diff --git a/pages/api/persons/[person].js b/pages/api/persons/[person].js
index f4536766..4e887812 100644
--- a/pages/api/persons/[person].js
+++ b/pages/api/persons/[person].js
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
     await connect()
 
     const id = req.query.person
-    const person = await Teacher.findById(id)
-    const data = encodePerson(person)
+    const data = await Teacher.findById(id)
 
     if (data) {
-        res.json(data)
+        res.json(encodePerson(data))
     } else {
         res.status(404)
         res.json({
diff --git a/src/api/persons.js b/src/api/persons.js
index e04b1155..21d6f410 100644
--- a/src/api/persons.js
+++ b/src/api/persons.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import ImageArtifactType from '../core/ImageArtifactType'
+import { encodeImage } from './image'
 const profilePicture = profile => profile.picture.getPicture(ImageArtifactType.BIG)
 
 export function encodePerson(person) {
@@ -7,5 +8,6 @@ export function encodePerson(person) {
         shortName: person.shortName(),
         name: person.splitName(),
         picture: profilePicture(person),
+        preview: encodeImage(person.picture),
     }
 }
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