diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/PlexConnectionParametersViewModel.cs b/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/PlexConnectionParametersViewModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d01b17e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/PlexConnectionParametersViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace ErsatzTV.Application.Plex
+{
+    public record PlexConnectionParametersViewModel(Uri Uri, string AuthToken);
+}
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexConnectionParameters.cs b/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexConnectionParameters.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3607ee8db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexConnectionParameters.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using ErsatzTV.Core;
+using LanguageExt;
+using MediatR;
+
+namespace ErsatzTV.Application.Plex.Queries
+{
+    public record GetPlexConnectionParameters
+        (int PlexMediaSourceId) : IRequest<Either<BaseError, PlexConnectionParametersViewModel>>;
+}
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexImageHandler.cs b/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexConnectionParametersHandler.cs
similarity index 57%
rename from ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexImageHandler.cs
rename to ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexConnectionParametersHandler.cs
index d162ef1e2..0ea0e867a 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexImageHandler.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexConnectionParametersHandler.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using ErsatzTV.Application.Images;
 using ErsatzTV.Core;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Domain;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Interfaces.Plex;
@@ -12,17 +10,17 @@ using ErsatzTV.Core.Plex;
 using LanguageExt;
 using MediatR;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
-using static LanguageExt.Prelude;
 
 namespace ErsatzTV.Application.Plex.Queries
 {
-    public class GetPlexImageHandler : IRequestHandler<GetPlexImage, Either<BaseError, ImageViewModel>>
+    public class GetPlexConnectionParametersHandler : IRequestHandler<GetPlexConnectionParameters,
+        Either<BaseError, PlexConnectionParametersViewModel>>
     {
         private readonly IMediaSourceRepository _mediaSourceRepository;
         private readonly IMemoryCache _memoryCache;
         private readonly IPlexSecretStore _plexSecretStore;
 
-        public GetPlexImageHandler(
+        public GetPlexConnectionParametersHandler(
             IMemoryCache memoryCache,
             IMediaSourceRepository mediaSourceRepository,
             IPlexSecretStore plexSecretStore)
@@ -32,50 +30,39 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Application.Plex.Queries
             _plexSecretStore = plexSecretStore;
         }
 
-        public async Task<Either<BaseError, ImageViewModel>>
-            Handle(GetPlexImage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public async Task<Either<BaseError, PlexConnectionParametersViewModel>> Handle(
+            GetPlexConnectionParameters request,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            if (!_memoryCache.TryGetValue(request, out ConnectionParameters parameters))
+            if (_memoryCache.TryGetValue(request, out PlexConnectionParametersViewModel parameters))
             {
-                Either<BaseError, ConnectionParameters> maybeParameters =
-                    await Validate(request).Map(v => v.ToEither<ConnectionParameters>());
-                return await maybeParameters.Match(
-                    p =>
-                    {
-                        _memoryCache.Set(request, p, TimeSpan.FromHours(1));
-                        return RequestImageFromPlex(request, p);
-                    },
-                    error => Left<BaseError, ImageViewModel>(error).AsTask());
+                return parameters;
             }
 
-            return await RequestImageFromPlex(request, parameters);
-        }
-
-        private async Task<Either<BaseError, ImageViewModel>> RequestImageFromPlex(
-            GetPlexImage request,
-            ConnectionParameters connectionParameters)
-        {
-            var url = $"{connectionParameters.ActiveConnection.Uri}/{request.Path}";
-
-            var client = new HttpClient();
-            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-Plex-Token", connectionParameters.PlexServerAuthToken.AuthToken);
-            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(url);
-            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
-            {
-                return new ImageViewModel(
-                    await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync(),
-                    response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType ?? "image/jpeg");
-            }
+            Either<BaseError, PlexConnectionParametersViewModel> maybeParameters =
+                await Validate(request)
+                    .MapT(
+                        cp => new PlexConnectionParametersViewModel(
+                            new Uri(cp.ActiveConnection.Uri),
+                            cp.PlexServerAuthToken.AuthToken))
+                    .Map(v => v.ToEither<PlexConnectionParametersViewModel>());
 
-            return BaseError.New($"Unsuccessful response from plex image request: {response.StatusCode}");
+            return maybeParameters.Match(
+                p =>
+                {
+                    _memoryCache.Set(request, p, TimeSpan.FromHours(1));
+                    return maybeParameters;
+                },
+                error => error);
         }
 
-        private Task<Validation<BaseError, ConnectionParameters>> Validate(GetPlexImage request) =>
+        private Task<Validation<BaseError, ConnectionParameters>> Validate(GetPlexConnectionParameters request) =>
             PlexMediaSourceMustExist(request)
                 .BindT(MediaSourceMustHaveActiveConnection)
                 .BindT(MediaSourceMustHaveToken);
 
-        private Task<Validation<BaseError, PlexMediaSource>> PlexMediaSourceMustExist(GetPlexImage request) =>
+        private Task<Validation<BaseError, PlexMediaSource>> PlexMediaSourceMustExist(
+            GetPlexConnectionParameters request) =>
             _mediaSourceRepository.GetPlex(request.PlexMediaSourceId)
                 .Map(
                     v => v.ToValidation<BaseError>(
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexImage.cs b/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexImage.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 26ad8f14a..000000000
--- a/ErsatzTV.Application/Plex/Queries/GetPlexImage.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-using ErsatzTV.Application.Images;
-using ErsatzTV.Core;
-using LanguageExt;
-using MediatR;
-
-namespace ErsatzTV.Application.Plex.Queries
-{
-    public record GetPlexImage(int PlexMediaSourceId, string Path) : IRequest<Either<BaseError, ImageViewModel>>;
-}
diff --git a/ErsatzTV/Controllers/ArtworkController.cs b/ErsatzTV/Controllers/ArtworkController.cs
index 5b482812f..5170da035 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV/Controllers/ArtworkController.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV/Controllers/ArtworkController.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using ErsatzTV.Application.Images;
 using ErsatzTV.Application.Images.Queries;
+using ErsatzTV.Application.Plex;
 using ErsatzTV.Application.Plex.Queries;
 using ErsatzTV.Core;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Domain;
@@ -14,9 +18,14 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Controllers
     [ApiExplorerSettings(IgnoreApi = true)]
     public class PostersController : ControllerBase
     {
+        private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
         private readonly IMediator _mediator;
 
-        public PostersController(IMediator mediator) => _mediator = mediator;
+        public PostersController(IMediator mediator, IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory)
+        {
+            _mediator = mediator;
+            _httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory;
+        }
 
         [HttpGet("/artwork/posters/{fileName}")]
         public async Task<IActionResult> GetPoster(string fileName)
@@ -31,11 +40,27 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Controllers
         [HttpGet("/artwork/posters/plex/{plexMediaSourceId}/{*path}")]
         public async Task<IActionResult> GetPlexPoster(int plexMediaSourceId, string path)
         {
-            Either<BaseError, ImageViewModel> imageContents =
-                await _mediator.Send(new GetPlexImage(plexMediaSourceId, path));
-            return imageContents.Match<IActionResult>(
-                Left: _ => new NotFoundResult(),
-                Right: r => new FileContentResult(r.Contents, r.MimeType));
+            Either<BaseError, PlexConnectionParametersViewModel> connectionParameters =
+                await _mediator.Send(new GetPlexConnectionParameters(plexMediaSourceId));
+
+            return await connectionParameters.Match<Task<IActionResult>>(
+                Left: _ => new NotFoundResult().AsTask<IActionResult>(),
+                Right: async r =>
+                {
+                    HttpClient client = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
+                    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-Plex-Token", r.AuthToken);
+
+                    var transcodePath = $"photo/:/transcode?url=/{path}&height=440&width=304&minSize=1&upscale=0";
+                    var fullPath = new Uri(r.Uri, transcodePath);
+                    HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(
+                        fullPath,
+                        HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);
+                    Stream stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
+
+                    return new FileStreamResult(
+                        stream,
+                        response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType ?? "image/jpeg");
+                });
         }
 
         [HttpGet("/artwork/thumbnails/{fileName}")]