diff --git a/Azaion.Common/DTO/AnnotationThumbnail.cs b/Azaion.Common/DTO/AnnotationThumbnail.cs
index 0fd7c8a..988a267 100644
--- a/Azaion.Common/DTO/AnnotationThumbnail.cs
+++ b/Azaion.Common/DTO/AnnotationThumbnail.cs
@@ -35,4 +35,6 @@ public class AnnotationThumbnail(Annotation annotation) : INotifyPropertyChanged
     {
         PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
     }
+
+    public void UpdateUI() => OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsSeed));
 }
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diff --git a/Azaion.Common/Database/Annotation.cs b/Azaion.Common/Database/Annotation.cs
index b77e41e..5b5c04c 100644
--- a/Azaion.Common/Database/Annotation.cs
+++ b/Azaion.Common/Database/Annotation.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ public class Annotation
     [IgnoreMember]public SourceEnum             Source            { get; set; }
     [IgnoreMember]public AnnotationStatus       AnnotationStatus  { get; set; }
 
+    [IgnoreMember]public DateTime               ValidateDate      { get; set; }
+    [IgnoreMember]public string                 ValidateEmail     { get; set; } = null!;
+
     [Key("d")] public IEnumerable<Detection>    Detections        { get; set; } = null!;
     [Key("t")] public long                      Milliseconds      { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/Azaion.Common/Services/AnnotationService.cs b/Azaion.Common/Services/AnnotationService.cs
index ab6fa21..8271588 100644
--- a/Azaion.Common/Services/AnnotationService.cs
+++ b/Azaion.Common/Services/AnnotationService.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public class AnnotationService : INotificationHandler<AnnotationsDeletedEvent>
                     new MemoryStream(msg.Image),
                     msg.CreatedRole,
                     msg.CreatedEmail,
-                    generateThumbnail: true,
                     fromQueue: true,
                     token: cancellationToken);
             }
@@ -106,17 +105,12 @@ public class AnnotationService : INotificationHandler<AnnotationsDeletedEvent>
     {
         a.Time = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(a.Milliseconds);
         return await SaveAnnotationInner(DateTime.Now, a.OriginalMediaName, a.Time, a.Detections.ToList(),
-            SourceEnum.AI, new MemoryStream(a.Image), _api.CurrentUser.Role, _api.CurrentUser.Email, generateThumbnail: true, token: ct);
+            SourceEnum.AI, new MemoryStream(a.Image), _api.CurrentUser.Role, _api.CurrentUser.Email, token: ct);
     }
 
     //Manual
     public async Task<Annotation> SaveAnnotation(string originalMediaName, TimeSpan time, List<Detection> detections, Stream? stream = null, CancellationToken token = default) =>
         await SaveAnnotationInner(DateTime.UtcNow, originalMediaName, time, detections, SourceEnum.Manual, stream,
-            _api.CurrentUser.Role, _api.CurrentUser.Email, generateThumbnail: true, token: token);
-
-    //Manual Validate existing
-    public async Task ValidateAnnotation(Annotation annotation, CancellationToken token = default) =>
-        await SaveAnnotationInner(DateTime.UtcNow, annotation.OriginalMediaName, annotation.Time, annotation.Detections.ToList(), SourceEnum.Manual, null,
             _api.CurrentUser.Role, _api.CurrentUser.Email, token: token);
 
     // Manual save from Validators    -> Validated -> stream: azaion-annotations-confirm
@@ -124,11 +118,9 @@ public class AnnotationService : INotificationHandler<AnnotationsDeletedEvent>
     private async Task<Annotation> SaveAnnotationInner(DateTime createdDate, string originalMediaName, TimeSpan time, List<Detection> detections, SourceEnum source, Stream? stream,
         RoleEnum userRole,
         string createdEmail,
-        bool generateThumbnail = false,
         bool fromQueue = false,
         CancellationToken token = default)
     {
-
         AnnotationStatus status;
         var fName = originalMediaName.ToTimeName(time);
         var annotation = await _dbFactory.Run(async db =>
@@ -179,13 +171,10 @@ public class AnnotationService : INotificationHandler<AnnotationsDeletedEvent>
             img.Save(annotation.ImagePath, ImageFormat.Jpeg); //todo: check png images coming from queue
         }
         await YoloLabel.WriteToFile(detections, annotation.LabelPath, token);
-        if (generateThumbnail)
-        {
-            await _galleryService.CreateThumbnail(annotation, token);
-            if (_uiConfig.GenerateAnnotatedImage)
-                await _galleryService.CreateAnnotatedImage(annotation, token);
-        }
 
+        await _galleryService.CreateThumbnail(annotation, token);
+        if (_uiConfig.GenerateAnnotatedImage)
+            await _galleryService.CreateAnnotatedImage(annotation, token);
 
         if (!fromQueue) //Send to queue only if we're not getting from queue already
             await _producer.SendToInnerQueue(annotation, token);
@@ -195,10 +184,32 @@ public class AnnotationService : INotificationHandler<AnnotationsDeletedEvent>
         {
             _dbFactory.SaveToDisk();
             await Task.CompletedTask;
-        }, SaveTaskId, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+        }, SaveTaskId, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), true);
         return annotation;
     }
 
+    public async Task ValidateAnnotations(List<Annotation> annotations, CancellationToken token = default)
+    {
+        if (!_api.CurrentUser.Role.IsValidator())
+            return;
+
+        var annNames = annotations.Select(x => x.Name).ToHashSet();
+        await _dbFactory.Run(async db =>
+        {
+            await db.Annotations
+                .Where(x => annNames.Contains(x.Name))
+                .Set(x => x.AnnotationStatus, AnnotationStatus.Validated)
+                .Set(x => x.ValidateDate, DateTime.UtcNow)
+                .Set(x => x.ValidateEmail, _api.CurrentUser.Email)
+                .UpdateAsync(token: token);
+        });
+        ThrottleExt.Throttle(async () =>
+        {
+            _dbFactory.SaveToDisk();
+            await Task.CompletedTask;
+        }, SaveTaskId, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), true);
+    }
+
     public async Task Handle(AnnotationsDeletedEvent notification, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         await _dbFactory.DeleteAnnotations(notification.Annotations, cancellationToken);
diff --git a/Azaion.Dataset/DatasetExplorerEventHandler.cs b/Azaion.Dataset/DatasetExplorerEventHandler.cs
index 09b41e4..de4b3c8 100644
--- a/Azaion.Dataset/DatasetExplorerEventHandler.cs
+++ b/Azaion.Dataset/DatasetExplorerEventHandler.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Input;
 using System.Windows.Threading;
+using Azaion.Common.Database;
 using Azaion.Common.DTO;
 using Azaion.Common.DTO.Queue;
 using Azaion.Common.Events;
@@ -96,8 +97,14 @@ public class DatasetExplorerEventHandler(
                 var annotations = datasetExplorer.ThumbnailsView.SelectedItems.Cast<AnnotationThumbnail>()
                     .Select(x => x.Annotation)
                     .ToList();
-                foreach (var annotation in annotations)
-                    await annotationService.ValidateAnnotation(annotation, cancellationToken);
+                await annotationService.ValidateAnnotations(annotations, cancellationToken);
+                foreach (var ann in datasetExplorer.SelectedAnnotations.Where(x => annotations.Contains(x.Annotation)))
+                {
+                    ann.Annotation.AnnotationStatus = AnnotationStatus.Validated;
+                    if (datasetExplorer.SelectedAnnotationDict.TryGetValue(ann.Annotation.Name, out var value))
+                        value.Annotation.AnnotationStatus = AnnotationStatus.Validated;
+                    ann.UpdateUI();
+                }
                 break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/Azaion.Suite/config.production.json b/Azaion.Suite/config.production.json
index d8e778a..5c34cc2 100644
--- a/Azaion.Suite/config.production.json
+++ b/Azaion.Suite/config.production.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   },
   "UIConfig": {
     "LeftPanelWidth": 170.0,
-    "RightPanelWidth": 120.0
+    "RightPanelWidth": 120.0,
+    "GenerateAnnotatedImage": true
   }
 }
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