diff --git a/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Cover.vue b/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Cover.vue
index 184d2036..09329482 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Cover.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Cover.vue
@@ -283,9 +283,8 @@ export default {
       }
       if (success) {
         this.$toast.success('Update Successful')
-        // this.$emit('close')
-      } else {
-        this.imageUrl = this.media.coverPath || ''
+      } else if (this.media.coverPath) {
+        this.imageUrl = this.media.coverPath
       }
       this.isProcessing = false
     },
diff --git a/server/managers/CoverManager.js b/server/managers/CoverManager.js
index eba4f44f..1f36d545 100644
--- a/server/managers/CoverManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/CoverManager.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const imageType = require('../libs/imageType')
 const filePerms = require('../utils/filePerms')
 
 const globals = require('../utils/globals')
-const { downloadFile, filePathToPOSIX } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
+const { downloadFile, filePathToPOSIX, checkPathIsFile } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
 const { extractCoverArt } = require('../utils/ffmpegHelpers')
 
 class CoverManager {
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ class CoverManager {
         updated: false
       }
     }
+
     // Cover path does not exist
     if (!await fs.pathExists(coverPath)) {
       Logger.error(`[CoverManager] validate cover path does not exist "${coverPath}"`)
@@ -187,8 +188,17 @@ class CoverManager {
         error: 'Cover path does not exist'
       }
     }
+
+    // Cover path is not a file
+    if (!await checkPathIsFile(coverPath)) {
+      Logger.error(`[CoverManager] validate cover path is not a file "${coverPath}"`)
+      return {
+        error: 'Cover path is not a file'
+      }
+    }
+
     // Check valid image at path
-    var imgtype = await this.checkFileIsValidImage(coverPath, true)
+    var imgtype = await this.checkFileIsValidImage(coverPath, false)
     if (imgtype.error) {
       return imgtype
     }
diff --git a/server/utils/fileUtils.js b/server/utils/fileUtils.js
index c74909c0..87bacac0 100644
--- a/server/utils/fileUtils.js
+++ b/server/utils/fileUtils.js
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ async function getFileSize(path) {
 }
 module.exports.getFileSize = getFileSize
 
+/**
+ * 
+ * @param {string} filepath 
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+async function checkPathIsFile(filepath) {
+  try {
+    const stat = await fs.stat(filepath)
+    return stat.isFile()
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+module.exports.checkPathIsFile = checkPathIsFile
 
 function getIno(path) {
   return fs.stat(path, { bigint: true }).then((data => String(data.ino))).catch((err) => {