diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
index ef720b3f..e5ef0f40 100644
--- a/api/.gitignore
+++ b/api/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 **/*.bun
+images
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/images.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/images.ts
index aa72a337..b80d744f 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/images.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/images.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 import { mkdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { encode } from "blurhash";
-import { SQL, type SQLWrapper, eq, getTableName, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
-import type { PgColumn, PgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
+import { type SQL, eq, is, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { PgColumn, type PgTable } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
 import { version } from "package.json";
 import type { PoolClient } from "pg";
 import sharp from "sharp";
 import { type Transaction, db } from "~/db";
-import { mqueue } from "~/db/schema/queue";
+import { mqueue } from "~/db/schema/mqueue";
 import type { Image } from "~/models/utils";
 
 export const imageDir = process.env.IMAGES_PATH ?? "./images";
 await mkdir(imageDir, { recursive: true });
 
+export const defaultBlurhash = "000000";
+
 type ImageTask = {
 	id: string;
 	url: string;
@@ -35,19 +37,34 @@ export const enqueueOptImage = async (
 	hasher.update(img.url);
 	const id = hasher.digest().toString("hex");
 
+	const cleanupColumn = (column: SQL) =>
+		// @ts-expect-error dialect is private
+		db.dialect.sqlToQuery(
+			sql.join(
+				column.queryChunks.map((x) => {
+					if (is(x, PgColumn)) {
+						return sql.identifier(x.name);
+					}
+					return x;
+				}),
+			),
+		).sql;
+
 	const message: ImageTask =
 		"table" in img
 			? {
 					id,
 					url: img.url,
-					table: getTableName(img.table),
-					column: db.execute(img.column).getQuery().sql,
+					// @ts-expect-error dialect is private
+					table: db.dialect.sqlToQuery(sql`${img.table}`).sql,
+					column: cleanupColumn(img.column),
 				}
 			: {
 					id,
 					url: img.url,
-					table: getTableName(img.column.table),
-					column: img.column.name,
+					// @ts-expect-error dialect is private
+					table: db.dialect.sqlToQuery(sql`${img.column.table}`).sql,
+					column: sql.identifier(img.column.name).value,
 				};
 	await tx.insert(mqueue).values({
 		kind: "image",
@@ -58,7 +75,7 @@ export const enqueueOptImage = async (
 	return {
 		id,
 		source: img.url,
-		blurhash: "",
+		blurhash: defaultBlurhash,
 	};
 };
 
@@ -83,7 +100,7 @@ export const processImages = async () => {
 			const column = sql.raw(img.column);
 
 			await tx.execute(sql`
-				update ${table} set ${column} = ${ret} where ${column}->'id' = '${item.id}'
+				update ${table} set ${column} = ${ret} where ${column}->'id' = ${sql.raw(`'"${img.id}"'::jsonb`)}
 			`);
 
 			await tx.delete(mqueue).where(eq(mqueue.id, item.id));
@@ -112,6 +129,7 @@ export const processImages = async () => {
 
 	// start processing old tasks
 	await processAll();
+	return () => client.release(true);
 };
 
 async function downloadImage(id: string, url: string): Promise<string> {
@@ -144,6 +162,7 @@ async function downloadImage(id: string, url: string): Promise<string> {
 
 	const { data, info } = await image
 		.resize(32, 32, { fit: "inside" })
+		.ensureAlpha()
 		.raw()
 		.toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true });
 
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/series.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/series.ts
index 500aa57a..d8c8818b 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/series.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/series.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { t } from "elysia";
 import type { SeedSerie } from "~/models/serie";
 import { getYear } from "~/utils";
-import { enqueueOptImage } from "./images";
 import { insertCollection } from "./insert/collection";
 import { insertEntries } from "./insert/entries";
 import { insertSeasons } from "./insert/seasons";
diff --git a/api/src/db/schema/index.ts b/api/src/db/schema/index.ts
index 3488c4cc..67f4e990 100644
--- a/api/src/db/schema/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/schema/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export * from "./shows";
 export * from "./studios";
 export * from "./staff";
 export * from "./videos";
+export * from "./mqueue";
diff --git a/api/src/db/schema/queue.ts b/api/src/db/schema/mqueue.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/db/schema/queue.ts
rename to api/src/db/schema/mqueue.ts
diff --git a/api/src/index.ts b/api/src/index.ts
index 4c9a076e..9905c8a2 100644
--- a/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import jwt from "@elysiajs/jwt";
 import { swagger } from "@elysiajs/swagger";
+import { processImages } from "./controllers/seed/images";
 import { migrate } from "./db";
 import { app } from "./elysia";
 import { comment } from "./utils";
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ if (!secret) {
 	process.exit(1);
 }
 
+// run image processor task in background
+processImages();
+
 app
 	.use(jwt({ secret }))
 	.use(
diff --git a/api/tests/manual.ts b/api/tests/manual.ts
index 3835aa2c..4d4cb906 100644
--- a/api/tests/manual.ts
+++ b/api/tests/manual.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { processImages } from "~/controllers/seed/images";
 import { db, migrate } from "~/db";
-import { shows, videos } from "~/db/schema";
+import { mqueue, shows, videos } from "~/db/schema";
 import { madeInAbyss, madeInAbyssVideo } from "~/models/examples";
 import { createSerie, createVideo, getSerie } from "./helpers";
 
@@ -8,10 +9,16 @@ import { createSerie, createVideo, getSerie } from "./helpers";
 await migrate();
 await db.delete(shows);
 await db.delete(videos);
+await db.delete(mqueue);
 
 const [_, vid] = await createVideo(madeInAbyssVideo);
 console.log(vid);
 const [__, ser] = await createSerie(madeInAbyss);
 console.log(ser);
+
+await processImages();
+
 const [___, got] = await getSerie(madeInAbyss.slug, { with: ["translations"] });
 console.log(got);
+
+process.exit(0);
diff --git a/api/tests/misc/images.test.ts b/api/tests/misc/images.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c59a3a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tests/misc/images.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { defaultBlurhash, processImages } from "~/controllers/seed/images";
+import { db } from "~/db";
+import { mqueue, shows, staff, studios, videos } from "~/db/schema";
+import { madeInAbyss } from "~/models/examples";
+import { createSerie } from "../helpers";
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+	await db.delete(shows);
+	await db.delete(studios);
+	await db.delete(staff);
+	await db.delete(videos);
+	await db.delete(mqueue);
+
+	await createSerie(madeInAbyss);
+	const release = await processImages();
+	// remove notifications to prevent other images to be downloaded (do not curl 20000 images for nothing)
+	release();
+});
+
+describe("images", () => {
+	it("Create a serie download images", async () => {
+		const ret = await db.query.shows.findFirst({
+			where: eq(shows.slug, madeInAbyss.slug),
+		});
+		expect(ret!.slug).toBe(madeInAbyss.slug);
+		expect(ret!.original.poster!.blurhash).toBeString();
+		expect(ret!.original.poster!.blurhash).not.toBe(defaultBlurhash);
+	});
+});