diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aab87fdd4..6970f3792 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - **Feature**: Allow excluding files and folders from indexing with regex pattern ([#1015](https://github.com/pulsejet/memories/pull/1015))
 - **Feature**: Allow forcing software-based transpose for transcoding ([#794](https://github.com/pulsejet/memories/issues/794))
+- **Note**: Using Imaginary is now discouraged for now due to multiple bugs. The admin panel will show a warning if Imaginary is enabled.
 
 ## [v7.2.0] - 2024-04-05
 
diff --git a/src/components/admin/sections/FileSupport.vue b/src/components/admin/sections/FileSupport.vue
index a9b6c43c4..1ca7fbeee 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/sections/FileSupport.vue
+++ b/src/components/admin/sections/FileSupport.vue
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
             : t('memories', 'Thumbnail generation may not work for videos.')
         }}
       </NcNoteCard>
+
+      <NcNoteCard v-if="hasProvider('OC\\Preview\\Imaginary')" type="warning">
+        {{
+          t(
+            'memories',
+            'Imaginary is enabled for preview generation. This will override other preview providers. We currently recommend against using Imaginary due to multiple bugs in handling of HEIC and GIF files.',
+          )
+        }}
+      </NcNoteCard>
     </template>
 
     <NcCheckboxRadioSwitch
@@ -111,6 +120,9 @@ export default defineComponent({
       'OC\\Preview\\Movie': {
         name: t('memories', 'Videos (ffmpeg)'),
       },
+      'OC\\Preview\\Imaginary': {
+        name: t('memories', 'Imaginary (not recommended)'),
+      },
     },
 
     previewSizes: [512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192],