diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 365f1cb..b118d0a 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ GCCINFRA=ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/
 THREADS=4
 OUT=/opt/laundry
 
-install: $(OUT)/bin/pdf2png $(OUT)/bin/gs $(OUT)/bin/pdf2txt $(OUT)/bin/pdf2pdfa $(OUT)/bin/checksum $(OUT)/sbin/firejail $(OUT)/bin/access-test $(OUT)/bin/sandbox-access-test.sh $(OUT)/bin/clean-caches $(OUT)/bin/lein $(OUT)/bin/convert
+install: $(OUT)/bin/pdf2jpeg $(OUT)/bin/gs $(OUT)/bin/pdf2txt $(OUT)/bin/pdf2pdfa $(OUT)/bin/checksum $(OUT)/sbin/firejail $(OUT)/bin/access-test $(OUT)/bin/sandbox-access-test.sh $(OUT)/bin/clean-caches $(OUT)/bin/lein $(OUT)/bin/convert
 
 $(OUT)/bin/asan: $(OUT)/bin/gcc
 	mkdir -p $(OUT)/bin
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ $(OUT)/bin/asan++: $(OUT)/bin/asan
 	cat $(OUT)/bin/asan | sed -e 's/gcc/g++/' > $(OUT)/bin/asan++
 	chmod +x $(OUT)/bin/asan++
 
-$(OUT)/bin/pdf2png: pdf2png
+$(OUT)/bin/pdf2jpeg: pdf2jpeg
 	mkdir -p $(OUT)/bin
-	cp pdf2png $(OUT)/bin
+	cp pdf2jpeg $(OUT)/bin
 
 $(OUT)/bin/clean-caches: clean-caches
 	mkdir -p $(OUT)/bin
diff --git a/programs/clean-caches b/programs/clean-caches
index cf0ff61..8f0c1c4 100755
--- a/programs/clean-caches
+++ b/programs/clean-caches
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 
 NOW=$(date +%s)
 
-CACHES="/tmp/pdf2pdfa /tmp/pdf2png"
+CACHES="/tmp/pdf2pdfa /tmp/pdf2jpeg"
 LOGFILE=$HOME/clean-caches.log
 
 NREMOVED=0
diff --git a/programs/pdf2png b/programs/pdf2jpeg
similarity index 67%
rename from programs/pdf2png
rename to programs/pdf2jpeg
index 08412b9..93cbc38 100755
--- a/programs/pdf2png
+++ b/programs/pdf2jpeg
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ set -e
 TOOLBIN=$(dirname $0)
 INPUT=$1
 OUTPUT=$2
+JPEGSIZE=100
 
-CACHE=/tmp/pdf2png
+CACHE=/tmp/pdf2jpeg
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(dirname $TOOLBIN)/lib64
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ CSUM=$(sha1sum "$INPUT" | sed -e 's/ .*//')
 cp "$INPUT" $CACHE/$CSUM.pdf
 
 # some room for race here
-test -f $CACHE/$CSUM.png || firejail \
+test -f $CACHE/$CSUM.jpeg || firejail \
    --noprofile \
    --private \
    --read-write=$CACHE \
@@ -29,5 +30,11 @@ test -f $CACHE/$CSUM.png || firejail \
    --shell=none \
    $TOOLBIN/gs -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=png16m -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 -dTextAlphaBits=4 -sPageList=1 -sOutputFile="$CACHE/$CSUM.png" "$CACHE/$CSUM.pdf"
 
-cp $CACHE/$CSUM.png "$OUTPUT"
+# bound size and convert to jpeg (not scaled yet)
+$TOOLBIN/convert -define jpeg:extent=$(JPEGSIZE)kb $CACHE/$CSUM.png $CACHE/$CSUM.jpeg
+
+# remove temporary png
+rm $CACHE/$CSUM.png
+
+cp $CACHE/$CSUM.jpeg "$OUTPUT"
 
diff --git a/src/laundry/pdf.clj b/src/laundry/pdf.clj
index d8d91e0..d6ff0f8 100644
--- a/src/laundry/pdf.clj
+++ b/src/laundry/pdf.clj
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@
          (not-ok "pdf2txt conversion failed"))))
 
 ;; previewer of first page
-(s/defn api-pdf2png [env, tempfile :- java.io.File]
+(s/defn api-pdf2jpeg [env, tempfile :- java.io.File]
    (let [path (.getAbsolutePath tempfile)
-         out  (str (.getAbsolutePath tempfile) ".png")
-         res (sh (str (:tools env) "/bin/pdf2png") path out)]
+         out  (str (.getAbsolutePath tempfile) ".jpeg")
+         res (sh (str (:tools env) "/bin/pdf2jpeg") path out)]
       (.delete tempfile)
       (if (= (:exit res) 0)
          (content-type 
             (ok (temp-file-input-stream out))
-             "image/png")
+             "image/jpeg")
          (do
             (warn "pdf preview failed: " res)
             (not-ok "pdf preview failed")))))
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
                   filename (:filename file)]
                (info "PDF previewer received " filename "(" (:size file) "b)")
                (.deleteOnExit tempfile) ;; cleanup if VM is terminated
-               (api-pdf2png env tempfile)))
+               (api-pdf2jpeg env tempfile)))
             
          (POST "/pdf2txt" []
             :summary "attempt to convert a PDF file to TXT"
diff --git a/test/test.sh b/test/test.sh
index 98003a5..ad16dbc 100755
--- a/test/test.sh
+++ b/test/test.sh
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ test_pdf2txt() {
    echo ", ok"
 }
 
-test_pdf2png() {
-   echo -n "Testing pdf2png:"
+test_pdf2jpeg() {
+   echo -n "Testing pdf2jpeg:"
    test -x $FIREJAIL || { echo "no firejail - skipping "; return 0; }
    echo -n " converting"
-   curl -sf -F file=@test/testcases/hypno.pdf -X POST "$HOST/pdf/pdf-preview" > tmp/response.png || die "conversion failed"
+   curl -sf -F file=@test/testcases/hypno.pdf -X POST "$HOST/pdf/pdf-preview" > tmp/response.jpeg || die "conversion failed"
    echo -n ", checking"
-   file tmp/response.png | grep -q 'PNG' || die "tmp/response.png does not look like a png file"
-   echo ", ok (response is png)"
+   file tmp/response.jpeg | grep -q 'JPEG' || die "tmp/response.jpeg does not look like a jpeg file"
+   echo ", ok (response is jpeg)"
 }
 
 test_pdf2pdfa() {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ main() {
    # Actual tests 
    test_checksum
    test_pdf2txt
-   test_pdf2png
+   test_pdf2jpeg
    test_pdf2pdfa
    
    echo "Tests OK"