diff --git a/tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_images.py b/tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_images.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d56892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_images.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by nothing. Done manually by InterN0te on 2023-12-10 16:36
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('sync', '0020_auto_20231024_1825'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='source',
+            name='copy_channel_images',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Copy channel banner and avatar. These may be detected and used by some media servers', verbose_name='copy channel images'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/models.py b/tubesync/sync/models.py
index 356e779..77a62f6 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/models.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/models.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
+from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
 from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
 from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
 from django.utils.text import slugify
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from common.errors import NoFormatException
 from common.utils import clean_filename
 from .youtube import (get_media_info as get_youtube_media_info,
-                      download_media as download_youtube_media)
+                      download_media as download_youtube_media,
+                      get_channel_image_info as get_youtube_channel_image_info)
 from .utils import seconds_to_timestr, parse_media_format
 from .matching import (get_best_combined_format, get_best_audio_format,
                        get_best_video_format)
@@ -338,6 +340,11 @@ class Source(models.Model):
         default=FALLBACK_NEXT_BEST_HD,
         help_text=_('What do do when media in your source resolution and codecs is not available')
     )
+    copy_channel_images = models.BooleanField(
+        _('copy channel images'),
+        default=False,
+        help_text=_('Copy channel banner and avatar. These may be detected and used by some media servers')
+    )
     copy_thumbnails = models.BooleanField(
         _('copy thumbnails'),
         default=False,
@@ -478,6 +485,14 @@ class Source(models.Model):
     def make_directory(self):
         return os.makedirs(self.directory_path, exist_ok=True)
 
+    @property
+    def get_image_url(self):
+        if self.source_type == self.SOURCE_TYPE_YOUTUBE_PLAYLIST:
+            raise SuspiciousOperation('This source is a playlist so it doesn\'t have thumbnail.')
+        
+        return get_youtube_channel_image_info(self.url)
+
+
     def directory_exists(self):
         return (os.path.isdir(self.directory_path) and
                 os.access(self.directory_path, os.W_OK))
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/signals.py b/tubesync/sync/signals.py
index b92390e..6d2f182 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/signals.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/signals.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from .models import Source, Media, MediaServer
 from .tasks import (delete_task_by_source, delete_task_by_media, index_source_task,
                     download_media_thumbnail, download_media_metadata,
                     map_task_to_instance, check_source_directory_exists,
-                    download_media, rescan_media_server)
+                    download_media, rescan_media_server, download_source_images)
 from .utils import delete_file
 
 
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ def source_post_save(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
             priority=0,
             verbose_name=verbose_name.format(instance.name)
         )
+        if instance.source_type != Source.SOURCE_TYPE_YOUTUBE_PLAYLIST and instance.copy_channel_images:
+            download_source_images(
+                str(instance.pk),
+                priority=0,
+                verbose_name=verbose_name.format(instance.name)
+            )
         if instance.index_schedule > 0:
             delete_task_by_source('sync.tasks.index_source_task', instance.pk)
             log.info(f'Scheduling media indexing for source: {instance.name}')
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/tasks.py b/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
index 5ecfd5e..cd16326 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from datetime import timedelta, datetime
 from shutil import copyfile
 from PIL import Image
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
@@ -219,6 +220,56 @@ def check_source_directory_exists(source_id):
         source.make_directory()
 
 
+@background(schedule=0)
+def download_source_images(source_id):
+    '''
+        Downloads an image and save it as a local thumbnail attached to a
+        Source instance.
+    '''
+    try:
+        source = Source.objects.get(pk=source_id)
+    except Source.DoesNotExist:
+        # Task triggered but the source no longer exists, do nothing
+        log.error(f'Task download_source_images(pk={source_id}) called but no '
+                  f'source exists with ID: {source_id}')
+        return
+    avatar, banner = source.get_image_url
+    log.info(f'Thumbnail URL for source with ID: {source_id} '
+        f'Avatar: {avatar} '
+        f'Banner: {banner}')
+    if banner != None:
+        url = banner
+        i = get_remote_image(url)
+        image_file = BytesIO()
+        i.save(image_file, 'JPEG', quality=85, optimize=True, progressive=True)
+
+        for file_name in ["banner.jpg", "background.jpg"]:
+            # Reset file pointer to the beginning for the next save
+            image_file.seek(0)
+            # Create a Django ContentFile from BytesIO stream
+            django_file = ContentFile(image_file.read())
+            file_path = source.directory_path / file_name
+            with open(file_path, 'wb') as f:
+                f.write(django_file.read())
+
+    if avatar != None:
+        url = avatar
+        i = get_remote_image(url)
+        image_file = BytesIO()
+        i.save(image_file, 'JPEG', quality=85, optimize=True, progressive=True)
+
+        for file_name in ["poster.jpg", "season-poster.jpg"]:
+            # Reset file pointer to the beginning for the next save
+            image_file.seek(0)
+            # Create a Django ContentFile from BytesIO stream
+            django_file = ContentFile(image_file.read())
+            file_path = source.directory_path / file_name
+            with open(file_path, 'wb') as f:
+                f.write(django_file.read())
+
+    log.info(f'Thumbnail downloaded for source with ID: {source_id}')
+
+
 @background(schedule=0)
 def download_media_metadata(media_id):
     '''
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/views.py b/tubesync/sync/views.py
index 0b808eb..a97b1ea 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/views.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/views.py
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ class EditSourceMixin:
     fields = ('source_type', 'key', 'name', 'directory', 'filter_text', 'media_format',
               'index_schedule', 'download_media', 'download_cap', 'delete_old_media',
               'delete_removed_media', 'days_to_keep', 'source_resolution', 'source_vcodec',
-              'source_acodec', 'prefer_60fps', 'prefer_hdr', 'fallback', 'copy_thumbnails',
-              'write_nfo', 'write_json', 'embed_metadata', 'embed_thumbnail',
+              'source_acodec', 'prefer_60fps', 'prefer_hdr', 'fallback', 'copy_channel_images',
+              'copy_thumbnails', 'write_nfo', 'write_json', 'embed_metadata', 'embed_thumbnail',
               'enable_sponsorblock', 'sponsorblock_categories', 'write_subtitles',
               'auto_subtitles', 'sub_langs')
     errors = {
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/youtube.py b/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
index cdf2647..78b130c 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
@@ -35,6 +35,35 @@ def get_yt_opts():
         opts.update({'cookiefile': cookie_file_path})
     return opts
 
+def get_channel_image_info(url):
+    opts = get_yt_opts()
+    opts.update({
+        'skip_download': True,
+        'forcejson': True,
+        'simulate': True,
+        'logger': log,
+        'extract_flat': True,  # Change to False to get detailed info
+    })
+
+    with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(opts) as y:
+        try:
+            response = y.extract_info(url, download=False)
+            
+            avatar_url = None
+            banner_url = None
+            for thumbnail in response['thumbnails']:
+                if thumbnail['id'] == 'avatar_uncropped':
+                    avatar_url = thumbnail['url']
+                if thumbnail['id'] == 'banner_uncropped':
+                    banner_url = thumbnail['url']
+                if banner_url != None and avatar_url != None:
+                    break
+                    
+            return avatar_url, banner_url
+        except yt_dlp.utils.DownloadError as e:
+            raise YouTubeError(f'Failed to extract channel info for "{url}": {e}') from e
+
+
 
 def get_media_info(url):
     '''