diff --git a/src/PaymentPart/Output/TcPdfOutput/TcPdfOutput.php b/src/PaymentPart/Output/TcPdfOutput/TcPdfOutput.php
index 62bc7d17..4fada4a7 100644
--- a/src/PaymentPart/Output/TcPdfOutput/TcPdfOutput.php
+++ b/src/PaymentPart/Output/TcPdfOutput/TcPdfOutput.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Sprain\SwissQrBill\PaymentPart\Output\TcPdfOutput;
 
+use Endroid\QrCode\Writer\SvgWriter;
 use setasign\Fpdi\Tcpdf\Fpdi;
 use Sprain\SwissQrBill\PaymentPart\Output\AbstractOutput;
 use Sprain\SwissQrBill\PaymentPart\Output\Element\FurtherInformation;
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ private function addSwissQrCodeImage(): void
     {
         $qrCode = $this->getQrCode();
 
+        // The compact version uses the <path> element, which increases the size of the output file.
+        $qrCode->addOptions([
+            SvgWriter::WRITER_OPTION_COMPACT => false
+        ]);
+
         $method = match ($this->getQrCodeImageFormat()) {
             QrCode::FILE_FORMAT_SVG => 'ImageSVG',
             default => 'Image',
diff --git a/src/QrCode/QrCode.php b/src/QrCode/QrCode.php
index 516d8000..ea804e2a 100644
--- a/src/QrCode/QrCode.php
+++ b/src/QrCode/QrCode.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ final class QrCode
     private BaseQrCode $qrCode;
     private Logo $qrCodeLogo;
     private WriterInterface $qrCodeWriter;
+    /** @var array<string, bool> $options */
+    private array $options = [SvgWriter::WRITER_OPTION_FORCE_XLINK_HREF => true];
 
     public static function create(string $data, string $fileFormat = null): self
     {
@@ -70,6 +72,15 @@ private function __construct(string $data, string $fileFormat)
         $this->setWriterByExtension($fileFormat);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, bool> $options
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function addOptions(array $options): void
+    {
+        $this->options = array_merge($this->options, $options);
+    }
+
     public function writeFile(string $path): void
     {
         $extension = strtolower(pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
@@ -124,7 +135,7 @@ private function getQrCodeResult(): ResultInterface
             $this->qrCode,
             $this->qrCodeLogo,
             null,
-            [SvgWriter::WRITER_OPTION_FORCE_XLINK_HREF => true]
+            $this->options
         );
     }
 }