diff --git a/Sources/Gravatar/Network/Services/ImageUploadService.swift b/Sources/Gravatar/Network/Services/ImageUploadService.swift
index cd4a3d74..5c7c8e37 100644
--- a/Sources/Gravatar/Network/Services/ImageUploadService.swift
+++ b/Sources/Gravatar/Network/Services/ImageUploadService.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct ImageUploadService: ImageUploader {
 
     @discardableResult
     func uploadImage(_ image: UIImage, accessToken: String, additionalHTTPHeaders: [HTTPHeaderField]?) async throws -> (data: Data, response: HTTPURLResponse) {
-        guard let data = image.jpegData(compressionQuality: 0.9) else {
+        guard let data = image.jpegData(compressionQuality: 0.8) else {
             throw ImageUploadError.cannotConvertImageIntoData
         }
 
diff --git a/Sources/GravatarUI/ImageCropper/ImageCropperViewController.swift b/Sources/GravatarUI/ImageCropper/ImageCropperViewController.swift
index f881e4cb..28276f0f 100644
--- a/Sources/GravatarUI/ImageCropper/ImageCropperViewController.swift
+++ b/Sources/GravatarUI/ImageCropper/ImageCropperViewController.swift
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class ImageCropperViewController: UIViewController, UIScrollViewDelegate {
     private enum Constants {
         static let backgroundColor = UIColor.black
         static let croperFrameSize: CGFloat = 320
-        static let maxOutputImageSizeInPixels: CGFloat = 2048
+        static let maxOutputImageSizeInPixels: CGFloat = 1280
     }
 
     // ScrollView for zooming and panning