diff --git a/src/app/pages/publications/new-publication/new-publication.page.ts b/src/app/pages/publications/new-publication/new-publication.page.ts
index f9ca5a972..4394b9a7a 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/publications/new-publication/new-publication.page.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/publications/new-publication/new-publication.page.ts
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ export class NewPublicationPage implements OnInit {
 
   async selectImage() {
     const image = await Camera.getPhoto({
-      quality: 90,
+      quality: 50,
       allowEditing: false,
       resultType: CameraResultType.Uri,
       source: CameraSource.Photos // Camera, Photos or Prompt!