diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
index 8f573312..7849d2fc 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const fs = require('../libs/fsExtra')
 const Logger = require('../Logger')
 const SocketAuthority = require('../SocketAuthority')
 
@@ -178,7 +179,15 @@ class LibraryItemController {
 
   // GET api/items/:id/cover
   async getCover(req, res) {
-    let { query: { width, height, format }, libraryItem } = req
+    const { query: { width, height, format, raw }, libraryItem } = req
+
+    if (raw) { // any value
+      if (!libraryItem.media.coverPath || !await fs.pathExists(libraryItem.media.coverPath)) {
+        return res.sendStatus(404)
+      }
+
+      return res.sendFile(libraryItem.media.coverPath)
+    }
 
     const options = {
       format: format || (reqSupportsWebp(req) ? 'webp' : 'jpeg'),
diff --git a/server/managers/CacheManager.js b/server/managers/CacheManager.js
index ce48ffc3..948d152f 100644
--- a/server/managers/CacheManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/CacheManager.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CacheManager {
 
     res.type(`image/${format}`)
 
-    var path = Path.join(this.CoverCachePath, `${libraryItem.id}_${width}${height ? `x${height}` : ''}`) + '.' + format
+    const path = Path.join(this.CoverCachePath, `${libraryItem.id}_${width}${height ? `x${height}` : ''}`) + '.' + format
 
     // Cache exists
     if (await fs.pathExists(path)) {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class CacheManager {
       return res.sendStatus(500)
     }
 
-    let writtenFile = await resizeImage(libraryItem.media.coverPath, path, width, height)
+    const writtenFile = await resizeImage(libraryItem.media.coverPath, path, width, height)
     if (!writtenFile) return res.sendStatus(500)
 
     // Set owner and permissions of cache image