diff --git a/oml/utils.py b/oml/utils.py
index 50e2e9e..99433ba 100644
--- a/oml/utils.py
+++ b/oml/utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from io import StringIO, BytesIO
-from PIL import Image
+from PIL import Image, ImageFile
 import base64
 import hashlib
 import json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import logging
 logging.getLogger('PIL').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+ImageFile.LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES = True
 ENCODING = 'base64'
 
 def valid_olid(id):
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ def resize_image(data, width=None, size=None):
         data = StringIO(data)
     source = Image.open(data)
     #if source.mode not in ('1', 'CMYK', 'L', 'RGB', 'RGBA', 'RGBX', 'YCbCr'):
-    source = source.convert('RGB')
+    if source.mode != 'RGB':
+        source = source.convert('RGB')
     source_width = source.size[0]
     source_height = source.size[1]
     if size: