diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs
index fab2fcc..441d5d0 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ impl Repo {
         .await
     }
 
+    /// Returns a thumbnail by its hash
+    pub async fn thumbnail_by_hash<S: AsRef<str>>(&self, hash: S) -> RepoResult<Option<Thumbnail>> {
+        Thumbnail::by_hash(self.db.clone(), hash).await
+    }
+
     /// Creates thumbnails of all sizes for a file
     pub async fn create_thumbnails_for_file(&self, file: File) -> RepoResult<()> {
         let thumb_storage = self.get_thumbnail_storage()?;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/thumbnail.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/thumbnail.rs
index 8f632e7..d8a7d12 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/thumbnail.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/thumbnail.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use mediarepo_database::entities::hash;
 use mediarepo_database::entities::thumbnail;
 use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 use sea_orm::{DatabaseConnection, Set};
+use tokio::fs::File;
+use tokio::io::BufReader;
 
 pub struct Thumbnail {
     db: DatabaseConnection,
@@ -31,6 +33,23 @@ impl Thumbnail {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns a thumbnail by hash
+    pub async fn by_hash<S: AsRef<str>>(
+        db: DatabaseConnection,
+        hash: S,
+    ) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
+        let result: Option<(hash::Model, Option<thumbnail::Model>)> = hash::Entity::find()
+            .filter(hash::Column::Value.eq(hash.as_ref()))
+            .find_also_related(thumbnail::Entity)
+            .one(&db)
+            .await?;
+        if let Some((hash, Some(model))) = result {
+            Ok(Some(Self::new(db, model, hash)))
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Inserts a thumbnail into the database
     pub async fn add(
         db: DatabaseConnection,
@@ -100,4 +119,10 @@ impl Thumbnail {
 
         Ok(storage)
     }
+
+    /// Returns the reader of the thumbnail file
+    pub async fn get_reader(&self) -> RepoResult<BufReader<File>> {
+        let storage = self.storage().await?;
+        storage.get_file_reader(self.hash()).await
+    }
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files.rs
index ca0769e..b8a945f 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub fn build(builder: NamespaceBuilder) -> NamespaceBuilder {
         .on("add_file", |c, e| Box::pin(add_file(c, e)))
         .on("read_file", |c, e| Box::pin(read_file(c, e)))
         .on("get_thumbnails", |c, e| Box::pin(get_file_thumbnails(c, e)))
+        .on("read_thumbnail", |c, e| Box::pin(read_thumbnail(c, e)))
 }
 
 /// Returns a list of all files
@@ -98,6 +99,27 @@ async fn get_file_thumbnails(ctx: &Context, event: Event) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Reads a thumbnail for the given thumbnail hash
+async fn read_thumbnail(ctx: &Context, event: Event) -> Result<()> {
+    let hash = event.data::<String>()?;
+    let mut reader = {
+        let data = ctx.data.read().await;
+        let repo = data.get::<RepoKey>().unwrap();
+        let thumbnail = repo
+            .thumbnail_by_hash(&hash)
+            .await?
+            .ok_or_else(|| RepoError::from("Thumbnail not found"))?;
+        thumbnail.get_reader().await?
+    };
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    reader.read_to_end(&mut buf).await?;
+    ctx.emitter
+        .emit_response_to(event.id(), FILES_NAMESPACE, "read_thumbnail", buf)
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn file_by_identifier(identifier: FileIdentifier, repo: &Repo) -> RepoResult<Option<File>> {
     match identifier {
         FileIdentifier::ID(id) => repo.file_by_id(id).await,