diff --git a/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-bash-arrays.md b/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-bash-arrays.md
index 297584d..c2556f0 100644
--- a/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-bash-arrays.md
+++ b/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-bash-arrays.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Title:      Bash Arrays
 Subtitle:   sub
 Desc:       Brief intro to Bash Arrays
 Date:       2023-09-29
-Thumbnail:  media/thumbnails/wayland.png
 Keywords:   bash
             technology
 Category:   Test
diff --git a/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-test.md b/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-test.md
index c2556f0..b580c5e 100644
--- a/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-test.md
+++ b/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-test.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Title:      Bash Arrays
 Subtitle:   sub
 Desc:       Brief intro to Bash Arrays
 Date:       2023-09-29
+Thumbnail:  img/thumbnails/bash.png
 Keywords:   bash
             technology
 Category:   Test
diff --git a/gawa/blog/models.py b/gawa/blog/models.py
index c5e9041..58cd154 100644
--- a/gawa/blog/models.py
+++ b/gawa/blog/models.py
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ class BlogPost(Searchable):
     body_de = models.TextField(blank=True, default="")
     category = models.ForeignKey(
         Category, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True)
-    thumbnail = models.ImageField(blank=True, upload_to="img/thumbnails")
+    thumbnail = models.ImageField(
+        blank=True,
+        upload_to="img/thumbnails",
+        default="img/thumbnails/default.jpg")
     featured = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     langs = models.CharField(
         default="['en': False, 'de': False]", max_length=64)
@@ -107,9 +110,9 @@ class BlogPost(Searchable):
                     self.date = meta_en["date"][0]
                     self.featured = meta_en["featured"][0] == "True"
                     self.public = meta_en["public"][0] == "True"
-                    # self.thumbnail = meta_en["thumbnail"]
+                    if "thumbnail" in meta_en:
+                        self.thumbnail = meta_en["thumbnail"][0]
                     # TODO: parse keywords from markdown
-                    # TODO: parse category from markdown
 
                     try:
                         category: Category = Category.objects.get(
@@ -120,8 +123,6 @@ class BlogPost(Searchable):
                     logger.debug(f"category of {self}: {category}")
                     self.category = category
 
-                    # if keyword or category do not exist, create them
-                    # I suppose
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.warning(
                         f"could not generate metadata {self.slug} from markdown: {e}")
diff --git a/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/AlbumCover.png b/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/AlbumCover.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 51a81fa..0000000
Binary files a/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/AlbumCover.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/bash.png b/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/bash.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ede2ad
Binary files /dev/null and b/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/bash.png differ
diff --git a/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/default.jpg b/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/default.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c808d08
Binary files /dev/null and b/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/default.jpg differ
diff --git a/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/wayland_logo.png b/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/wayland_logo.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 06c7038..0000000
Binary files a/gawa/media/img/thumbnails/wayland_logo.png and /dev/null differ