diff --git a/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx b/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
index 38af0c6..be09e98 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ export const GenericComponent = React.memo(
           readOnly={attribute.readonly}
           docString={attribute.doc}
           // Add any other specific props for the ImageComponent here
+          format={attribute.value['format']['value'] as string}
         />
       );
     } else {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ImageComponent.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ImageComponent.tsx
index 61a1519..2c3dece 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ImageComponent.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ImageComponent.tsx
@@ -9,33 +9,36 @@ interface ImageComponentProps {
   value: string;
   readOnly: boolean;
   docString: string;
-  // Define your component specific props here
+  format: string;
 }
 
 export const ImageComponent = React.memo((props: ImageComponentProps) => {
   const renderCount = useRef(0);
-  const { name, parentPath, value, docString } = props;
-  // Your component logic here
+  const { name, parentPath, value, docString, format } = props;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     renderCount.current++;
-    console.log(value);
   });
 
   return (
     <div className={'imageComponent'} id={parentPath.concat('.' + name)}>
-      {process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' && (
-        <p>Render count: {renderCount.current}</p>
-      )}
-      <DocStringComponent docString={docString} />
-      {/* Your component JSX here */}
       <Card>
         <Card.Header
           style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }} // Change cursor style on hover
         >
           {name}
         </Card.Header>
-        <Image src={`data:image/jpeg;base64,${value}`}></Image>
+
+        {process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' && (
+          <p>Render count: {renderCount.current}</p>
+        )}
+        <DocStringComponent docString={docString} />
+        {/* Your component JSX here */}
+        {format === '' && value === '' ? (
+          <p>No image set in the backend.</p>
+        ) : (
+          <Image src={`data:image/${format.toLowerCase()};base64,${value}`}></Image>
+        )}
       </Card>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/pydase/components/image.py b/src/pydase/components/image.py
index e170296..8d94ddf 100644
--- a/src/pydase/components/image.py
+++ b/src/pydase/components/image.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-from typing import Any
+import base64
+import io
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import PIL.Image
+from loguru import logger
 
 from pydase.data_service.data_service import DataService
 
@@ -6,13 +11,43 @@ from pydase.data_service.data_service import DataService
 class Image(DataService):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        value: bytes | str = "",
     ) -> None:
-        self.value = value
+        self._value: str = ""
+        self._format: str = ""
         super().__init__()
 
-    def __setattr__(self, __name: str, __value: Any) -> None:
-        if __name == "value":
-            if isinstance(__value, bytes):
-                __value = __value.decode()
-        return super().__setattr__(__name, __value)
+    @property
+    def value(self) -> str:
+        return self._value
+
+    @property
+    def format(self) -> str:
+        return self._format
+
+    def load_from_path(self, path: Path | str) -> None:
+        with PIL.Image.open(path) as image:
+            self._load_from_PIL_Image(image)
+
+    def load_from_base64(self, value: bytes) -> None:
+        if isinstance(value, bytes):
+            # Decode the base64 string
+            image_data = base64.b64decode(value)
+
+            # Create a writable memory buffer for the image
+            image_buffer = io.BytesIO(image_data)
+
+            # Read the image from the buffer
+            image = PIL.Image.open(image_buffer)
+            self._load_from_PIL_Image(image)
+
+    def _load_from_PIL_Image(self, image: PIL.Image.Image) -> None:
+        if isinstance(image, PIL.Image.Image):
+            if image.format is not None:
+                self._format = image.format
+                buffered = io.BytesIO()
+                image.save(buffered, format=self._format)
+                img_base64 = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue())
+
+                self._value = img_base64.decode()
+            else:
+                logger.error("Image format is 'None'. Skipping...")