diff --git a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
index 94d78ce..76667f1 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mediarepo-api"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.19.0"
 edition = "2018"
 license = "gpl-3"
 
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/repo.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/repo.rs
index 1cb17d0..4344323 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/repo.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/repo.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use tokio::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::client_api::error::ApiResult;
 use crate::client_api::IPCApi;
-use crate::types::repo::{FrontendState, RepositoryMetadata};
+use crate::types::repo::{FrontendState, RepositoryMetadata, SizeMetadata, SizeType};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct RepoApi {
@@ -28,17 +28,19 @@ impl RepoApi {
     /// Returns metadata about the repository
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
     pub async fn get_repo_metadata(&self) -> ApiResult<RepositoryMetadata> {
-        let metadata = self.emit_and_get("repository_metadata", (), Some(Duration::from_secs(30))).await?;
+        self.emit_and_get("repository_metadata", (), Some(Duration::from_secs(3))).await
+    }
 
-        Ok(metadata)
+    /// Returns the size of a given type
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
+    pub async fn get_size(&self, size_type: SizeType) -> ApiResult<SizeMetadata> {
+        self.emit_and_get("size_metadata", (), Some(Duration::from_secs(30))).await
     }
 
     /// Returns the state of the frontend that is stored in the repo
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
     pub async fn get_frontend_state(&self) -> ApiResult<FrontendState> {
-        let state = self.emit_and_get("frontend_state", (), Some(Duration::from_secs(5))).await?;
-
-        Ok(state)
+        self.emit_and_get("frontend_state", (), Some(Duration::from_secs(5))).await
     }
 
     /// Sets the state of the frontend
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/commands/repo.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/commands/repo.rs
index 3545b64..956b0c3 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/commands/repo.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/commands/repo.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::client_api::ApiClient;
 use crate::tauri_plugin::commands::{ApiAccess, AppAccess, BufferAccess};
 use crate::tauri_plugin::error::{PluginError, PluginResult};
 use crate::tauri_plugin::settings::{save_settings, Repository};
-use crate::types::repo::{FrontendState, RepositoryMetadata};
+use crate::types::repo::{FrontendState, RepositoryMetadata, SizeMetadata, SizeType};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::mem;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ pub async fn get_repo_metadata(api_state: ApiAccess<'_>) -> PluginResult<Reposit
     Ok(metadata)
 }
 
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn get_size(api_state: ApiAccess<'_>, size_type: SizeType) -> PluginResult<SizeMetadata> {
+    let api = api_state.api().await?;
+    let size = api.repo.get_size(size_type).await?;
+
+    Ok(size)
+}
+
 #[tauri::command]
 pub async fn get_frontend_state(api_state: ApiAccess<'_>) -> PluginResult<Option<String>> {
     let api = api_state.api().await?;
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/mod.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/mod.rs
index 4f012fc..b4c37e2 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/mod.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/mod.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ impl<R: Runtime> MediarepoPlugin<R> {
                 set_frontend_state,
                 get_all_namespaces,
                 get_files,
-                get_repo_metadata
+                get_repo_metadata,
+                get_size
             ]),
         }
     }
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/types/repo.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/types/repo.rs
index d00ded5..6fad584 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/types/repo.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/types/repo.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,18 @@ pub struct RepositoryMetadata {
     pub namespace_count: u64,
     pub mapping_count: u64,
     pub hash_count: u64,
-    pub total_size: u64,
-    pub file_size: u64,
-    pub database_size: u64,
-    pub thumbnail_size: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct SizeMetadata {
+    pub size_type: SizeType,
+    pub size: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum SizeType {
+    Total,
+    FileFolder,
+    ThumbFolder,
+    DatabaseFile,
 }
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