diff --git a/src/styles/_project.sass b/src/styles/_project.sass
index ce2b14ec..b2ef0dec 100644
--- a/src/styles/_project.sass
+++ b/src/styles/_project.sass
@@ -1031,23 +1031,26 @@ section.node-preview
 
 	&.video
 		background-color: black
-		min-height: 350px
+		min-height: 320px
+		position: relative
 
 		.video-dummy
-			img
-				display: block
-				margin: 0 auto
-				position: absolute
-				z-index: 1
-				opacity: .6
-
+			min-height: 320px
 			display: flex
 			width: 100%
 			align-items: center
 			justify-content: center
 			color: white
+			background:
+				repeat: no-repeat
+				size: cover
+				position: center
+			height: 100%
 
 			&-content
+				background-color: rgba(black, .8)
+				padding: 15px
+				border-radius: 3px
 				position: relative
 				z-index: 2
 				display: flex
@@ -1068,6 +1071,7 @@ section.node-preview
 						em
 							font-style: normal
 							color: $color-warning
+							margin-right: 10px
 
 	&.group, &.project
 		background-color: $color-background
diff --git a/src/templates/nodes/custom/asset/video/view_embed.jade b/src/templates/nodes/custom/asset/video/view_embed.jade
index b1143415..dce4c83a 100644
--- a/src/templates/nodes/custom/asset/video/view_embed.jade
+++ b/src/templates/nodes/custom/asset/video/view_embed.jade
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@
 				<a href="http://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" target="_blank">supports HTML5 video</a>
 		| {% else %}
 		.video-dummy.sorry(
-			style="{% if node.picture %}height: {{ node.picture.height }}px{% endif %}")
-			| {% if node.picture %}
-			img.video-dummy-thumbnail(src="{{ node.picture.thumbnail('l', api=api) }}")
-			| {% endif %}
+			style="{% if node.picture %}background-image: url({{ node.picture.thumbnail('l', api=api) }});{% endif %}")
 			.video-dummy-content
 				i.pi-lock.video-dummy-content-icon
 				.video-dummy-content-text
@@ -133,8 +130,10 @@
 			#comments-list-items-loading
 				i.pi-spin
 
+| {% if node.video_sources %}
 script(type="text/javascript").
 	videojs(document.getElementById('videoplayer'), { fluid: true });
+| {% endif %}
 
 include ../../_scripts
 
diff --git a/src/templates/projects/view_embed.jade b/src/templates/projects/view_embed.jade
index 0670bcbf..014e899a 100644
--- a/src/templates/projects/view_embed.jade
+++ b/src/templates/projects/view_embed.jade
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ include _scripts
 
 script(src="{{ url_for('static_pillar', filename='assets/js/vendor/jquery.montage.min.js') }}")
 script.
-	videojs(document.getElementById('videoplayer'), { fluid: true });
+	| {% if header_video_file %}
+		videojs(document.getElementById('videoplayer'), { fluid: true });
+	| {% endif %}
 
 	function montage(){
 		var $container 	= $('#featured-list'),