diff --git a/ui/component/claimTilesDiscover/view.jsx b/ui/component/claimTilesDiscover/view.jsx
index dffc3b704..6c4c7fdc9 100644
--- a/ui/component/claimTilesDiscover/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/claimTilesDiscover/view.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
-import { ENABLE_NO_SOURCE_CLAIMS } from 'config';
+import { ENABLE_NO_SOURCE_CLAIMS, SIMPLE_SITE } from 'config';
+import * as CS from 'constants/claim_search';
 import React from 'react';
 import { createNormalizedClaimSearchKey, MATURE_TAGS } from 'lbry-redux';
 import ClaimPreviewTile from 'component/claimPreviewTile';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ type Props = {
   releaseTime?: string,
   languages?: Array<string>,
   claimType?: string | Array<string>,
+  streamTypes?: Array<string>,
   timestamp?: string,
   feeAmount?: string,
   limitClaimsPerChannel?: number,
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ function ClaimTilesDiscover(props: Props) {
     releaseTime,
     languages,
     claimType,
+    streamTypes,
     prefixUris,
     timestamp,
     feeAmount,
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ function ClaimTilesDiscover(props: Props) {
     channel_ids: channelIds || [],
     not_channel_ids: [],
     order_by: orderBy || ['trending_group', 'trending_mixed'],
+    stream_types: streamTypes || SIMPLE_SITE ? [CS.FILE_VIDEO, CS.FILE_AUDIO] : undefined,
   };
 
   if (!ENABLE_NO_SOURCE_CLAIMS && (!claimType || claimType === 'stream')) {
diff --git a/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx b/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
index 5c712eb6f..e109dfa15 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
@@ -512,13 +512,13 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
             {fileSelectSource === SOURCE_UPLOAD && showFileUpload && (
               <>
                 <FileSelector
-                  label={SIMPLE_SITE ? __('Video file') : __('File')}
+                  label={SIMPLE_SITE ? __('Video/audio file') : __('File')}
                   disabled={disabled}
                   currentPath={currentFile}
                   onFileChosen={handleFileChange}
                   // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19107685/safari-input-type-file-accept-video-ignores-mp4-files
-                  accept={SIMPLE_SITE ? 'video/mp4,video/x-m4v,video/*' : undefined}
-                  placeholder={SIMPLE_SITE ? __('Select video file to upload') : __('Select a file to upload')}
+                  accept={SIMPLE_SITE ? 'video/mp4,video/x-m4v,video/*,audio/*' : undefined}
+                  placeholder={SIMPLE_SITE ? __('Select video or audio file to upload') : __('Select a file to upload')}
                 />
                 {getUploadMessage()}
               </>
diff --git a/ui/component/publishFormErrors/index.js b/ui/component/publishFormErrors/index.js
index 3672200fb..5197f54ca 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishFormErrors/index.js
+++ b/ui/component/publishFormErrors/index.js
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { makeSelectPublishFormValue, selectIsStillEditing } from 'lbry-redux';
 import PublishPage from './view';
 
-const select = state => ({
+const select = (state) => ({
   bid: makeSelectPublishFormValue('bid')(state),
   name: makeSelectPublishFormValue('name')(state),
   title: makeSelectPublishFormValue('title')(state),
   bidError: makeSelectPublishFormValue('bidError')(state),
   editingURI: makeSelectPublishFormValue('editingURI')(state),
   uploadThumbnailStatus: makeSelectPublishFormValue('uploadThumbnailStatus')(state),
+  thumbnail: makeSelectPublishFormValue('thumbnail_url')(state),
   isStillEditing: selectIsStillEditing(state),
 });
 
diff --git a/ui/component/publishFormErrors/view.jsx b/ui/component/publishFormErrors/view.jsx
index 9445b79eb..0c1297f65 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishFormErrors/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/publishFormErrors/view.jsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type Props = {
   filePath: ?string,
   isStillEditing: boolean,
   uploadThumbnailStatus: string,
+  thumbnail: string,
   waitForFile: boolean,
 };
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ function PublishFormErrors(props: Props) {
     filePath,
     isStillEditing,
     uploadThumbnailStatus,
+    thumbnail,
     waitForFile,
   } = props;
   // These are extra help
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ function PublishFormErrors(props: Props) {
       {uploadThumbnailStatus === THUMBNAIL_STATUSES.IN_PROGRESS && (
         <div>{__('Please wait for thumbnail to finish uploading')}</div>
       )}
+      {!thumbnail && <div>{__('Audio files require a thumbnail. Please upload or provide an image URL above.')}</div>}
       {editingURI && !isStillEditing && !filePath && (
         <div>{__('Please reselect a file after changing the LBRY URL')}</div>
       )}
diff --git a/ui/component/searchOptions/view.jsx b/ui/component/searchOptions/view.jsx
index 7d6250147..ab54e24f6 100644
--- a/ui/component/searchOptions/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/searchOptions/view.jsx
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ const SearchOptions = (props: Props) => {
   if (simple) {
     delete TYPES_ADVANCED[SEARCH_OPTIONS.MEDIA_APPLICATION];
     delete TYPES_ADVANCED[SEARCH_OPTIONS.MEDIA_IMAGE];
-    delete TYPES_ADVANCED[SEARCH_OPTIONS.MEDIA_AUDIO];
   }
 
   React.useEffect(() => {