diff --git a/api/src/avatar.php b/api/src/avatar.php
index 43c6078ecc..72d3a10db2 100644
--- a/api/src/avatar.php
+++ b/api/src/avatar.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class avatar
 		if ($ttf)
 		{
 			ob_start();
-			imagejpeg($image, null,100);
+			imagejpeg($image, null,50);
 			$result = ob_get_contents();
 			ob_clean();
 			imagedestroy($image);