diff --git a/maloja/database/sqldb.py b/maloja/database/sqldb.py
index b6fd6e1..f64c43e 100644
--- a/maloja/database/sqldb.py
+++ b/maloja/database/sqldb.py
@@ -396,17 +396,21 @@ def get_track_id(trackdict,create_new=True,update_album=False,dbconn=None):
 		#print("required artists",artist_ids,"this match",match_artist_ids)
 		if set(artist_ids) == set(match_artist_ids):
 			#print("ID for",trackdict['title'],"was",row[0])
-			if trackdict.get('album'):
+			if trackdict.get('album') and create_new:
+				# if we don't supply create_new, it means we just want to get info about a track
+				# which means no need to write album info, even if it was new
 				add_track_to_album(row.id,get_album_id(trackdict['album'],dbconn=dbconn),replace=update_album,dbconn=dbconn)
 			return row.id
 
 	if not create_new: return None
 
+	print("Creating new track")
 	op = DB['tracks'].insert().values(
 		**track_dict_to_db(trackdict,dbconn=dbconn)
 	)
 	result = dbconn.execute(op)
 	track_id = result.inserted_primary_key[0]
+	print(track_id)
 
 	for artist_id in artist_ids:
 		op = DB['trackartists'].insert().values(
diff --git a/maloja/images.py b/maloja/images.py
index 4c2fa22..f4425e4 100644
--- a/maloja/images.py
+++ b/maloja/images.py
@@ -111,20 +111,20 @@ def dl_image(url):
 ### even if we have already cached it, we will handle that on request
 def get_track_image(track=None,track_id=None):
 	if track_id is None:
-		track_id = database.sqldb.get_track_id(track)
+		track_id = database.sqldb.get_track_id(track,create_new=False)
 
 	return f"/image?type=track&id={track_id}"
 
 
 def get_artist_image(artist=None,artist_id=None):
 	if artist_id is None:
-		artist_id = database.sqldb.get_artist_id(artist)
+		artist_id = database.sqldb.get_artist_id(artist,create_new=False)
 
 	return f"/image?type=artist&id={artist_id}"
 
 def get_album_image(album=None,album_id=None):
 	if album_id is None:
-		album_id = database.sqldb.get_album_id(album)
+		album_id = database.sqldb.get_album_id(album,create_new=False)
 
 	return f"/image?type=album&id={album_id}"