diff --git a/maloja/thirdparty/__init__.py b/maloja/thirdparty/__init__.py
index b9c5de6..78b08f0 100644
--- a/maloja/thirdparty/__init__.py
+++ b/maloja/thirdparty/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # pls don't sue me
 
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ElementTree
+import json
 import urllib.parse, urllib.request
 from doreah.settings import get_settings
 from doreah.logging import log
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ def proxy_scrobble_all(artists,title,timestamp):
 	for service in services["proxyscrobble"]:
 		service.scrobble(artists,title,timestamp)
 
+def get_image_track_all(track):
+	for service in services["metadata"]:
+		res = service.get_image_track(track)
+		if res is not None: return res
 
 
 
@@ -113,6 +118,30 @@ class MetadataInterface(GenericInterface,abstract=True):
 			get_settings(self.metadata["activated_setting"])
 		)
 
+	def get_image_track(self,track):
+		artists, title = track
+		artiststring = urllib.parse.quote(", ".join(artists))
+		titlestring = urllib.parse.quote(title)
+		response = urllib.request.urlopen(
+			self.metadata["trackurl"].format(artist=artiststring,title=titlestring,**self.settings)
+		)
+
+		responsedata = response.read()
+		if self.metadata["response_type"] == "json":
+			data = json.loads(responsedata)
+			return self.metadata_parse_response(data)
+
+	# default function to parse response by descending down nodes
+	# override if more complicated
+	def metadata_parse_response(self,data):
+		res = data
+		for node in self.metadata["response_parse_tree"]:
+			try:
+				res = res[node]
+			except:
+				return None
+		return res
+
 
 
 
@@ -127,5 +156,7 @@ def utf(st):
 
 ### actually create everything
 
-__all__ = ["lastfm"] # list them for now, do this dynamically later
+__all__ = [
+	"lastfm"
+]
 from . import *
diff --git a/maloja/thirdparty/lastfm.py b/maloja/thirdparty/lastfm.py
index f49e70a..8b1975f 100644
--- a/maloja/thirdparty/lastfm.py
+++ b/maloja/thirdparty/lastfm.py
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ class LastFM(MetadataInterface, ProxyScrobbleInterface):
 		"required_settings": ["apikey","sk","secret"],
 		"activated_setting": "SCROBBLE_LASTFM"
 	}
+	metadata = {
+		"trackurl": "https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getinfo&track={title}&artist={artist}&api_key={apikey}&format=json",
+		"response_type":"json",
+		"response_parse_tree": ["track","album","image",3,"#text"],
+		"required_settings": ["apikey"],
+		"activated_setting": "METADATA_LASTFM"
+	}
+
+
 
 	def proxyscrobble_parse_response(self,data):
 		return data.attrib.get("status") == "ok" and data.find("scrobbles").attrib.get("ignored") == "0"
diff --git a/maloja/utilities.py b/maloja/utilities.py
index 48f7a82..936fd36 100644
--- a/maloja/utilities.py
+++ b/maloja/utilities.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from doreah.logging import log
 from doreah.regular import yearly, daily
 
 from .external import api_request_track, api_request_artist
+from .thirdparty import get_image_track_all
 from .__pkginfo__ import version
 from . import globalconf
 from .globalconf import datadir
@@ -292,7 +293,8 @@ def getTrackImage(artists,title,fast=False):
 	if fast: return "/image?title=" + urllib.parse.quote(title) + "&" + "&".join(["artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(a) for a in artists])
 
 	# non-fast lookup (esentially only the resolver lookup)
-	result = api_request_track((artists,title))
+#	result = api_request_track((artists,title))
+	result = get_image_track_all((artists,title))
 
 	# cache results (even negative ones)
 	#cachedTracks[(frozenset(artists),title)] = result