diff --git a/lib/music_library/artists.ex b/lib/music_library/artists.ex
index 4fcaf714..5f4c5ea8 100644
--- a/lib/music_library/artists.ex
+++ b/lib/music_library/artists.ex
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.Artists do
     |> BackgroundRepo.insert()
   end
 
+  def fetch_image_async(artist_id) do
+    meta = %{}
+    params = %{"id" => artist_id}
+
+    params
+    |> Worker.FetchArtistImage.new(meta: meta)
+    |> BackgroundRepo.insert()
+  end
+
   def get_image(artist_id) do
     q =
       from ai in ArtistInfo,
diff --git a/lib/music_library/worker/fetch_artist_image.ex b/lib/music_library/worker/fetch_artist_image.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..868a8e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/music_library/worker/fetch_artist_image.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defmodule MusicLibrary.Worker.FetchArtistImage do
+  use Oban.Worker, queue: :default, max_attempts: 3
+
+  @impl Oban.Worker
+  def perform(%Oban.Job{args: %{"id" => artist_id}}) do
+    with {:ok, _artist_info} <- MusicLibrary.Artists.fetch_image(artist_id) do
+      :ok
+    end
+  end
+end