diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/core.module.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/core.module.ts
index a514aba..067bb3a 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/core.module.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
     RepositoryDetailsViewComponent
 } from "./repositories-tab/repository-details-view/repository-details-view.component";
 import { EmptyTabComponent } from './empty-tab/empty-tab.component';
+import { RepositoryOverviewComponent } from './repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component';
 
 
 @NgModule({
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ import { EmptyTabComponent } from './empty-tab/empty-tab.component';
         DownloadDaemonDialogComponent,
         RepositoryDetailsViewComponent,
         EmptyTabComponent,
+        RepositoryOverviewComponent,
     ],
     exports: [
         CoreComponent,
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.html
index 48622cd..4093b2a 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.html
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
-<div *ngIf="!selectedRepository" class="repo-page-content">
-    <div class="add-repo-tools">
-        <button (click)="openAddRepositoryDialog()" color="primary" mat-flat-button>Add Repository</button>
-    </div>
-    <div class="repository-list">
-        <div *ngFor="let repository of repositories" class="repository-container">
-            <app-repository-card (openEvent)="this.onOpenRepository($event)"
-                                 [repository]="repository"></app-repository-card>
-        </div>
-        <app-middle-centered *ngIf="this.repositories.length === 0" class="add-repository-prompt">
-            <h1>There are no repositories yet. You can create a repository or add an existing one.</h1>
-            <button (click)="this.openAddRepositoryDialog()" color="primary" mat-flat-button>Add Repository</button>
-        </app-middle-centered>
-    </div>
+<div *ngIf="!this.selectedRepository">
+    <app-repository-overview></app-repository-overview>
 </div>
-<div *ngIf="selectedRepository" class="repo-details">
-    <app-repository-details-view [repository]="selectedRepository"></app-repository-details-view>
+<div *ngIf="this.selectedRepository" class="repo-details">
+    <app-repository-details-view [repository]="this.selectedRepository"></app-repository-details-view>
 </div>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.scss b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.scss
index 4e2ab92..2e3c1d6 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.scss
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.scss
@@ -1,41 +1,3 @@
-.repository-container {
-    margin: 1em;
-}
-
-.repo-page-content {
-    margin: 0 10%;
-    height: calc(100% - 2em);
-}
-
-.add-repo-tools {
-    height: 5em;
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: row-reverse;
-
-    button {
-        margin: 1em;
-    }
-}
-
-.repository-list {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    overflow-y: auto;
-    height: calc(100% - 5em);
-}
-
-app-repository-card {
-    position: relative;
-}
-
-app-repository-details-view, .repo-details {
+app-repository-details-view {
     height: 100%;
 }
-
-.add-repository-prompt {
-    button {
-        font-size: 1.5em;
-        padding: 0.5em 1em;
-        border-radius: 0.5em;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.ts
index 3c4f421..4b17e68 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.ts
@@ -1,164 +1,18 @@
-import {AfterViewInit, Component, OnInit} from "@angular/core";
-import {Repository} from "../../../../api/models/Repository";
+import {Component} from "@angular/core";
 import {RepositoryService} from "../../../services/repository/repository.service";
-import {MatDialog, MatDialogRef} from "@angular/material/dialog";
-import {DownloadDaemonDialogComponent} from "./download-daemon-dialog/download-daemon-dialog.component";
-import {
-    AddRepositoryDialogComponent
-} from "../../shared/repository/repository/add-repository-dialog/add-repository-dialog.component";
-import {LoggingService} from "../../../services/logging/logging.service";
-import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
-import {BusyDialogComponent} from "../../shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component";
-import {JobService} from "../../../services/job/job.service";
-import {StateService} from "../../../services/state/state.service";
+import {Repository} from "../../../../api/models/Repository";
 
-type BusyDialogContext = { message: BehaviorSubject<string>, dialog: MatDialogRef<BusyDialogComponent> };
 
 @Component({
     selector: "app-repositories-tab",
     templateUrl: "./repositories-tab.component.html",
     styleUrls: ["./repositories-tab.component.scss"]
 })
-export class RepositoriesTabComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
-    public repositories: Repository[] = [];
-    public selectedRepository?: Repository;
-
-    constructor(
-        private logger: LoggingService,
-        private repoService: RepositoryService,
-        private jobService: JobService,
-        private stateService: StateService,
-        public dialog: MatDialog
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    ngOnInit(): void {
-        this.repoService.repositories.subscribe({
-            next: (repos) => {
-                this.repositories = repos;
-            }
-        });
-        this.repoService.selectedRepository.subscribe(
-            repo => this.selectedRepository = repo);
-    }
+export class RepositoriesTabComponent {
 
-    public async ngAfterViewInit() {
-        await this.checkAndPromptDaemonExecutable();
-    }
-
-    public async startDaemonAndSelectRepository(repository: Repository) {
-        try {
-            let dialogContext = this.openStartupDialog(repository);
-            let daemonRunning = await this.repoService.checkDaemonRunning(
-                repository.path!);
-            if (!daemonRunning) {
-                dialogContext.message.next("Starting repository daemon...");
-                await this.repoService.startDaemon(repository.path!);
-
-                await new Promise((res, _) => {
-                    setTimeout(res, 2000); // wait for the daemon to start
-                });
-            }
-            await this.selectRepository(repository, dialogContext);
-        } catch (err: any) {
-            this.logger.error(err);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public async selectRepository(repository: Repository, dialogContext?: BusyDialogContext) {
-        dialogContext = dialogContext ?? this.openStartupDialog(repository);
-        try {
-            dialogContext.message.next("Opening repository...");
-            await this.repoService.setRepository(repository);
-            await this.runRepositoryStartupTasks(dialogContext);
-            dialogContext.message.next("Restoring previous tabs...");
-            await this.repoService.loadRepositories();
-            dialogContext.dialog.close(true);
-        } catch (err: any) {
-            this.logger.error(err);
-            dialogContext.message.next(
-                "Failed to open repository: " + err.toString());
-            await this.forceCloseRepository();
-            setTimeout(() => dialogContext!.dialog.close(true), 1000);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public openAddRepositoryDialog() {
-        this.dialog.open(AddRepositoryDialogComponent, {
-            disableClose: true,
-            minWidth: "30%",
-            minHeight: "30%",
-        });
-    }
-
-    public async onOpenRepository(repository: Repository) {
-        if (!repository.local) {
-            await this.selectRepository(repository);
-        } else {
-            await this.startDaemonAndSelectRepository(repository);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private async forceCloseRepository() {
-        try {
-            await this.repoService.closeSelectedRepository();
-        } catch {
-        }
-        try {
-            await this.repoService.disconnectSelectedRepository();
-        } catch {
-        }
-    }
-
-    private async runRepositoryStartupTasks(dialogContext: BusyDialogContext): Promise<void> {
-        dialogContext.message.next("Checking integrity...");
-        await this.jobService.runJob("CheckIntegrity");
-        dialogContext.message.next("Running a vacuum on the database...");
-        await this.jobService.runJob("Vacuum");
-        dialogContext.message.next(
-            "Migrating content descriptors to new format...");
-        await this.jobService.runJob("MigrateContentDescriptors");
-        dialogContext.message.next("Calculating repository sizes...");
-        await this.jobService.runJob("CalculateSizes", false);
-        dialogContext.message.next("Generating missing thumbnails...");
-        await this.jobService.runJob("GenerateThumbnails");
-        dialogContext.message.next("Finished repository startup");
-    }
-
-    private openStartupDialog(repository: Repository): BusyDialogContext {
-        const dialogMessage = new BehaviorSubject<string>(
-            "Opening repository...");
-        let dialog = this.dialog.open(BusyDialogComponent, {
-            data: {
-                title: `Opening repository '${repository.name}'`,
-                message: dialogMessage,
-                allowCancel: true,
-            }, disableClose: true,
-            minWidth: "30%",
-            minHeight: "30%",
-        });
-        dialog.afterClosed().subscribe(async (result) => {
-            if (!result) {
-                await this.forceCloseRepository();
-            }
-        });
-
-        return { message: dialogMessage, dialog };
-    }
+    public selectedRepository?: Repository;
 
-    private async checkAndPromptDaemonExecutable() {
-        if (!await this.repoService.checkDameonConfigured()) {
-            const result = await this.dialog.open(
-                DownloadDaemonDialogComponent,
-                {
-                    disableClose: true,
-                }
-            ).afterClosed().toPromise();
-            if (result) {
-                // recursion avoidance
-                setTimeout(
-                    async () => await this.checkAndPromptDaemonExecutable(), 0);
-            }
-        }
+    constructor(private repositoryService: RepositoryService) {
+        const sub = this.repositoryService.selectedRepository.subscribe(repo => this.selectedRepository = repo);
     }
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b9d51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<div class="repo-page-content">
+    <div class="add-repo-tools">
+        <button (click)="openAddRepositoryDialog()" color="primary" mat-flat-button>Add Repository</button>
+    </div>
+    <div class="repository-list">
+        <div *ngFor="let repository of repositories" class="repository-container">
+            <app-repository-card (openEvent)="this.onOpenRepository($event)"
+                                 [repository]="repository"></app-repository-card>
+        </div>
+        <app-middle-centered *ngIf="this.repositories.length === 0" class="add-repository-prompt">
+            <h1>There are no repositories yet. You can create a repository or add an existing one.</h1>
+            <button (click)="this.openAddRepositoryDialog()" color="primary" mat-flat-button>Add Repository</button>
+        </app-middle-centered>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.scss b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f97bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.repository-container {
+    margin: 1em;
+    display: block;
+    width: 600px;
+    float: left;
+}
+
+.repo-page-content {
+    margin: 0 10%;
+    height: calc(100% - 2em);
+}
+
+.add-repo-tools {
+    height: 5em;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row-reverse;
+
+    button {
+        margin: 1em;
+    }
+}
+
+.repository-list {
+    display: block;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    overflow-x: hidden;
+    height: calc(100% - 5em);
+}
+
+app-repository-card {
+    display: block;
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+
+.add-repository-prompt {
+    button {
+        font-size: 1.5em;
+        padding: 0.5em 1em;
+        border-radius: 0.5em;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.spec.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89b6b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { RepositoryOverviewComponent } from './repository-overview.component';
+
+describe('RepositoryOverviewComponent', () => {
+  let component: RepositoryOverviewComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<RepositoryOverviewComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ RepositoryOverviewComponent ]
+    })
+    .compileComponents();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(RepositoryOverviewComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b109f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repository-overview/repository-overview.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import {AfterViewInit, ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnInit} from "@angular/core";
+import {Repository} from "../../../../../api/models/Repository";
+import {LoggingService} from "../../../../services/logging/logging.service";
+import {RepositoryService} from "../../../../services/repository/repository.service";
+import {JobService} from "../../../../services/job/job.service";
+import {StateService} from "../../../../services/state/state.service";
+import {MatDialog, MatDialogRef} from "@angular/material/dialog";
+import {
+    AddRepositoryDialogComponent
+} from "../../../shared/repository/repository/add-repository-dialog/add-repository-dialog.component";
+import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
+import {BusyDialogComponent} from "../../../shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component";
+import {DownloadDaemonDialogComponent} from "../download-daemon-dialog/download-daemon-dialog.component";
+
+type BusyDialogContext = { message: BehaviorSubject<string>, dialog: MatDialogRef<BusyDialogComponent> };
+
+@Component({
+    selector: "app-repository-overview",
+    templateUrl: "./repository-overview.component.html",
+    styleUrls: ["./repository-overview.component.scss"],
+    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default
+})
+export class RepositoryOverviewComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
+
+    public repositories: Repository[] = [];
+
+    constructor(
+        private logger: LoggingService,
+        private repoService: RepositoryService,
+        private jobService: JobService,
+        private stateService: StateService,
+        public dialog: MatDialog
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    ngOnInit(): void {
+        this.repoService.repositories.subscribe(repos => this.repositories = repos);
+    }
+
+    public async ngAfterViewInit() {
+        await this.checkAndPromptDaemonExecutable();
+    }
+
+    public async startDaemonAndSelectRepository(repository: Repository) {
+        try {
+            let dialogContext = this.openStartupDialog(repository);
+            let daemonRunning = await this.repoService.checkDaemonRunning(
+                repository.path!);
+            if (!daemonRunning) {
+                dialogContext.message.next("Starting repository daemon...");
+                await this.repoService.startDaemon(repository.path!);
+
+                await new Promise((res, _) => {
+                    setTimeout(res, 2000); // wait for the daemon to start
+                });
+            }
+            await this.selectRepository(repository, dialogContext);
+        } catch (err: any) {
+            this.logger.error(err);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async selectRepository(repository: Repository, dialogContext?: BusyDialogContext) {
+        dialogContext = dialogContext ?? this.openStartupDialog(repository);
+        try {
+            dialogContext.message.next("Opening repository...");
+            await this.repoService.setRepository(repository);
+            await this.runRepositoryStartupTasks(dialogContext);
+            dialogContext.message.next("Restoring previous tabs...");
+            await this.repoService.loadRepositories();
+            dialogContext.dialog.close(true);
+        } catch (err: any) {
+            this.logger.error(err);
+            dialogContext.message.next(
+                "Failed to open repository: " + err.toString());
+            await this.forceCloseRepository();
+            setTimeout(() => dialogContext!.dialog.close(true), 1000);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public openAddRepositoryDialog() {
+        this.dialog.open(AddRepositoryDialogComponent, {
+            disableClose: true,
+            minWidth: "30%",
+            minHeight: "30%",
+        });
+    }
+
+    public async onOpenRepository(repository: Repository) {
+        if (!repository.local) {
+            await this.selectRepository(repository);
+        } else {
+            await this.startDaemonAndSelectRepository(repository);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async forceCloseRepository() {
+        try {
+            await this.repoService.closeSelectedRepository();
+        } catch {
+        }
+        try {
+            await this.repoService.disconnectSelectedRepository();
+        } catch {
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async runRepositoryStartupTasks(dialogContext: BusyDialogContext): Promise<void> {
+        dialogContext.message.next("Checking integrity...");
+        await this.jobService.runJob("CheckIntegrity");
+        dialogContext.message.next("Running a vacuum on the database...");
+        await this.jobService.runJob("Vacuum");
+        dialogContext.message.next(
+            "Migrating content descriptors to new format...");
+        await this.jobService.runJob("MigrateContentDescriptors");
+        dialogContext.message.next("Calculating repository sizes...");
+        await this.jobService.runJob("CalculateSizes", false);
+        dialogContext.message.next("Generating missing thumbnails...");
+        await this.jobService.runJob("GenerateThumbnails");
+        dialogContext.message.next("Finished repository startup");
+    }
+
+    private openStartupDialog(repository: Repository): BusyDialogContext {
+        const dialogMessage = new BehaviorSubject<string>(
+            "Opening repository...");
+        let dialog = this.dialog.open(BusyDialogComponent, {
+            data: {
+                title: `Opening repository '${repository.name}'`,
+                message: dialogMessage,
+                allowCancel: true,
+            }, disableClose: true,
+            minWidth: "30%",
+            minHeight: "30%",
+        });
+        dialog.afterClosed().subscribe(async (result) => {
+            if (!result) {
+                await this.forceCloseRepository();
+            }
+        });
+
+        return { message: dialogMessage, dialog };
+    }
+
+    private async checkAndPromptDaemonExecutable() {
+        if (!await this.repoService.checkDameonConfigured()) {
+            const result = await this.dialog.open(
+                DownloadDaemonDialogComponent,
+                {
+                    disableClose: true,
+                }
+            ).afterClosed().toPromise();
+            if (result) {
+                // recursion avoidance
+                setTimeout(
+                    async () => await this.checkAndPromptDaemonExecutable(), 0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}