diff --git a/src/playbin.vala b/src/playbin.vala
index 3966c7d..9cbb518 100644
--- a/src/playbin.vala
+++ b/src/playbin.vala
@@ -13,58 +13,35 @@ public class Audrey.PlaybinSong : Object {
     private static int64 next_counter = 0;
     public int64 counter { get; private set; }
 
-    private Subsonic.Song inner;
-    public string id { get { return inner.id; } }
-    public string title { get { return inner.title; } }
-    public string artist { get { return inner.artist; } }
-    public string album { get { return inner.album; } }
-    public string? genre { get { return inner.genre; } }
-    public int64 duration { get { return inner.duration; } }
-    public int64 track { get { return inner.track; } }
-    public int64 play_count { get { return inner.play_count; } }
+    public string id { get; set; }
+    public string title { get; set; }
+    public string artist { get; set; }
+    public string album { get; set; }
+    public string? genre { get; set; }
+    public int64 duration { get; set; }
+    public int64 track { get; set; }
+    public int64 play_count { get; set; }
 
-    public string cover_art_url { owned get { return this.api.cover_art_uri (this.id); } }
-    public string stream_url { owned get { return this.api.stream_uri (this.id); } }
-
-    public Gdk.Paintable? thumbnail { get; private set; }
-
-    private Cancellable cancel_loading_thumbnail;
-
-    public PlaybinSong (Subsonic.Client api, Subsonic.Song song) {
-        this.api = api;
-        this.inner = song;
+    public string cover_art_url { get; set; }
+    public string stream_url { get; set; }
 
+    construct {
         this.counter = next_counter;
         next_counter += 1;
     }
 
-    private Subsonic.Client api;
+    public PlaybinSong (Subsonic.Client api, Subsonic.Song song) {
+        this.id = song.id;
+        this.title = song.title;
+        this.artist = song.artist;
+        this.album = song.album;
+        this.genre = song.genre;
+        this.duration = song.duration;
+        this.track = song.track;
+        this.play_count = song.play_count;
 
-    public void need_cover_art () {
-        /* TODO
-        if (this.cancel_loading_thumbnail != null) return;
-        if (this.thumbnail != null) return;
-
-        this.cancel_loading_thumbnail = new Cancellable ();
-        // TODO: dpi scaling maybe?? probably
-        api.cover_art.begin (this.id, 50, Priority.LOW, this.cancel_loading_thumbnail, (obj, res) => {
-            try {
-                var pixbuf = api.cover_art.end (res);
-                this.thumbnail = Gdk.Texture.for_pixbuf (pixbuf);
-            } catch (Error e) {
-                if (!(e is IOError.CANCELLED)) {
-                    warning ("could not fetch cover art for song %s: %s", this.id, e.message);
-                }
-            }
-            this.cancel_loading_thumbnail = null;
-        });
-        */
-    }
-
-    ~PlaybinSong () {
-        if (this.cancel_loading_thumbnail != null) {
-            this.cancel_loading_thumbnail.cancel ();
-        }
+        this.cover_art_url = api.cover_art_uri(this.id);
+        this.stream_url = api.stream_uri(this.id);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/playbin/song.rs b/src/playbin/song.rs
index 658b771..251e742 100644
--- a/src/playbin/song.rs
+++ b/src/playbin/song.rs
@@ -82,4 +82,19 @@ impl Song {
         };
         url::Url::parse(&url).expect("invalid url from vala side")
     }
+
+    pub fn from_child(
+        api: &crate::subsonic::Client,
+        child: &crate::subsonic::schema::Child,
+    ) -> Self {
+        glib::Object::builder()
+            .property("id", &child.id)
+            .property("title", &child.title)
+            .property("artist", &child.artist)
+            .property("album", &child.album)
+            .property("duration", child.duration as i64)
+            .property("cover-art-url", api.cover_art_url(&child.id).as_str())
+            .property("stream-url", api.stream_url(&child.id).as_str())
+            .build()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/subsonic.rs b/src/subsonic.rs
index 8dba947..7c48a1e 100644
--- a/src/subsonic.rs
+++ b/src/subsonic.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ impl Client {
         .map(|response| response.random_songs.song)
     }
 
+    pub fn cover_art_url(&self, id: &str) -> url::Url {
+        self.url(&["rest", "coverArt"], &[("id", id)])
+    }
+
     pub fn stream_url(&self, id: &str) -> url::Url {
         self.url(&["rest", "stream"], &[("id", id)])
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/window.rs b/src/ui/window.rs
index 98401ba..91390ac 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.rs
+++ b/src/ui/window.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ mod imp {
     use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
     use std::rc::Rc;
 
+    impl crate::playbin2::PlaybinEntry for crate::playbin::Song {
+        fn url(&self) -> url::Url {
+            self.stream_url()
+        }
+    }
+
     #[derive(gtk::CompositeTemplate, glib::Properties, Default)]
     #[template(resource = "/eu/callcc/audrey/window.ui")]
     #[properties(wrapper_type = super::Window)]
@@ -27,7 +33,7 @@ mod imp {
 
         pub(super) setup: crate::ui::Setup,
 
-        pub(super) playbin2: Rc<crate::playbin2::Playbin<url::Url>>,
+        pub(super) playbin2: Rc<crate::playbin2::Playbin<crate::playbin::Song>>,
         pub(super) api2: RefCell<Option<Rc<crate::subsonic::Client>>>,
     }
 
@@ -126,8 +132,8 @@ mod imp {
             let api = self.api2.borrow();
             let api = api.as_ref().unwrap();
             for song in api.get_random_songs(10).await.unwrap().into_iter() {
-                println!("{song:?}");
-                self.playbin2.push_entry(api.stream_url(&song.id));
+                self.playbin2
+                    .push_entry(crate::playbin::Song::from_child(api, &song));
             }
             self.obj().set_can_click_shuffle_all(true);
         }
@@ -189,7 +195,10 @@ impl Window {
         let window: Self = glib::Object::builder().property("application", app).build();
 
         // manual bidirectional sync
-        window.imp().playbar.set_volume(window.imp().playbin2.volume() as i32);
+        window
+            .imp()
+            .playbar
+            .set_volume(window.imp().playbin2.volume() as i32);
         window.imp().playbin2.volume_changed().connect_object(
             &*window.imp().playbar,
             |playbin, playbar, ()| {