diff --git a/internal/pkg/api/api.go b/internal/pkg/api/api.go
index d23f45c..40eca92 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ type GetFilesInFolderResponse struct {
 	Files *[]database.File `json:"files"`
 }
 
+type GetRandomFilesResponse struct {
+	Files *[]database.File `json:"files"`
+}
+
+func (api *API) HandleGetRandomFiles(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	files, err := api.Db.GetRandomFiles(10);
+	if err != nil {
+		api.HandleError(w, r, err)
+		return
+	}
+	getRandomFilesResponse := &GetRandomFilesResponse{
+		Files: &files,
+	}
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(getRandomFilesResponse)
+}
+
 func (api *API) HandleGetFilesInFolder(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	getFilesInFolderRequest := &GetFilesInFolderRequest{
 		Folder_id: -1,
@@ -358,6 +374,7 @@ func NewAPI(dbName string, Addr string) (*API, error) {
 	apiMux.HandleFunc("/search_files", api.HandleSearchFiles)
 	apiMux.HandleFunc("/search_folders", api.HandleSearchFolders)
 	apiMux.HandleFunc("/get_files_in_folder", api.HandleGetFilesInFolder)
+	apiMux.HandleFunc("/get_random_files", api.HandleGetRandomFiles)
 	// below needs token
 	apiMux.HandleFunc("/walk", api.HandleWalk)
 	apiMux.HandleFunc("/reset", api.HandleReset)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/database/database.go b/internal/pkg/database/database.go
index bee82dd..15a581e 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/database/database.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/database/database.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ var dropFolderQuery = `DROP TABLE folders;`
 var getFileQuery = `SELECT files.id, files.folder_id, files.filename, folders.foldername, files.filesize FROM files JOIN folders ON files.folder_id = folders.id WHERE files.id = ? LIMIT 1;`
 var searchFoldersQuery = `SELECT id, folder, foldername FROM folders WHERE foldername LIKE ? LIMIT ? OFFSET ?;`
 var getFilesInFolderQuery = `SELECT id, filename, filesize FROM files WHERE folder_id = ? LIMIT ? OFFSET ?;`
+var getRandomFilesQuery = `SELECT files.id, files.folder_id, files.filename, folders.foldername, files.filesize FROM files JOIN folders on files.folder_id = folders.id ORDER BY RANDOM() LIMIT ?;`
 
 type Database struct {
 	sqlConn *sql.DB
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ type Stmt struct {
 	getFile *sql.Stmt
 	searchFolders *sql.Stmt
 	getFilesInFolder *sql.Stmt
+	getRandomFiles *sql.Stmt
 }
 
 type File struct {
@@ -68,6 +70,26 @@ type Folder struct {
 	Foldername string `json:"foldername"`
 }
 
+func (database *Database) GetRandomFiles(limit int64) ([]File, error) {
+	rows, err := database.stmt.getRandomFiles.Query(limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	files := make([]File, 0)
+	for rows.Next() {
+		file := File{
+			Db: database,
+		}
+		err = rows.Scan(&file.ID, &file.Folder_id, &file.Filename, &file.Foldername, &file.Filesize)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		files = append(files, file)
+	}
+	return files, nil
+}
+
 func (database *Database) GetFilesInFolder(folder_id int64, limit int64, offset int64) ([]File, error) {
 	rows, err := database.stmt.getFilesInFolder.Query(folder_id, limit, offset)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -352,6 +374,12 @@ func NewPreparedStatement(sqlConn *sql.DB) (*Stmt, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// init getRandomFiles
+	stmt.getRandomFiles, err = sqlConn.Prepare(getRandomFilesQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return stmt, err
 }