diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d8b30d9..c27c7e6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ go 1.24.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.3
+	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2
+	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646
 	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
-	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d5e0ac1..e58ad6d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovk
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 h1:zYyBkD/k9seD2A7fsi6Oo2LfFZAehjjQMERAvZLEDnQ=
+github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646/go.mod h1:jpp1/29i3P1S/RLdc7JQKbRpFeM1dOBd8T9ki5s+AY8=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.0 h1:HhLSs+B6O021gwzl+locl0zEDnyNkxMtf/Z3NNBMa9E=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e160630..7e045eb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4/middleware"
 	"github.com/labstack/gommon/log"
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
+	"github.com/siteworxpro/top-wallpaper/resize"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -142,7 +143,11 @@ func main() {
 
 		if err != nil || latestImageVal == "" {
 			c.Logger().Info("Fetching latest image")
-			latestImageVal = getLatestImage()
+			latestImageVal, err = getLatestImage()
+			if err != nil {
+				return c.String(http.StatusInternalServerError, "Error fetching latest image")
+			}
+
 			if cc.redis != nil {
 				cmd := cc.redis.Set(context.TODO(), "latestImage", latestImageVal, 600*time.Second)
 				if cmd.Err() != nil {
@@ -180,6 +185,12 @@ func main() {
 
 			imageData = string(imageDataBytes)
 
+			imageData, err := resize.Shrink(imageData, 1200, 70)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return c.String(http.StatusInternalServerError, "Error resizing image")
+			}
+
 			go func(data string) {
 				if cc.redis == nil {
 					return
@@ -210,21 +221,26 @@ func main() {
 	e.Logger.Fatal(e.Start(":" + port))
 }
 
-func getLatestImage() string {
+func getLatestImage() (string, error) {
+
 	response, err := http.Get("https://www.reddit.com/r/wallpaper/.json")
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return "", err
 	}
 	defer func(Body io.ReadCloser) {
 		_ = Body.Close()
 	}(response.Body)
 
+	if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error fetching reddit data: %s", response.Status)
+	}
+
 	jsonBytes, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
 
 	redditData := redditResponse{}
 	err = json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &redditData)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return "", err
 	}
 
 	index := 1
@@ -235,5 +251,5 @@ func getLatestImage() string {
 		url = redditData.Data.Children[index].Data.UrlOverriddenByDest
 	}
 
-	return url
+	return url, nil
 }
diff --git a/resize/resize.go b/resize/resize.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d121d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resize/resize.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package resize
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"github.com/nfnt/resize"
+	i "image"
+	"image/jpeg"
+	_ "image/png"
+)
+
+func Shrink(image string, maxSize uint, quality int) (string, error) {
+	img, _, err := i.Decode(bytes.NewReader([]byte(image)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	resizedImg := resize.Thumbnail(maxSize, maxSize, img, resize.Lanczos3)
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	err = jpeg.Encode(&buffer, resizedImg, &jpeg.Options{Quality: quality})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return buffer.String(), nil
+}