diff --git a/src/stores/appStore.ts b/src/stores/appStore.ts
index 7c839155..3a6a1e21 100644
--- a/src/stores/appStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/appStore.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { logger } from '@utils/Logger';
 import rejson from '../utils/rejson.json';
 import { LoadJSONRegExtractors } from '../utils/re';
+import { SOURCE } from '@enums/MediaFetch';
 
 interface AppStore {
   pipMode: boolean;
@@ -180,9 +181,12 @@ export const cacheResolvedURL = async (
   ) {
     logger.debug(`[CacheResolveURL] ${song.parsedName} needs to be refetched.`);
     const result = await resolveURL(song);
-    appStore.setState({
-      cachedResolveURLMap: { ...cachedResolveURLMap, [song.id]: result },
-    });
+    // HACK: do not cache any local source files
+    if (song.source !== SOURCE.local) {
+      appStore.setState({
+        cachedResolveURLMap: { ...cachedResolveURLMap, [song.id]: result },
+      });
+    }
     return result;
   }
   return cachedResolvedURL;
diff --git a/src/utils/SongOperations.ts b/src/utils/SongOperations.ts
index 21274c27..2055a331 100644
--- a/src/utils/SongOperations.ts
+++ b/src/utils/SongOperations.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export const resolveUrl = async (song: NoxMedia.Song, iOS = true) => {
   logger.debug(
     `[SongResolveURL] cache ${cachedUrl ? 'found' : 'missed'}, ${song.id}`
   );
+
   const cacheWrapper = async (
     song: NoxMedia.Song
   ): Promise<NoxNetwork.ResolvedNoxMediaURL> => {
diff --git a/src/utils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.ts b/src/utils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.ts
index 1026140f..cbaf675b 100644
--- a/src/utils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ import TrackPlayer from 'react-native-track-player';
 import { logger } from '../Logger';
 import { r128gain2Volume } from '../Utils';
 
+export const cacheAlbumArt = async (fpath: string) => {
+  // HACK: exoplayer handles embedded art but I also need this for the UI...
+  await FFmpegKit.execute(
+    `-i '${fpath}' -an -vcodec copy ${RNFetchBlob.fs.dirs.CacheDir}/tempCover.jpg`
+  );
+  return `${RNFetchBlob.fs.dirs.CacheDir}/tempCover.jpg`;
+};
+
 export const probeMetadata = async (fspath: string) => {
   const session = await FFprobeKit.execute(
     `-v quiet -print_format json -show_format '${fspath}'`
diff --git a/src/utils/mediafetch/local.ts b/src/utils/mediafetch/local.ts
index bd5a0845..fc5a283f 100644
--- a/src/utils/mediafetch/local.ts
+++ b/src/utils/mediafetch/local.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
  * steps to refactor:
  * each site needs a fetch to parse regex extracted, a videoinfo fetcher and a song fetcher.
  */
-import { Platform, NativeModules } from 'react-native';
+import { NativeModules } from 'react-native';
 
-import { probeMetadata } from '@utils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
+import { probeMetadata, cacheAlbumArt } from '@utils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
 import { SOURCE } from '@enums/MediaFetch';
 import { regexFetchProps } from './generic';
 import SongTS from '@objects/Song';
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ const songFetch = async (
           nameRaw: probedMetadata.tags?.title || v.fileName,
           singer: probedMetadata.tags?.artist || '',
           singerId: probedMetadata.tags?.artist || '',
-          cover:
-            'https://i2.hdslb.com/bfs/face/b70f6e62e4582d4fa5d48d86047e64eb57d7504e.jpg',
+          cover: '',
           lyric: '',
           page: 0,
           duration: Number(probedMetadata.duration) || 0,
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ const regexFetch = async ({
 });
 
 const resolveURL = async (song: NoxMedia.Song) => {
-  return { url: song.bvid };
+  return { url: song.bvid, cover: await cacheAlbumArt(song.bvid) };
 };
 
 const refreshSong = (song: NoxMedia.Song) => song;