diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/image/ImageController.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/image/ImageController.java
index 20b82f6..a346d59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/image/ImageController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/image/ImageController.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.spec.ImageUpdateInfoSpec;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.view.ImageView;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.user.User;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.user.UserService;
-import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.user.view.UserInfoView;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.util.AccessDeniedView;
 import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamResource;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -28,33 +26,6 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 @RequestMapping("/images")
 public class ImageController {
 
-    private static ImageView getView(Image image, User owner) {
-        final ImageView imageView = new ImageView();
-        imageView.setCreated(image.getCreated());
-        imageView.setModified(image.getModified());
-        imageView.setFilename(image.getUserFilename());
-        imageView.setMimeType(image.getMimeType());
-        imageView.setAlt(image.getAlt());
-        imageView.setCaption(image.getCaption());
-        imageView.setIsPublic(image.isPublic());
-
-        final UserInfoView userInfoView = new UserInfoView();
-        userInfoView.setId(owner.getId());
-        userInfoView.setUsername(owner.getUsername());
-        imageView.setOwner(userInfoView);
-
-        final Set<UserInfoView> viewers = new HashSet<>();
-        for (final User viewer : image.getViewers()) {
-            final UserInfoView viewerView = new UserInfoView();
-            viewerView.setId(viewer.getId());
-            viewerView.setUsername(viewer.getUsername());
-            viewers.add(viewerView);
-        }
-        imageView.setViewers(viewers);
-
-        return imageView;
-    }
-
     private final ImageService imageService;
     private final UserService userService;
 
@@ -140,7 +111,7 @@ public class ImageController {
                 image.getSize(),
                 createSpec
         );
-        return ResponseEntity.status(201).body(getView(saved, principal));
+        return ResponseEntity.status(201).body(ImageUtil.toImageView(saved));
     }
 
     @PostMapping("/{username}/{filename}")
@@ -156,7 +127,7 @@ public class ImageController {
         final User owner = this.userService.getUser(username);
         final Image image = this.imageService.getByOwnerAndFilename(owner, filename, principal);
         final Image updated = this.imageService.update(image, principal, this.getImageUpdateSpec(body));
-        return ResponseEntity.ok(getView(updated, owner));
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(ImageUtil.toImageView(updated));
     }
 
     @DeleteMapping("/{username}/{filename}")
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/image/ImageUtil.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/image/ImageUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ae6785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/image/ImageUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image;
+
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.view.ImageView;
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.user.User;
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.user.view.UserInfoView;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public final class ImageUtil {
+
+    public static ImageView toImageView(Image image) {
+        final ImageView imageView = new ImageView();
+        imageView.setCreated(image.getCreated());
+        imageView.setModified(image.getModified());
+        imageView.setFilename(image.getUserFilename());
+        imageView.setMimeType(image.getMimeType());
+        imageView.setAlt(image.getAlt());
+        imageView.setCaption(image.getCaption());
+        imageView.setIsPublic(image.isPublic());
+
+        final User owner = image.getOwner();
+        final UserInfoView userInfoView = new UserInfoView();
+        userInfoView.setId(owner.getId());
+        userInfoView.setUsername(owner.getUsername());
+        imageView.setOwner(userInfoView);
+
+        final Set<UserInfoView> viewers = new HashSet<>();
+        for (final User viewer : image.getViewers()) {
+            final UserInfoView viewerView = new UserInfoView();
+            viewerView.setId(viewer.getId());
+            viewerView.setUsername(viewer.getUsername());
+            viewers.add(viewerView);
+        }
+        imageView.setViewers(viewers);
+
+        return imageView;
+    }
+
+    private ImageUtil() {}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeServiceImpl.java
index 97e49c6..1b07b62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeServiceImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe;
 
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.ImageUtil;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.S3ImageEntity;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.spec.RecipeCreateSpec;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.spec.RecipeUpdateSpec;
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ public class RecipeServiceImpl implements RecipeService {
         view.setOwnerUsername(recipe.getOwner().getUsername());
         view.setStarCount(this.getStarCount(recipe));
         view.setViewerCount(this.getViewerCount(recipe.getId()));
+        view.setMainImage(ImageUtil.toImageView(recipe.getMainImage()));
         return view;
     }
 
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ public class RecipeServiceImpl implements RecipeService {
             view.setOwnerUsername(entity.getOwner().getUsername());
             view.setPublic(entity.isPublic());
             view.setStarCount(this.getStarCount(entity));
+            view.setMainImage(ImageUtil.toImageView(entity.getMainImage()));
             return view;
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/view/FullRecipeView.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/view/FullRecipeView.java
index 5bea338..2f1286b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/view/FullRecipeView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/view/FullRecipeView.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.view;
 
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.view.ImageView;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ public class FullRecipeView {
     private String ownerUsername;
     private int starCount;
     private int viewerCount;
+    private ImageView mainImage;
 
     public long getId() {
         return this.id;
@@ -88,4 +90,12 @@ public class FullRecipeView {
         this.viewerCount = viewerCount;
     }
 
+    public ImageView getMainImage() {
+        return this.mainImage;
+    }
+
+    public void setMainImage(ImageView mainImage) {
+        this.mainImage = mainImage;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/view/RecipeInfoView.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/view/RecipeInfoView.java
index 23ce669..b2ea158 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/view/RecipeInfoView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/view/RecipeInfoView.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.view;
 
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.view.ImageView;
+
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 
 public final class RecipeInfoView {
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ public final class RecipeInfoView {
     private String ownerUsername;
     private boolean isPublic;
     private int starCount;
+    private ImageView mainImage;
 
     public long getId() {
         return this.id;
@@ -68,4 +71,12 @@ public final class RecipeInfoView {
         this.starCount = starCount;
     }
 
+    public ImageView getMainImage() {
+        return this.mainImage;
+    }
+
+    public void setMainImage(ImageView mainImage) {
+        this.mainImage = mainImage;
+    }
+
 }