diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd77c991..d61c99ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ __pycache__/
 # Visual Studio Code
 .vscode/
 
+# Learnhouse 
+content/*
+
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 build/
diff --git a/src/routers/courses.py b/src/routers/courses.py
index 7409d5f4..bb5530b7 100644
--- a/src/routers/courses.py
+++ b/src/routers/courses.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, File, UploadFile
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, File, UploadFile, Form
 from src.services.auth import get_current_user
 
 from src.services.courses import Course, CourseChapter, create_course, create_coursechapter, delete_coursechapter, get_course, get_coursechapter, get_coursechapters, get_courses, update_course, delete_course, update_course_thumbnail, update_coursechapter
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ router = APIRouter()
 
 
 @router.post("/")
-async def api_create_course(course_object: Course, org_id :str ,  current_user: PublicUser = Depends(get_current_user)):
+async def api_create_course(org_id :str , name : str = Form(), mini_description : str = Form() , description :str = Form(), public : bool = Form(),    current_user: PublicUser = Depends(get_current_user) , thumbnail: UploadFile | None = None):
     """
     Create new Course
     """
-    return await create_course(course_object, org_id ,  current_user)
+    course = Course(name=name, mini_description=mini_description, description=description, org_id=org_id, public=public , thumbnail="" , chapters=[], learnings=[]) 
+    return await create_course(course, org_id ,  current_user, thumbnail)
 
 @router.put("/thumbnail/{course_id}")
 async def api_create_course_thumbnail(course_id : str, thumbnail: UploadFile | None = None,   current_user: PublicUser = Depends(get_current_user)):
     """
-    Create new Course Thumbnail
+    Update new Course Thumbnail
     """
     return await update_course_thumbnail(course_id,  current_user, thumbnail)
 
diff --git a/src/services/courses.py b/src/services/courses.py
index 516c3272..943424d1 100644
--- a/src/services/courses.py
+++ b/src/services/courses.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 from typing import List
 from uuid import uuid4
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+from src.services.uploads import upload_thumbnail
 from src.services.users import PublicUser, User
 from src.services.database import create_config_collection, check_database, create_database, learnhouseDB, learnhouseDB
 from src.services.security import *
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ class Course(BaseModel):
     name: str
     mini_description: str
     description: str
-    photo: str
     learnings: List[str]
     thumbnail : str 
     public: bool
@@ -79,21 +79,27 @@ async def get_course(course_id: str, org_id :str , current_user: PublicUser):
     return course
 
 
-async def create_course(course_object: Course, org_id : str , current_user: PublicUser):
+async def create_course(course_object: Course,   org_id : str , current_user: PublicUser, thumbnail_file: UploadFile | None = None):
     await check_database()
     courses = learnhouseDB["courses"]
 
     # generate course_id with uuid4
     course_id = str(f"course_{uuid4()}")
     
+    # TODO(fix) : the implementation here is clearly not the best one (this entire function)
     course_object.org_id = org_id
-
     hasRoleRights = await verify_user_rights_with_roles("create", current_user.user_id, course_id)
-
+    
+    
     if not hasRoleRights:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT, detail="Roles : Insufficient rights to perform this action")
-
+        
+    if thumbnail_file:
+        name_in_disk = f"{course_id}_thumbnail_{uuid4()}.{thumbnail_file.filename.split('.')[-1]}"
+        await upload_thumbnail(thumbnail_file, name_in_disk)
+        course_object.thumbnail = name_in_disk
+    
     course = CourseInDB(course_id=course_id, authors=[
         current_user.user_id], creationDate=str(datetime.now()), updateDate=str(datetime.now()), **course_object.dict())
 
@@ -119,20 +125,10 @@ async def update_course_thumbnail(course_id: str , current_user: PublicUser, thu
         creationDate = course["creationDate"]
         authors = course["authors"]
         if thumbnail_file: 
-            contents = thumbnail_file.file.read()
             name_in_disk = f"{course_id}_thumbnail_{uuid4()}.{thumbnail_file.filename.split('.')[-1]}"
             course = Course(**course).copy(update={"thumbnail": name_in_disk})
-            try: 
-                with open(f"content/uploads/img/{name_in_disk}", 'wb') as f:
-                    f.write(contents)
-                    f.close()
-                    
-            except Exception as e:
-                print(e)
-                return {"message": "There was an error uploading the file"}
-            finally:
-                thumbnail_file.file.close()
-            
+            await upload_thumbnail( thumbnail_file, name_in_disk)
+           
             
             updated_course = CourseInDB(course_id=course_id, creationDate=creationDate, authors=authors, updateDate=str(datetime.now()) , **course.dict())
 
diff --git a/src/services/uploads.py b/src/services/uploads.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ac027fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/uploads.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+async def upload_thumbnail(thumbnail_file, name_in_disk):
+            contents = thumbnail_file.file.read()
+            try: 
+                with open(f"content/uploads/img/{name_in_disk}", 'wb') as f:
+                    f.write(contents)
+                    f.close()
+                    
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(e)
+                return {"message": "There was an error uploading the file"}
+            finally:
+                thumbnail_file.file.close()
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