diff --git a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/package.ts b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/package.ts
index efb03c6..ac3e028 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/package.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/package.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import { mkdirp } from "mkdirp";
 import fs from "fs";
 import log from "./logger";
 import { getTeaPath } from "./tea-dir";
-import { Packages } from "../../src/libs/types";
+import { GUIPackage, Packages } from "../../src/libs/types";
+import { isDev } from "./auto-updater";
 
 const pkgsFilePath = path.join(getTeaPath(), "tea.xyz/gui/pkgs.json");
 const pkgsFolder = path.join(getTeaPath(), "tea.xyz/gui");
+const dev = isDev();
 
 export async function writePackageCache(pkgs: Packages) {
   try {
@@ -29,13 +31,19 @@ export async function loadPackageCache(): Promise<Packages> {
     log.info(`loading package cache from ${pkgsFilePath}`);
     const pkgData = fs.readFileSync(pkgsFilePath);
     const pkgs = JSON.parse(pkgData.toString()) as Packages;
-
     if (pkgs?.packages) {
       // Remove any temporary properties that may have been added to the package (like installation progress)
       for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(pkgs.packages)) {
         const { install_progress_percentage, isUninstalling, synced, displayState, ...rest } =
           value;
-        pkgs.packages[key] = rest;
+        pkgs.packages[key] = rest as GUIPackage;
+        // possible user deletes cache files
+        delete pkgs.packages[key].cached_image_url;
+        if (rest.image_added_at) {
+          const prefix = `https://gui.tea.xyz/${dev ? "dev" : "prod"}/${rest.full_name}`;
+          pkgs.packages[key].image_128_url = `${prefix}/128x128.webp`;
+          pkgs.packages[key].image_512_url = `${prefix}/512x512.webp`;
+        }
       }
     }
     return pkgs;
diff --git a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/tea-dir.ts b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/tea-dir.ts
index ae62daa..c26b823 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/tea-dir.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/tea-dir.ts
@@ -163,18 +163,24 @@ async function downloadImage(url: string, imagePath: string): Promise<void> {
   const response = await fetch(url);
   await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
     const fileStream = fs.createWriteStream(imagePath);
-    response.body.pipe(fileStream);
-    fileStream.on("finish", () => resolve());
-    fileStream.on("error", (error) => reject(error));
+    if (response.status == 200) {
+      response.body.pipe(fileStream);
+      fileStream.on("finish", () => resolve());
+      fileStream.on("error", (error) => reject(error));
+    } else {
+      reject(new Error(`Failed to download image: ${url}`));
+    }
   });
 }
 
 export async function cacheImage(url: string): Promise<string> {
   const imageFolder = path.join(getGuiPath(), "cached_images");
-  const imageName = path.basename(url);
-  const imagePath = path.join(imageFolder, imageName);
-
-  await mkdirp(imageFolder);
+  const pkgFilePath = url.split("gui.tea.xyz")[1];
+  const imagePath = path.join(imageFolder, pkgFilePath);
+  const fileName = path.basename(imagePath);
+  const folderPath = imagePath.replace(fileName, "");
+  log.info("creating folder:", folderPath);
+  await mkdirp(folderPath);
 
   if (!fs.existsSync(imagePath)) {
     try {
diff --git a/modules/desktop/package.json b/modules/desktop/package.json
index 585d6ed..9593fd4 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/package.json
+++ b/modules/desktop/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tea",
-  "version": "0.2.27",
+  "version": "0.2.28",
   "private": true,
   "description": "tea gui app",
   "author": "tea.xyz",
diff --git a/modules/desktop/src/components/featured-packages/featured-packages.svelte b/modules/desktop/src/components/featured-packages/featured-packages.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index a8f3ffe..0000000
--- a/modules/desktop/src/components/featured-packages/featured-packages.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<script lang="ts">
-  import "$appcss";
-  import { onMount } from "svelte";
-  import type { Package } from "@tea/ui/types";
-
-  import Gallery from "@tea/ui/gallery/gallery.svelte";
-  import {
-    featuredPackages as featuredPackagesStore,
-    initializeFeaturedPackages
-  } from "$libs/stores";
-
-  let featuredPackages: Package[] = [];
-
-  featuredPackagesStore.subscribe((v) => {
-    featuredPackages = v;
-  });
-
-  onMount(() => {
-    if (!featuredPackages.length) {
-      initializeFeaturedPackages();
-    }
-  });
-</script>
-
-<Gallery
-  title="FEATURED PACKAGES"
-  items={featuredPackages.map((pkg) => ({
-    title: pkg.full_name,
-    subTitle: pkg.maintainer || "",
-    imageUrl: pkg.thumb_image_url,
-    link: `/packages/${pkg.slug}`
-  }))}
-/>
diff --git a/modules/desktop/src/components/package-card/bg-image.svelte b/modules/desktop/src/components/package-card/bg-image.svelte
index 313fd53..8753008 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/src/components/package-card/bg-image.svelte
+++ b/modules/desktop/src/components/package-card/bg-image.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import type { GUIPackage } from "$libs/types";
-  import { onMount } from "svelte";
   import { packagesStore } from "$libs/stores";
 
   let clazz = "";
@@ -15,8 +14,8 @@
   let loaded = false;
   let lastProcessedPkg: GUIPackage | null = null;
 
-  const loadImage = async (url: string): Promise<string> => {
-    if (url.includes("cached_images")) {
+  const loadImage = async (url: string, force = false): Promise<string> => {
+    if (url.includes("cached_images") || force) {
       loadedImg = url;
       loaded = true;
       return url;
@@ -38,21 +37,12 @@
     });
   };
 
-  const recachePkg = async () => {
-    const url = await packagesStore.cachePkgImage(pkg);
-    loadImage(url);
-  };
-
   const getCache = async () => {
-    if (pkg.cached_image_url) {
-      loadImage(pkg.cached_image_url).catch(() => {
-        if (pkg.thumb_image_url) {
-          loadImage(pkg.thumb_image_url);
-          recachePkg();
-        }
+    if (pkg.image_512_url) {
+      loadImage(pkg.image_512_url, true).finally(async () => {
+        const nextImage = await packagesStore.cachePkgImage(pkg);
+        loadImage(nextImage, true);
       });
-    } else if (pkg.thumb_image_url) {
-      recachePkg();
     }
   };
 
@@ -69,7 +59,7 @@
 <section class="overflow-hidden bg-black {clazz} {layout}">
   <i
     class="logo icon-tea-logo-iconasset-1 text-3xl text-gray {layout}"
-    class:animate-pulse={!pkg.thumb_image_url}
+    class:animate-pulse={!pkg.image_added_at}
   />
   <div
     class="opacity-0 transition-all duration-500 {layout}"
diff --git a/modules/desktop/src/components/search-popup-results/package-search-result.svelte b/modules/desktop/src/components/search-popup-results/package-search-result.svelte
index 10ab83c..7108747 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/src/components/search-popup-results/package-search-result.svelte
+++ b/modules/desktop/src/components/search-popup-results/package-search-result.svelte
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
   <ImgLoader
     on:click={() => gotoPackagePage()}
     class="pkg-image h-16 w-16 object-cover"
-    src={!pkg.thumb_image_url.includes("https://tea.xyz")
-      ? "/images/default-thumb.jpg"
-      : pkg.thumb_image_url}
+    src={pkg.image_128_url || "/images/default-thumb.jpg"}
     alt={pkg.name}
   />
   <header data-testid="card-result-{pkg.slug}" class="flex-grow" on:click={() => gotoPackagePage()}>
diff --git a/modules/desktop/src/libs/native-mock.ts b/modules/desktop/src/libs/native-mock.ts
index 7447384..70ef6cc 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/src/libs/native-mock.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/src/libs/native-mock.ts
@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-10-06T15:45:08.000Z",
     full_name: "mesonbuild.com",
     dl_count: 270745,
-    thumb_image_name: "mesonbuild_com_option 1.jpg ",
     maintainer: "",
     desc: "Fast and user friendly build system",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/mesonbuild_com.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-10-06T15:45:08.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 0,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "pixman_org",
@@ -39,14 +38,13 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-09-26T19:37:47.000Z",
     full_name: "pixman.org",
     dl_count: 0,
-    thumb_image_name: "pixman_org_option 1.jpg ",
     desc: "Pixman is a library that provides low-level pixel manipulation features such as image compositing and trapezoid rasterization.",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/pixman_org.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-09-26T19:37:47.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 1,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "freedesktop_org_pkg_config",
@@ -57,14 +55,13 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-10-20T01:32:15.000Z",
     full_name: "freedesktop.org/pkg-config",
     dl_count: 2661501,
-    thumb_image_name: "freedecktop_org_pkg_config option 1.jpg ",
     desc: "Manage compile and link flags for libraries",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/freedesktop_org_pkg_config.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-10-20T01:32:15.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 2,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "gnu_org_gettext",
@@ -75,14 +72,13 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-10-20T01:23:46.000Z",
     full_name: "gnu.org/gettext",
     dl_count: 3715970,
-    thumb_image_name: "gnu_org_gettext_option 1.jpg ",
     desc: "GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/gnu_org_gettext.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-10-20T01:23:46.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 3,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "ipfs_tech",
@@ -92,15 +88,14 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-10-19T21:36:52.000Z",
     full_name: "ipfs.tech",
     dl_count: 14457,
-    thumb_image_name: "ipfs_tech_option 2.jpg ",
     maintainer: "",
     desc: "Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/ipfs_tech.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-10-19T21:36:52.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 4,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "nixos_org_patchelf",
@@ -111,14 +106,13 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-09-27T04:50:44.000Z",
     full_name: "nixos.org/patchelf",
     dl_count: 0,
-    thumb_image_name: "nixos_org_patchelf_option 1.jpg ",
     desc: "PatchELF is a simple utility for modifying existing ELF executables and libraries.",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/nixos_org_patchelf.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["top_packages", "foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-09-27T04:50:44.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 5,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "tea_xyz",
@@ -129,14 +123,13 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-10-19T19:13:51.000Z",
     full_name: "tea.xyz",
     dl_count: 0,
-    thumb_image_name: "tea_xyz_option 2.jpg ",
     desc: "Website of tea.xyz",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/tea_xyz.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["top_packages", "foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-10-19T19:13:51.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 6,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "charm_sh_gum",
@@ -147,14 +140,13 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-10-21T02:15:16.000Z",
     full_name: "charm.sh/gum",
     dl_count: 0,
-    thumb_image_name: "charm_sh_gum.jpg ",
     desc: "",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/charm_sh_gum.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["top_packages", "foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-10-21T02:15:16.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 7,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "pyyaml_org",
@@ -164,15 +156,14 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-10-03T15:35:14.000Z",
     full_name: "pyyaml.org",
     dl_count: 107505,
-    thumb_image_name: "pyyaml_org_option 1.jpg ",
     maintainer: "",
     desc: "YAML framework for Python",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/pyyaml_org.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["top_packages", "foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-10-03T15:35:14.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 8,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   },
   {
     slug: "tea_xyz_gx_cc",
@@ -183,14 +174,13 @@ const packages: Package[] = [
     last_modified: "2022-10-19T16:47:44.000Z",
     full_name: "tea.xyz/gx/cc",
     dl_count: 0,
-    thumb_image_name: "tea_xyz_gx.jpg ",
     desc: "",
-    thumb_image_url: "https://tea.xyz/Images/packages/tea_xyz_gx_cc.jpg",
     installs: 0,
     categories: ["top_packages", "foundation_essentials"],
     created: "2022-10-19T16:47:44.000Z",
     manual_sorting: 9,
-    card_layout: "bottom"
+    card_layout: "bottom",
+    image_added_at: new Date()
   }
 ];
 
diff --git a/modules/desktop/src/libs/stores/pkgs.ts b/modules/desktop/src/libs/stores/pkgs.ts
index c82fbe9..a6fca86 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/src/libs/stores/pkgs.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/src/libs/stores/pkgs.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import {
   listenToChannel,
   getInstalledVersionsForPackage,
   monitorTeaDir,
-  stopMonitoringTeaDir
+  stopMonitoringTeaDir,
+  isDev
 } from "@native";
 
 import { getReadme, getContributors, getRepoAsPackage } from "$libs/github";
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ let initialized = false;
 let isDestroyed = false;
 let refreshTimeoutId: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
 
+const dev = isDev();
+
 const packageMap = writable<Packages>({ version: "0", packages: {} });
 const packageList = derived(packageMap, ($packages) =>
   Object.values($packages.packages).sort((a, b) => {
@@ -162,12 +165,22 @@ const refreshPackages = async () => {
   if (isDestroyed) return;
 
   log.info("packages store: refreshing...");
-
+  const isDev = await dev;
   const pkgs = await getDistPackages();
-  const guiPkgs: GUIPackage[] = pkgs.map((p) => ({
-    ...p,
-    state: PackageStates.AVAILABLE
-  }));
+
+  const guiPkgs: GUIPackage[] = pkgs.map((p) => {
+    const prefix = `https://gui.tea.xyz/${isDev ? "dev" : "prod"}/${p.full_name}`;
+    return {
+      ...p,
+      state: PackageStates.AVAILABLE,
+      ...(p.image_added_at
+        ? {
+            image_512_url: `${prefix}/512x512.webp`,
+            image_128_url: `${prefix}/128x128.webp`
+          }
+        : {})
+    };
+  });
 
   if (!initialized) {
     // set packages data so that i can render something in the UI already
@@ -291,8 +304,8 @@ packageMap.subscribe(async (pkgs) => {
 const cachePkgImage = async (pkg: GUIPackage): Promise<string> => {
   let cacheFileURL = "";
   updatePackage(pkg.full_name, { cached_image_url: "" });
-  if (pkg.thumb_image_url && !pkg.thumb_image_url.includes("package-thumb-nolabel4.jpg")) {
-    const result = await cacheImageURL(pkg.thumb_image_url);
+  if (pkg.image_added_at && pkg.image_512_url) {
+    const result = await cacheImageURL(pkg.image_512_url);
     if (result) {
       cacheFileURL = result;
       updatePackage(pkg.full_name, { cached_image_url: cacheFileURL });
@@ -301,6 +314,15 @@ const cachePkgImage = async (pkg: GUIPackage): Promise<string> => {
   return cacheFileURL;
 };
 
+export const getPackageImageURL = async (
+  pkg: GUIPackage,
+  size: 512 | 1024 | 128
+): Promise<string> => {
+  if (!pkg.image_added_at) return "";
+  const isDev = await dev;
+  return `https://gui.tea.xyz/${isDev ? "dev" : "prod"}/${pkg.full_name}/${size}x${size}.webp`;
+};
+
 listenToChannel("install-progress", ({ full_name, progress }: any) => {
   if (!full_name) {
     return;
@@ -387,5 +409,6 @@ export default {
   destroy,
   cachePkgImage,
   resetPackageDisplayState,
-  resetAllPackagesUpdatedState
+  resetAllPackagesUpdatedState,
+  getPackageImageURL
 };
diff --git a/modules/desktop/src/libs/types.ts b/modules/desktop/src/libs/types.ts
index 48e746c..9d4bdb3 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/src/libs/types.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/src/libs/types.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ export type GUIPackage = Package & {
   install_progress_percentage?: number;
   isUninstalling?: boolean;
   cached_image_url?: string;
-
+  image_512_url?: string;
+  image_128_url?: string;
   displayState?: PackageDisplayState | null;
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/ui/src/types.ts b/modules/ui/src/types.ts
index 413c3fa..5af31c2 100644
--- a/modules/ui/src/types.ts
+++ b/modules/ui/src/types.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ export interface Package {
   homepage: string;
   last_modified: Date | string;
   created: Date | string;
-  thumb_image_url: string;
-  thumb_image_name: string;
   desc: string;
   dl_count: number;
   installs: number;
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@ export interface Package {
   };
   manual_sorting: number;
   card_layout: "bottom" | "right" | "left";
+  image_added_at: Date | null;
 }
 
 export type AirtablePost = {