diff --git a/maloja/__init__.py b/maloja/__init__.py
index bc4eedc..2b76141 100644
--- a/maloja/__init__.py
+++ b/maloja/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ author = {
 	"email":"maloja@krateng.dev",
 	"github": "krateng"
 }
-version = 2,1,3
+version = 2,1,4
 versionstr = ".".join(str(n) for n in version)
 
 
diff --git a/maloja/data_files/settings/default.ini b/maloja/data_files/settings/default.ini
index b245bc7..b3a069f 100644
--- a/maloja/data_files/settings/default.ini
+++ b/maloja/data_files/settings/default.ini
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ SPOTIFY_API_ID = "ASK"
 SPOTIFY_API_SECRET = "ASK"
 CACHE_EXPIRE_NEGATIVE = 30	# after how many days negative results should be tried again
 CACHE_EXPIRE_POSITIVE = 300	# after how many days positive results should be refreshed
+THUMBOR_SERVER = None
+THUMBOR_SECRET = ""
 
 # Can be 'YouTube', 'YouTube Music', 'Google Play Music', 'Spotify', 'Tidal', 'SoundCloud', 'Deezer', 'Amazon Music'
 # Omit or set to none to disable
diff --git a/maloja/globalconf.py b/maloja/globalconf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16764b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maloja/globalconf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from doreah.settings import get_settings
+
+THUMBOR_SERVER, THUMBOR_SECRET = get_settings("THUMBOR_SERVER","THUMBOR_SECRET")
+try:
+	USE_THUMBOR = THUMBOR_SERVER is not None and THUMBOR_SECRET is not None
+	if USE_THUMBOR:
+		from libthumbor import CryptoURL
+		THUMBOR_GENERATOR = CryptoURL(key=THUMBOR_SECRET)
+		OWNURL = get_settings("PUBLIC_URL")
+		assert OWNURL is not None
+except:
+	USE_THUMBOR = False
+	log("Thumbor could not be initialized. Is libthumbor installed?")
diff --git a/maloja/server.py b/maloja/server.py
index f97ea9d..90f1d31 100755
--- a/maloja/server.py
+++ b/maloja/server.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from . import utilities
 from .utilities import resolveImage
 from .urihandler import uri_to_internal, remove_identical
 from . import urihandler
+from . import globalconf
 # doreah toolkit
 from doreah import settings
 from doreah.logging import log
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ def dynamic_image():
 @webserver.route("/images/<pth:re:.*\\.png>")
 @webserver.route("/images/<pth:re:.*\\.gif>")
 def static_image(pth):
+	if globalconf.USE_THUMBOR:
+		return static_file("images/" + pth,root="")
+
+	type = pth.split(".")[-1]
 	small_pth = pth + "-small"
 	if os.path.exists("images/" + small_pth):
 		response = static_file("images/" + small_pth,root="")
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ def static_image(pth):
 
 	#response = static_file("images/" + pth,root="")
 	response.set_header("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=86400")
+	response.set_header("Content-Type", "image/" + type)
 	return response
 
 
diff --git a/maloja/utilities.py b/maloja/utilities.py
index 86f6e07..bee18a0 100644
--- a/maloja/utilities.py
+++ b/maloja/utilities.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from doreah.regular import yearly, daily
 
 from .external import api_request_track, api_request_artist
 from .__init__ import version
+from . import globalconf
 
 
 
@@ -126,10 +127,20 @@ def consistentRulestate(folder,checksums):
 #####
 
 
+if globalconf.USE_THUMBOR:
+	def thumborize(url):
+		if url.startswith("/"): url = globalconf.OWNURL + url
+		encrypted_url = globalconf.THUMBOR_GENERATOR.generate(
+		    width=300,
+		    height=300,
+		    smart=True,
+		    image_url=url
+		)
+		return globalconf.THUMBOR_SERVER + encrypted_url
 
-
-
-
+else:
+	def thumborize(url):
+		return url
 
 
 
@@ -297,7 +308,7 @@ def getArtistImage(artist,fast=False):
 	if settings.get_settings("USE_LOCAL_IMAGES"):
 
 		try:
-			return local_artist_cache.get(artist)
+			return thumborize(local_artist_cache.get(artist))
 			# Local cached image
 		except:
 			# Get all local images, select one if present
@@ -306,14 +317,14 @@ def getArtistImage(artist,fast=False):
 				#return random.choice(images)
 				res = random.choice(images)
 				local_artist_cache.add(artist,res)
-				return urllib.parse.quote(res)
+				return thumborize(urllib.parse.quote(res))
 
 
 	# if no local images (or setting to not use them)
 	try:
 		# check cache for foreign image
 		result = artist_cache.get(artist)
-		if result is not None: return result
+		if result is not None: return thumborize(result)
 		else: return ""
 		# none means non-existence is cached, return empty
 	except:
@@ -337,7 +348,7 @@ def getArtistImage(artist,fast=False):
 	#cachedArtists[artist] = result
 	artist_cache.add(artist,result) #cache_artist(artist,result)
 
-	if result is not None: return result
+	if result is not None: return thumborize(result)
 	else: return ""
 
 def getTrackImages(trackobjectlist,fast=False):