diff --git a/controllers/serveController.js b/controllers/serveController.js
index 4b99e03d..9ef246f7 100644
--- a/controllers/serveController.js
+++ b/controllers/serveController.js
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ module.exports = {
               element['showUrlLong'] = `/${channelName}:${longChannelId}/${element.name}`;
               element['directUrlLong'] = `/${channelName}:${longChannelId}/${element.name}.${fileExtenstion}`;
               element['directUrlShort'] = `/${channelName}:${shortChannelId}/${element.name}.${fileExtenstion}`;
+              if (!element.thumbnail || element.thumbnail === '') {
+                element['thumbnail'] = 'https://spee.ch/assets/img/content-freedom-large.png';
+              }
             });
           }
           return resolve(allChannelClaims);
diff --git a/controllers/statsController.js b/controllers/statsController.js
index 413bf0ff..915c9d81 100644
--- a/controllers/statsController.js
+++ b/controllers/statsController.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ module.exports = {
             element['directUrlLong'] = `/${element.claimId}/${element.name}.${fileExtenstion}`;
             element['directUrlShort'] = `/${element.claimId}/${element.name}.${fileExtenstion}`;
             element['contentType'] = element.fileType;
-            element['thumbnail'] = '';
+            element['thumbnail'] = 'https://spee.ch/assets/img/content-freedom-large.png';
           });
         }
         resolve(results);
diff --git a/views/partials/contentListItem.handlebars b/views/partials/contentListItem.handlebars
index 895abfbd..128241c5 100644
--- a/views/partials/contentListItem.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/contentListItem.handlebars
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 <div class='content-list-card'>
     <a href="{{this.showUrlLong}}"><span class='content-list-card-link'></span></a>
     {{#ifConditional this.contentType '===' 'video/mp4'}}
-        {{#ifConditional this.thumbnail '===' ''}}
-            <img class="content-list-asset" src="/assets/img/content-freedom-large.png"/>
-        {{else}}
-            <img class="content-list-asset" src="{{this.thumbnail}}"/>
-        {{/ifConditional}}
+         <img class="content-list-asset" src="{{this.thumbnail}}"/>
     {{else}}
         <img  class="content-list-asset" src="{{this.directUrlLong}}" />
     {{/ifConditional}}