diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/audiocover/AudioFileCoverFetcher.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/audiocover/AudioFileCoverFetcher.java
index a675a869..efacb32f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/audiocover/AudioFileCoverFetcher.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/audiocover/AudioFileCoverFetcher.java
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever;
 import com.bumptech.glide.Priority;
 import com.bumptech.glide.load.data.DataFetcher;
 
+import org.jaudiotagger.audio.exceptions.InvalidAudioFrameException;
+import org.jaudiotagger.audio.exceptions.ReadOnlyFileException;
+import org.jaudiotagger.audio.mp3.MP3File;
+import org.jaudiotagger.tag.TagException;
+import org.jaudiotagger.tag.images.Artwork;
+
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -48,6 +54,24 @@ public class AudioFileCoverFetcher implements DataFetcher<InputStream> {
     private static final String[] FALLBACKS = {"cover.jpg", "album.jpg", "folder.jpg", "cover.png", "album.png", "folder.png"};
 
     private InputStream fallback(String path) throws FileNotFoundException {
+        // Method 1: use embedded high resolution album art if there is any
+        try {
+            MP3File mp3File = new MP3File(path);
+            if (mp3File.hasID3v2Tag()) {
+                Artwork art = mp3File.getTag().getFirstArtwork();
+                if (art != null) {
+                    byte[] imageData = art.getBinaryData();
+                    return new ByteArrayInputStream(imageData);
+                }
+            }
+        // If there are any exceptions, we ignore them and continue to the other fallback method
+        } catch (ReadOnlyFileException ignored) {
+        } catch (InvalidAudioFrameException ignored) {
+        } catch (TagException ignored) {
+        } catch (IOException ignored) {
+        }
+
+        // Method 2: look for album art in external files
         File parent = new File(path).getParentFile();
         for (String fallback : FALLBACKS) {
             File cover = new File(parent, fallback);