diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/angular.json b/mediarepo-ui/angular.json
index bb6c9a2..74ad062 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/angular.json
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/angular.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
                             "optimization": {
                                 "fonts": false,
                                 "styles": false,
-                                "scripts": true
+                                "scripts": false
                             },
                             "vendorChunk": true,
                             "extractLicenses": false,
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-card/file-card.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-card/file-card.component.html
index ca38d72..e3bc970 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-card/file-card.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-card/file-card.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
           [ngClass]="{'selected': entry.selected}">
     <mat-card-content>
         <app-busy-indicator [busy]="this.loading">
-            <app-file-thumbnail *ngIf="!loading" [file]="this.entry.data" class=".entry-image"></app-file-thumbnail>
+            <app-file-thumbnail *ngIf="!loading"
+                                [fileChanged]="this.fileChanged"
+                                [file]="this.entry.data"
+                                class=".entry-image"></app-file-thumbnail>
         </app-busy-indicator>
     </mat-card-content>
 </mat-card>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-card/file-card.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-card/file-card.component.ts
index 90bb492..a548058 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-card/file-card.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-card/file-card.component.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import {File} from "../../../../../api/models/File";
 import {Selectable} from "../../../../models/Selectable";
 import {SchedulingService} from "../../../../services/scheduling/scheduling.service";
+import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
 
 const LOADING_WORK_KEY = "FILE_THUMBNAIL_LOADING";
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ const LOADING_WORK_KEY = "FILE_THUMBNAIL_LOADING";
 export class FileCardComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy, AfterViewChecked {
     @ViewChild("card") card!: ElementRef;
     @Input() public entry!: Selectable<File>;
+    @Input() public fileChanged: BehaviorSubject<void> = new BehaviorSubject<void>(undefined);
     @Output() clickEvent = new EventEmitter<FileCardComponent>();
     @Output() dblClickEvent = new EventEmitter<FileCardComponent>();
     public loading = false;
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@ export class FileCardComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy, AfterVie
             this.cachedId = this.entry.data.id;
             this.setImageDelayed();
         }
+        if (changes["fileChanged"]) {
+            this.fileChanged.subscribe(() => this.changeDetector.markForCheck());
+        }
     }
 
     public ngAfterViewChecked(): void {
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.html
index a53cbcd..c4c479e 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.html
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <app-context-menu #contextMenu>
     <ng-content select="[content-before]"></ng-content>
     <ng-container *ngIf="this.files">
-        <button (click)="this.updateStatus(this.files, 'Archived')" *ngIf="actionArchive" mat-menu-item>Archive
+        <button (click)="this.changeFileStatus('Archived')" *ngIf="actionArchive" mat-menu-item>Archive
         </button>
-        <button (click)="this.updateStatus(this.files, 'Imported')" *ngIf="actionImported" mat-menu-item>Back to
+        <button (click)="this.changeFileStatus('Imported')" *ngIf="actionImported" mat-menu-item>Back to
             imported
         </button>
-        <button (click)="this.updateStatus(this.files, 'Deleted')"
+        <button (click)="this.changeFileStatus('Deleted')"
                 *ngIf="actionDelete"
                 mat-menu-item>Delete
         </button>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                 *ngIf="actionDeletePermantently"
                 mat-menu-item>Delete permanently
         </button>
-        <button (click)="this.updateStatus(this.files, 'Archived')" *ngIf="actionRestore" mat-menu-item>Restore</button>
+        <button (click)="this.changeFileStatus('Archived')" *ngIf="actionRestore" mat-menu-item>Restore</button>
 
         <!-- everything that only applies to a single file -->
         <ng-container>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.ts
index d63e924..83040bc 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {MatDialog, MatDialogRef} from "@angular/material/dialog";
 import {BusyDialogComponent} from "../../app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component";
 import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
 import {FileActionBaseComponent} from "../../app-base/file-action-base/file-action-base.component";
+import {FileStatus} from "../../../../../api/api-types/files";
 
 type ProgressDialogContext = {
     dialog: MatDialogRef<BusyDialogComponent>,
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export class FileContextMenuComponent extends FileActionBaseComponent implements
 
     @ViewChild("contextMenu") contextMenu!: ContextMenuComponent;
     @Output() fileDeleted = new EventEmitter<File[]>();
+    @Output() fileStatusChange = new EventEmitter<File[]>();
 
     constructor(fileService: FileService, errorBroker: ErrorBrokerService, dialog: MatDialog) {
         super(dialog, errorBroker, fileService);
@@ -56,6 +58,11 @@ export class FileContextMenuComponent extends FileActionBaseComponent implements
         }
     }
 
+    public async changeFileStatus(status: FileStatus) {
+        await this.updateStatus(this.files, status);
+        this.fileStatusChange.emit(this.files);
+    }
+
     private applyStatus() {
         this.actionDeletePermantently = true;
         this.actionDelete = this.actionArchive = this.actionImported = this.actionRestore = false;
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.html
index f718760..291cf61 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.html
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
                                      minBufferPx="1000" orientation="horizontal">
             <div *cdkVirtualFor="let entry of entries; trackBy: trackByFileId" class="file-item">
                 <app-file-card (clickEvent)="onEntrySelect($event.entry)"
-                               [entry]="entry"></app-file-card>
+                               [entry]="entry" [fileChanged]="this.fileChanged"></app-file-card>
             </div>
         </cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport>
     </div>
 </div>
-<app-file-context-menu #fileContextMenu (fileDeleted)="this.fileDeleted.emit($event)"></app-file-context-menu>
+<app-file-context-menu #fileContextMenu
+                       (fileDeleted)="this.fileDeleted.emit($event)"
+                       (fileStatusChange)="this.onFileStatusChange()"></app-file-context-menu>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.ts
index d55f5ef..9a5eb90 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {Selectable} from "../../../../../models/Selectable";
 import {CdkVirtualScrollViewport} from "@angular/cdk/scrolling";
 import {TabService} from "../../../../../services/tab/tab.service";
 import {Key} from "w3c-keys";
+import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
 
 @Component({
     selector: "app-file-gallery",
@@ -40,11 +41,15 @@ export class FileGalleryComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     public entries: Selectable<File>[] = [];
     public selectedFile: Selectable<File> | undefined;
     public fileContentUrl: SafeResourceUrl | undefined;
+    public fileChanged = new BehaviorSubject<void>(undefined);
 
     private scrollTimeout: number | undefined;
     private escapeCount = 0;
 
-    constructor(private tabService: TabService, private fileService: FileService) {
+    constructor(
+        private tabService: TabService,
+        private fileService: FileService
+    ) {
         tabService.selectedTab.subscribe(() => this.adjustElementSizes());
     }
 
@@ -177,6 +182,10 @@ export class FileGalleryComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         return item.data.id;
     }
 
+    public onFileStatusChange(): void {
+        this.fileChanged.next();
+    }
+
     private scrollToSelection(): void {
         if (this.selectedFile) {
             const selectedIndex = this.entries.indexOf(this.selectedFile);
@@ -194,7 +203,6 @@ export class FileGalleryComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         }
     }
 
-
     private getPreselectedEntry(): Selectable<File> | undefined {
         if (this.preselectedFile) {
             const entry = this.entries.find(
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
index d5678c6..13dafcc 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
                     (contextmenu)="this.selectEntryWhenNotSelected(gridEntry); fileContextMenu.onContextMenu($event, this.getSelectedFiles())"
                     (dblClickEvent)="fileOpen.emit($event.entry.data)"
                     *ngFor="let gridEntry of rowEntry; trackBy: trackByFileId"
-                    [entry]="gridEntry"></app-file-card>
+                    [entry]="gridEntry" [fileChanged]="this.fileChanged"></app-file-card>
             </div>
         </div>
     </cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport>
 
 </div>
-<app-file-context-menu #fileContextMenu (fileDeleted)="this.fileDeleted.emit($event)">
+<app-file-context-menu #fileContextMenu (fileDeleted)="this.fileDeleted.emit($event)" (fileStatusChange)="this.onFileStatusChange()">
     <button (click)="this.fileOpen.emit(fileContextMenu.files[0])"
             *ngIf="fileContextMenu.files.length === 1"
             content-before=""
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
index 5e0c232..cebd3fa 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {TabService} from "../../../../../services/tab/tab.service";
 import {FileService} from "../../../../../services/file/file.service";
 import {Selectable} from "../../../../../models/Selectable";
 import {Key} from "w3c-keys";
+import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
 
 @Component({
     selector: "app-file-grid",
@@ -38,8 +39,10 @@ export class FileGridComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     @ViewChild("virtualScrollGrid") virtualScroll!: CdkVirtualScrollViewport;
     @ViewChild("inner") inner!: ElementRef<HTMLDivElement>;
 
-    selectedEntries: Selectable<File>[] = [];
-    partitionedGridEntries: Selectable<File>[][] = [];
+    public fileChanged = new BehaviorSubject<void>(undefined);
+    public selectedEntries: Selectable<File>[] = [];
+    public partitionedGridEntries: Selectable<File>[][] = [];
+
     private shiftClicked = false;
     private ctrlClicked = false;
     private gridEntries: Selectable<File>[] = [];
@@ -179,6 +182,10 @@ export class FileGridComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         return item.data.id;
     }
 
+    public onFileStatusChange(): void {
+        this.fileChanged.next();
+    }
+
     private setPartitionedGridEntries() {
         this.partitionedGridEntries = [];
         let scrollToIndex = -1;
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.html
index 3a0e1f9..613030a 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<app-content-aware-image *ngIf="this.getThumbnailSupported() && this.thumbUrl" [imageSrc]="this.thumbUrl"
+<app-content-aware-image *ngIf="this.thumbnailSupported && this.thumbUrl" [imageSrc]="this.thumbUrl"
                          borderRadius="0.25em"></app-content-aware-image>
-<div *ngIf="this.getThumbnailSupported() && this.thumbUrl" class="file-icon-overlay">
+<div *ngIf="this.thumbnailSupported && this.thumbUrl" class="file-icon-overlay">
     <ng-icon *ngIf="fileType === 'video'" name="mat-movie"></ng-icon>
     <ng-icon *ngIf="this.file.mimeType === 'image/gif'" class="gif-icon" name="mat-gif"></ng-icon>
 </div>
-<div *ngIf="!this.getThumbnailSupported() || !this.thumbUrl" class="file-type-icon">
+<div *ngIf="!this.thumbnailSupported || !this.thumbUrl" class="file-type-icon">
     <ng-icon *ngIf="fileType === 'image'" name="mat-image"></ng-icon>
     <ng-icon *ngIf="fileType === 'video'" name="mat-movie"></ng-icon>
     <ng-icon *ngIf="fileType === 'audio'" name="mat-audiotrack"></ng-icon>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.ts
index 74d7808..8cb6fa1 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,38 @@
-import {AfterViewInit, Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges} from "@angular/core";
+import {
+    AfterViewChecked,
+    AfterViewInit,
+    ChangeDetectionStrategy,
+    ChangeDetectorRef,
+    Component,
+    Input,
+    OnChanges,
+    SimpleChanges
+} from "@angular/core";
 import {File} from "../../../../../api/models/File";
 import {FileService} from "../../../../services/file/file.service";
 import {FileHelper} from "../../../../services/file/file.helper";
 import {SafeResourceUrl} from "@angular/platform-browser";
+import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
 
 @Component({
     selector: "app-file-thumbnail",
     templateUrl: "./file-thumbnail.component.html",
-    styleUrls: ["./file-thumbnail.component.scss"]
+    styleUrls: ["./file-thumbnail.component.scss"],
+    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
 })
-export class FileThumbnailComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
+export class FileThumbnailComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit, AfterViewChecked {
 
     @Input() file!: File;
+    @Input() public fileChanged: BehaviorSubject<void> = new BehaviorSubject<void>(undefined);
 
     public thumbUrl: SafeResourceUrl | undefined;
     public fileType!: string;
     public thumbnailSupported: boolean = false;
 
     private supportedThumbnailTypes = ["image", "video"];
+    private previousStatus = "imported";
 
-    constructor(private fileService: FileService) {
+    constructor(private changeDetector: ChangeDetectorRef, private fileService: FileService) {
     }
 
     public async ngAfterViewInit() {
@@ -28,6 +41,13 @@ export class FileThumbnailComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
         }
     }
 
+    public ngAfterViewChecked(): void {
+        if (this.file && this.file.status != this.previousStatus) {
+            this.previousStatus = this.file.status;
+            this.changeDetector.markForCheck();
+        }
+    }
+
     public async ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
         if (changes["file"]) {
             this.thumbUrl = this.fileService.buildThumbnailUrl(this.file,
@@ -36,16 +56,19 @@ export class FileThumbnailComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
             this.fileType = this.getFileType();
             this.thumbnailSupported = this.getThumbnailSupported();
         }
+        if (changes["fileChanged"]) {
+            this.fileChanged.subscribe(() => this.changeDetector.markForCheck());
+        }
     }
 
-    public getThumbnailSupported(): boolean {
+    private getThumbnailSupported(): boolean {
         const mimeParts = FileHelper.parseMime(this.file.mimeType);
 
         return !!mimeParts && this.supportedThumbnailTypes.includes(
             mimeParts[0]);
     }
 
-    public getFileType(): string {
+    private getFileType(): string {
         const mimeParts = FileHelper.parseMime(this.file.mimeType);
         return (mimeParts && mimeParts[0]) ?? "other";
     }