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();

    }