diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/ThumbnailServiceWrapper.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/ThumbnailServiceWrapper.java
index ae81a9326c4..b6ab23848e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/ThumbnailServiceWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/ThumbnailServiceWrapper.java
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
  */
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse;
 
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.dataaccess.DataAccess;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.dataaccess.ImageThumbConverter;
-
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.dataaccess.StorageIO;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.dataset.DatasetUtil;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.search.SolrSearchResult;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.SystemConfig;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -170,17 +173,30 @@ public String getDatasetCardImageAsUrl(Dataset dataset, Long versionId, boolean
 
         if (thumbnailFile == null) {
 
-            // We attempt to auto-select via the optimized, native query-based method
+            boolean hasDatasetLogo = false;
+            StorageIO<DvObject> storageIO = null;
+            try {
+                storageIO = DataAccess.getStorageIO(dataset);
+                if (storageIO.isAuxObjectCached(DatasetUtil.datasetLogoFilenameFinal)) {
+                    // If not, return null/use the default, otherwise pass the logo URL
+                    hasDatasetLogo = true;
+                }
+            } catch (IOException ioex) {
+                logger.warning("getDatasetCardImageAsUrl(): Failed to initialize dataset StorageIO for "
+                        + dataset.getStorageIdentifier() + " (" + ioex.getMessage() + ")");
+            }
+            // If no other logo we attempt to auto-select via the optimized, native
+            // query-based method
             // from the DatasetVersionService:
-            if (datasetVersionService.getThumbnailByVersionId(versionId) == null) {
+            if (!hasDatasetLogo && datasetVersionService.getThumbnailByVersionId(versionId) == null) {
                 return null;
             }
         }
-
         String url = SystemConfig.getDataverseSiteUrlStatic() + "/api/datasets/" + dataset.getId() + "/logo";
         logger.fine("getDatasetCardImageAsUrl: " + url);
         this.dvobjectThumbnailsMap.put(datasetId,url);
         return url;
+        
     }
     
     // it's the responsibility of the user - to make sure the search result