diff --git a/compress-images.js b/compress-images.js
index 8521f096..5a6667bf 100644
--- a/compress-images.js
+++ b/compress-images.js
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ const WEBP_QUALITY = 75; // tweak 60-85 if you want smaller/larger
 
 async function walk(dir) {
   const entries = await fs.readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
+  console.log(dir, entries.filter((e) => !e.isDirectory()).length);
+
   const files = [];
   for (const e of entries) {
     const p = path.join(dir, e.name);
+    if (p === OUT_DIR) continue;
     if (e.isDirectory()) files.push(...(await walk(p)));
     else files.push(p);
   }
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 5098259b..3433652f 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -3,12 +3,19 @@ import { WebSocketServer } from "ws";
 import { readFileSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
 import { join as joinPath } from "path";
 import matter from "gray-matter";
+import sharp from "sharp";
 
 import { renderFile } from "./group-similar.js";
 
 const MD_ROOT_DIR = "docs";
 const IMG_ROOT_DIR = "docs/public/images";
 
+const MAX_W = 800;
+const MAX_H = 600;
+
+const FORMAT = "webp";
+const WEBP_QUALITY = 75; // tweak 60-85 if you want smaller/larger
+
 const PORT = 8080;
 const wss = new WebSocketServer({ port: PORT });
 
@@ -21,7 +28,19 @@ wss.on("connection", (ws) => {
 
   ws.on("message", (message, isBinary) => {
     if (message instanceof Buffer && isBinary) {
-      writeFileSync(joinPath(IMG_ROOT_DIR, filename), message);
+      sharp(message)
+        .rotate() // respects EXIF orientation
+        .resize({
+          width: MAX_W,
+          height: MAX_H,
+          fit: "inside", // preserve aspect, fit within box
+          withoutEnlargement: true, // don't upscale small images
+        })
+        .toFormat(FORMAT, {
+          quality: WEBP_QUALITY,
+          effort: 4,
+        })
+        .toFile(joinPath(IMG_ROOT_DIR, filename));
 
       return;
     }