diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 401267f..7b9e4f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 target/
 subtails.toml
+src/cover_default.png
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 65bce10..f063dc0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.21.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -958,6 +964,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "icy_sixel"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86858ae800284d596cfdefcb0ad435c3493c12f35367431bbe9b2b3858c1155b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ident_case"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1669,6 +1681,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width 0.2.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ratatui-image"
+version = "3.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3a07161c498ddd5066a444a869f27fd97cfc164dbee8c0bdb5ff803b8bb54ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.7",
+ "icy_sixel",
+ "image",
+ "rand",
+ "ratatui",
+ "rustix",
+ "thiserror",
+ "windows",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rav1e"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1783,7 +1811,7 @@ version = "0.12.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a77c62af46e79de0a562e1a9849205ffcb7fc1238876e9bd743357570e04046f"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -2141,6 +2169,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pipewire",
  "rand",
  "ratatui",
+ "ratatui-image",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2599,6 +2628,51 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.58.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd04d41d93c4992d421894c18c8b43496aa748dd4c081bac0dc93eb0489272b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core",
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.58.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ba6d44ec8c2591c134257ce647b7ea6b20335bf6379a27dac5f1641fcf59f99"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-implement",
+ "windows-interface",
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-strings",
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-implement"
+version = "0.58.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bbd5b46c938e506ecbce286b6628a02171d56153ba733b6c741fc627ec9579b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-interface"
+version = "0.58.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "053c4c462dc91d3b1504c6fe5a726dd15e216ba718e84a0e46a88fbe5ded3515"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-registry"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2010f92..49bca74 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ md5 = "0.7.0"
 pipewire = "0.8.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 ratatui = "0.29.0"
+ratatui-image = "3.0.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.215", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.133"
diff --git a/src/player/current.rs b/src/player/current.rs
index 12f3914..e28f7ca 100644
--- a/src/player/current.rs
+++ b/src/player/current.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use crate::ssonic::response::Song;
+use image::DynamicImage;
+
+use crate::{ssonic::response::Song, utils::default_cover};
 
 pub struct Metadata {
     pub name: String,
@@ -6,6 +8,7 @@ pub struct Metadata {
     pub playing: bool,
     pub duration: i32,
     pub current_time: i32,
+    pub cover: DynamicImage,
 }
 
 impl Metadata {
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ impl Metadata {
             playing: false,
             duration: 0,
             current_time: 0,
+            cover: default_cover(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/player/mod.rs b/src/player/mod.rs
index 647aac4..f1e1cf9 100644
--- a/src/player/mod.rs
+++ b/src/player/mod.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn init(
             player_chan,
             player_chan_in,
             playlist: playlist::Playlist::new(),
-            tui_root: tui::Root::new(),
+            tui_root: tui::Root::new().unwrap(),
         };
         match player.begin() {
             Err(err) => {
diff --git a/src/player/tui.rs b/src/player/tui.rs
index b844226..5a64924 100644
--- a/src/player/tui.rs
+++ b/src/player/tui.rs
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ use ratatui::{
     prelude::*,
     widgets::{Paragraph, Widget, Wrap},
 };
+use ratatui_image::{picker::Picker, protocol::StatefulProtocol, StatefulImage};
 
 use crate::utils::Error;
 
 use super::{current::Metadata, Player};
 
 pub struct Root {
+    image_state: StatefulProtocol,
+    proto_picker: Picker,
     pub metadata: Metadata,
 }
 
-impl Widget for &Root {
+impl Widget for &mut Root {
     fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
     where
         Self: Sized,
@@ -31,12 +34,17 @@ impl Widget for &Root {
 }
 
 impl Root {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            metadata: Metadata::new(),
-        }
+    pub fn new() -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut proto_picker = Picker::from_query_stdio()?;
+        let metadata = Metadata::new();
+        let image_state = proto_picker.new_resize_protocol(metadata.cover.clone());
+        Ok(Self {
+            metadata,
+            image_state,
+            proto_picker,
+        })
     }
-    fn render_info(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
+    fn render_info(&mut self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
         let layout_info = Layout::horizontal([Constraint::Ratio(1, 2), Constraint::Ratio(1, 2)]);
         let [cover, track_info] = layout_info.areas(area);
         self.render_cover(cover, buf);
@@ -44,14 +52,11 @@ impl Root {
     }
 
     fn render_progress(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {}
-    fn render_cover(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {}
+    fn render_cover(&mut self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
+        StatefulImage::new(None).render(area, buf, &mut self.image_state);
+    }
     fn render_track_info(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
-        let layout_track = Layout::vertical([
-            Constraint::Min(20),
-            Constraint::Min(10),
-            Constraint::Fill(3),
-        ])
-        .flex(Flex::Start);
+        let layout_track = Layout::vertical([Constraint::Min(20), Constraint::Min(10)]);
         let [title, artist, _] = layout_track.areas(area);
         self.render_title(title, buf);
         self.render_artist(artist, buf);
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ impl Root {
 impl Player {
     pub fn update(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.terminal
-            .draw(|frame| frame.render_widget(&self.tui_root, frame.area()))?;
+            .draw(|frame| frame.render_widget(&mut self.tui_root, frame.area()))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 0a47296..0cfc390 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use image::DynamicImage;
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, thread_rng, Rng};
 
 pub type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
@@ -13,3 +14,9 @@ pub fn generate_random_salt() -> String {
 pub fn restore() {
     ratatui::restore()
 }
+
+const DEFAULT_COVER_RAW: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("cover_default.png");
+
+pub fn default_cover() -> DynamicImage {
+    image::load_from_memory(DEFAULT_COVER_RAW).unwrap()
+}