diff --git a/app/setup.go b/app/setup.go
index 1f6652f..1138fc6 100644
--- a/app/setup.go
+++ b/app/setup.go
@@ -146,8 +146,12 @@ func Setup(p params.ParamsType, cfg *Config) *App {
 
 	//create media repo
 	repo := make(map[string][]byte)
-	media.ScanDir(repo, ".", []string{"mapserver.tiles", ".git"})
-	logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"count": len(repo)}).Info("Created media repository")
+	mediasize, _ := media.ScanDir(repo, ".", []string{"mapserver.tiles", ".git"})
+	fields := logrus.Fields{
+		"count": len(repo),
+		"bytes": mediasize,
+	}
+	logrus.WithFields(fields).Info("Created media repository")
 
 	a.MediaRepo = repo
 
diff --git a/media/repository.go b/media/repository.go
index 8911afb..30ae765 100644
--- a/media/repository.go
+++ b/media/repository.go
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func ScanDir(repo map[string][]byte, path string, ignore []string) error {
+func ScanDir(repo map[string][]byte, path string, ignore []string) (int, error) {
 	_, files := scan_recursive(path, ignore)
+	size := 0
 
 	for _, filename := range files {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(filename, ".png") {
@@ -15,15 +16,17 @@ func ScanDir(repo map[string][]byte, path string, ignore []string) error {
 			file, err := os.Open(filename)
 
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return 0, err
 			}
 
 			content, err := ioutil.ReadAll(file)
 
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return 0, err
 			}
 
+			size += len(content)
+
 			simplefilename := filename
 			lastSlashIndex := strings.LastIndex(filename, "/")
 
@@ -36,5 +39,5 @@ func ScanDir(repo map[string][]byte, path string, ignore []string) error {
 
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return size, nil
 }
diff --git a/web/media.go b/web/media.go
index 849aaac..a19785d 100644
--- a/web/media.go
+++ b/web/media.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package web
 
 import (
 	"mapserver/app"
+	"mapserver/vfs"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -20,16 +21,20 @@ func (h *MediaHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	filename := parts[0]
+	fallback, hasfallback := req.URL.Query()["fallback"]
 
 	content := h.ctx.MediaRepo[filename]
 
+	if content == nil && hasfallback && len(fallback) > 0 {
+		content, _ = vfs.FSByte(h.ctx.Config.Webdev, "/pics/"+fallback[0])
+	}
+
 	if content != nil {
 		resp.Write(content)
 		resp.Header().Add("content-type", "image/png")
-
-	} else {
-		resp.WriteHeader(404)
-		resp.Write([]byte(filename))
-
+		return
 	}
+
+	resp.WriteHeader(404)
+	resp.Write([]byte(filename))
 }