diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/filesystem.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/filesystem.py
index 85e1c953..ac498303 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/filesystem.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/filesystem.py
@@ -476,8 +476,13 @@ class ManualImport:
         video.check_subtitles()
         video.upload_to_es()
 
-        url = video.json_data["vid_thumb_url"]
-        ThumbManager(video_id).download_video_thumb(url)
+        if video.offline_import and self.current_video["thumb"]:
+            old_path = self.current_video["thumb"]
+            new_path = ThumbManager(video_id).vid_thumb_path(absolute=True)
+            shutil.move(old_path, new_path, copy_function=shutil.copyfile)
+        else:
+            url = video.json_data["vid_thumb_url"]
+            ThumbManager(video_id).download_video_thumb(url)
 
         return video.json_data
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
index 48c3eeb4..a2b54970 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ class YoutubeVideo(YouTubeItem, YoutubeSubtitle):
         self.channel_id = False
         self.video_overwrites = video_overwrites
         self.es_path = f"{self.index_name}/_doc/{youtube_id}"
+        self.offline_import = False
 
     def build_json(self, youtube_meta_overwrite=False, media_path=False):
         """build json dict of video"""
@@ -434,6 +435,7 @@ class YoutubeVideo(YouTubeItem, YoutubeSubtitle):
 
         if not self.youtube_meta:
             self.youtube_meta = youtube_meta_overwrite
+            self.offline_import = True
 
         self._process_youtube_meta()
         self._add_channel()