diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a78d118e..e664a772 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ click `[-]` and `[+]` to adjust the size, and the `[a]` toggles if the tree shou
 
 it does static images with Pillow and uses FFmpeg for video files, so you may want to `--no-thumb` or maybe just `--no-vthumb` depending on how destructive your users are
 
+images named `folder.jpg` and `folder.png` become the thumbnail of the folder they're in
+
 
 ## zip downloads
 
diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index ce1c004f..26f5648d 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             th_fmt = self.uparam.get("th")
             if th_fmt is not None:
                 if is_dir:
-                    for fn in ["cover.png", "cover.jpg"]:
+                    for fn in ["folder.png", "folder.jpg"]:
                         fp = os.path.join(abspath, fn)
                         if os.path.exists(fp):
                             vrem = "{}/{}".format(vrem.rstrip("/"), fn)
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                             break
 
                     if is_dir:
-                        return self.tx_ico("/")
+                        return self.tx_ico("a.folder")
 
                 thp = None
                 if self.thumbcli:
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index c96b5b94..b96af090 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ function MPlayer() {
 	this.au = null;
 	this.au_native = null;
 	this.au_ogvjs = null;
-	this.cover_url = '';
 	this.tracks = {};
 	this.order = [];