diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/imageserviceitem.py b/openlp/core/lib/imageserviceitem.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..659bbddd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/imageserviceitem.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=80 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+"""
+OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection
+Copyright (c) 2008 Raoul Snyman
+Portions copyright (c) 2008 Martin Thompson, Tim Bentley
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
+Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+"""
+
+class ImageServiceItem():
+    """
+    The service item is a base class for the plugins to use to interact with
+    the service manager, the slide controller, and the renderer.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        Init Method
+        """
+        self.imgs=[]
+        pass
+    
+    def render(self):
+        """
+        The render method is what the plugin uses to render its meda to the
+        screen.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def get_parent_node(self):
+        """
+        This method returns a parent node to be inserted into the Service
+        Manager.
+        """
+        pass
+    def add(self, img_filename):
+        """
+        append an image to the list
+        """
+        self.imgs.append(img_filename)
+
+    def get_oos_text(self):
+        """
+        Turn the image list into a set of filenames for storage in the oos file
+        """
+        return str(self.imgs)
+
+    def set_from_oos(self, text):
+        """
+        get text from the OOS file and setup the internal structure
+        """
+        self.imgs=eval(text)
+    
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/images/imageplugin.py b/openlp/plugins/images/imageplugin.py
index 64be3b1a8..703be3aa8 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/images/imageplugin.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/images/imageplugin.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class ImagePlugin(Plugin, PluginUtils):
         self._save_display_list(self.ImageListView)     
 
     def onImagePreviewClick(self):
-        self.preview_service_item.set_from_plugin(self.ImageListView.pathtofile)
+        self.preview_service_item.add(self.ImageListView.pathtofile)
         self.preview_service_item.render()
 
     def onImageLiveClick(self):