diff --git a/Zotlabs/Storage/Browser.php b/Zotlabs/Storage/Browser.php
index b5440aacf..ee5a9fef4 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Storage/Browser.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Storage/Browser.php
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ class Browser extends DAV\Browser\Plugin {
 				}
 			}
 
+
+			// generate preview icons for tile view. 
+			// Currently we only handle images, but this could potentially be extended with plugins
+			// to provide document and video thumbnails
+
 			$photo_icon = '';
 
 			if(strpos($type,'image/') === 0 && $attachHash) {
@@ -206,8 +211,12 @@ class Browser extends DAV\Browser\Plugin {
 					intval(PHOTO_RES_PROFILE_80)
 				);
 				if($r) {
-					$photo_icon = $r[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[0]['imgscale'];				
+					$photo_icon = 'photo/' . $r[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[0]['imgscale'];				
 				}
+				if($type === 'image/svg+xml') {
+					$photo_icon = $fullPath;
+				}
+
 			}
 
 			$attachIcon = ""; // "<a href=\"attach/".$attachHash."\" title=\"".$displayName."\"><i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-o-down\"></i></a>";
diff --git a/view/tpl/cloud_directory.tpl b/view/tpl/cloud_directory.tpl
index 40278661f..3ae8cbf35 100644
--- a/view/tpl/cloud_directory.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/cloud_directory.tpl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<div class="cloud-container">
 	<div class="cloud-icon"><a href="{{$item.fullPath}}">
 	{{if $item.photo_icon}}
-	<img src="photo/{{$item.photo_icon}}" title="{{$item.type}}" >
+	<img src="{{$item.photo_icon}}" title="{{$item.type}}" >
 	{{else}}
 	<i class="fa fa-fw {{$item.iconFromType}}" title="{{$item.type}}"></i>
 	{{/if}}