diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/CoverRetriever.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/CoverRetriever.kt
index 86d7560ad..85741d73c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/CoverRetriever.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/CoverRetriever.kt
@@ -33,9 +33,5 @@ class CoverRetrieverImpl
 constructor(private val coverCache: CoverCache, private val coverExtractor: CoverExtractor) :
     CoverRetriever {
     override suspend fun retrieve(cover: Cover.Single) =
-        coverCache.read(cover)
-            ?: coverExtractor.extract(cover)?.also {
-                coverCache.write(cover, it)
-                it.reset()
-            }
+        coverCache.read(cover) ?: coverExtractor.extract(cover)?.let { coverCache.write(cover, it) }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/cache/AppFiles.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/cache/AppFiles.kt
index 3182557fe..92853ff7b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/cache/AppFiles.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/cache/AppFiles.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ interface AppFiles {
     suspend fun read(file: String): InputStream?
 
     suspend fun write(file: String, inputStream: InputStream): Boolean
+
+    suspend fun exists(file: String): Boolean
 }
 
 class AppFilesImpl @Inject constructor(@ApplicationContext private val context: Context) :
@@ -77,4 +79,7 @@ class AppFilesImpl @Inject constructor(@ApplicationContext private val context:
                 }
             }
         }
+
+    override suspend fun exists(file: String): Boolean =
+        withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { File(context.filesDir, file).exists() }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/cache/CoverCache.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/cache/CoverCache.kt
index 45868a109..88bd4e008 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/cache/CoverCache.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/image/stack/cache/CoverCache.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
  
 package org.oxycblt.auxio.image.stack.cache
 
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
+import android.os.Build
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import java.io.InputStream
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import kotlin.math.min
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ import org.oxycblt.auxio.image.Cover
 interface CoverCache {
     suspend fun read(cover: Cover.Single): InputStream?
 
-    suspend fun write(cover: Cover.Single, inputStream: InputStream): Boolean
+    suspend fun write(cover: Cover.Single, inputStream: InputStream): InputStream?
 }
 
 class CoverCacheImpl
@@ -43,32 +48,83 @@ constructor(private val storedCoversDao: StoredCoversDao, private val appFiles:
         return appFiles.read(fileName(perceptualHash))
     }
 
-    override suspend fun write(cover: Cover.Single, inputStream: InputStream): Boolean =
-        withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-            val available = inputStream.available()
-            val skip = min(available / 2L, available - COVER_KEY_SAMPLE.toLong())
-            inputStream.skip(skip)
-            val bytes = ByteArray(COVER_KEY_SAMPLE)
-            inputStream.read(bytes)
-            inputStream.reset()
-
-            @OptIn(ExperimentalStdlibApi::class) val perceptualHash = bytes.toHexString()
-            val writeSuccess = appFiles.write(fileName(perceptualHash), inputStream)
-
-            if (writeSuccess) {
-                storedCoversDao.setCoverFile(
-                    StoredCover(
-                        uid = cover.uid,
-                        lastModified = cover.lastModified,
-                        perceptualHash = perceptualHash))
+    override suspend fun write(cover: Cover.Single, inputStream: InputStream): InputStream? {
+        val id =
+            withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+                val available = inputStream.available()
+                val skip = min(available / 2L, available - COVER_KEY_SAMPLE.toLong())
+                inputStream.skip(skip)
+                val bytes = ByteArray(COVER_KEY_SAMPLE)
+                inputStream.read(bytes)
+                inputStream.reset()
+                @OptIn(ExperimentalStdlibApi::class) bytes.toHexString()
+            }
+        val file = fileName(id)
+        if (!appFiles.exists(file)) {
+            val transcoded = transcodeImage(inputStream, FORMAT_WEBP)
+            val writeSuccess = appFiles.write(fileName(id), transcoded)
+            if (!writeSuccess) {
+                return null
             }
-
-            writeSuccess
         }
 
-    private fun fileName(perceptualHash: String) = "cover_$perceptualHash"
+        storedCoversDao.setCoverFile(
+            StoredCover(uid = cover.uid, lastModified = cover.lastModified, perceptualHash = id))
+
+        return appFiles.read(file)
+    }
+
+    private fun fileName(id: String) = "cover_$id"
+
+    private fun transcodeImage(
+        inputStream: InputStream,
+        targetFormat: Bitmap.CompressFormat
+    ): InputStream {
+        val options =
+            BitmapFactory.Options().apply {
+                inJustDecodeBounds = true
+                BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream, null, this)
+            }
+
+        options.inSampleSize = calculateInSampleSize(options, 750, 750)
+        inputStream.reset()
+
+        val bitmap =
+            BitmapFactory.decodeStream(
+                inputStream, null, options.apply { inJustDecodeBounds = false })
+
+        return ByteArrayOutputStream().use { outputStream ->
+            bitmap?.compress(targetFormat, 80, outputStream)
+            ByteArrayInputStream(outputStream.toByteArray())
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun calculateInSampleSize(
+        options: BitmapFactory.Options,
+        reqWidth: Int,
+        reqHeight: Int
+    ): Int {
+        var inSampleSize = 1
+        val (height, width) = options.outHeight to options.outWidth
+
+        if (height > reqHeight || width > reqWidth) {
+            val halfHeight = height / 2
+            val halfWidth = width / 2
+            while ((halfHeight / inSampleSize) >= reqHeight &&
+                (halfWidth / inSampleSize) >= reqWidth) {
+                inSampleSize *= 2
+            }
+        }
+        return inSampleSize
+    }
 
     private companion object {
         const val COVER_KEY_SAMPLE = 32
+        val FORMAT_WEBP =
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
+                Bitmap.CompressFormat.WEBP_LOSSY
+            } else {
+                Bitmap.CompressFormat.WEBP
+            }
     }
 }