diff --git a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
index 362e2791..b4126a84 100644
--- a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,27 @@ def show
       )
   end
 
+  def create
+    movie = Movie.find_by(title: params[:title])
+    if !movie
+      movie = Movie.new(movie_params)
+      movie.inventory = 1
+    else
+      movie.inventory += 1
+    end
+    if movie.save
+      render(
+        status: :ok,
+        json: movie.as_json(
+          only: [:id, :title, :overview, :release_date, :inventory, :external_id, :image_url],
+          )
+        )
+    else
+      render json: { errors: movie.errors.messages },
+        status: :bad_request
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def require_movie
@@ -29,4 +50,8 @@ def require_movie
       render status: :not_found, json: { errors: { title: ["No movie with title #{params["title"]}"] } }
     end
   end
+
+  def movie_params
+    params.permit(:title, :overview, :release_date, :image_url, :external_id)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/movie.rb b/app/models/movie.rb
index 0016080b..b8492c0d 100644
--- a/app/models/movie.rb
+++ b/app/models/movie.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def image_url
     orig_value = read_attribute :image_url
     if !orig_value
       MovieWrapper::DEFAULT_IMG_URL
-    elsif external_id
+    elsif !orig_value.include?("https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/") && external_id
       MovieWrapper.construct_image_url(orig_value)
     else
       orig_value
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index f4c99688..b27c0c5e 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   resources :customers, only: [:index]
 
   resources :movies, only: [:index, :show], param: :title
+  post "/movies", to: "movies#create"
 
   post "/rentals/:title/check-out", to: "rentals#check_out", as: "check_out"
   post "/rentals/:title/return", to: "rentals#check_in", as: "check_in"
diff --git a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
index 0152c40e..5142772d 100644
--- a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def self.construct_movie(api_result)
       title: api_result["title"],
       overview: api_result["overview"],
       release_date: api_result["release_date"],
-      image_url: api_result["poster_path"], #(api_result["poster_path"] ? self.construct_image_url(api_result["poster_path"]) : nil),
+      image_url: api_result["poster_path"],
       external_id: api_result["id"])
   end