diff --git a/Shared/Extensions/BlurHashDecode.swift b/Shared/Extensions/BlurHashDecode.swift
index b3de466c..2e8513fb 100644
--- a/Shared/Extensions/BlurHashDecode.swift
+++ b/Shared/Extensions/BlurHashDecode.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 import UIKit
 
+// https://github.com/woltapp/blurhash/tree/master/Swift
+
 public extension UIImage {
 	convenience init?(blurHash: String, size: CGSize, punch: Float = 1) {
 		guard blurHash.count >= 6 else { return nil }
diff --git a/Shared/Extensions/JellyfinAPIExtensions/BaseItemDtoExtensions.swift b/Shared/Extensions/JellyfinAPIExtensions/BaseItemDtoExtensions.swift
index 2cc57295..27a6fdcb 100644
--- a/Shared/Extensions/JellyfinAPIExtensions/BaseItemDtoExtensions.swift
+++ b/Shared/Extensions/JellyfinAPIExtensions/BaseItemDtoExtensions.swift
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ public extension BaseItemDto {
 		}
 
 		if imgURL.queryParameters?[ImageType.backdrop.rawValue] == nil {
-			return imageBlurHashes?.backdrop?[imgTag] ?? "001fC^"
+            if itemType == .episode {
+                return imageBlurHashes?.backdrop?.values.first ?? "001fC^"
+            } else {
+                return imageBlurHashes?.backdrop?[imgTag] ?? "001fC^"
+            }
 		} else {
 			return imageBlurHashes?.primary?[imgTag] ?? "001fC^"
 		}
diff --git a/Shared/Views/ImageView.swift b/Shared/Views/ImageView.swift
index 9dad2701..c31ba6fd 100644
--- a/Shared/Views/ImageView.swift
+++ b/Shared/Views/ImageView.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import NukeUI
 import SwiftUI
 
+// TODO: update multiple sources so that multiple blurhashes can be taken, clean up
+
 struct ImageView: View {
 
 	@State
@@ -34,24 +36,10 @@ struct ImageView: View {
 
 	// TODO: fix placeholder hash view
 	@ViewBuilder
-	private func placeholderView() -> some View {
-//		Image(uiImage: UIImage(blurHash: blurhash, size: CGSize(width: 8, height: 8)) ??
-//			UIImage(blurHash: "001fC^", size: CGSize(width: 8, height: 8))!)
-//			.resizable()
-
-		#if os(tvOS)
-			ZStack {
-				Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
-
-				ProgressView()
-			}
-		#else
-			ZStack {
-				Color.gray.ignoresSafeArea()
-
-				ProgressView()
-			}
-		#endif
+    private var placeholderView: some View {
+		Image(uiImage: UIImage(blurHash: blurhash, size: CGSize(width: 12, height: 12)) ??
+			UIImage(blurHash: "001fC^", size: CGSize(width: 12, height: 12))!)
+			.resizable()
 	}
 
 	@ViewBuilder
@@ -73,9 +61,9 @@ struct ImageView: View {
 				if let image = state.image {
 					image
 				} else if state.error != nil {
-					failureImage().onAppear { sources.removeFirst() }
+					placeholderView.onAppear { sources.removeFirst() }
 				} else {
-					placeholderView()
+					placeholderView
 				}
 			}
 			.pipeline(ImagePipeline(configuration: .withDataCache))
diff --git a/Swiftfin/Views/ItemView/Portrait/ItemPortraitHeaderOverlayView.swift b/Swiftfin/Views/ItemView/Portrait/ItemPortraitHeaderOverlayView.swift
index db91e1c6..e86e1731 100644
--- a/Swiftfin/Views/ItemView/Portrait/ItemPortraitHeaderOverlayView.swift
+++ b/Swiftfin/Views/ItemView/Portrait/ItemPortraitHeaderOverlayView.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ struct PortraitHeaderOverlayView: View {
 
 				// MARK: Portrait Image
 
-				ImageView(src: viewModel.item.portraitHeaderViewURL(maxWidth: 130))
+                ImageView(src: viewModel.item.portraitHeaderViewURL(maxWidth: 130),
+                          bh: viewModel.item.getPrimaryImageBlurHash())
 					.portraitPoster(width: 130)
 					.accessibilityIgnoresInvertColors()