diff --git a/res/layout/miroguide_channellist_item.xml b/res/layout/miroguide_channellist_item.xml
index 1d52ff695..2122b4866 100644
--- a/res/layout/miroguide_channellist_item.xml
+++ b/res/layout/miroguide_channellist_item.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
         android:layout_centerVertical="true"
         android:layout_marginLeft="1dip"
         android:layout_marginRight="4dip"
+        android:scaleType="fitXY"
+        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
         android:src="@drawable/default_cover" />
 
     <LinearLayout
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/BitmapDecodeWorkerTask.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/BitmapDecodeWorkerTask.java
index 586e20deb..0174e0471 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/BitmapDecodeWorkerTask.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/BitmapDecodeWorkerTask.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public abstract class BitmapDecodeWorkerTask extends Thread {
 
 	private static final String TAG = "BitmapDecodeWorkerTask";
 	private ImageView target;
-	private Bitmap bitmap;
+	protected Bitmap bitmap;
 	private Bitmap decodedBitmap;
 
 	protected int baseLength;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public abstract class BitmapDecodeWorkerTask extends Thread {
 
 	protected void onPostExecute() {
 		// check if imageview is still supposed to display this image
-		if (tagsMatching(target)) {
+		if (tagsMatching(target) && bitmap != null) {
 			target.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
 		} else {
 			if (AppConfig.DEBUG)
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/FeedImageLoader.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/FeedImageLoader.java
index 628d62d9b..39013cdac 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/FeedImageLoader.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/FeedImageLoader.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.asynctask;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
@@ -8,17 +7,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
-import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.support.v4.util.LruCache;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
-
-import com.jakewharton.DiskLruCache;
-import com.jakewharton.DiskLruCache.Snapshot;
-
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.AppConfig;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.PodcastApp;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.R;
@@ -93,7 +86,7 @@ public class FeedImageLoader {
 	private ExecutorService createExecutor() {
 		return Executors.newFixedThreadPool(Runtime.getRuntime()
 				.availableProcessors(), new ThreadFactory() {
-			
+
 			@Override
 			public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
 				Thread t = new Thread(r);
@@ -102,7 +95,7 @@ public class FeedImageLoader {
 			}
 		});
 	}
-	
+
 	public static FeedImageLoader getInstance() {
 		if (singleton == null) {
 			singleton = new FeedImageLoader();
@@ -110,22 +103,6 @@ public class FeedImageLoader {
 		return singleton;
 	}
 
-	public static DiskLruCache openThubmnailDiskCache() throws IOException {
-
-		Context appContext = PodcastApp.getInstance();
-		DiskLruCache cache = null;
-		try {
-			cache = DiskLruCache.open(
-					appContext.getExternalFilesDir(CACHE_DIR),
-					appContext.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(
-							appContext.getPackageName(), 0).versionCode,
-					VALUE_SIZE, CACHE_SIZE);
-		} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-		return cache;
-	}
-
 	public void loadCoverBitmap(FeedImage image, ImageView target) {
 		if (image.getFile_url() != null) {
 			Bitmap bitmap = getBitmapFromCoverCache(image.getFile_url());
@@ -163,25 +140,12 @@ public class FeedImageLoader {
 			Bitmap bitmap = getBitmapFromThumbnailCache(channel
 					.getThumbnailUrl());
 			if (bitmap == null) {
-				boolean isInDiskCache = false;
-				/*
-				try {
-					isInDiskCache = isInThumbnailDiskCache(channel
-							.getThumbnailUrl());
-				} catch (IOException e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
-					Log.e(TAG, "Error when trying to read disk cache");
-				}
-				*/
-				if (isInDiskCache) {
-					executor.submit(new MiroGuideDiskCacheLoader(handler,
-							target, channel, LENGTH_BASE_THUMBNAIL));
-				} else {
-					if (AppConfig.DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "Starting new thumbnail download");
+				if (AppConfig.DEBUG)
+					Log.d(TAG, "Starting new thumbnail download");
+				target.setImageResource(R.drawable.default_cover);
 
-					executor.submit(new MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader(handler,
-							target, channel, LENGTH_BASE_THUMBNAIL));
-				}
+				executor.submit(new MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader(handler,
+						target, channel, LENGTH_BASE_THUMBNAIL));
 			} else {
 				target.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
 			}
@@ -189,12 +153,13 @@ public class FeedImageLoader {
 			target.setImageResource(R.drawable.default_cover);
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	public void clearExecutorQueue() {
 		executor.shutdownNow();
-		if (AppConfig.DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "Executor was shut down.");
+		if (AppConfig.DEBUG)
+			Log.d(TAG, "Executor was shut down.");
 		executor = createExecutor();
-		
+
 	}
 
 	public void wipeImageCache() {
@@ -226,11 +191,6 @@ public class FeedImageLoader {
 		coverCache.put(key, bitmap);
 	}
 
-	public boolean isInThumbnailDiskCache(String key) throws IOException {
-		DiskLruCache cache = openThubmnailDiskCache();
-		return cache.get(key) != null;
-	}
-
 	class FeedImageDecodeWorkerTask extends BitmapDecodeWorkerTask {
 
 		private static final String TAG = "FeedImageDecodeWorkerTask";
@@ -262,45 +222,4 @@ public class FeedImageLoader {
 
 	}
 
-	class MiroGuideDiskCacheLoader extends BitmapDecodeWorkerTask {
-		private static final String TAG = "MiroGuideDiskCacheLoader";
-		private Exception exception;
-
-		private MiroChannel channel;
-
-		public MiroGuideDiskCacheLoader(Handler handler, ImageView target,
-				MiroChannel channel, int length) {
-			super(handler, target, channel.getThumbnailUrl(), length);
-			this.channel = channel;
-		}
-
-		public void run() {
-			try {
-				DiskLruCache cache = openThubmnailDiskCache();
-				Snapshot snapshot = cache.get(fileUrl);
-				storeBitmapInCache(BitmapFactory.decodeStream(snapshot
-						.getInputStream(0)));
-			} catch (IOException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-				exception = e;
-			}
-			endBackgroundTask();
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		protected void onPostExecute() {
-			if (exception != null) {
-				super.onPostExecute();
-			} else {
-				Log.e(TAG, "Failed to load bitmap from disk cache");
-			}
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		protected boolean tagsMatching(ImageView target) {
-			return target.getTag() == null || target.getTag() == channel;
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader.java
index 557aac623..febe309ed 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader.java
@@ -1,31 +1,21 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.asynctask;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 
-import com.jakewharton.DiskLruCache;
-import com.jakewharton.DiskLruCache.Editor;
-
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.AppConfig;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.PodcastApp;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.miroguide.model.MiroChannel;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.BitmapDecoder;
 
-import android.graphics.Bitmap;
-import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
-import android.os.Handler;
-import android.util.Log;
-import android.widget.ImageView;
-
 /** Downlods thumbnails from the MiroGuide and stores them in a DiskLruCache */
 public class MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader extends BitmapDecodeWorkerTask {
 	private static final String TAG = "MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader";
@@ -61,12 +51,8 @@ public class MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader extends BitmapDecodeWorkerTask {
 		File destination = new File(PodcastApp.getInstance().getCacheDir(),
 				Integer.toString(fileUrl.hashCode()));
 		try {
-			/*
-			 * DiskLruCache diskCache =
-			 * FeedImageLoader.openThubmnailDiskCache(); Editor editor =
-			 * diskCache.edit(fileUrl);
-			 */
-			if (AppConfig.DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "Downloading " + fileUrl);
+			if (AppConfig.DEBUG)
+				Log.d(TAG, "Downloading " + fileUrl);
 			URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
 			connection.connect();
 			byte inputBuffer[] = new byte[1024];
@@ -77,8 +63,6 @@ public class MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader extends BitmapDecodeWorkerTask {
 			int count = 0;
 			while ((count = input.read(inputBuffer)) != -1) {
 				output.write(inputBuffer, 0, count);
-				if (AppConfig.DEBUG)
-					Log.d(TAG, "" + count);
 			}
 			output.close();
 			if (AppConfig.DEBUG)
@@ -86,12 +70,9 @@ public class MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader extends BitmapDecodeWorkerTask {
 			// Get a smaller version of the bitmap and store it inside the
 			// LRU
 			// Cache
-			Bitmap bitmap = BitmapDecoder.decodeBitmap(PREFERRED_LENGTH,
+			bitmap = BitmapDecoder.decodeBitmap(PREFERRED_LENGTH,
 					destination.getPath());
 			if (bitmap != null) {
-				// OutputStream imageOut = editor.newOutputStream(0);
-				// bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 80, imageOut);
-				// editor.commit();
 				storeBitmapInCache(bitmap);
 			}
 
@@ -109,6 +90,6 @@ public class MiroGuideThumbnailDownloader extends BitmapDecodeWorkerTask {
 
 	@Override
 	protected boolean tagsMatching(ImageView target) {
-		return target.getTag() == null || target.getTag() == miroChannel;
+		return target.getTag() == miroChannel;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/BitmapDecoder.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/BitmapDecoder.java
index f4b902c6f..d9975a0bb 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/BitmapDecoder.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/BitmapDecoder.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ public class BitmapDecoder {
 		options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
 		options.inSampleSize = sampleSize;
 		options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;
-		options.inDither = false;
-		options.inScaled = false;
 
 		Bitmap decodedBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(fileUrl, options);
 		if (decodedBitmap == null) {
@@ -52,12 +50,10 @@ public class BitmapDecoder {
 			decodedBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(fileUrl);
 		}
 		if (decodedBitmap != null) {
-			if (preferredLength > srcWidth || preferredLength > srcHeight) {
-				return decodedBitmap;
-			} else {
+			
 				return Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(decodedBitmap,
 						preferredLength, preferredLength, false);
-			}
+			
 		} else {
 			return null;
 		}