/component/selectThumbnail/view.jsx b/ui/component/selectThumbnail/view.jsx
index 65cbe5e6f..6d9d2c635 100644
--- a/ui/component/selectThumbnail/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/selectThumbnail/view.jsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // @flow
 import * as MODALS from 'constants/modal_types';
 import { Lbry, THUMBNAIL_STATUSES } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { DOMAIN } from 'config';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
 import FileSelector from 'component/common/file-selector';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import ThumbnailMissingImage from './thumbnail-missing.png';
 import ThumbnailBrokenImage from './thumbnail-broken.png';
-import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
 
 type Props = {
   filePath: ?string,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class SelectThumbnail extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
                 type="text"
                 name="content_thumbnail"
                 label="URL"
-                placeholder="https://spee.ch/mylogo"
+                placeholder="https://images.fbi.gov/alien"
                 value={thumbnail}
                 disabled={formDisabled}
                 onChange={this.handleThumbnailChange}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class SelectThumbnail extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
                 <div className="column__item thumbnail-preview" style={{ backgroundImage: `url(${thumbnail})` }} />
                 <div className="column__item">
                   <p>
-                    Upload complete. <Button button="link" href={thumbnail} label={__('View it on spee.ch')} />.
+                    Upload complete. <Button button="link" href={thumbnail} label={__('View thumbnail')} />.
                   </p>
                   <div className="card__actions">
                     <Button button="link" label={__('New thumbnail')} onClick={resetThumbnailStatus} />
@@ -170,17 +170,9 @@ class SelectThumbnail extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
         {status === THUMBNAIL_STATUSES.IN_PROGRESS && <p>{__('Uploading thumbnail')}...</p>}
         <p className="help">
-          {status === THUMBNAIL_STATUSES.API_DOWN ? (
-            __('Enter a URL for your thumbnail.')
-          ) : (
-            <I18nMessage
-              tokens={{
-                speech_link: <Button button="link" label="spee.ch" href="https://spee.ch/about" />,
-              }}
-            >
-              Upload your thumbnail to %speech_link%. Recommended size is 16:9.
-            </I18nMessage>
-          )}
+          {status === THUMBNAIL_STATUSES.API_DOWN
+            ? __('Enter a URL for your thumbnail.')
+            : __('Upload your thumbnail to %domain%. Recommended size is 16:9.', { domain: DOMAIN })}
         </p>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/ui/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/view.jsx b/ui/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/view.jsx
index e9fa76855..a4a736e2d 100644
--- a/ui/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/modal/modalConfirmThumbnailUpload/view.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import React from 'react';
 import { Modal } from 'modal/modal';
+import { DOMAIN } from 'config';
 
 type Props = {
   upload: WebFile => void,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class ModalConfirmThumbnailUpload extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
         onConfirmed={() => this.upload()}
         onAborted={closeModal}
       >
-        <p>{__('Are you sure you want to upload this thumbnail to spee.ch')}?</p>
+        <label>{__('Are you sure you want to upload this thumbnail to %domain%', { domain: DOMAIN })}?</label>
 
         <blockquote>{file.path || file.name}</blockquote>
       </Modal>