diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5907c12..b6cb97b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ Usage example:
 
 Adds https://howlongtobeat.com/ game length (`MainGame`) and an ID to your front matter (keys `howlongtobeat_id` and `howlongtobeat_hrs`), provided you first added a property called `game_name`. (This gets substituted).
 
+It also downloads a thumbnail of the cover image if you provided the dir as an option. 
+
 So, Frontmatter like this:
 
 ```
@@ -145,7 +147,9 @@ In your Hugo template, add a link to `https://howlongtobeat.com/game?id={howlong
 Usage example:
 
 ```js
-  await howlong(`${__dirname}/content/articles`)
+  await howlong({
+    postDir: `${__dirname}/content/articles`,
+    downloadDir: `${__dirname}/static/img/howlongtobeat_thumbs`)
 ```
 
 It will print out games and metadata it found. Uses the cool [howlongtobeat npm package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/howlongtobeat) to do its dirty work. 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0aa7e9e..5449a6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jam-my-stack",
-  "version": "1.0.19",
+  "version": "1.0.20",
   "repository": {
     "url": "https://github.com/wgroeneveld/jam-my-stack",
     "type": "git"
diff --git a/src/howlongtobeat/howlong.js b/src/howlongtobeat/howlong.js
index b1638de..435e909 100644
--- a/src/howlongtobeat/howlong.js
+++ b/src/howlongtobeat/howlong.js
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ const hltbService = new hltb.HowLongToBeatService()
 
 const { getFiles } = require('./../file-utils');
 const fs = require('fs').promises;
-
+const got = require("got");
 const {promisify} = require('util');
 const frontMatterParser = require('parser-front-matter');
 
 const parse = promisify(frontMatterParser.parse.bind(frontMatterParser));
 
+const stream = require('stream');
+const pipeline = promisify(stream.pipeline);
+const { createWriteStream } = require("fs");
 
 async function loadPostsWithFrontMatter(postsDirectoryPath) {
   const postNames = await getFiles(postsDirectoryPath);
@@ -27,22 +30,37 @@ async function loadPostsWithFrontMatter(postsDirectoryPath) {
   return posts;
 }
 
-async function fillInHowLongToBeat(posts) {
+async function downloadThumbnail(url, id, dir) {
+  console.log(`   --- downloading thumbnail ${url} of id ${id}...`)
+  await pipeline(
+    got.stream(url),
+    createWriteStream(`${dir}/${id}.jpg`)
+  )
+}
+
+async function fillInHowLongToBeat(posts, downloadDir) {
   for(post of posts) {
     const results = await hltbService.search(post.game)
 
     if(results.length > 0) {
-      post.howlongtobeat = results[0].gameplayMain
-      post.howlongtobeat_id = results[0].id
-    }      
+      const game = results[0]
+      post.howlongtobeat = game.gameplayMain
+      post.howlongtobeat_id = game.id
+
+      if(downloadDir) {
+        await downloadThumbnail(game.imageUrl, game.id, downloadDir)
+      }
+    }   
   }
 }
 
-async function run(dir) {
-  console.log(`-- SCANNING not yet processed articles in ${dir} for game_name --`)
-  let posts = await loadPostsWithFrontMatter(dir)
+async function run(options) {
+  const { postDir, downloadDir } = options
+
+  console.log(`-- SCANNING not yet processed articles in ${postDir} for game_name --`)
+  let posts = await loadPostsWithFrontMatter(postDir)
   posts = posts.filter(post => post.game && !post.howlongtobeat_id)
-  await fillInHowLongToBeat(posts)
+  await fillInHowLongToBeat(posts, downloadDir)
 
   for(post of posts) {
     let data = await fs.readFile(post.file, 'utf8')
diff --git a/test/howlongtobeat/__mocks__/howlongtobeat.js b/test/howlongtobeat/__mocks__/howlongtobeat.js
index 72b694b..54997ce 100644
--- a/test/howlongtobeat/__mocks__/howlongtobeat.js
+++ b/test/howlongtobeat/__mocks__/howlongtobeat.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ class HowLongToBeatService {
 	async search(game) {
 		return [{
 			gameplayMain: 93,
-			id: 11228
+			id: 11228,
+			imageUrl: "https://jefklakscodex.com/img/logo.png"
 		}]
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/howlongtobeat/howlong.test.js b/test/howlongtobeat/howlong.test.js
index 7936ad9..5fbc782 100644
--- a/test/howlongtobeat/howlong.test.js
+++ b/test/howlongtobeat/howlong.test.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ game_name: "Wizardry 8"
 blabla nice one 9/10 GG!
 `
 
+jest.disableAutomock()
+jest.unmock('got')
+
 const dumpdir = `${__dirname}/howlong-stub`
 beforeEach(async () => {
 	if(fs.existsSync(dumpdir)) {
@@ -23,9 +26,22 @@ beforeEach(async () => {
 	await fsp.writeFile(`${dumpdir}/howlongtobeat-sample.md`, mdsample, 'utf-8')
 })
 
-test('howlong adds howlong to beat id and hours to frontmatter', async () => {
-	await howlong(dumpdir)
+test('howlong adds howlong to beat id and hours to frontmatter', async() => {
+	await howlong({
+		postDir: dumpdir,
+		downloadDir: dumpdir
+	})
 
 	const actualmd = await fsp.readFile(`${dumpdir}/howlongtobeat-sample.md`, 'utf-8')
 	expect(actualmd).toMatchSnapshot()
 })
+
+test('howlong downloads the thumbnail as ID.jpg into downloaddir', async() => {
+	await howlong({
+		postDir: dumpdir,
+		downloadDir: dumpdir
+	})
+
+	const actualmd = await fsp.readFile(`${dumpdir}/11228.jpg`, 'utf-8')
+	expect(actualmd).not.toBeUndefined()
+})