diff --git a/Emby.Drawing/ImageMagick/ImageMagickEncoder.cs b/Emby.Drawing/ImageMagick/ImageMagickEncoder.cs
index d18ee1caab..64ddf7e884 100644
--- a/Emby.Drawing/ImageMagick/ImageMagickEncoder.cs
+++ b/Emby.Drawing/ImageMagick/ImageMagickEncoder.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace Emby.Drawing.ImageMagick
                     wand.SaveImage(tmpPath);
                 }
             }
-            catch 
+            catch
             {
                 //_logger.ErrorException("Error loading webp: ", ex);
                 _webpAvailable = false;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace Emby.Drawing.ImageMagick
                     DrawIndicator(originalImage, width, height, options);
 
                     originalImage.CurrentImage.CompressionQuality = quality;
-                    originalImage.CurrentImage.StripImage();
+                    //originalImage.CurrentImage.StripImage();
 
                     originalImage.SaveImage(outputPath);
                 }
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace Emby.Drawing.ImageMagick
                         DrawIndicator(wand, width, height, options);
 
                         wand.CurrentImage.CompressionQuality = quality;
-                        wand.CurrentImage.StripImage();
+                        //wand.CurrentImage.StripImage();
 
                         wand.SaveImage(outputPath);
                     }
@@ -176,14 +176,15 @@ namespace Emby.Drawing.ImageMagick
 
         private void ScaleImage(MagickWand wand, int width, int height)
         {
-            if (_config.Configuration.EnableHighQualityImageScaling)
-            {
-                wand.CurrentImage.ResizeImage(width, height);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                wand.CurrentImage.ScaleImage(width, height);
-            }
+            wand.CurrentImage.ResizeImage(width, height);
+            //if (_config.Configuration.EnableHighQualityImageScaling)
+            //{
+            //    wand.CurrentImage.ResizeImage(width, height);
+            //}
+            //else
+            //{
+            //    wand.CurrentImage.ScaleImage(width, height);
+            //}
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -251,8 +252,8 @@ namespace Emby.Drawing.ImageMagick
         private void SaveDelay()
         {
             // For some reason the images are not always getting released right away
-            var task = Task.Delay(300);
-            Task.WaitAll(task);
+            //var task = Task.Delay(300);
+            //Task.WaitAll(task);
         }
 
         public string Name