diff --git a/Observer/Catalog/Controller/Product/View.php b/Observer/Catalog/Controller/Product/View.php
index 24c7571..869f5ea 100644
--- a/Observer/Catalog/Controller/Product/View.php
+++ b/Observer/Catalog/Controller/Product/View.php
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ public function __construct(
         private readonly \SamJUK\FetchPriority\Model\LinkStore $linkStore,
         private readonly \SamJUK\FetchPriority\Model\Links\PreloadFactory $preloadFactory,
         private readonly \Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\View\Gallery $galleryBlock,
-        private readonly \SamJUK\FetchPriority\Model\Config $config
+        private readonly \SamJUK\FetchPriority\Model\Config $config,
+        private readonly \Magento\Catalog\Helper\Image $imageHelper
     ) { }
 
     public function execute(Observer $observer)
@@ -45,6 +46,6 @@ private function getMainImage($product)
 
         return $mainImage
             ? $mainImage->getData('medium_image_url')
-            : $this->galleryBlock->getData('imageHelper')->getDefaultPlaceholderUrl('image');
+            : $this->imageHelper->getDefaultPlaceholderUrl('image');
     }
 }
diff --git a/Test/Unit/Observer/Catalog/Controller/Product/ViewTest.php b/Test/Unit/Observer/Catalog/Controller/Product/ViewTest.php
index 443d49f..091f4a5 100644
--- a/Test/Unit/Observer/Catalog/Controller/Product/ViewTest.php
+++ b/Test/Unit/Observer/Catalog/Controller/Product/ViewTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace SamJUK\FetchPriority\Test\Unit\Observer\Catalog\Controller\Product;
 
 use Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\View\Gallery;
+use Magento\Catalog\Helper\Image;
 use Magento\Catalog\Model\Product;
 use Magento\Framework\Data\Collection;
 use Magento\Framework\DataObject;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class ViewTest extends TestCase
     private Gallery|MockObject $galleryBlockMock;
     private Config|MockObject $configMock;
     private Observer|MockObject $observerMock;
+    private Image|MockObject $imageHelperMock;
 
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
@@ -43,12 +45,14 @@ protected function setUp(): void
         $this->galleryBlockMock = $this->createMock(Gallery::class);
         $this->configMock = $this->createMock(Config::class);
         $this->observerMock = $this->createMock(Observer::class);
+        $this->imageHelperMock = $this->createMock(Image::class);
 
         $this->subject = new View(
             $this->linkStoreMock,
             $this->preloadFactoryMock,
             $this->galleryBlockMock,
-            $this->configMock
+            $this->configMock,
+            $this->imageHelperMock
         );
     }
 
@@ -137,4 +141,39 @@ public function testUsesFirstImageWhenMainImageNotFound(): void
 
         $this->subject->execute($this->observerMock);
     }
+
+    public function testUsesPlaceholderWhenGalleryHasNoImages(): void
+    {
+        $this->configMock->method('isEnabled')->willReturn(true);
+        $this->configMock->method('isProductMainPreloadEnabled')->willReturn(true);
+
+        $productMock = $this->createMock(Product::class);
+        $productMock->method('getImage')->willReturn('product-image.jpg');
+
+        $this->observerMock->method('getData')
+            ->with('product')
+            ->willReturn($productMock);
+
+        $collectionMock = $this->createMock(Collection::class);
+        $collectionMock->method('getItems')->willReturn([]);
+
+        $this->galleryBlockMock->method('getGalleryImages')->willReturn($collectionMock);
+
+        $this->imageHelperMock->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getDefaultPlaceholderUrl')
+            ->with('image')
+            ->willReturn('https://example.com/media/placeholder.jpg');
+
+        $preloadMock = $this->createMock(Preload::class);
+        $this->preloadFactoryMock->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('create')
+            ->with($this->callback(function ($args) {
+                return $args['href'] === 'https://example.com/media/placeholder.jpg';
+            }))
+            ->willReturn($preloadMock);
+
+        $this->linkStoreMock->expects($this->once())->method('add');
+
+        $this->subject->execute($this->observerMock);
+    }
 }