diff --git a/client/homebrew/editor/metadataEditor/metadataEditor.jsx b/client/homebrew/editor/metadataEditor/metadataEditor.jsx
index c7dea871b..b4607b153 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/editor/metadataEditor/metadataEditor.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/editor/metadataEditor/metadataEditor.jsx
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ const MetadataEditor = createClass({
 				published   : false,
 				authors     : [],
 				systems     : [],
-				renderer    : 'legacy'
+				renderer    : 'legacy',
+				thumbnail   : ''
 			},
 			onChange : ()=>{}
 		};
@@ -161,6 +162,11 @@ const MetadataEditor = createClass({
 				<textarea value={this.props.metadata.description} className='value'
 					onChange={(e)=>this.handleFieldChange('description', e)} />
 			</div>
+			<div className='field thumbnail'>
+				<label>thumbnail URL</label>
+				<textarea value={this.props.metadata.thumbnail} className='value'
+					onChange={(e)=>this.handleFieldChange('thumbnail', e)} />
+			</div>
 			{/*}
 			<div className='field tags'>
 				<label>tags</label>
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index ee4f41f5b..c0fc9a60c 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 				published   : false,
 				authors     : [],
 				systems     : [],
-				renderer    : 'legacy'
+				renderer    : 'legacy',
+				thumbnail   : ''
 			}
 		};
 	},
diff --git a/server/googleActions.js b/server/googleActions.js
index 72059cb2d..fd4ca5914 100644
--- a/server/googleActions.js
+++ b/server/googleActions.js
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ GoogleActions = {
 				tags        : '',
 				published   : file.properties.published ? file.properties.published == 'true' : false,
 				authors     : [req.account.username],	//TODO: properly save and load authors to google drive
-				systems     : []
+				systems     : [],
+				thumbnail   : file.properties.thumbnail
 			};
 		});
 	  return brews;
@@ -164,7 +165,8 @@ GoogleActions = {
 						renderer  : brew.renderer,
 						tags      : brew.tags,
 						pageCount : brew.pageCount,
-						systems   : brew.systems.join()
+						systems   : brew.systems.join(),
+						thumbnail : brew.thumbnail
 					}
 				},
 				media : {
@@ -203,7 +205,8 @@ GoogleActions = {
 				'title'     : brew.title,
 				'views'     : '0',
 				'pageCount' : brew.pageCount,
-				'renderer'  : brew.renderer || 'legacy'
+				'renderer'  : brew.renderer || 'legacy',
+				'thumbnail' : brew.thumbnail
 			}
 		};
 
@@ -246,7 +249,8 @@ GoogleActions = {
 			published   : brew.published,
 			renderer    : brew.renderer,
 			authors     : [],
-			systems     : []
+			systems     : [],
+			thumbnail   : brew.thumbnail
 		};
 
 		return newHomebrew;
@@ -258,7 +262,7 @@ GoogleActions = {
 
 		const obj = await drive.files.get({
 			fileId : id,
-			fields : 'properties, createdTime, modifiedTime, description, trashed'
+			fields : 'properties, createdTime, modifiedTime, description, trashed, thumbnail'
 		})
 		.catch((err)=>{
 			console.log('Error loading from Google');
@@ -314,6 +318,7 @@ GoogleActions = {
 				views      : parseInt(obj.data.properties.views) || 0, //brews with no view parameter will return undefined
 				version    : parseInt(obj.data.properties.version) || 0,
 				renderer   : obj.data.properties.renderer ? obj.data.properties.renderer : 'legacy',
+				thumbnail  : obj.data.properties.thumbnail ? obj.data.properties.thumbnail : '',
 
 				gDrive   : true,
 				googleId : id
diff --git a/server/homebrew.model.js b/server/homebrew.model.js
index acc78a624..5cf72ad2c 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.model.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.model.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const HomebrewSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 	renderer    : { type: String, default: '' },
 	authors     : [String],
 	published   : { type: Boolean, default: false },
+	thumbnail   : [String],
 
 	createdAt  : { type: Date, default: Date.now },
 	updatedAt  : { type: Date, default: Date.now },