diff --git a/viewer/migrations/0003_auto_20201031_2007.py b/viewer/migrations/0003_auto_20201031_2007.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6b560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/viewer/migrations/0003_auto_20201031_2007.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.2 on 2020-11-01 01:07
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('viewer', '0002_auto_20201031_0526'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='serveddirectory',
+            name='regex_pattern',
+            field=models.CharField(default='', max_length=100, verbose_name='RegEx Matching Pattern'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/viewer/migrations/0004_file.py b/viewer/migrations/0004_file.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0999c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/viewer/migrations/0004_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.2 on 2020-11-01 01:36
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('viewer', '0003_auto_20201031_2007'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='File',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('path', models.CharField(max_length=300, verbose_name='Full Filepath')),
+                ('filename', models.CharField(max_length=160, verbose_name='Filename')),
+                ('mediatype', models.CharField(max_length=30, verbose_name='Mediatype')),
+                ('directory', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='files', to='viewer.serveddirectory')),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/viewer/models.py b/viewer/models.py
index 9259d89..a7a1674 100644
--- a/viewer/models.py
+++ b/viewer/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+import mimetypes
+import os
 import uuid
 
 from django.db import models
+from django.urls import reverse
+from easy_thumbnails.alias import aliases
+
+if not aliases.get('small'):
+    aliases.set('small', {'size': (150, 80), 'crop': True})
 
 
 class ServedDirectory(models.Model):
@@ -20,5 +27,54 @@ class ServedDirectory(models.Model):
     regex = models.BooleanField('Directory RegEx Option', default=False)
     match_filename = models.BooleanField('RegEx Matches Against Filename', default=True)
 
+    def refresh(self):
+        """Refresh the directory listing to see if any new files have appeared and add them to the list."""
+        for file in os.listdir(self.path):
+            # Check if the file has been entered before
+            entry = self.files.filter(filename__exact=file).first()
+            if entry is None:
+                # create the file entry
+                entry = File.create(full_path=os.path.join(self.path, file))
+                entry.save()
+
     def __str__(self):
         return self.path
+
+
+class File(models.Model):
+    path = models.CharField('Full Filepath', max_length=300)
+    filename = models.CharField('Filename', max_length=160)
+    mediatype = models.CharField('Mediatype', max_length=30)
+    directory = models.ForeignKey(ServedDirectory, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='files')
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create(cls, full_path: str) -> 'File':
+        """Simple shortcut for creating a File database entry with just the path."""
+        return File(
+            path=full_path,
+            filename=os.path.basename(full_path),
+            mediatype=File.get_mediatype(full_path),
+            directory=os.path.dirname(full_path)
+        )
+
+    def get_url(self, directory: ServedDirectory) -> str:
+        """Retrieve the direct URL for a given file."""
+        return reverse('file', args=(directory.id, self.filename))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_mediatype(path) -> str:
+        """Simple media type categorization based on the given path."""
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            if os.path.isdir(path):
+                return 'folder'
+            mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type(path)[0]
+            if mimetype is not None:
+                if mimetype.startswith('image'):
+                    return 'image'
+                elif mimetype.startswith('video'):
+                    return 'video'
+            return 'file'
+        return 'unknown'
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.filename