diff --git a/internal/components/gallery/dir.go b/internal/components/gallery/dir.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0207d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/components/gallery/dir.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package gallery
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path"
+)
+
+type fileWithPath struct {
+	os.FileInfo
+	path string
+}
+
+func (f fileWithPath) Name() string {
+	return path.Join(f.path, f.FileInfo.Name())
+}
+
+func (s *Service) readDirRecursive(path string) (files []os.FileInfo, err error) {
+	return s.readDirRecursiveTo([]os.FileInfo{}, path)
+}
+
+func (s *Service) readDirRecursiveTo(files []os.FileInfo, p ...string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
+	localFiles, err := s.fs.ReadDir(path.Join(p...))
+	if err != nil {
+		return files, err
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range localFiles {
+		if file.IsDir() {
+			newP := append(p, file.Name())
+			files, err = s.readDirRecursiveTo(files, newP...)
+			if err != nil {
+				return files, err
+			}
+		} else {
+			files = append(files, fileWithPath{file, path.Join(p[1:]...)})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return files, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/components/gallery/image.go b/internal/components/gallery/image.go
index f70ff55..5a48548 100644
--- a/internal/components/gallery/image.go
+++ b/internal/components/gallery/image.go
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ func (s *Service) autoRefresh() {
 }
 
 func (s *Service) assembleImageList(ctx context.Context) error {
-	files, err := s.fs.ReadDir(s.cfg.Path)
+	files, err := s.readDirRecursive(s.cfg.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not read contents of %s: %w", s.cfg.Path, err)
 	}
+	slog.Debug("loaded files", "files", files)
 
 	savedHash, _ := s.cache.Do(ctx, s.cache.B().Get().Key(hashKey).Build()).AsBytes()
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ func (s *Service) assembleImageList(ctx context.Context) error {
 		imagePath := path.Join(s.cfg.Path, file.Name())
 		img, err := s.img.GetImage(imagePath)
 		if err != nil || img.Image == nil {
+			slog.Warn("could not get image for gallery", "err", err, "img", img)
 			continue
 		}