diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
index 813a1cdf4..9d1306e5c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
@@ -497,12 +497,19 @@ public abstract class BasePlayer implements
     @Override
     public void onLoadingComplete(final String imageUri, final View view,
                                   final Bitmap loadedImage) {
+        final float width = Math.min(
+                context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.player_notification_thumbnail_width),
+                loadedImage.getWidth());
+        currentThumbnail = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(loadedImage,
+                (int) width,
+                (int) (loadedImage.getHeight() / (loadedImage.getWidth() / width)), true);
         if (DEBUG) {
             Log.d(TAG, "Thumbnail - onLoadingComplete() called with: "
                     + "imageUri = [" + imageUri + "], view = [" + view + "], "
-                    + "loadedImage = [" + loadedImage + "]");
+                    + "loadedImage = [" + loadedImage + "], "
+                    + loadedImage.getWidth() + "x" + loadedImage.getHeight()
+            + ", scaled width = " + width);
         }
-        currentThumbnail = loadedImage;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
index d1eeaddde..c5320ef43 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     <dimen name="player_main_buttons_padding">6dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="player_popup_buttons_padding">1dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="player_main_buttons_min_width">40dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="player_notification_thumbnail_width">200dp</dimen>
 
     <!-- Miscellaneous -->
     <dimen name="popup_default_width">180dp</dimen>