diff --git a/web/src/lib/actions/thumbhash.ts b/web/src/lib/actions/thumbhash.ts
index e49f04dbee..872d3d03bf 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/actions/thumbhash.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/actions/thumbhash.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,27 @@ import { thumbHashToRGBA } from 'thumbhash';
 
 /**
  * Renders a thumbnail onto a canvas from a base64 encoded hash.
- * @param canvas
- * @param param1 object containing the base64 encoded hash (base64Thumbhash: yourString)
  */
-export function thumbhash(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, { base64ThumbHash }: { base64ThumbHash: string }) {
-  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
-  if (ctx) {
-    const { w, h, rgba } = thumbHashToRGBA(decodeBase64(base64ThumbHash));
-    const pixels = ctx.createImageData(w, h);
-    canvas.width = w;
-    canvas.height = h;
-    pixels.data.set(rgba);
-    ctx.putImageData(pixels, 0, 0);
-  }
+export function thumbhash(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, options: { base64ThumbHash: string }) {
+  render(canvas, options);
+
+  return {
+    update(newOptions: { base64ThumbHash: string }) {
+      render(canvas, newOptions);
+    },
+  };
 }
+
+const render = (canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, options: { base64ThumbHash: string }) => {
+  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+  if (!ctx) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const { w, h, rgba } = thumbHashToRGBA(decodeBase64(options.base64ThumbHash));
+  const pixels = ctx.createImageData(w, h);
+  canvas.width = w;
+  canvas.height = h;
+  pixels.data.set(rgba);
+  ctx.putImageData(pixels, 0, 0);
+};