diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7069238a2..0cde5ba97 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.0.2+incompatible
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
 	github.com/micro/cli/v2 v2.1.1
+	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646
 	github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/run v1.0.0
 	github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.2.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bde3bff73..0767e8baf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
 github.com/nats-io/stan.go v0.5.0/go.mod h1:dYqB+vMN3C2F9pT1FRQpg9eHbjPj6mP0yYuyBNuXHZE=
 github.com/nbio/st v0.0.0-20140626010706-e9e8d9816f32/go.mod h1:9wM+0iRr9ahx58uYLpLIr5fm8diHn0JbqRycJi6w0Ms=
+github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 h1:zYyBkD/k9seD2A7fsi6Oo2LfFZAehjjQMERAvZLEDnQ=
+github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646/go.mod h1:jpp1/29i3P1S/RLdc7JQKbRpFeM1dOBd8T9ki5s+AY8=
 github.com/nlopes/slack v0.6.0/go.mod h1:JzQ9m3PMAqcpeCam7UaHSuBuupz7CmpjehYMayT6YOk=
 github.com/nlopes/slack v0.6.1-0.20191106133607-d06c2a2b3249/go.mod h1:JzQ9m3PMAqcpeCam7UaHSuBuupz7CmpjehYMayT6YOk=
 github.com/nrdcg/auroradns v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6JPXKzIRzZzMqtTDgueIhTi6rFf1QvYE/HzqidhOhjw=
diff --git a/pkg/service/v0/instrument.go b/pkg/service/v0/instrument.go
index 5021bf1c9..9c3a6d999 100644
--- a/pkg/service/v0/instrument.go
+++ b/pkg/service/v0/instrument.go
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ func (i instrument) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 // Dummy implements the Service interface.
-func (i instrument) Dummy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	i.next.Dummy(w, r)
+func (i instrument) Thumbnails(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	i.next.Thumbnails(w, r)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/service/v0/logging.go b/pkg/service/v0/logging.go
index e0b10f8c2..a439f1efd 100644
--- a/pkg/service/v0/logging.go
+++ b/pkg/service/v0/logging.go
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ func (l logging) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 // Dummy implements the Service interface.
-func (l logging) Dummy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	l.next.Dummy(w, r)
+func (l logging) Thumbnails(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	l.next.Thumbnails(w, r)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/service/v0/service.go b/pkg/service/v0/service.go
index a251734d0..e47c73c99 100644
--- a/pkg/service/v0/service.go
+++ b/pkg/service/v0/service.go
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ package svc
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/thumbnails"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/thumbnails/cache"
 )
 
 // Service defines the extension handlers.
 type Service interface {
 	ServeHTTP(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
-	Dummy(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
+	Thumbnails(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
 }
 
 // NewService returns a service implementation for Service.
@@ -23,10 +26,13 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) Service {
 	svc := Thumbnails{
 		config: options.Config,
 		mux:    m,
+		manager: thumbnails.SimpleManager{
+			Cache: cache.NewInMemoryCache(),
+		},
 	}
 
 	m.Route(options.Config.HTTP.Root, func(r chi.Router) {
-		r.Get("/", svc.Dummy)
+		r.Get("/thumbnails", svc.Thumbnails)
 	})
 
 	return svc
@@ -34,8 +40,9 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) Service {
 
 // Thumbnails defines implements the business logic for Service.
 type Thumbnails struct {
-	config *config.Config
-	mux    *chi.Mux
+	config  *config.Config
+	mux     *chi.Mux
+	manager thumbnails.Manager
 }
 
 // ServeHTTP implements the Service interface.
@@ -43,10 +50,30 @@ func (g Thumbnails) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	g.mux.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 }
 
-// Dummy implements the Service interface.
-func (g Thumbnails) Dummy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
-	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+// Thumbnails provides the endpoint to retrieve a thumbnail for an image
+func (g Thumbnails) Thumbnails(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	query := r.URL.Query()
+	width, _ := strconv.Atoi(query.Get("w"))
+	height, _ := strconv.Atoi(query.Get("h"))
+	fileType := query.Get("type")
+	fileID := query.Get("file_id")
 
-	w.Write([]byte("Hello ocis-thumbnails!"))
+	encoder := thumbnails.EncoderForType(fileType)
+	if encoder == nil {
+		// TODO: better error responses
+		w.Write([]byte("can't encode that"))
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := thumbnails.ThumbnailContext{
+		Width:     width,
+		Height:    height,
+		ImagePath: fileID,
+		Encoder:   encoder,
+	}
+	thumbnail, err := g.manager.Get(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+	}
+
+	w.Write(thumbnail)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/service/v0/tracing.go b/pkg/service/v0/tracing.go
index 48da0b320..444afd3ec 100644
--- a/pkg/service/v0/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/service/v0/tracing.go
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ func (t tracing) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 // Dummy implements the Service interface.
-func (t tracing) Dummy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	t.next.Dummy(w, r)
+func (t tracing) Thumbnails(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	t.next.Thumbnails(w, r)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/thumbnails/cache/cache.go b/pkg/thumbnails/cache/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71db593cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/thumbnails/cache/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package cache
+
+import (
+	"image"
+)
+
+// Cache defines the interface for a thumbnail cache.
+type Cache interface {
+	Get(key string) image.Image
+	Set(key string, thumbnail image.Image) (image.Image, error)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/thumbnails/cache/filesystem.go b/pkg/thumbnails/cache/filesystem.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3e25a4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/thumbnails/cache/filesystem.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package cache
+
+// TODO: implement filesystem cache for longer persistence
diff --git a/pkg/thumbnails/cache/inmemory.go b/pkg/thumbnails/cache/inmemory.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9c45fb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/thumbnails/cache/inmemory.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package cache
+
+import "image"
+
+func NewInMemoryCache() InMemoryCache {
+	return InMemoryCache{
+		store: make(map[string]image.Image),
+	}
+}
+
+type InMemoryCache struct {
+	store map[string]image.Image
+}
+
+func (fsc InMemoryCache) Get(key string) image.Image {
+	return fsc.store[key]
+}
+
+func (fsc InMemoryCache) Set(key string, thumbnail image.Image) (image.Image, error) {
+	fsc.store[key] = thumbnail
+	return thumbnail, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/thumbnails/encoding.go b/pkg/thumbnails/encoding.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60a02f59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/thumbnails/encoding.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package thumbnails
+
+import (
+	"image"
+	"image/jpeg"
+	"image/png"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Encoder interface {
+	Encode(io.Writer, image.Image) error
+	Types() []string
+}
+
+type PngEncoder struct{}
+
+func (e PngEncoder) Encode(w io.Writer, i image.Image) error {
+	return png.Encode(w, i)
+}
+
+func (e PngEncoder) Types() []string {
+	return []string{"png"}
+}
+
+type JpegEncoder struct{}
+
+func (e JpegEncoder) Encode(w io.Writer, i image.Image) error {
+	return jpeg.Encode(w, i, nil)
+}
+
+func (e JpegEncoder) Types() []string {
+	return []string{"jpeg", "jpg"}
+}
+
+func EncoderForType(fileType string) Encoder {
+	switch strings.ToLower(fileType) {
+	case "png":
+		return PngEncoder{}
+	case "jpg":
+		fallthrough
+	case "jpeg":
+		return JpegEncoder{}
+	default:
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/thumbnails/thumbnails.go b/pkg/thumbnails/thumbnails.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07d163e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/thumbnails/thumbnails.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package thumbnails
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"image"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nfnt/resize"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/thumbnails/cache"
+)
+
+// ThumbnailContext bundles information needed to generate a thumbnail for afile
+type ThumbnailContext struct {
+	Width     int
+	Height    int
+	ImagePath string
+
+	Encoder Encoder
+}
+
+// Manager is responsible for generating thumbnails
+type Manager interface {
+	// Get will return a thumbnail for a file
+	Get(ThumbnailContext) ([]byte, error)
+	GetCached(ThumbnailContext) []byte
+}
+
+// SimpleManager is a simple implementation of Manager
+type SimpleManager struct {
+	Cache cache.Cache
+}
+
+// Get implements the Get Method of Manager
+func (s SimpleManager) Get(ctx ThumbnailContext) ([]byte, error) {
+	key := buildCacheKey(ctx)
+
+	cached := s.Cache.Get(key)
+	if cached == nil {
+		thumbnail := s.generate(ctx)
+		s.Cache.Set(key, thumbnail)
+		cached = thumbnail
+	}
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	err := ctx.Encoder.Encode(buf, cached)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// GetCached tries to get the cached thumbnail and return it.
+// If there is no cached thumbnail it will return nil
+func (s SimpleManager) GetCached(ctx ThumbnailContext) []byte {
+	key := buildCacheKey(ctx)
+	cached := s.Cache.Get(key)
+	if cached == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	ctx.Encoder.Encode(buf, cached)
+	return buf.Bytes()
+}
+
+func (s SimpleManager) generate(ctx ThumbnailContext) image.Image {
+	// TODO: remove, just for demo purposes
+	time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
+
+	// TODO: get file from reva
+	reader, _ := os.Open(ctx.ImagePath)
+	defer reader.Close()
+	m, _, _ := image.Decode(reader)
+	thumbnail := resize.Thumbnail(uint(ctx.Width), uint(ctx.Height), m, resize.Lanczos2)
+	return thumbnail
+}
+
+func buildCacheKey(ctx ThumbnailContext) string {
+	parts := []string{
+		ctx.ImagePath,
+		string(ctx.Width) + "x" + string(ctx.Height),
+		strings.Join(ctx.Encoder.Types(), ","),
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, "+")
+}