diff --git a/pa_job_manager.py b/pa_job_manager.py
index f7fe887..f6353c4 100644
--- a/pa_job_manager.py
+++ b/pa_job_manager.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session
 
 ### LOCAL FILE IMPORTS ###
 
-from shared import DB_URL, PA_JOB_MANAGER_HOST, PA_JOB_MANAGER_PORT, THUMBSIZE, SymlinkName
+from shared import DB_URL, PA_JOB_MANAGER_HOST, PA_JOB_MANAGER_PORT, THUMBSIZE, SymlinkName, GenThumb
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, date
 
 ### PYTHON LIB IMPORTS ###
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import io
 import face_recognition
 import re
 import sys
+import json
 
 
 # this is required to handle the duplicate processing code
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ class Face(Base):
     __tablename__ = "face"
     id = Column(Integer, Sequence('face_id_seq'), primary_key=True )
     face = Column( LargeBinary )
+    locn = Column(String)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"<id: {self.id}, face={self.face}"
@@ -1042,7 +1044,7 @@ def JobRotateImage(job):
         AddLogForJob(job, f"INFO: Rotating {e.FullPathOnFS()} by {amt} degrees" )
         out = im.rotate(int(amt), expand=True)
     out.save( e.FullPathOnFS() )
-    e.file_details.thumbnail = GenThumb( e.FullPathOnFS() )
+    e.file_details.thumbnail, _ , _ = GenThumb( e.FullPathOnFS() )
     session.add(e)
     FinishJob(job, "Finished Processesing image rotation/flip")
     return
@@ -1183,27 +1185,10 @@ def isImage(file):
     except:
         return False
 
-def GenThumb(file):
-    try:
-        im_orig = Image.open(file)
-        im = ImageOps.exif_transpose(im_orig)
-        bands = im.getbands()
-        if 'A' in bands:
-            im = im.convert('RGB')
-        im.thumbnail((THUMBSIZE,THUMBSIZE))
-        img_bytearray = io.BytesIO()
-        im.save(img_bytearray, format='JPEG')
-        img_bytearray = img_bytearray.getvalue()
-        thumbnail = base64.b64encode(img_bytearray)
-        thumbnail = str(thumbnail)[2:-1]
-        return thumbnail
-    except Exception as e:
-        AddLogForJob(job, f"WARNING: No EXIF TAF found for: {file} - error={e}")
-        return None
-
 def GenImageThumbnail(job, file):
     ProcessFileForJob( job, "Generate Thumbnail from Image file: {}".format( file ), file )
-    return GenThumb(file)
+    thumb, _, _ = GenThumb(file)
+    return thumb
     
 def GenVideoThumbnail(job, file):
     ProcessFileForJob( job, "Generate Thumbnail from Video file: {}".format( file ), file )
@@ -1418,8 +1403,8 @@ def InitialValidationChecks():
     FinishJob(job,"Finished Initial Validation Checks")
     return
 
-def AddFaceToFile( face_data, file_eid ):
-    face = Face( face=face_data.tobytes() )
+def AddFaceToFile( locn_data, face_data, file_eid ):
+    face = Face( face=face_data.tobytes(), locn=json.dumps(locn_data) )
     session.add(face)
     session.commit()
     ffl = FaceFileLink( face_id=face.id, file_eid=file_eid )
@@ -1458,8 +1443,8 @@ def ScanFileForPerson( job, e, person_id, force=False ):
         im = face_recognition.load_image_file(e.FullPathOnFS())
         face_locations = face_recognition.face_locations(im)
         unknown_encodings = face_recognition.face_encodings(im, known_face_locations=face_locations)
-        for face in unknown_encodings:
-            AddFaceToFile( face, e.id )
+        for locn, face in zip( face_locations, unknown_encodings ):
+            AddFaceToFile( locn, face, e.id )
         file_h.faces_created_on = time.time()
     session.commit()