# Do not download the covers from picard with a development server

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/do-not-download-the-covers-from-picard-with-a-development-server/286668>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** cover-art-archive, musicbrainz-server\
**Created:** [June 14, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/do-not-download-the-covers-from-picard-with-a-development-server/286668 "2017-06-14T10:07:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kurskova](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/kurskova/32/8230_2.png) [@Kurskova](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Kurskova)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/do-not-download-the-covers-from-picard-with-a-development-server/286668/1 "2017-06-14T10:07:18Z")

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I have successfully installed the musicbrainz server in development format. From picard I can perform the search of the audio files and the answer is satisfactory, nevertheless never presents me the cover of the album. If I look for the file directly on the server that I have installed I also get the information from the file but the cover does not appear either.  
Do I need to make any special settings for the covers to appear?

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**Author:** ![InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/InvisibleMan78)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/do-not-download-the-covers-from-picard-with-a-development-server/286668/2 "2017-06-14T14:03:06Z")

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I don’t know why you can’t see the covers in your setting, but all the covers are hosted on the external [Cover Art Archive](https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Cover_Art_Archive), not on one of the MB servers.