diff --git a/video_creation/final_video.py b/video_creation/final_video.py
index 690b714..39b2b10 100644
--- a/video_creation/final_video.py
+++ b/video_creation/final_video.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from utils.cleanup import cleanup
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from utils.video import Video
 from utils.videos import save_data
+from utils.thumbnail import create_thumbnail
 from utils import settings
 from utils.thumbnail import create_thumbnail
 
@@ -173,6 +174,36 @@ def make_final_video(
     # create a tumbnail for the video
     settingsbackground = settings.config["settings"]["background"]
 
+    if settingsbackground["background_thumbnail"]:
+        if not exists(f"./results/{subreddit}/thumbnails"):
+            print_substep(
+                "The results/thumbnails folder didn't exist so I made it")
+            os.makedirs(f"./results/{subreddit}/thumbnails")
+        # get the first file with the .png extension from assets/backgrounds and use it as a background for the thumbnail
+        first_image = next(
+            (
+                file
+                for file in os.listdir("assets/backgrounds")
+                if file.endswith(".png")
+            ),
+            None,
+        )
+        if first_image is None:
+            print_substep("No png files found in assets/backgrounds", "red")
+
+    if settingsbackground["background_thumbnail"] and first_image:
+        font_family = settingsbackground["background_thumbnail_font_family"]
+        font_size = settingsbackground["background_thumbnail_font_size"]
+        font_color = settingsbackground["background_thumbnail_font_color"]
+        thumbnail = Image.open(f"assets/backgrounds/{first_image}")
+        width, height = thumbnail.size
+        thumbnailSave = create_thumbnail(thumbnail, font_family, font_size, font_color, width, height, title_thumb)
+        thumbnailSave.save(f"./assets/temp/{id}/thumbnail.png")
+        print_substep(f"Thumbnail - Building Thumbnail in assets/temp/{id}/thumbnail.png")
+
+    # create a tumbnail for the video
+    settingsbackground = settings.config["settings"]["background"]
+
     if settingsbackground["background_thumbnail"]:
         if not exists(f"./results/{subreddit}/thumbnails"):
             print_substep(