diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/ApiService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/ApiService.cs
index 93daba73d6..dd9c575f11 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/ApiService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/ApiService.cs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
                 dto.LocalTrailers = await Task.WhenAll<DTOBaseItem>(item.LocalTrailers.Select(c => GetDTOBaseItem(c, user, false, false))).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
-        
+
         private static async Task AttachPeople(DTOBaseItem dto, BaseItem item)
         {
             // Attach People by transforming them into BaseItemPerson (DTO)
@@ -256,5 +256,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
 
             return null;
         }
+
+        public static IBNItem GetIBNItem(BaseEntity entity, int itemCount)
+        {
+            return new IBNItem()
+            {
+                Id = entity.Id,
+                BaseItemCount = itemCount,
+                HasPrimaryImage = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(entity.PrimaryImagePath),
+                Name = entity.Name
+            };
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/GenreHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/GenreHandler.cs
index e9e5c41f45..c2b70e1066 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/GenreHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/GenreHandler.cs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a single genre
     /// </summary>
-    public class GenreHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IBNItem<Genre>>
+    public class GenreHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IBNItem>
     {
-        protected override Task<IBNItem<Genre>> GetObjectToSerialize()
+        protected override Task<IBNItem> GetObjectToSerialize()
         {
             Folder parent = ApiService.GetItemById(QueryString["id"]) as Folder;
             Guid userId = Guid.Parse(QueryString["userid"]);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a Genre
         /// </summary>
-        private async Task<IBNItem<Genre>> GetGenre(Folder parent, User user, string name)
+        private async Task<IBNItem> GetGenre(Folder parent, User user, string name)
         {
             int count = 0;
 
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
             }
 
             // Get the original entity so that we can also supply the PrimaryImagePath
-            return new IBNItem<Genre>()
-            {
-                Item = await Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetGenre(name).ConfigureAwait(false),
-                BaseItemCount = count
-            };
+            return ApiService.GetIBNItem(await Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetGenre(name).ConfigureAwait(false), count);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/GenresHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/GenresHandler.cs
index 8ac30043ef..3280c3e32d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/GenresHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/GenresHandler.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
 {
-    public class GenresHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Genre>>>
+    public class GenresHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IEnumerable<IBNItem>>
     {
-        protected override Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Genre>>> GetObjectToSerialize()
+        protected override Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetObjectToSerialize()
         {
             Folder parent = ApiService.GetItemById(QueryString["id"]) as Folder;
             Guid userId = Guid.Parse(QueryString["userid"]);
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
         /// Gets all genres from all recursive children of a folder
         /// The CategoryInfo class is used to keep track of the number of times each genres appears
         /// </summary>
-        private async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Genre>>> GetAllGenres(Folder parent, User user)
+        private async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetAllGenres(Folder parent, User user)
         {
             Dictionary<string, int> data = new Dictionary<string, int>();
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
 
             IEnumerable<Genre> entities = await Task.WhenAll<Genre>(data.Keys.Select(key => { return Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetGenre(key); })).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            return entities.Select(e => new IBNItem<Genre>() { Item = e, BaseItemCount = data[e.Name] });
+            return entities.Select(e => ApiService.GetIBNItem(e, data[e.Name]));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/PersonHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/PersonHandler.cs
index b144c0bdf4..4db2fada19 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/PersonHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/PersonHandler.cs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a single Person
     /// </summary>
-    public class PersonHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IBNItem<Person>>
+    public class PersonHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IBNItem>
     {
-        protected override Task<IBNItem<Person>> GetObjectToSerialize()
+        protected override Task<IBNItem> GetObjectToSerialize()
         {
             Folder parent = ApiService.GetItemById(QueryString["id"]) as Folder;
             Guid userId = Guid.Parse(QueryString["userid"]);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a Person
         /// </summary>
-        private async Task<IBNItem<Person>> GetPerson(Folder parent, User user, string name)
+        private async Task<IBNItem> GetPerson(Folder parent, User user, string name)
         {
             int count = 0;
 
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
             }
 
             // Get the original entity so that we can also supply the PrimaryImagePath
-            return new IBNItem<Person>()
-            {
-                Item = await Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetPerson(name).ConfigureAwait(false),
-                BaseItemCount = count
-            };
+            return ApiService.GetIBNItem(await Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetPerson(name).ConfigureAwait(false), count);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/StudioHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/StudioHandler.cs
index 727237882b..af7e7fed0b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/StudioHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/StudioHandler.cs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a single studio
     /// </summary>
-    public class StudioHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IBNItem<Studio>>
+    public class StudioHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IBNItem>
     {
-        protected override Task<IBNItem<Studio>> GetObjectToSerialize()
+        protected override Task<IBNItem> GetObjectToSerialize()
         {
             Folder parent = ApiService.GetItemById(QueryString["id"]) as Folder;
             Guid userId = Guid.Parse(QueryString["userid"]);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a Studio
         /// </summary>
-        private async Task<IBNItem<Studio>> GetStudio(Folder parent, User user, string name)
+        private async Task<IBNItem> GetStudio(Folder parent, User user, string name)
         {
             int count = 0;
 
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
             }
 
             // Get the original entity so that we can also supply the PrimaryImagePath
-            return new IBNItem<Studio>()
-            {
-                Item = await Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetStudio(name).ConfigureAwait(false),
-                BaseItemCount = count
-            };
+            return ApiService.GetIBNItem(await Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetStudio(name).ConfigureAwait(false), count);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/StudiosHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/StudiosHandler.cs
index 7e85e5558c..64348ac896 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/StudiosHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/StudiosHandler.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
 {
-    public class StudiosHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Studio>>>
+    public class StudiosHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IEnumerable<IBNItem>>
     {
-        protected override Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Studio>>> GetObjectToSerialize()
+        protected override Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetObjectToSerialize()
         {
             Folder parent = ApiService.GetItemById(QueryString["id"]) as Folder;
             Guid userId = Guid.Parse(QueryString["userid"]);
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
         /// Gets all studios from all recursive children of a folder
         /// The CategoryInfo class is used to keep track of the number of times each studio appears
         /// </summary>
-        private async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Studio>>> GetAllStudios(Folder parent, User user)
+        private async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetAllStudios(Folder parent, User user)
         {
             Dictionary<string, int> data = new Dictionary<string, int>();
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
 
             IEnumerable<Studio> entities = await Task.WhenAll<Studio>(data.Keys.Select(key => { return Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetStudio(key); })).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            return entities.Select(e => new IBNItem<Studio>() { Item = e, BaseItemCount = data[e.Name] });
+            return entities.Select(e => ApiService.GetIBNItem(e, data[e.Name]));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/YearHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/YearHandler.cs
index 5e31c9689f..0eb674e272 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/YearHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/YearHandler.cs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a single year
     /// </summary>
-    public class YearHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IBNItem<Year>>
+    public class YearHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IBNItem>
     {
-        protected override Task<IBNItem<Year>> GetObjectToSerialize()
+        protected override Task<IBNItem> GetObjectToSerialize()
         {
             Folder parent = ApiService.GetItemById(QueryString["id"]) as Folder;
             Guid userId = Guid.Parse(QueryString["userid"]);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a Year
         /// </summary>
-        private async Task<IBNItem<Year>> GetYear(Folder parent, User user, int year)
+        private async Task<IBNItem> GetYear(Folder parent, User user, int year)
         {
             int count = 0;
 
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
             }
 
             // Get the original entity so that we can also supply the PrimaryImagePath
-            return new IBNItem<Year>()
-            {
-                Item = await Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetYear(year).ConfigureAwait(false),
-                BaseItemCount = count
-            };
+            return ApiService.GetIBNItem(await Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetYear(year).ConfigureAwait(false), count);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/YearsHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/YearsHandler.cs
index dcbbf6150e..ee07ac8b0b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/YearsHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/YearsHandler.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
 {
-    public class YearsHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Year>>>
+    public class YearsHandler : BaseJsonHandler<IEnumerable<IBNItem>>
     {
-        protected override Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Year>>> GetObjectToSerialize()
+        protected override Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetObjectToSerialize()
         {
             Folder parent = ApiService.GetItemById(QueryString["id"]) as Folder;
             Guid userId = Guid.Parse(QueryString["userid"]);
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
         /// Gets all years from all recursive children of a folder
         /// The CategoryInfo class is used to keep track of the number of times each year appears
         /// </summary>
-        private async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Year>>> GetAllYears(Folder parent, User user)
+        private async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetAllYears(Folder parent, User user)
         {
             Dictionary<int, int> data = new Dictionary<int, int>();
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
 
             IEnumerable<Year> entities = await Task.WhenAll<Year>(data.Keys.Select(key => { return Kernel.Instance.ItemController.GetYear(key); })).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            return entities.Select(e => new IBNItem<Year>() { Item = e, BaseItemCount = data[int.Parse(e.Name)] });
+            return entities.Select(e => ApiService.GetIBNItem(e, data[int.Parse(e.Name)]));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/ApiClient.cs b/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/ApiClient.cs
index 4b9a712927..2e7684cb03 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/ApiClient.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/ApiClient.cs
@@ -197,26 +197,26 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets all Genres
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Genre>>> GetAllGenresAsync(Guid userId)
+        public async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetAllGenresAsync(Guid userId)
         {
             string url = ApiUrl + "/genres?userId=" + userId.ToString();
 
             using (Stream stream = await GetSerializedStreamAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Genre>>>(stream);
+                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IEnumerable<IBNItem>>(stream);
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets all Years
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Year>>> GetAllYearsAsync(Guid userId)
+        public async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetAllYearsAsync(Guid userId)
         {
             string url = ApiUrl + "/years?userId=" + userId.ToString();
 
             using (Stream stream = await GetSerializedStreamAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Year>>>(stream);
+                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IEnumerable<IBNItem>>(stream);
             }
         }
 
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets all studious
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Studio>>> GetAllStudiosAsync(Guid userId)
+        public async Task<IEnumerable<IBNItem>> GetAllStudiosAsync(Guid userId)
         {
             string url = ApiUrl + "/studios?userId=" + userId.ToString();
 
             using (Stream stream = await GetSerializedStreamAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IEnumerable<IBNItem<Studio>>>(stream);
+                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IEnumerable<IBNItem>>(stream);
             }
         }
 
@@ -303,52 +303,52 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a studio
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task<IBNItem<Studio>> GetStudioAsync(Guid userId, string name)
+        public async Task<IBNItem> GetStudioAsync(Guid userId, string name)
         {
             string url = ApiUrl + "/studio?userId=" + userId.ToString() + "&name=" + name;
 
             using (Stream stream = await GetSerializedStreamAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IBNItem<Studio>>(stream);
+                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IBNItem>(stream);
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a genre
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task<IBNItem<Genre>> GetGenreAsync(Guid userId, string name)
+        public async Task<IBNItem> GetGenreAsync(Guid userId, string name)
         {
             string url = ApiUrl + "/genre?userId=" + userId.ToString() + "&name=" + name;
 
             using (Stream stream = await GetSerializedStreamAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IBNItem<Genre>>(stream);
+                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IBNItem>(stream);
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a person
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task<IBNItem<Person>> GetPersonAsync(Guid userId, string name)
+        public async Task<IBNItem> GetPersonAsync(Guid userId, string name)
         {
             string url = ApiUrl + "/person?userId=" + userId.ToString() + "&name=" + name;
 
             using (Stream stream = await GetSerializedStreamAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IBNItem<Person>>(stream);
+                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IBNItem>(stream);
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a year
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task<IBNItem<Year>> GetYearAsync(Guid userId, int year)
+        public async Task<IBNItem> GetYearAsync(Guid userId, int year)
         {
             string url = ApiUrl + "/year?userId=" + userId.ToString() + "&year=" + year;
 
             using (Stream stream = await GetSerializedStreamAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IBNItem<Year>>(stream);
+                return DataSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IBNItem>(stream);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/IBNItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/IBNItem.cs
index 4b29cb2b1a..9748c5e7f7 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/IBNItem.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/IBNItem.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
+using System;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Model.DTO
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// This is a stub class used by the api to get IBN types along with their item counts
     /// </summary>
-    public class IBNItem<T>
+    public class IBNItem
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// The actual genre, year, studio, etc
+        /// The name of the person, genre, etc
         /// </summary>
-        public T Item { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The id of the person, genre, etc
+        /// </summary>
+        public Guid Id { get; set; }
+
+        public bool HasPrimaryImage { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The number of items that have the genre, year, studio, etc