diff --git a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/atoms/modifierTag/index.tsx b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/atoms/modifierTag/index.tsx
index 62e9f638..c076bc59 100644
--- a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/atoms/modifierTag/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/atoms/modifierTag/index.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,54 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { useImageCreate } from "../../../stores/imageCreateStore";
+import {
+  ModifierPreview,
+  useImageCreate
+} from "../../../stores/imageCreateStore";
+
+import { API_URL } from "../../../api";
+
+import {
+  ModifierTagMain,
+  tagPreview
+  // @ts-expect-error
+} from "./modifierTags.css.ts";
 
 interface ModifierTagProps {
   name: string;
+  category: string;
+  previews: ModifierPreview[];
 }
 
-export default function ModifierTag({ name }: ModifierTagProps) {
-  const hasTag = useImageCreate((state) => state.hasTag(name))
+export default function ModifierTag({ name, category, previews }: ModifierTagProps) {
+
+  const previewType: 'portrait' | 'landscape' = "portrait";
+
+  const hasTag = useImageCreate((state) => state.hasTag(category, name))
     ? "selected"
     : "";
   const toggleTag = useImageCreate((state) => state.toggleTag);
 
   const _toggleTag = () => {
-    toggleTag(name);
+    toggleTag(category, name);
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className={"modifierTag " + hasTag} onClick={_toggleTag}>
+    <div className={[ModifierTagMain, hasTag].join(" ")} onClick={_toggleTag}>
       <p>{name}</p>
+      <div className={tagPreview}>
+        {previews.map((preview) => {
+          if (preview.name !== previewType) {
+            return null;
+          }
+          return (
+            <img
+              key={preview.name}
+              src={`${API_URL}/media/modifier-thumbnails/${preview.path}`}
+              alt={preview.name}
+              title={preview.name}
+            />
+          );
+        })}
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/atoms/modifierTag/modifierTags.css.ts b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/atoms/modifierTag/modifierTags.css.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e446dc38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/atoms/modifierTag/modifierTags.css.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { style, globalStyle } from "@vanilla-extract/css";
+
+// .modifierTag.selected {
+//   background-color: rgb(131, 11, 121);
+// }
+
+
+export const ModifierTagMain = style({
+  display: "inline-block",
+  padding: "6px",
+  backgroundColor: "rgb(38, 77, 141)",
+  color: "#fff",
+  borderRadius: "5px",
+  margin: "5px",
+});
+
+// export const ModifierTagSelected = style({
+//   backgroundColor: "rgb(131, 11, 121)",
+// });
+
+globalStyle(`${ModifierTagMain}.selected`, {
+  backgroundColor: "rgb(131, 11, 121)",
+})
+
+globalStyle(`${ModifierTagMain} p`, {
+  margin: 0,
+  textAlign: "center",
+  marginBottom: "2px",
+});
+
+
+export const tagPreview = style({
+  display: 'flex',
+  justifyContent: 'center',
+});
+
+globalStyle(`${tagPreview} img`, {
+  width: "90px",
+  height: "100%",
+  objectFit: "cover",
+  objectPosition: "center",
+});
+
diff --git a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/basicCreation/activeTags/index.tsx b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/basicCreation/activeTags/index.tsx
index 61b3af7e..6b5689ec 100644
--- a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/basicCreation/activeTags/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/basicCreation/activeTags/index.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ import ModifierTag from "../../../../atoms/modifierTag";
 
 export default function ActiveTags() {
   const selectedtags = useImageCreate((state) => state.selectedTags());
+
+  console.log("ActiveTags", selectedtags);
+
   return (
     <div className="selected-tags">
       <p>Active Tags</p>
       <ul>
         {selectedtags.map((tag) => (
-          <li key={tag}>
-            <ModifierTag name={tag}></ModifierTag>
+          <li key={tag.modifier}>
+            {/* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion */}
+            <ModifierTag category={tag.category!} name={tag.modifier} previews={tag.previews} />
           </li>
         ))}
       </ul>
diff --git a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/creationPanel.css b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/creationPanel.css
index 6a56d5ba..f22af7af 100644
--- a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/creationPanel.css
+++ b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/creationPanel.css
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ li {
   padding: 0;
 }
 
-.modifierTag {
+/* .modifierTag {
   display: inline-block;
   padding: 6px;
   background-color: rgb(38, 77, 141);
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ li {
 
 .modifierTag p {
   margin: 0;
-}
+} */
 
 input[type="file"] {
   /* Dont show the file name */
diff --git a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/imageModifiers/index.tsx b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/imageModifiers/index.tsx
index 7bba5fce..437eef99 100644
--- a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/imageModifiers/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/components/organisms/creationPanel/imageModifiers/index.tsx
@@ -10,21 +10,22 @@ import {
   ModifierListStyle, //@ts-expect-error
 } from "./imageModifiers.css.ts";
 
-import { useImageCreate } from "../../../../stores/imageCreateStore";
+import { ModifierObject, useImageCreate } from "../../../../stores/imageCreateStore";
 import { useCreateUI } from "../creationPanelUIStore";
 
 import ModifierTag from "../../../atoms/modifierTag";
 
 interface ModifierListProps {
-  tags: string[];
+  category: string;
+  tags: ModifierObject[];
 }
 
-function ModifierList({ tags }: ModifierListProps) {
+function ModifierList({ tags, category }: ModifierListProps) {
   return (
     <ul className={ModifierListStyle}>
       {tags.map((tag) => (
-        <li key={tag}>
-          <ModifierTag name={tag} />
+        <li key={tag.modifier}>
+          <ModifierTag category={category} name={tag.modifier} previews={tag.previews} />
         </li>
       ))}
     </ul>
@@ -33,10 +34,11 @@ function ModifierList({ tags }: ModifierListProps) {
 
 interface ModifierGroupingProps {
   title: string;
-  tags: string[];
+  category: string;
+  tags: ModifierObject[];
 }
 
-function ModifierGrouping({ title, tags }: ModifierGroupingProps) {
+function ModifierGrouping({ title, category, tags }: ModifierGroupingProps) {
   // doing this localy for now, but could move to a store
   // and persist if we wanted to
   const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = useState(false);
@@ -45,12 +47,14 @@ function ModifierGrouping({ title, tags }: ModifierGroupingProps) {
     setIsExpanded(!isExpanded);
   };
 
+  // console.log("ModifierGrouping", tags);
+
   return (
     <div className={ImageModifierGrouping}>
       <button type="button" className={MenuButton} onClick={_toggleExpand}>
         <h4>{title}</h4>
       </button>
-      {isExpanded && <ModifierList tags={tags} />}
+      {isExpanded && <ModifierList category={category} tags={tags} />}
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -81,11 +85,12 @@ export default function ImageModifers() {
       {imageModifierIsOpen && (
         <ul className={ImagerModifierGroups}>
           {allModifiers.map((item, index) => {
+
+            // console.log('mod item ', item);
+
             return (
-              // @ts-expect-error
-              <li key={item[0]}>
-                {/* @ts-expect-error */}
-                <ModifierGrouping title={item[0]} tags={item[1]} />
+              <li key={item.category}>
+                <ModifierGrouping title={item.category} category={item.category} tags={item.modifiers} />
               </li>
             );
           })}
diff --git a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/stores/imageCreateStore.ts b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/stores/imageCreateStore.ts
index d2aca528..a696ac4a 100644
--- a/ui/frontend/build_src/src/stores/imageCreateStore.ts
+++ b/ui/frontend/build_src/src/stores/imageCreateStore.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/strict-boolean-expressions */
 import create from "zustand";
 import produce from "immer";
 import { devtools } from "zustand/middleware";
@@ -75,15 +76,30 @@ export interface ImageRequest {
   stream_image_progress: boolean;
 }
 
-type ModifiersList = string[];
-type ModifiersOptions = string | ModifiersList[];
-type ModifiersOptionList = ModifiersOptions[];
+export interface ModifierPreview {
+  name: string;
+  path: string;
+}
+
+export interface ModifierObject {
+  category?: string;
+  modifier: string;
+  previews: ModifierPreview[];
+}
+
+interface ModifiersList {
+  category: string;
+  modifiers: ModifierObject[];
+}
+
+type ModifiersOptionList = ModifiersList[];
 
 interface ImageCreateState {
   parallelCount: number;
   requestOptions: ImageRequest;
   allModifiers: ModifiersOptionList;
   tags: string[];
+  tagMap: Record<string, string[]>;
   isInpainting: boolean;
 
   setParallelCount: (count: number) => void;
@@ -92,9 +108,9 @@ interface ImageCreateState {
   setAllModifiers: (modifiers: ModifiersOptionList) => void;
 
   setModifierOptions: (key: string, value: any) => void;
-  toggleTag: (tag: string) => void;
-  hasTag: (tag: string) => boolean;
-  selectedTags: () => string[];
+  toggleTag: (category: string, tag: string) => void;
+  hasTag: (category: string, tag: string) => boolean;
+  selectedTags: () => ModifierObject[];
   builtRequest: () => ImageRequest;
 
   uiOptions: ImageCreationUiOptions;
@@ -145,6 +161,9 @@ export const useImageCreate = create<ImageCreateState>(
     // selected tags
     tags: [] as string[],
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
+    tagMap: {} as Record<string, string[]>,
+
     uiOptions: {
       // TODO proper persistence of all UI / user settings centrally somewhere?
       // localStorage.getItem('ui:advancedSettingsIsOpen') === 'true',
@@ -153,7 +172,7 @@ export const useImageCreate = create<ImageCreateState>(
       isSoundEnabled: false,
     },
 
-    allModifiers: [[[]]] as ModifiersOptionList,
+    allModifiers: [] as ModifiersOptionList,
 
     isInpainting: false,
 
@@ -184,36 +203,78 @@ export const useImageCreate = create<ImageCreateState>(
       );
     },
 
-    toggleTag: (tag: string) => {
+    toggleTag: (category: string, tag: string) => {
       set(
         produce((state) => {
-          const index = state.tags.indexOf(tag);
-          if (index > -1) {
-            state.tags.splice(index, 1);
+
+          if (Object.keys(state.tagMap).includes(category)) {
+            if (state.tagMap[category].includes(tag)) {
+              state.tagMap[category] = state.tagMap[category].filter((t: string) => t !== tag);
+            } else {
+              state.tagMap[category].push(tag);
+            }
           } else {
-            state.tags.push(tag);
+            state.tagMap[category] = [tag];
           }
+
+
+          // const index = state.tags.indexOf(tag);
+          // if (index > -1) {
+          //   state.tags.splice(index, 1);
+          // } else {
+          //   state.tags.push(tag);
+          // }
+
+
         })
       );
     },
 
-    hasTag: (tag: string) => {
-      return get().tags.includes(tag);
+    hasTag: (category: string, tag: string) => {
+      return get().tagMap[category]?.includes(tag);
     },
 
     selectedTags: () => {
-      return get().tags;
+      // get all the modifiers and all the tags
+      const allModifiers = get().allModifiers;
+      const selectedTags = get().tagMap;
+      let selected: ModifierObject[] = [];
+
+      // for each mappped tag
+      for (const [category, tags] of Object.entries(selectedTags)) {
+        // find the modifier
+        const modifier = allModifiers.find((m) => m.category === category);
+        if (modifier) {
+          // for each tag in the modifier
+          for (const tag of tags) {
+            // find the tag
+            const tagObject = modifier.modifiers.find((m) => m.modifier === tag);
+            if (tagObject) {
+              // add the previews to the selected list
+              selected = selected.concat({
+                ...tagObject,
+                category: modifier.category
+              });
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return selected;
     },
 
+
+
     // the request body to send to the server
     // this is a computed value, just adding the tags to the request
     builtRequest: () => {
       const state = get();
       const requestOptions = state.requestOptions;
-      const tags = state.tags;
+      const selectedTags = get().selectedTags();
+      const tags = selectedTags.map((t: ModifierObject) => t.modifier);
 
       // join all the tags with a comma and add it to the prompt
-      const prompt = `${requestOptions.prompt} ${tags.join(",")}`;
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+      const prompt = `${requestOptions.prompt}, ${tags.join(",")}`;
 
       const request = {
         ...requestOptions,