diff --git a/cli/defaults/siteConfig.json b/cli/defaults/siteConfig.json
index e8af29a7..3164e212 100644
--- a/cli/defaults/siteConfig.json
+++ b/cli/defaults/siteConfig.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   "publishing": {
     "primaryClaimAddress": null,
     "uploadDirectory": "/home/lbry/Uploads",
-    "lbrynetHome": "/CURRENTLYUNUSED",
     "thumbnailChannel": null,
     "thumbnailChannelId": null,
     "additionalClaimAddresses": [],
diff --git a/client/src/components/AssetPreview/index.jsx b/client/src/components/AssetPreview/index.jsx
index 2105a56a..4a1a65b3 100644
--- a/client/src/components/AssetPreview/index.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/AssetPreview/index.jsx
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 import * as Icon from 'react-feather';
+import Img from 'react-image';
 
 const AssetPreview = ({ defaultThumbnail, claimData }) => {
-  const {name, fileExt, contentType, thumbnail, title, blocked, transactionTime} = claimData;
+  const {name, fileExt, contentType, thumbnail, title, blocked, transactionTime = 0} = claimData;
   const showUrl = createCanonicalLink({asset: {...claimData}});
   console.log(transactionTime)
   const embedUrl = `${showUrl}.${fileExt}`;
-  const ago = Date.now()/1000 - transactionTime;
+  const ago = Date.now() / 1000 - transactionTime;
   const dayInSeconds = 60 * 60 * 24;
   const monthInSeconds = dayInSeconds * 30;
-  const yearInSeconds = dayInSeconds * 365;
   let when;
 
-  if (ago < dayInSeconds) {
+  if (ago < dayInSeconds || transactionTime < 1) {
     when = 'Just today';
   } else if (ago < monthInSeconds) {
     when = `${Math.floor(ago / dayInSeconds)} d ago`;
@@ -52,10 +52,14 @@ const AssetPreview = ({ defaultThumbnail, claimData }) => {
     return (
       <Link to={showUrl} className='asset-preview'>
         <div className='asset-preview__image-box'>
-          <img
-            className={'asset-preview__image'}
-            src={thumb || defaultThumbnail}
+          <Img
+            src={[
+              thumb,
+              defaultThumbnail,
+              '/assets/img/default_thumb.jpg',
+            ]}
             alt={name}
+            className={'asset-preview__image'}
           />
         </div>
 
diff --git a/client/src/containers/AssetDisplay/view.jsx b/client/src/containers/AssetDisplay/view.jsx
index c12ad741..be06e847 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/AssetDisplay/view.jsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/AssetDisplay/view.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import ProgressBar from '@components/ProgressBar';
 import { LOCAL_CHECK, UNAVAILABLE, ERROR, AVAILABLE } from '../../constants/asset_display_states';
 import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 import FileViewer from '@components/FileViewer';
+import isBot from 'isbot';
+import Img from 'react-image';
 
 class AvailableContent extends React.Component {
   render () {
@@ -15,20 +17,23 @@ class AvailableContent extends React.Component {
       case 'image/gif':
       case 'image/svg+xml':
         return (
-          <img
-            className='asset-image'
-            src={sourceUrl}
+          <Img
+            src={[
+              sourceUrl,
+              '/assets/img/default_thumb.jpg',
+            ]}
             alt={name}
+            className={'asset-image'}
           />
         );
       case 'video/mp4':
         return (
           <video
             className='asset-video'
-            controls poster={thumbnail}
+            controls poster={!!thumbnail && thumbnail || '/assets/img/default_thumb.jpg'}
           >
             <source
-              src={sourceUrl}
+              src={!!sourceUrl && sourceUrl}
             />
             <p>Your browser does not support the <code>video</code> element.</p>
           </video>
@@ -36,14 +41,25 @@ class AvailableContent extends React.Component {
       case 'text/markdown':
 
         return (
-          <div className={'asset-document'}><FileViewer sourceUrl={sourceUrl}/></div>
+          (isBot(window.navigator.userAgent))
+            ? (
+              <img
+                className='asset-image'
+                src={'/assets/img/default_thumb.jpg'}
+                alt={'markdown available on page load'}
+              />
+            )
+            : <div className={'asset-document'}><FileViewer sourceUrl={!!sourceUrl && sourceUrl}/></div>
         );
       default:
         return (
-          <img
-            className='asset-image'
-            src={thumbnail}
+          <Img
+            src={[
+              thumbnail,
+              '/assets/img/default_thumb.jpg',
+            ]}
             alt={name}
+            className={'asset-image'}
           />
         );
     }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d2dc03e5..8e4dd134 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7592,6 +7592,11 @@
         "buffer-alloc": "^1.2.0"
       }
     },
+    "isbot": {
+      "version": "2.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isbot/-/isbot-2.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-z0idtpC0uKKKTBhd1g73GREBWhCQdnJq8U5o+8XhgPvuPiRb/vkpNreLvtoneaZX9FNxDFOU0ohEj9hTWm/tPw=="
+    },
     "isemail": {
       "version": "3.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isemail/-/isemail-3.2.0.tgz",
@@ -8552,7 +8557,7 @@
     },
     "minimist": {
       "version": "0.0.10",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.10.tgz",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.10.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-3j+YVD2/lggr5IrRoMfNqDYwHc8="
     },
     "mississippi": {
@@ -13287,6 +13292,15 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "react-image": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-image/-/react-image-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yWf+UAtkavJFSG1Qa4p111KncN7/a8dAOUUi5On3jjwZU1tzMXFpBnOFp04vYQr8fJmS/7ePp1OsK440WZ4fLA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "@babel/runtime": "^7.0.0",
+        "prop-types": "15.6.2"
+      }
+    },
     "react-input-autosize": {
       "version": "2.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-input-autosize/-/react-input-autosize-2.2.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e1f7ca2..b733878f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "image-size": "^0.6.3",
     "inquirer": "^5.2.0",
     "ip": "^1.1.5",
+    "isbot": "^2.2.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "make-dir": "^1.3.0",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.21",
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
     "react-feather": "^1.1.4",
     "react-ga": "^2.5.3",
     "react-helmet": "^5.2.0",
+    "react-image": "^2.0.0",
     "react-markdown": "^4.0.6",
     "react-redux": "^5.1.1",
     "react-router-dom": "^4.3.1",
diff --git a/public/assets/img/default_thumb.jpg b/public/assets/img/default_thumb.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49eb43d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/assets/img/default_thumb.jpg differ
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/get/index.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/get/index.js
index 3a0008b0..abb378cc 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/claim/get/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/get/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { getClaim } = require('server/lbrynet');
+const { getClaim, resolveUri } = require('server/lbrynet');
 const { createFileRecordDataAfterGet } = require('server/models/utils/createFileRecordData.js');
 const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
 const getClaimData = require('server/utils/getClaimData');
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const chainquery = require('chainquery').default;
 const db = require('server/models');
 const logger = require('winston');
 const awaitFileSize = require('server/utils/awaitFileSize');
+const isBot = require('isbot');
 
 /*
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ const awaitFileSize = require('server/utils/awaitFileSize');
 
 */
 
-const claimGet = async ({ ip, originalUrl, params }, res) => {
+const claimGet = async ({ ip, originalUrl, params, headers }, res) => {
   const name = params.name;
   const claimId = params.claimId;
 
@@ -28,6 +29,16 @@ const claimGet = async ({ ip, originalUrl, params }, res) => {
     if (!claimInfo) {
       throw new Error('claim/get: resolveClaim: No matching uri found in Claim table');
     }
+    if (headers && headers['user-agent'] && isBot(headers['user-agent'])) {
+      let lbrynetResolveResult = await resolveUri(`${name}#${claimId}`);
+      const { message, completed } = lbrynetResolveResult;
+      res.status(200).json({
+        success: true,
+        message,
+        completed: false,
+      });
+      return true;
+    }
     let lbrynetResult = await getClaim(`${name}#${claimId}`);
     if (!lbrynetResult) {
       throw new Error(`claim/get: getClaim Unable to Get ${name}#${claimId}`);