diff --git a/pages/anime/anime.pixy b/pages/anime/anime.pixy
index 07dcfe6d..0058fc6c 100644
--- a/pages/anime/anime.pixy
+++ b/pages/anime/anime.pixy
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ component Anime(anime *arn.Anime, listItem *arn.AnimeListItem, tracks []*arn.Sou
 component AnimeMainColumn(anime *arn.Anime, listItem *arn.AnimeListItem, tracks []*arn.SoundTrack, episodes []*arn.AnimeEpisode, user *arn.User)
 	.anime-header(data-id=anime.ID)
 		a.anime-image-container.mountable(href=anime.ImageLink("original"), target="_blank")
-			img.anime-cover-image.lazy(data-src=anime.ImageLink("large"), data-webp="true", alt=anime.Title.ByUser(user))
+			img.anime-cover-image.lazy(data-src=anime.ImageLink("large"), data-webp="true", data-color=anime.Image.AverageColor, alt=anime.Title.ByUser(user))
 
 		.space
 
diff --git a/patches/refresh-anime-average-color/refresh-anime-average-color.go b/patches/refresh-anime-average-color/refresh-anime-average-color.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24b5c593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/refresh-anime-average-color/refresh-anime-average-color.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	"github.com/animenotifier/arn"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	color.Yellow("Updating anime image average colors")
+
+	defer arn.Node.Close()
+	defer color.Green("Finished.")
+
+	// Parse flags
+	var animeID string
+	flag.StringVar(&animeID, "id", "", "ID of the anime that you want to refresh")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// Refresh 1 anime in case ID was specified
+	if animeID != "" {
+		anime, _ := arn.GetAnime(animeID)
+
+		if anime != nil {
+			work(anime)
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Otherwise refresh all anime
+	for anime := range arn.StreamAnime() {
+		work(anime)
+	}
+}
+
+// work refreshes the average color of the given anime.
+func work(anime *arn.Anime) {
+	base := path.Join(arn.Root, "/images/anime/small/", anime.ID)
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(base + ".jpg"); err != nil {
+		color.Red(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+
+	update(anime, base+".jpg")
+}
+
+// update expects a file to load as image for the anime and update the average color.
+func update(anime *arn.Anime, filePath string) {
+	fmt.Println(anime.ID, anime)
+
+	// Load
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		color.Red(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Decode
+	img, _, err := image.Decode(bytes.NewReader(data))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		color.Red(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+
+	width := img.Bounds().Dx()
+	height := img.Bounds().Dy()
+
+	totalR := uint64(0)
+	totalG := uint64(0)
+	totalB := uint64(0)
+
+	for x := 0; x < width; x++ {
+		for y := 0; y < height; y++ {
+			r, g, b, _ := img.At(x, y).RGBA()
+			totalR += uint64(r)
+			totalG += uint64(g)
+			totalB += uint64(b)
+		}
+	}
+
+	pixels := uint64(width * height)
+
+	const max = float64(65535)
+	averageR := float64(totalR/pixels) / max
+	averageG := float64(totalG/pixels) / max
+	averageB := float64(totalB/pixels) / max
+
+	h, s, l := arn.RGBToHSL(averageR, averageG, averageB)
+
+	anime.Image.AverageColor.Hue = h
+	anime.Image.AverageColor.Saturation = s
+	anime.Image.AverageColor.Lightness = l
+
+	anime.Save()
+}
diff --git a/scripts/AnimeNotifier.ts b/scripts/AnimeNotifier.ts
index f2e0be37..07e8b824 100644
--- a/scripts/AnimeNotifier.ts
+++ b/scripts/AnimeNotifier.ts
@@ -536,6 +536,11 @@ export class AnimeNotifier {
 	}
 
 	lazyLoadImage(element: HTMLImageElement) {
+		if(element.dataset.color) {
+			element.style.backgroundColor = element.dataset.color
+			this.elementFound.queue(element)
+		}
+
 		// Once the image becomes visible, load it
 		element["became visible"] = () => {
 			let dataSrc = element.dataset.src