diff --git a/searx/static/themes/oscar/js/searxng.js b/searx/static/themes/oscar/js/searxng.js
index 1bbf75ed9..d3aef35e3 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/oscar/js/searxng.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/oscar/js/searxng.js
@@ -327,8 +327,19 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 *
 * @license Free to use under the MIT License.
 *
+* @example <caption>Example usage of searxng.ImageLayout class.</caption>
+* searxng.image_thumbnail_layout = new searxng.ImageLayout(
+*     '#urls',                 // container_selector
+*     '#urls .result-images',  // results_selector
+*     'img.image_thumbnail',   // img_selector
+*     14,                      // verticalMargin
+*     6,                       // horizontalMargin
+*     200                      // maxHeight
+* );
+* searxng.image_thumbnail_layout.watch();
 */
 
+
 (function (w, d) {
   function ImageLayout(container_selector, results_selector, img_selector, verticalMargin, horizontalMargin, maxHeight) {
     this.container_selector = container_selector;
@@ -455,6 +466,11 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     var results_nodes = d.querySelectorAll(this.results_selector);
     var results_length = results_nodes.length;
 
+    function img_load_error(event) {
+      // console.log("ERROR can't load: " + event.originalTarget.src);
+      event.originalTarget.src = w.searxng.static_path + w.searxng.theme.img_load_error;
+    }
+
     function throttleAlign() {
       if (obj.isAlignDone) {
         obj.isAlignDone = false;
@@ -465,15 +481,22 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
       }
     }
 
+    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/pageshow_event
     w.addEventListener('pageshow', throttleAlign);
+    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader/load_event
     w.addEventListener('load', throttleAlign);
+    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/resize_event
     w.addEventListener('resize', throttleAlign);
 
     for (i = 0; i < results_length; i++) {
       img = results_nodes[i].querySelector(this.img_selector);
       if (img !== null && img !== undefined) {
         img.addEventListener('load', throttleAlign);
+        // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/onerror
         img.addEventListener('error', throttleAlign);
+        if (w.searxng.theme.img_load_error) {
+          img.addEventListener('error', img_load_error, {once: true});
+        }
       }
     }
   };
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/oscar/js/searxng.min.js b/searx/static/themes/oscar/js/searxng.min.js
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diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/img/img_load_error.svg b/searx/static/themes/simple/img/img_load_error.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b7415f4d
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diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.head.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.head.js
index 21b1754bf..dab0e368a 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.head.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.head.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
         hotkeys: script.getAttribute('data-hotkeys') === 'true',
         static_path: script.getAttribute('data-static-path'),
         translations: JSON.parse(script.getAttribute('data-translations')),
+        theme : {
+            // image that is displayed if load of <img src='...'> failed
+            img_load_error: 'img/img_load_error.svg'
+        }
     };
 
     // update the css
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.head.min.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.head.min.js
index f42fcbe77..9ccc8d1fd 100644
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index 5c841a70d..92faff1d6 100644
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diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.js
index 830c21d61..c84227541 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/js/searxng.js
@@ -879,8 +879,19 @@ searxng.ready(function() {
 *
 * @license Free to use under the MIT License.
 *
+* @example <caption>Example usage of searxng.ImageLayout class.</caption>
+* searxng.image_thumbnail_layout = new searxng.ImageLayout(
+*     '#urls',                 // container_selector
+*     '#urls .result-images',  // results_selector
+*     'img.image_thumbnail',   // img_selector
+*     14,                      // verticalMargin
+*     6,                       // horizontalMargin
+*     200                      // maxHeight
+* );
+* searxng.image_thumbnail_layout.watch();
 */
 
+
 (function (w, d) {
   function ImageLayout(container_selector, results_selector, img_selector, verticalMargin, horizontalMargin, maxHeight) {
     this.container_selector = container_selector;
@@ -1007,6 +1018,11 @@ searxng.ready(function() {
     var results_nodes = d.querySelectorAll(this.results_selector);
     var results_length = results_nodes.length;
 
+    function img_load_error(event) {
+      // console.log("ERROR can't load: " + event.originalTarget.src);
+      event.originalTarget.src = w.searxng.static_path + w.searxng.theme.img_load_error;
+    }
+
     function throttleAlign() {
       if (obj.isAlignDone) {
         obj.isAlignDone = false;
@@ -1017,15 +1033,22 @@ searxng.ready(function() {
       }
     }
 
+    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/pageshow_event
     w.addEventListener('pageshow', throttleAlign);
+    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader/load_event
     w.addEventListener('load', throttleAlign);
+    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/resize_event
     w.addEventListener('resize', throttleAlign);
 
     for (i = 0; i < results_length; i++) {
       img = results_nodes[i].querySelector(this.img_selector);
       if (img !== null && img !== undefined) {
         img.addEventListener('load', throttleAlign);
+        // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/onerror
         img.addEventListener('error', throttleAlign);
+        if (w.searxng.theme.img_load_error) {
+          img.addEventListener('error', img_load_error, {once: true});
+        }
       }
     }
   };
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