diff --git a/ext/handle_pixel/main.php b/ext/handle_pixel/main.php
index d31b83f6..4cea671f 100644
--- a/ext/handle_pixel/main.php
+++ b/ext/handle_pixel/main.php
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ class PixelFileHandler extends DataHandlerExtension {
 		if($size[1] > $size[0]*5) $size[1] = $size[0]*5;
 
 		// running the call with cmd.exe requires quoting for our paths
-		$format = '"%s" "%s[0]" -crop %ux%u +repage -flatten -strip -thumbnail %ux%u jpg:"%s"';
-		$cmd = sprintf($format, $convert, $inname, $size[0], $size[1], $w, $h, $outname);
+		$format = '"%s" "%s[0]" -crop %ux%u +repage -flatten -strip -thumbnail %ux%u -quality %u jpg:"%s"';
+		$cmd = sprintf($format, $convert, $inname, $size[0], $size[1], $w, $h, $q, $outname);
 		$cmd = str_replace("\"convert\"", "convert", $cmd); // quotes are only needed if the path to convert contains a space; some other times, quotes break things, see github bug #27
 		exec($cmd, $output, $ret);