public async void load_thumbs(){

        pane.set_visible(false);
        pane.newmodel = new Gtk.ListStore (2, typeof (Gdk.Pixbuf), typeof (string));
        pane.set_selection_mode (Gtk.SelectionMode.SINGLE);
        pane.set_pixbuf_column (0);
        pane.set_model(pane.newmodel);

        //Add thumbnails to the iconview
        string buff;
        for(int i=1; i<pane.image_list.size; i++){
        buff = pane.image_list.get_full_filename(i);
            var file = File.new_for_path (buff);
        Gdk.Pixbuf image = null;
        try{
            image.new_from_stream_at_scale_async (file.read(),110,80,false);
            stdout.printf("Added %s to thumbnail\n", buff);
                 // Add the image name and thumbnail to the IconView
                    Gtk.TreeIter root;
                    pane.newmodel.append(out root);
                    pane.newmodel.set(root, 0, image, -1);
                    pane.newmodel.set(root, 1, pane.image_list.get_filename(i), -1);
                    // Select the thumbnail if it is the first in list
                    if (i==1) {
                        pane.select_path (pane.newmodel.get_path (root));
                     }
                    pane.iters.append (root);
        }
        catch(Error e){
            warning (e.message);
        }
        }
        pane.selection_changed.connect (update_selected);
        pane.set_sensitive(true);
        this.queue_draw();

    }