diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/video.html b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/video.html
index 7af97155..70b95b10 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/video.html
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/video.html
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                     <div class="playlist-nav-item">
                         {% if playlist_item.playlist_previous %}
                             <a href="{% url 'video' playlist_item.playlist_previous.youtube_id %}">
-                                <img src="/cache/{{ playlist_item.playlist_previous.vid_thumb }}" alt="previous thumbnail">
+                                <img src="{{ playlist_item.playlist_previous.vid_thumb }}" alt="previous thumbnail">
                             </a>
                             <div class="playlist-desc">
                                 <p>Previous:</p>
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
                                 </a>
                             </div>
                             <a href="{% url 'video' playlist_item.playlist_next.youtube_id %}">
-                                <img src="/cache/{{ playlist_item.playlist_next.vid_thumb }}" alt="previous thumbnail">
+                                <img src="{{ playlist_item.playlist_next.vid_thumb }}" alt="previous thumbnail">
                             </a>
                         {% endif %}
                     </div>
diff --git a/tubearchivist/playlist/src/index.py b/tubearchivist/playlist/src/index.py
index 26a42973..3577f1e1 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/playlist/src/index.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/playlist/src/index.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import json
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from channel.src import index as channel
+from common.src.env_settings import EnvironmentSettings
 from common.src.es_connect import ElasticWrap, IndexPaginate
 from common.src.index_generic import YouTubeItem
 from download.src.thumbnails import ThumbManager
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylist(YouTubeItem):
 
     def build_nav(self, youtube_id):
         """find next and previous in playlist of a given youtube_id"""
+        cache_root = EnvironmentSettings().get_cache_root()
         all_entries_available = self.json_data["playlist_entries"]
         all_entries = [i for i in all_entries_available if i["downloaded"]]
         current = [i for i in all_entries if i["youtube_id"] == youtube_id]
@@ -203,14 +205,16 @@ class YoutubePlaylist(YouTubeItem):
         else:
             previous_item = all_entries[current_idx - 1]
             prev_id = previous_item["youtube_id"]
-            previous_item["vid_thumb"] = ThumbManager(prev_id).vid_thumb_path()
+            prev_thumb_path = ThumbManager(prev_id).vid_thumb_path()
+            previous_item["vid_thumb"] = f"{cache_root}/{prev_thumb_path}"
 
         if current_idx == len(all_entries) - 1:
             next_item = False
         else:
             next_item = all_entries[current_idx + 1]
             next_id = next_item["youtube_id"]
-            next_item["vid_thumb"] = ThumbManager(next_id).vid_thumb_path()
+            next_thumb_path = ThumbManager(next_id).vid_thumb_path()
+            next_item["vid_thumb"] = f"{cache_root}/{next_thumb_path}"
 
         self.nav = {
             "playlist_meta": {
diff --git a/tubearchivist/video/urls.py b/tubearchivist/video/urls.py
index 80b8dbc8..f520fb0b 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/video/urls.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/video/urls.py
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.VideoApiView.as_view(),
         name="api-video",
     ),
+    path(
+        "<slug:video_id>/nav/",
+        views.VideoApiNavView.as_view(),
+        name="api-video-nav",
+    ),
     path(
         "<slug:video_id>/progress/",
         views.VideoProgressView.as_view(),
diff --git a/tubearchivist/video/views.py b/tubearchivist/video/views.py
index bff85579..21f8406d 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/video/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/video/views.py
@@ -2,10 +2,26 @@
 
 from common.src.ta_redis import RedisArchivist
 from common.views_base import AdminWriteOnly, ApiBaseView
+from playlist.src.index import YoutubePlaylist
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from video.src.index import YoutubeVideo
 
 
+class VideoApiListView(ApiBaseView):
+    """resolves to /api/video/
+    GET: returns list of videos
+    """
+
+    search_base = "ta_video/_search/"
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        """get request"""
+        self.data.update({"sort": [{"published": {"order": "desc"}}]})
+        self.get_document_list(request)
+
+        return Response(self.response)
+
+
 class VideoApiView(ApiBaseView):
     """resolves to /api/video/<video_id>/
     GET: returns metadata dict of video
@@ -35,19 +51,35 @@ class VideoApiView(ApiBaseView):
         return Response(message, status=status_code)
 
 
-class VideoApiListView(ApiBaseView):
-    """resolves to /api/video/
-    GET: returns list of videos
+class VideoApiNavView(ApiBaseView):
+    """resolves to /api/video/<video-id>/nav/
+    GET: returns playlist nav
     """
 
-    search_base = "ta_video/_search/"
+    search_base = "ta_video/_doc/"
 
-    def get(self, request):
+    def get(self, request, video_id):
+        # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         """get request"""
-        self.data.update({"sort": [{"published": {"order": "desc"}}]})
-        self.get_document_list(request)
+        self.get_document(video_id)
+        if self.status_code != 200:
+            return Response(status=self.status_code)
 
-        return Response(self.response)
+        print(self.response)
+
+        playlist_nav = []
+
+        if not self.response["data"].get("playlist"):
+            return Response(playlist_nav)
+
+        for playlist_id in self.response["data"]["playlist"]:
+            playlist = YoutubePlaylist(playlist_id)
+            playlist.get_from_es()
+            playlist.build_nav(video_id)
+            if playlist.nav:
+                playlist_nav.append(playlist.nav)
+
+        return Response(playlist_nav, status=self.status_code)
 
 
 class VideoProgressView(ApiBaseView):