diff --git a/DeepDrftManager/Components/Pages/Tracks/TrackNew.razor b/DeepDrftManager/Components/Pages/Tracks/TrackNew.razor
index ed95ec1..e94d2b8 100644
--- a/DeepDrftManager/Components/Pages/Tracks/TrackNew.razor
+++ b/DeepDrftManager/Components/Pages/Tracks/TrackNew.razor
@@ -29,6 +29,34 @@
             <MudTextField @bind-Value="_artist" Label="Artist" Required="true" RequiredError="Artist is required" Variant="Variant.Outlined" />
             <MudTextField @bind-Value="_album" Label="Album" Variant="Variant.Outlined" />
             <MudTextField @bind-Value="_genre" Label="Genre" Variant="Variant.Outlined" />
+
+            <MudField Label="Cover Art" Variant="Variant.Outlined" InnerPadding="false">
+                <MudStack Spacing="3">
+                    @if (_selectedImageFile is { } selectedImage)
+                    {
+                        <MudStack Row="true" AlignItems="AlignItems.Center" Spacing="2">
+                            <MudText Typo="Typo.body2" Color="Color.Default">Selected: @selectedImage.Name</MudText>
+                            <MudIconButton Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Clear"
+                                           Color="Color.Error"
+                                           Size="Size.Small"
+                                           Disabled="_isUploading"
+                                           OnClick="ClearImage"
+                                           aria-label="Cancel image selection" />
+                        </MudStack>
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        <MudText Typo="Typo.body2" Color="Color.Default">No cover art — optional.</MudText>
+                    }
+
+                    <InputFile OnChange="HandleImageFileSelected" accept="image/*" disabled="_isUploading" />
+                    @if (_selectedImageFile is not null)
+                    {
+                        <MudText Typo="Typo.caption">Will upload on save.</MudText>
+                    }
+                </MudStack>
+            </MudField>
+
             <MudTextField @bind-Value="_releaseDate" Label="Release Date (YYYY-MM-DD)" Placeholder="2024-01-15" Variant="Variant.Outlined" />
 
             @if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_errorMessage))
@@ -67,6 +95,8 @@
     private const long MaxUploadBytes = 1_073_741_824L;
 
     private IBrowserFile? _selectedFile;
+    private IBrowserFile? _selectedImageFile;
+    private string? _imagePath;
     private string _trackName = string.Empty;
     private string _artist = string.Empty;
     private string _album = string.Empty;
@@ -81,6 +111,18 @@
         _errorMessage = null;
     }
 
+    private void HandleImageFileSelected(InputFileChangeEventArgs e)
+    {
+        _selectedImageFile = e.File;
+        _imagePath = null;
+    }
+
+    private void ClearImage()
+    {
+        _selectedImageFile = null;
+        _imagePath = null;
+    }
+
     private async Task SubmitAsync()
     {
         _errorMessage = null;
@@ -130,6 +172,21 @@
         _isUploading = true;
         try
         {
+            // Upload any selected cover art first; abort the submit if it fails so we never
+            // create a track expecting an image that was never stored in the vault.
+            if (_selectedImageFile is { } imgFile)
+            {
+                await using var imgStream = imgFile.OpenReadStream(maxAllowedSize: 50_000_000);
+                var imgResult = await CmsTrackService.UploadImageAsync(imgStream, imgFile.Name, imgFile.ContentType);
+                if (!imgResult.Success)
+                {
+                    var imgError = imgResult.Messages.FirstOrDefault()?.Message ?? "Unknown error";
+                    _errorMessage = $"Image upload failed: {imgError}";
+                    return;
+                }
+                _imagePath = imgResult.Value;
+            }
+
             // OpenReadStream streams chunks from the browser via the SignalR circuit; the
             // service wraps it in StreamContent so the whole file is never materialised in
             // memory before DeepDrftAPI receives it.
@@ -149,6 +206,26 @@
 
             if (result.Success)
             {
+                // The upload endpoint does not accept an imagePath, so link the cover art with a
+                // follow-up metadata update — same two-step pattern TrackEdit uses.
+                if (_imagePath is { } imgPath && result.Value is { } created)
+                {
+                    var linkResult = await CmsTrackService.UpdateAsync(
+                        created.Id,
+                        _trackName,
+                        _artist,
+                        string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_album) ? null : _album,
+                        string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_genre) ? null : _genre,
+                        string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_releaseDate) ? null : (DateOnly?)DateOnly.ParseExact(_releaseDate, "yyyy-MM-dd"),
+                        imgPath);
+                    if (!linkResult.Success)
+                    {
+                        // Track was created; image is in the vault but unlinked. Non-blocking —
+                        // the user can attach it via Edit.
+                        Snackbar.Add("Track uploaded, but cover art could not be linked. You can add it via Edit.", Severity.Warning);
+                    }
+                }
+
                 Snackbar.Add($"Uploaded '{_trackName}'.", Severity.Success);
                 Navigation.NavigateTo("/tracks");
                 return;