diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 090b4b5..bfe7a90 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ mysqlclient = "*"
 yt-dlp = "*"
 redis = "*"
 hiredis = "*"
-requests = {extras = ["socks"], version = "*"}
-bs4 = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
+requests = {extras = ["socks"], version = "*"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_thumbnails.py b/tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_thumbnails2.py
similarity index 97%
rename from tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_thumbnails.py
rename to tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_thumbnails2.py
index 6c59dee..178ac97 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_thumbnails.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/migrations/0021_source_copy_channel_thumbnails2.py
@@ -1,18 +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_thumbnails',
-            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Copy channel thumbnails in poster.jpg and season-poster.jpg, these may be detected and used by some media servers', verbose_name='copy channel thumbnails'),
-        ),
-    ]
+# 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_thumbnails',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Copy channel thumbnails in poster.jpg and season-poster.jpg, these may be detected and used by some media servers', verbose_name='copy channel thumbnails'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/models.py b/tubesync/sync/models.py
index 8ca621b..9efe026 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/models.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/models.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import uuid
 import json
 import re
 import requests
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -18,7 +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)
@@ -490,26 +490,12 @@ class Source(models.Model):
         return os.makedirs(self.directory_path, exist_ok=True)
 
     @property
-    def get_thumbnail_url(self):
+    def get_image_url(self):
         if self.source_type == self.SOURCE_TYPE_YOUTUBE_PLAYLIST:
             raise Exception('This source is a playlist so it doesn\'t have thumbnail.')
         
-        try:
-            response = requests.get(self.url, cookies={'CONSENT': 'YES+1'})
-            response.raise_for_status()
-        except RequestException as e:
-            print(f"Error occurred while making a request to YouTube: {e}")
-            return None
+        return get_youtube_channel_image_info(self.url)
 
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, "html.parser")
-        
-        try:
-            data = re.search(r"var ytInitialData = ({.*});", str(soup.prettify())).group(1)
-            json_data = json.loads(data)
-            return json_data["header"]["c4TabbedHeaderRenderer"]["avatar"]["thumbnails"][2]["url"]
-        except (KeyError, ValueError, TypeError) as e:
-            print(f"Error occurred while parsing YouTube JSON: {e}")
-            return None
 
     def directory_exists(self):
         return (os.path.isdir(self.directory_path) and
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/tasks.py b/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
index 87807b5..b51ca55 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
@@ -233,18 +233,16 @@ def download_source_thumbnail(source_id):
         log.error(f'Task download_source_thumbnail(pk={source_id}) called but no '
                   f'source exists with ID: {source_id}')
         return
-
-    url = source.get_thumbnail_url
-    width = 400
-    height = 400
-    i = get_remote_image(url)
-    log.info(f'Resizing {i.width}x{i.height} thumbnail to '
-             f'{width}x{height}: {url}')
-    i = resize_image_to_height(i, width, height)
-    image_file = BytesIO()
-    i.save(image_file, 'JPEG', quality=85, optimize=True, progressive=True)
-
-    for file_name in ["poster.jpg", "season-poster.jpg"]:
+    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)
+        file_name = "banner.jpg"
         # Reset file pointer to the beginning for the next save
         image_file.seek(0)
         # Create a Django ContentFile from BytesIO stream
@@ -253,7 +251,22 @@ def download_source_thumbnail(source_id):
         with open(file_path, 'wb') as f:
             f.write(django_file.read())
 
-    log.info(f'Thumbnail downloaded from {url} for source with ID: {source_id}')
+    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)
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/youtube.py b/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
index 4ac6e83..1ef1fab 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):
     '''