diff --git a/app/views/articles/show.html.erb b/app/views/articles/show.html.erb
index 80d2a2a45..113558e49 100644
--- a/app/views/articles/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/articles/show.html.erb
@@ -36,13 +36,11 @@
   <% end %>
 <% end %>
 
-<% if !internal_navigation? %>
+<% if internal_navigation? %>
+    <link rel="canonical" href="<%= @article.canonical_url.presence || "https://#{ApplicationConfig['APP_DOMAIN']}#{@article.path}" %>" />
+<% else %>
   <%= content_for :page_meta do %>
-    <% if @article.canonical_url.present? %>
-      <link rel="canonical" href="<%= @article.canonical_url %>" />
-    <% else %>
-      <link rel="canonical" href="https://dev.to<%= @article.path %>" />
-    <% end %>
+    <link rel="canonical" href="<%= @article.canonical_url.presence || "https://#{ApplicationConfig['APP_DOMAIN']}#{@article.path}" %>" />
     <meta name="description" content="<%= @article.description || "An article from the community" %>">
     <meta name="keywords" content="software development, inclusive, community, engineering, <%= @article.cached_tag_list %>">
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/stories_show_spec.rb b/spec/requests/stories_show_spec.rb
index a4c2c65ca..08f847f3d 100644
--- a/spec/requests/stories_show_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/stories_show_spec.rb
@@ -107,6 +107,18 @@ RSpec.describe "StoriesShow", type: :request do
       get "/#{middle_username}/#{article.slug}"
       expect(response.body).to redirect_to("/#{user.username}/#{article.slug}")
     end
+
+    it "renders canonical url when exists" do
+      article = create(:article, with_canonical_url: true)
+      get article.path
+      expect(response.body).to include('"canonical" href="' + article.canonical_url.to_s + '"')
+    end
+
+    it "shodoes not render canonical url when not on article model" do
+      article = create(:article, with_canonical_url: false)
+      get article.path
+      expect(response.body).not_to include('"canonical" href="' + article.canonical_url.to_s + '"')
+    end
   end
 
   describe "GET /:username (org)" do