diff --git a/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/artwork_cache.py b/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/artwork_cache.py
index 298effe..f99dbf2 100644
--- a/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/artwork_cache.py
+++ b/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/artwork_cache.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from ..async_tools import run_background_task
 from ..cache import Cache, make_cache
 from .types import CurrentSongResponse, MpdStateHandler
 
-CACHE_TTL = 60 * 60 # seconds = 1 hour
+CACHE_TTL = 60 * 60  # seconds = 1 hour
 
 
 class ArtCacheEntry(TypedDict):
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MpdArtworkCache:
 		return None
 
 	async def cache_artwork(self, song: CurrentSongResponse) -> None:
-		art = ArtCacheEntry(data=await self.mpd.readpicture(song["file"]))
+		art = ArtCacheEntry(data=await self.mpd.get_art(song["file"]))
 		try:
 			await self.album_cache.add(calc_album_key(song), art, ttl=CACHE_TTL)
 		except ValueError:
diff --git a/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/listener.py b/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/listener.py
index 9559937..db46f19 100644
--- a/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/listener.py
+++ b/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/listener.py
@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ class MpdStateListener(Player):
 		print(song)
 		listener.update(song)
 
+	async def get_art(self, file: str) -> bytes | None:
+		picture = await self.readpicture(file)
+		if picture:
+			return picture
+		return await self.albumart(file)
+
+	async def albumart(self, file: str) -> bytes | None:
+		try:
+			albumart = await self.client.albumart(file)
+			return albumart.get("binary")
+		except CommandError:
+			return None
+
 	async def readpicture(self, file: str) -> bytes | None:
 		try:
 			readpic = await self.client.readpicture(file)
diff --git a/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/types.py b/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/types.py
index 4fe2d25..a5aa8a3 100644
--- a/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/types.py
+++ b/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/types.py
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ from typing import Literal, NotRequired, Protocol, TypedDict
 
 
 class MpdStateHandler(Protocol):
-	async def readpicture(self, file: str) -> bytes | None:
-		...
+	async def get_art(self, file: str) -> bytes | None: ...
 
-	async def refresh(self) -> None:
-		...
+	async def refresh(self) -> None: ...
 
 
 BooleanFlag = Literal["0", "1"]
diff --git a/stubs/mpd/asyncio.pyi b/stubs/mpd/asyncio.pyi
index 221fcf4..6968141 100644
--- a/stubs/mpd/asyncio.pyi
+++ b/stubs/mpd/asyncio.pyi
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class MPDClient(MPDClientBase):
 	def idle(self, subsystems: Sequence[str] = ...) -> AsyncIterator[Sequence[str]]: ...
 	async def status(self) -> types.StatusResponse: ...
 	async def currentsong(self) -> types.CurrentSongResponse: ...
+	async def albumart(self, uri: str) -> types.ReadPictureResponse: ...
 	async def readpicture(self, uri: str) -> types.ReadPictureResponse: ...
 	async def play(self) -> None: ...
 	async def pause(self, pause: Literal[1, 0, None] = None) -> None: