diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3682f37..e4469aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "clippable"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.0",
  "clap",
  "rocket",
  "rocket_contrib",
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "clippable-server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.0",
  "rocket",
  "rocket_contrib",
  "serde",
@@ -709,9 +711,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.9"
+version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3d0b9745dc2debf507c8422de05d7226cc1f0644216dfdfead988f9b1ab32a7"
+checksum = "38bc8cc6a5f2e3655e0899c1b848643b2562f853f114bfec7be120678e3ace05"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.29",
 ]
@@ -868,8 +870,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d7bc1a1ab1961464eae040d96713baa5a724a8152c1222492465b54322ec508b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.29",
- "quote 1.0.9",
- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
+ "syn 1.0.78",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -904,9 +906,9 @@ checksum = "c307a32c1c5c437f38c7fd45d753050587732ba8628319fbdf12a7e289ccc590"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.6.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fe0f37c9e8f3c5a4a66ad655a93c74daac4ad00c441533bf5c6e7990bb42604e"
+checksum = "1ecab6c735a6bb4139c0caafd0cc3635748bbb3acf4550e8138122099251f309"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "state"
@@ -939,12 +941,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "1.0.77"
+version = "1.0.78"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5239bc68e0fef57495900cfea4e8dc75596d9a319d7e16b1e0a440d24e6fe0a0"
+checksum = "a4eac2e6c19f5c3abc0c229bea31ff0b9b091c7b14990e8924b92902a303a0c0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.29",
- "quote 1.0.9",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
  "unicode-xid 0.2.2",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb62b86..649e233 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ path = "api/src/main.rs"
 # For json hehexd
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 
+# This is primarily for turning images(thumbnails) in the api
+# into base64 strings
+base64 = "0.13.0"
+
 # For commanline parsing
 clap = "2.33.3"
 
 # For the backend server we just use rocket
 rocket = "0.4"
 
-
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
 version = "0.4.10"
 default-features = false
diff --git a/api/Cargo.toml b/api/Cargo.toml
index 053d3e3..3e899d7 100644
--- a/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 rocket = "0.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
+base64 = "0.13.0"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
 version = "0.4.10"
diff --git a/api/src/video.rs b/api/src/video.rs
index cc9f75a..5b5df7d 100644
--- a/api/src/video.rs
+++ b/api/src/video.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,29 @@
 use rocket_contrib::json;
 use rocket_contrib::json::JsonValue;
-use std::env;
-use std::fs;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use base64;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::{fs, env};
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
 
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct Category {
+    name: String,
+    thumbnail: Option<String>
+}
+
+fn get_nail(dirpath: &Path) -> std::io::Result<Option<String>> {
+    let mut t_path = dirpath.to_path_buf(); t_path.push(".thumbnail.jpg");
+
+    if t_path.is_file() {
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        let mut file = File::open(t_path)?;
+        file.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+        return Ok(Some(base64::encode(buf).to_string()));
+    }
+    Ok(None)
+}
 
 #[get("/categories")]
 pub fn list_categories() -> JsonValue {
@@ -10,19 +31,18 @@ pub fn list_categories() -> JsonValue {
         Ok(val) => val,
         Err(e) => "/media/clips/".to_string()
     };
-    println!("Directory to search: {}", dir);
 
     // Fucking hell this is going to be dumb
-    let mut cats: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut cats: Vec<Category> = Vec::new();
     for file in fs::read_dir(dir).unwrap() {
         match file {
             Ok(file) => {
-                match file.file_name().into_string() {
-                    Ok(s) => cats.push(s),
-                    _ => {}
-                }
+                let name = file.file_name()
+                    .into_string().unwrap_or(String::new());
+                let nail = get_nail(file.path().as_ref());
+                cats.push(Category { name, thumbnail: nail.unwrap_or(None) });
             },
-            Err(_) => continue
+            _ => continue
         }
     }