diff --git a/server/app/functions.py b/server/app/functions.py
index 7d5509bf..561760be 100644
--- a/server/app/functions.py
+++ b/server/app/functions.py
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ def reindex_tracks():
 
         Populate()
         CreateAlbums()
-        CheckArtistImages()()
+
+        if helpers.Ping()():
+            CheckArtistImages()()
 
         time.sleep(60)
 
@@ -73,7 +75,6 @@ class useImageDownloader:
             img.save(self.dest, format="webp")
             img.close()
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-            print("🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴")
             time.sleep(5)
 
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class CheckArtistImages:
         """
 
         img_path = (
-            helpers.app_dir
+            settings.APP_DIR
             + "/images/artists/"
             + helpers.create_safe_name(artistname)
             + ".webp"
@@ -115,14 +116,15 @@ class CheckArtistImages:
 
         if url is None:
             return
-
         useImageDownloader(url, img_path)()
 
     def __call__(self):
         self.artists = helpers.Get.get_all_artists()
 
         with ThreadPoolExecutor() as pool:
-            pool.map(self.download_image, self.artists)
+            iter = pool.map(self.download_image, self.artists)
+            for i in iter:
+                pass
 
         print("Done fetching images")
 
diff --git a/server/app/helpers.py b/server/app/helpers.py
index ea11a63b..102e2b49 100644
--- a/server/app/helpers.py
+++ b/server/app/helpers.py
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Dict, Set
 from typing import List
 
+import requests
+
 from app import models
 from app import settings
 from app import instances
 
-app_dir = settings.APP_DIR
-
 
 def background(func):
     """
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def remove_duplicates(tracklist: List[models.Track]) -> List[models.Track]:
 
     return tracklist
 
+
 def is_valid_file(filename: str) -> bool:
     """
     Checks if a file is valid. Returns True if it is, False if it isn't.
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ def check_artist_image(image: str) -> str:
     Checks if the artist image is valid.
     """
     img_name = image.replace("/", "::") + ".webp"
-
+    app_dir = settings.APP_DIR
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(app_dir, "images", "artists", img_name)):
         return use_memoji()
     else:
@@ -194,3 +195,15 @@ class Get:
         """
         p = instances.playlist_instance.get_all_playlists()
         return [models.Playlist(p) for p in p]
+
+
+class Ping:
+    """Checks if there is a connection to the internet by pinging google.com"""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def __call__() -> bool:
+        try:
+            requests.get("https://google.com")
+            return True
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+            return False
diff --git a/server/app/lib/folderslib.py b/server/app/lib/folderslib.py
index 81217298..b5872736 100644
--- a/server/app/lib/folderslib.py
+++ b/server/app/lib/folderslib.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ class Dir:
     is_sym: bool
 
 
-def get_folder_track_count(foldername: str) -> int:
+def get_folder_track_count(path: str) -> int:
     """
     Returns the number of files associated with a folder.
     """
-    tracks = instances.tracks_instance.find_tracks_inside_path_regex(foldername)
+    tracks = instances.tracks_instance.find_tracks_inside_path_regex(path)
     return len(tracks)
 
 
diff --git a/server/app/lib/populate.py b/server/app/lib/populate.py
index 5ca7d31c..6fa2aead 100644
--- a/server/app/lib/populate.py
+++ b/server/app/lib/populate.py
@@ -89,10 +89,23 @@ class CreateAlbums:
         prealbums = self.filter_processed(self.db_albums, prealbums)
         print(f"📌 {len(prealbums)}")
 
+        s = time.time()
         albums = []
+
         for album in tqdm(prealbums, desc="Creating albums"):
             a = self.create_album(album)
-            albums.append(a)
+            if a is not None:
+                albums.append(a)
+
+        # with ThreadPoolExecutor() as pool:
+        #     iterator = pool.map(self.create_album, prealbums)
+
+        #     for i in iterator:
+        #         if i is not None:
+        #             albums.append(i)
+
+        d = time.time() - s
+        Log(f"Created {len(albums)} albums in {d} seconds")
 
         if len(albums) > 0:
             instances.album_instance.insert_many(albums)
@@ -131,15 +144,20 @@ class CreateAlbums:
         hash = album.hash
 
         album = {"image": None}
+        iter = 0
 
         while album["image"] is None:
             track = UseBisection(self.db_tracks, "albumhash", [hash])()[0]
 
             if track is not None:
+                iter += 1
                 album = create_album(track)
                 self.db_tracks.remove(track)
             else:
                 album["image"] = hash
-
-        album = Album(album)
-        return album
+        try:
+            album = Album(album)
+            return album
+        except KeyError:
+            print(f"📌 {iter}")
+            print(album)
diff --git a/server/assets/default.webp b/server/assets/default.webp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9795fa9
Binary files /dev/null and b/server/assets/default.webp differ
diff --git a/server/start.sh b/server/start.sh
index 2bac5a6a..c6c0e46a 100755
--- a/server/start.sh
+++ b/server/start.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ gpath=$(poetry run which gunicorn)
 while getopts ':s' opt; do
   case $opt in
     s)
-      echo "🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴"
+      echo "Starting Alice server"
       cd "./app"
       "$gpath" -b 0.0.0.0:9877 -w 4 --threads=2 "imgserver:app" &
       cd ../