diff --git a/badger-am.js b/badger-am.js
index 1a289c0..0bdc984 100755
--- a/badger-am.js
+++ b/badger-am.js
@@ -28,18 +28,24 @@ function parseCLI() {
         .version(app.version)
         .usage('[options] <command>')
         .option('-c, --concurrency <n>', 'specify concurrency level', os.cpus().length);
-    // conversion mode
+    // conversion
     commander
         .command('convert <input> <output>')
         .description('convert .flac to .mp3 files')
         .option('-b, --bitrate <n>', 'specify conversion bitrate', 320)
         .action(convert);
-    // sort mode
+    // sort
     commander
         .command('sort <input> <output>')
         .description('sort audio files by tags')
         .option('-f, --format <type>', 'specify audio format (\'flac\', \'mp3\')', 'flac')
         .action(sort);
+    // artwork
+    commander
+        .command('artwork <input>')
+        .description('extract cover artwork')
+        .option('-f, --format <type>', 'specify audio format (\'flac\', \'mp3\')', 'flac')
+        .action(artwork);
     // parse command line arguments
     commander.parse(process.argv);
 }
@@ -79,6 +85,26 @@ function convert(input, output, options) {
     }
 }
 
+// move file to location defined by its metadata
+function processFileConvert(output, sourceFile, options, callback) {
+    async.waterfall([
+        function (asyncCallback) {
+            audio.extractMetadata(sourceFile, asyncCallback)
+        },
+        function (metadata, asyncCallback) {
+            util.pathFromMetadata(sourceFile, output, metadata, asyncCallback);
+        },
+        function (targetFile, asyncCallback) {
+            audio.convert(sourceFile, targetFile, options.bitrate, asyncCallback);
+        }
+    ], function (err, results) {
+        if (err) {
+            return callback(err);
+        }
+        callback(null, results);
+    });
+}
+
 // sort files
 function sort(input, output, options) {
     async.waterfall([
@@ -114,26 +140,6 @@ function sort(input, output, options) {
     }
 }
 
-// move file to location defined by its metadata
-function processFileConvert(output, sourceFile, options, callback) {
-    async.waterfall([
-        function (asyncCallback) {
-            audio.extractMetadata(sourceFile, asyncCallback)
-        },
-        function (sourceFile, metadata, asyncCallback) {
-            util.pathFromMetadata(sourceFile, output, metadata, asyncCallback);
-        },
-        function (targetFile, asyncCallback) {
-            audio.convert(sourceFile, targetFile, options.bitrate, asyncCallback);
-        }
-    ], function (err, results) {
-        if (err) {
-            return callback(err);
-        }
-        callback(null, results);
-    });
-}
-
 // move file to location defined by its metadata
 function processFileSort(output, sourceFile, callback) {
     async.waterfall([
@@ -152,4 +158,39 @@ function processFileSort(output, sourceFile, callback) {
         }
         callback(null, results);
     });
+}
+
+// extract artwork
+function artwork(input, options) {
+    async.waterfall([
+        function (asyncCallback) {
+            recursive(input, [ignoreFilter], asyncCallback);
+        },
+        function (files, asyncCallback) {
+            console.log(files.length + ' \'' + options.format + '\' files found');
+            // display progressbar
+            const bar = util.createProgressBar(files.length);
+            // handle each file
+            async.eachLimit(files, commander.concurrency, function (file, eachCallback) {
+                audio.extractArtwork(file, function (err) {
+                    bar.tick();
+                    if (err) {
+                        return eachCallback(err);
+                    }
+                    eachCallback();
+                });
+            }, function (err) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return asyncCallback(err);
+                }
+                asyncCallback();
+            });
+        }
+    ], function (err, result) {
+        util.exit(err, start);
+    });
+
+    function ignoreFilter(file, stats) {
+        return !stats.isDirectory() && path.extname(file).indexOf(options.format) == -1;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/lib/audio.js b/lib/audio.js
index f86e04f..a59f229 100644
--- a/lib/audio.js
+++ b/lib/audio.js
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ const async = require('async');
 const metadata = require('musicmetadata');
 const ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');
 const fse = require('fs-extra');
+const util = require('./util');
 
 // convert file to mp3 at specified bitrate
-exports.convert = function convert(input, output, bitrate, callback) {
+function convert(input, output, bitrate, callback) {
     output = path.join(path.dirname(output), path.basename(output, path.extname(output)) + '.mp3');
     async.series([
         function (asyncCallback) {
@@ -28,16 +29,44 @@ exports.convert = function convert(input, output, bitrate, callback) {
         }
         callback();
     });
-};
+}
+
+// extract cover artwork
+function extractArtwork(sourceFile, callback) {
+    async.waterfall([
+        function (asyncCallback) {
+            extractMetadata(sourceFile, asyncCallback);
+        },
+        function (metadata, asyncCallback) {
+            metadata.picture.forEach(function (picture) {
+                const pic = path.join(path.dirname(sourceFile), path.basename(sourceFile, path.extname(sourceFile)) + '.' + picture.format);
+                const stream = fs.createWriteStream(pic);
+                stream.write(picture.data);
+                stream.end();
+                asyncCallback();
+            });
+        }
+    ], function (err, result) {
+        if (err) {
+            return callback(err);
+        }
+        callback();
+    });
+}
 
 // extract metadata for further processing
-exports.extractMetadata = function extractMetadata(sourceFile, callback) {
+function extractMetadata(sourceFile, callback) {
     const stream = fs.createReadStream(sourceFile);
     metadata(stream, function (err, metadata) {
         if (err) {
             return callback(err);
         }
         stream.close();
-        callback(null, sourceFile, metadata)
+        callback(null, metadata);
     });
-};
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+}
+
+// api
+exports.convert = convert;
+exports.extractArtwork = extractArtwork;
+exports.extractMetadata = extractMetadata;
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a26805e..eccf262 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "badger-am",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "audio manager",
   "author": "Daniel Sommer <daniel.sommer@velvettear.de>",