diff --git a/cista/app.py b/cista/app.py
index c36a858..9a98c61 100644
--- a/cista/app.py
+++ b/cista/app.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from sanic.exceptions import Forbidden, NotFound
 from sanic.log import logger
 from stream_zip import ZIP_AUTO, stream_zip
 
-from cista import auth, config, session, watching
+from cista import auth, config, preview, session, watching
 from cista.api import bp
 from cista.util.apphelpers import handle_sanic_exception
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ sanic.helpers._ENTITY_HEADERS = frozenset()
 
 app = Sanic("cista", strict_slashes=True)
 app.blueprint(auth.bp)
+app.blueprint(preview.bp)
 app.blueprint(bp)
 app.exception(Exception)(handle_sanic_exception)
 
diff --git a/cista/preview.py b/cista/preview.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..129a0ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cista/preview.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import asyncio
+import io
+from pathlib import PurePosixPath
+from urllib.parse import unquote
+
+from PIL import Image
+from sanic import Blueprint, raw
+from sanic.exceptions import Forbidden, NotFound
+
+from cista import config
+from cista.util.filename import sanitize
+
+bp = Blueprint("preview", url_prefix="/preview")
+
+
+@bp.get("/<path:path>")
+async def preview(req, path):
+    """Preview a file"""
+    width = int(req.query_string) if req.query_string else 768
+    rel = PurePosixPath(sanitize(unquote(path)))
+    path = config.config.path / rel
+    if not path.is_file():
+        raise NotFound("File not found")
+    size = path.lstat().st_size
+    if size > 20 * 10**6:
+        raise Forbidden("File too large")
+    img = await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(
+        req.app.ctx.threadexec, process_image, path, width
+    )
+    return raw(img, content_type="image/webp")
+
+
+def process_image(path, maxsize):
+    img = Image.open(path)
+    w, h = img.size
+    img.thumbnail((min(w, maxsize), min(h, maxsize)))
+    # Save as webp
+    imgdata = io.BytesIO()
+    img.save(imgdata, format="webp", quality=70, method=6)
+    return imgdata.getvalue()
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.vue b/frontend/src/App.vue
index 54ab67f..f737c68 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ const globalShortcutHandler = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
   }
   // G toggles Gallery
   else if (!input && keyup && event.key === 'g') {
-    store.gallery = !store.gallery
+    store.prefs.gallery = !store.prefs.gallery
   }
   // Keys Backquote-1-2-3 to sort columns
   else if (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue b/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
index f0e3a0e..ba38221 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       />
     </template>
     <SvgButton ref="searchButton" name="find" @click.prevent="toggleSearchInput" />
-    <SvgButton name="eye" @click="store.gallery = !store.gallery" />
+    <SvgButton name="eye" @click="store.prefs.gallery = !store.prefs.gallery" />
     <SvgButton name="cog" @click="settingsMenu" />
   </nav>
 </template>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/MediaPreview.vue b/frontend/src/components/MediaPreview.vue
index e467060..32ae7e3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/MediaPreview.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/MediaPreview.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <img v-if=doc.img :src=doc.url alt="">
+  <img v-if=doc.img :src="preview() ? doc.previewurl : doc.url" alt="">
   <span v-else-if=doc.dir class="folder icon"></span>
   <video ref=vid v-else-if=video() :src=doc.url controls preload=none @click.prevent>📄</video>
   <audio ref=aud v-else-if=audio() :src=doc.url controls preload=metadata @click.stop>📄</audio>
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ defineExpose({
 
 const video = () => ['mkv', 'mp4', 'webm', 'mov', 'avi'].includes(props.doc.ext)
 const audio = () => ['mp3', 'flac', 'ogg', 'aac'].includes(props.doc.ext)
-const embed = () => ['txt', 'py', 'html', 'css', 'js', 'json', 'xml', 'csv', 'tsv'].includes(props.doc.ext)
 const archive = () => ['zip', 'tar', 'gz', 'bz2', 'xz', '7z', 'rar'].includes(props.doc.ext)
+const preview = () => (
+  props.doc.size > 500000 &&
+  ['png', 'bmp', 'ico', 'webp', 'avif', 'jpg', 'jpeg'].includes(props.doc.ext)
+)
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/frontend/src/repositories/Document.ts b/frontend/src/repositories/Document.ts
index 9887dd6..1ee9d46 100644
--- a/frontend/src/repositories/Document.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/repositories/Document.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ export class Doc {
     const ext = this.name.split('.').pop()?.toLowerCase()
     return ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'webp', 'avif', 'svg'].includes(ext || '')
   }
+  get previewurl(): string {
+    return this.url.replace(/^\/files/, '/preview')
+  }
   get ext(): string {
     const ext = this.name.split('.').pop()
     return ext ? ext.toLowerCase() : ''
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores/main.ts b/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
index 3274616..024ea9c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ export const useMainStore = defineStore({
     fileExplorer: null as any,
     error: '' as string,
     connected: false,
-    gallery: false,
     cursor: '' as string,
     server: {} as Record<string, any>,
     prefs: {
+      gallery: false,
       sortListing: '' as SortOrder,
       sortFiltered: '' as SortOrder,
     },
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ExplorerView.vue b/frontend/src/views/ExplorerView.vue
index a12f9bc..1186c8e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ExplorerView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ExplorerView.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <p v-else>Empty folder</p>
   </div>
   <Gallery
-    v-else-if="store.gallery"
+    v-else-if="store.prefs.gallery"
     ref="fileExplorer"
     :key="`gallery-${Router.currentRoute.value.path}`"
     :path="props.path"
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     :path="props.path"
     :documents="documents"
   />
-  <div v-if="!store.gallery && documents.some(doc => doc.img)" class="suggest-gallery">
+  <div v-if="!store.prefs.gallery && documents.some(doc => doc.img)" class="suggest-gallery">
     <p>Media files found. Would you like a gallery view?</p>
-    <SvgButton name="eye" taborder=0 @click="() => { store.gallery = true }">Gallery</SvgButton>
+    <SvgButton name="eye" taborder=0 @click="() => { store.prefs.gallery = true }">Gallery</SvgButton>
   </div>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
index 9e1b9d8..2932a1f 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       "/login": dev_backend,
       "/logout": dev_backend,
       "/zip": dev_backend,
+      "/preview": dev_backend,
     }
   },
   build: {