diff --git a/app/logical/downloads/file.rb b/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
index cfae3e5a2..6b15504eb 100644
--- a/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
+++ b/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module Downloads
     end
 
     def validate_local_hosts(url)
-      ip_addr = Resolv.getaddress(url.hostname)
+      ip_addr = IPAddr.new(Resolv.getaddress(url.hostname))
       if Danbooru.config.banned_ip_for_download?(ip_addr)
         raise Error.new("Banned server for download")
       end
diff --git a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
index 542d2c3a2..df03b6845 100644
--- a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
+++ b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
@@ -362,7 +362,19 @@ module Danbooru
 
     # For downloads, if the host matches any of these IPs, block it
     def banned_ip_for_download?(ip_addr)
-      ip_addr =~ /^(?:127\.0\.0\.1|::1|169\.254\.\d+\.\d+|fe80::.*)$/
+      raise ArgumentError unless ip_addr.is_a?(IPAddr)
+
+      if IPAddr.new("127.0.0.1") == ip_addr
+        true
+      elsif IPAddr.new("169.254.0.0/16").include?(ip_addr)
+        true
+      elsif IPAddr.new("::1") == ip_addr
+        true
+      elsif IPAddr.new("fe80::/10").include?(ip_addr)
+        true
+      else
+        false
+      end
     end
   end
 end