diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f6ca26..34cdbcf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ backend/debug/
 backend/target/
 backend/sqlite.db
 dist/
-
+images/*
 # Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
 # More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
 # Cargo.lock
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 9b4ede0..e3e09eb 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "miniz_oxide",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.5.3",
  "object",
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
@@ -384,6 +384,12 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bit_field"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dcb6dd1c2376d2e096796e234a70e17e94cc2d5d54ff8ce42b28cef1d0d359a4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -424,6 +430,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dotenvy",
  "entity",
  "error-chain",
+ "image",
  "itertools",
  "log",
  "reqwest",
@@ -474,6 +481,12 @@ version = "3.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c1ad822118d20d2c234f427000d5acc36eabe1e29a348c89b63dd60b13f28e5d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytemuck"
+version = "1.12.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aec14f5d4e6e3f927cd0c81f72e5710d95ee9019fbeb4b3021193867491bfd8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.4.3"
@@ -559,6 +572,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color_quant"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d7b894f5411737b7867f4827955924d7c254fc9f4d91a6aad6b097804b1018b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "1.2.4"
@@ -617,6 +636,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2dd04ddaf88237dc3b8d8f9a3c1004b506b54b3313403944054d23c0870c521"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "715e8152b692bba2d374b53d4875445368fdf21a94751410af607a5ac677d1fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.9.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f916dfc5d356b0ed9dae65f1db9fc9770aa2851d2662b988ccf4fe3516e86348"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "memoffset",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-queue"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -637,6 +690,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crunchy"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -743,6 +802,21 @@ version = "2.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "exr"
+version = "1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eb5f255b5980bb0c8cf676b675d1a99be40f316881444f44e0462eaf5df5ded"
+dependencies = [
+ "bit_field",
+ "flume",
+ "half",
+ "lebe",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.6.2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "threadpool",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fallible-iterator"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -765,7 +839,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f82b0f4c27ad9f8bfd1f3208d882da2b09c301bc1c828fd3a00d0216d2fbbff6"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
- "miniz_oxide",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.5.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -776,6 +850,7 @@ checksum = "1657b4441c3403d9f7b3409e47575237dac27b1b5726df654a6ecbf92f0f7577"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
+ "nanorand",
  "pin-project",
  "spin 0.9.4",
 ]
@@ -943,8 +1018,20 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4eb1a864a501629691edf6c15a593b7a51eebaa1e8468e9ddc623de7c9b58ec6"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "gif"
+version = "0.11.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3edd93c6756b4dfaf2709eafcc345ba2636565295c198a9cfbf75fa5e3e00b06"
+dependencies = [
+ "color_quant",
+ "weezl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -984,6 +1071,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "half"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad6a9459c9c30b177b925162351f97e7d967c7ea8bab3b8352805327daf45554"
+dependencies = [
+ "crunchy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1146,6 +1242,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "image"
+version = "0.24.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd8e4fb07cf672b1642304e731ef8a6a4c7891d67bb4fd4f5ce58cd6ed86803c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "byteorder",
+ "color_quant",
+ "exr",
+ "gif",
+ "jpeg-decoder",
+ "num-rational",
+ "num-traits",
+ "png",
+ "scoped_threadpool",
+ "tiff",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.1"
@@ -1195,6 +1310,15 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c8af84674fe1f223a982c933a0ee1086ac4d4052aa0fb8060c12c6ad838e754"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jpeg-decoder"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9478aa10f73e7528198d75109c8be5cd7d15fb530238040148d5f9a22d4c5b3b"
+dependencies = [
+ "rayon",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.59"
@@ -1219,6 +1343,12 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lebe"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03087c2bad5e1034e8cace5926dec053fb3790248370865f5117a7d0213354c8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.132"
@@ -1292,6 +1422,15 @@ version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2dffe52ecf27772e601905b7522cb4ef790d2cc203488bbd0e2fe85fcb74566d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aa361d4faea93603064a027415f07bd8e1d5c88c9fbf68bf56a285428fd79ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "migration"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1332,6 +1471,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b275950c28b37e794e8c55d88aeb5e139d0ce23fdbbeda68f8d7174abdf9e8fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -1344,6 +1492,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nanorand"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a51313c5820b0b02bd422f4b44776fbf47961755c74ce64afc73bfad10226c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.10"
@@ -1393,6 +1550,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-rational"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0638a1c9d0a3c0914158145bc76cff373a75a627e6ecbfb71cbe6f453a5a19b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1614,6 +1782,18 @@ version = "0.3.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1df8c4ec4b0627e53bdf214615ad287367e482558cf84b109250b37464dc03ae"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "png"
+version = "0.17.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d708eaf860a19b19ce538740d2b4bdeeb8337fa53f7738455e706623ad5c638"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "flate2",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.6.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "polling"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -1740,6 +1920,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon"
+version = "1.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd99e5772ead8baa5215278c9b15bf92087709e9c1b2d1f97cdb5a183c933a7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "either",
+ "rayon-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-core"
+version = "1.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "258bcdb5ac6dad48491bb2992db6b7cf74878b0384908af124823d118c99683f"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "num_cpus",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -1907,6 +2111,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scoped_threadpool"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d51f5df5af43ab3f1360b429fa5e0152ac5ce8c0bd6485cae490332e96846a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -2420,6 +2630,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "threadpool"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d050e60b33d41c19108b32cea32164033a9013fe3b46cbd4457559bfbf77afaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "num_cpus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tiff"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9f71e422515e83e3ab8a03d4781d05ebf864fc61f4546e6ecffa58cbd34181a0"
+dependencies = [
+ "flate2",
+ "jpeg-decoder",
+ "weezl",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.44"
@@ -2896,6 +3126,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "weezl"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9193164d4de03a926d909d3bc7c30543cecb35400c02114792c2cae20d5e2dbb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wepoll-ffi"
 version = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/backend/api/Cargo.toml b/backend/api/Cargo.toml
index a129148..f1c0959 100644
--- a/backend/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ axum = "^0.5"
 axum-extra = { version = "^0.3", features = ["spa"] }
 clap = { version = "^3", features = ["derive"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15.0"
+image = "0.24"
 error-chain = "0.12.4"
 log = "^0.4"
 reqwest = {version = "0.11.11",  features = ["json"]}
diff --git a/backend/api/src/lib.rs b/backend/api/src/lib.rs
index bec9478..2175ab6 100644
--- a/backend/api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backend/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use axum::{
 };
 use axum_extra::routing::SpaRouter;
 use clap::Parser;
+use image;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr};
@@ -315,7 +316,18 @@ async fn create_book(
     Json(doc_sent): Json<BookUI>, 
 ) -> impl IntoResponse {
 println!("Creating book");
-    let book: book::Model = book::Model{
+let mut cover = doc_sent.cover.clone();
+if !doc_sent.cover.is_none() {
+    let img_bytes = reqwest::get(cover.unwrap()).await.unwrap().bytes().await.unwrap();
+    //.expect("Could not fetch image");
+    //let img_bytes = img_resp.unwrap().bytes();
+    let image = image::load_from_memory(&img_bytes).unwrap();
+    let temp_cover = doc_sent.cover.clone().unwrap();
+    let img_id = temp_cover.split("/").last().unwrap();
+    image.save(format!("../images/{}",img_id)).expect("Failed to save image");
+    cover = Some(img_id.to_string());
+}
+let book: book::Model = book::Model{
             open_library_key: doc_sent.open_library_key.to_owned(),
             title: (doc_sent.title.to_owned()),
             edition_count: doc_sent.edition_count.to_owned(),
@@ -324,7 +336,7 @@ println!("Creating book");
             goodread_id: doc_sent.goodread_id.to_owned(),
             description: doc_sent.description.to_owned(),
             comments: doc_sent.comments.to_owned(),
-            cover: doc_sent.cover.to_owned(),
+            cover: cover.to_owned(),
             rating: doc_sent.rating.to_owned(),
             time_added: doc_sent.time_added.to_owned(),
             id: 1,