diff --git a/app/controllers/merged/images_controller.rb b/app/controllers/merged/images_controller.rb
index 2ba5f77..34a7258 100644
--- a/app/controllers/merged/images_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/merged/images_controller.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require "mini_magick"
 
 module Merged
-
   class ImagesController < MergedController
+    before_action :set_image, only: %i[ update destroy show copy ]
 
     def index
       @images = Image.all
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ module Merged
     end
 
     def destroy
-      @image = Image.find(params[:id])
       @image.destroy
       redirect_to :images , notice: "Image #{@image.name} deleted"
     end
 
     def update
-      @image = Image.find(params[:id])
       mini = MiniMagick::Image.new( @image.full_filename)
       if(params[:scale])
         message = "Image was scaled"
@@ -39,14 +37,20 @@ module Merged
       @image.init_file_data
       redirect_to image_path , notice: message
     end
+
     def show
-      @image = Image.find(params[:id])
       @sections = Section.where(image_id: params[:id].to_i)
       @cards = Card.where(image_id: params[:id].to_i)
       @used = ((@cards.length > 0) || (@sections.length > 0))
       @image_data = @image.attributes
     end
 
+    def copy
+      image = @image.copy
+      image.add_save(current_member.email)
+      redirect_to image_path(image.id) , notice: "Image copied"
+    end
+
     def create
       image = Image.create_new(params['filename'] ,params['tags'], params['image_file'])
       image.add_save current_member.email
@@ -56,6 +60,9 @@ module Merged
 
     private
 
+    def set_image
+      @image = Image.find(params[:id] || params[:image_id])
+    end
     def determine_redirect(image)
       if(params[:section_id])
         view_context.section_set_image_url(params[:section_id],image_id: image.id )
diff --git a/app/controllers/merged/sections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/merged/sections_controller.rb
index bca211e..1c01b04 100644
--- a/app/controllers/merged/sections_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/merged/sections_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module Merged
   class SectionsController < MergedController
     before_action :set_section , except: [:index ,:new]
-    #, only: %i[ show edit update destroy set_image select_image]
 
     def index
       @page = Page.find(params[:page_id])
diff --git a/app/models/merged/image.rb b/app/models/merged/image.rb
index b2ea286..a9ab002 100644
--- a/app/models/merged/image.rb
+++ b/app/models/merged/image.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-  require "mini_magick"
+require "mini_magick"
+require "fileutils"
 
 module Merged
   class Image < ActiveBase
@@ -15,13 +16,21 @@ module Merged
       ratio = self.ratio
       ratios = (1..9).collect{ |i|  ((ratio * i) - (ratio * i).round(0)).abs }
       min , min_index = ratios.each_with_index.min
-      [(ratio *  (min_index + 1) ).to_i , (min_index + 1) ]
+      [(ratio *  (min_index + 1) ).round(0).to_i , (min_index + 1) ]
     end
 
     def ratio
       self.width.to_f / self.height
     end
 
+    def copy()
+      image = Image.new name: "#{name}_copy" , type: type , tags: (tags || "")
+      Image.insert(image) # assigns next id
+      FileUtils.cp full_filename , image.full_filename
+      image.init_file_data
+      image
+    end
+
     #save an io as new image. The filename is the id, type taken from io
     def self.create_new(name , tags,  io)
       original , ending = io.original_filename.split("/").last.split(".")
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 5badfb4..d8395c0 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Merged::Engine.routes.draw do
 
   resources :pages , except: [:edit , :new] , shallow: true  do
     resources :sections do
-      get :select_image
       get :set_image
       get :select_template
       get :set_template
@@ -17,11 +16,12 @@ Merged::Engine.routes.draw do
       get :set_card_template
       get :move
       resources :cards do
-        get :select_image
         get :set_image
         get :move
       end
     end
   end
-  resources :images
+  resources :images do
+    get :copy
+  end
 end