diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index c6a2e9f..8c55c75 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ if (supportedAltDomain(location.host)) {
 document.addEventListener('4chanThreadUpdated', ((e: CustomEvent<{ count: number }>) => {
     document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("ThreadUpdate", {
         detail: {
-            newPosts: [...document.querySelector(".thread")!.children].slice(-e.detail.count).map(e => 'b.' + e.id.slice(2))
+            newPosts: [...(document.querySelector(".thread")! as any).children].slice(-e.detail.count).map(e => 'b.' + e.id.slice(2))
         }
     }));
 }) as any);
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 91e8cbe..4f0ee50 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,63 @@ settings.subscribe(b => {
     csettings = b;
 });
 
+const generateUglyThumbnail = async (f: File): Promise<Buffer> => {
+    const can = document.createElement("canvas");
+
+    const [sw, sh] = [125, 125];
+    const url = URL.createObjectURL(f);
+
+    let source: CanvasImageSource;
+    let iw: number, ih: number;
+
+    if (f.type.startsWith("image")) {
+        const imgElem = document.createElement('img');
+        imgElem.src = url;
+        await new Promise(_ => imgElem.onload = _);
+        [iw, ih] = [imgElem.naturalWidth, imgElem.naturalHeight];
+        source = imgElem;
+    } else if (f.type.startsWith("video")) {
+        const vidElem = document.createElement('video');
+        vidElem.src = url;
+        await new Promise(_ => vidElem.onloadedmetadata = _);
+        vidElem.currentTime = 0;
+        await new Promise(_ => vidElem.onloadeddata = _);
+        await new Promise(requestAnimationFrame);
+        await new Promise(requestAnimationFrame);
+        await new Promise(requestAnimationFrame);
+        [iw, ih] = [vidElem.videoWidth, vidElem.videoHeight];
+        source = vidElem;
+    } else
+        return Buffer.alloc(0);
+
+    const scale = Math.min(1, sw / iw, sh / ih);
+    const dims = [~~(iw * scale), ~~(ih * scale)] as [number, number];
+
+    can.width = dims[0];
+    can.height = dims[1];
+
+    const ctx = can.getContext("2d");
+
+    if (!ctx)
+        return Buffer.alloc(0);
+
+    ctx.drawImage(source, 0, 0, dims[0], dims[1]);
+
+    const blob = await new Promise<Blob | null>(_ => can.toBlob(_));
+    if (!blob)
+        return Buffer.alloc(0);
+    return Buffer.from(await blob.arrayBuffer());
+};
+
 const generateThumbnail = async (f: File): Promise<Buffer> => {
+    try {
+        return await generateProperThumbnail(f);
+    } catch {
+        return await generateUglyThumbnail(f);
+    }
+};
+
+const generateProperThumbnail = async (f: File): Promise<Buffer> => {
     const can = document.createElement("canvas");
 
     const [sw, sh] = [125, 125];
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 71c89bb..6eaf404 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
      */
     "importsNotUsedAsValues": "error",
     "isolatedModules": true,
+    "lib": [
+      "dom"
+    ],
     /**
       To have warnings/errors of the Svelte compiler at the correct position,
       enable source maps by default.