diff --git a/src/routes/proposal.ts b/src/routes/proposal.ts
index 9daa7317a..aa4b68635 100644
--- a/src/routes/proposal.ts
+++ b/src/routes/proposal.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ import {
 
 const PITCH_PROPOSAL_SUBMIT_ENABLED = false
 const GRANT_PROPOSAL_SUBMIT_ENABLED = false
+const LINKED_WEARABLES_PROPOSAL_SUBMIT_ENABLED = false
 
 export default routes((route) => {
   const withAuth = auth()
@@ -397,6 +398,10 @@ export async function createProposalGrant(req: WithAuth) {
 const newProposalLinkedWearablesValidator = schema.compile(newProposalLinkedWearablesScheme)
 
 export async function createProposalLinkedWearables(req: WithAuth) {
+  if (!LINKED_WEARABLES_PROPOSAL_SUBMIT_ENABLED) {
+    throw new RequestError('Linked wearables proposal submission is not enabled', RequestError.Forbidden)
+  }
+
   const user = req.auth!
   const configuration = validate<NewProposalLinkedWearables>(newProposalLinkedWearablesValidator, req.body || {})
 
diff --git a/src/utils/validations.ts b/src/utils/validations.ts
index a740e611d..27da62004 100644
--- a/src/utils/validations.ts
+++ b/src/utils/validations.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ function isFromTrustedDomain(url: string): boolean {
 }
 
 export async function isValidImage(imageUrl: string) {
-  const allowedImageTypes = new Set(['image/bmp', 'image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/webp'])
+  const allowedImageTypes = new Set(['image/bmp', 'image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/webp', 'image/gif'])
 
   if (!isFromTrustedDomain(imageUrl)) {
     logger.error('Image not from trusted domain', { imageUrl })