diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index a9bd2e7..0000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d7189a..9495ca7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
 data/*
 images/*
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index 92fa3f1..e84636a 100644
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -231,20 +231,17 @@ func GetItemImageHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// Retrieve the item from the database
 	var item Item
 	if err := db.First(&item, itemID).Error; err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, "Item not found", http.StatusNotFound)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Check if the item has an associated image
-	if item.ImagePath == "" {
-		http.Error(w, "Item has no image", http.StatusNotFound)
-		return
+		item.ImagePath = "images/default.jpg"
+	} else if item.ImagePath == "" {
+		item.ImagePath = "images/default.jpg"
 	}
 
 	// Open the image file
 	imageFile, err := os.Open(item.ImagePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, "Unable to open image file", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		// Log the error for debugging, but don't return an HTTP error
+		fmt.Println("Error opening image.", err)
+		item.ImagePath = "images/default.png"
 		return
 	}
 	defer imageFile.Close()
@@ -252,7 +249,8 @@ func GetItemImageHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// Determine the content type of the image
 	imageData, err := io.ReadAll(imageFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, "Unable to read image file", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		fmt.Println("Error reading image")
+		item.ImagePath = "images/default.png"
 		return
 	}
 	contentType := http.DetectContentType(imageData)