diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 9861e351f..b02a0c3db 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import { MediaCapture } from '@ionic-native/media-capture/ngx';
 import { Media } from '@ionic-native/media/ngx';
 import { StreamingMedia } from '@ionic-native/streaming-media/ngx';
 import { PhotoViewer } from '@ionic-native/photo-viewer/ngx';
-
+import {NgxImageCompressService} from 'ngx-image-compress';
 
 /* import { FCM } from '@ionic-native/fcm/ngx';
 import { FirebaseX } from '@ionic-native/firebase-x/ngx'; */
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ import { FirebaseX } from '@ionic-native/firebase-x/ngx'; */
     MediaCapture,
     Media,
     StreamingMedia,
-    PhotoViewer
+    PhotoViewer,
+    NgxImageCompressService
   ],
   bootstrap: [AppComponent],
   schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA]
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 3c162ffab..7029bc5c7 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/publications/new-publication/new-publication.page.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/publications/new-publication/new-publication.page.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ThemeService } from 'src/app/services/theme.service';
 import { Camera, CameraResultType, CameraSource, Photo } from '@capacitor/camera';
 
 import { Filesystem, Directory } from '@capacitor/filesystem';
+import { NgxImageCompressService } from "ngx-image-compress";
 
 const IMAGE_DIR = 'stored-images';
 
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ export class NewPublicationPage implements OnInit {
   capturedImageTitle: any;
   public photos: any[] = [];
 
+  imgResultBeforeCompress: string;
+  imgResultAfterCompress: string;
+
   constructor(
     private modalController: ModalController,
     public photoService: PhotoService,
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ export class NewPublicationPage implements OnInit {
     public ThemeService: ThemeService,
     private platform: Platform,
     private loadingCtrl: LoadingController,
+    public imageCompress: NgxImageCompressService
   ) {
 
     this.publicationType = this.navParams.get('publicationType');
@@ -104,13 +109,11 @@ export class NewPublicationPage implements OnInit {
 
   async takePicture() {
     const image = await Camera.getPhoto({
-      quality: 50,
-      height: 400,
-      width:400,
+      quality: 20,
       allowEditing: false,
       resultType: CameraResultType.Uri,
       source: CameraSource.Camera // Camera, Photos or Prompt!
-      
+
     });
 
     if (image) {
@@ -120,13 +123,13 @@ export class NewPublicationPage implements OnInit {
   }
 
 
-  imageSize(image){
-      var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-      var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
-      canvas.width=100
-      canvas.height=34
-      ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0, 100, 34);
-      document.body.appendChild(canvas);
+  imageSize(image) {
+    var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+    canvas.width = 100
+    canvas.height = 34
+    ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0, 100, 34);
+    document.body.appendChild(canvas);
   }
 
   convertBlobToBase64 = (blob: Blob) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -394,9 +397,7 @@ export class NewPublicationPage implements OnInit {
 
   async selectImage() {
     const image = await Camera.getPhoto({
-      quality: 50,
-      height: 400,
-      width: 400,
+      quality: 20,
       allowEditing: false,
       resultType: CameraResultType.Uri,
       source: CameraSource.Camera // Camera, Photos or Prompt!
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ export class NewPublicationPage implements OnInit {
     }
   }
 
-  
+
 
   // Create a new file from a capture image
   async saveImage(photo: Photo) {
@@ -496,12 +497,43 @@ export class NewPublicationPage implements OnInit {
 
     this.capturedImage = this.images[0].data
 
+    this.compressFile();
+
     loading.dismiss();
 
   }
 
+  /*   compressImage() {
+      let image = this.capturedImage;
+      this.imageCompress.compressFile(image, orientation, 50, 50,).then(() => {
   
+        this.imgResultBeforeCompress = image;
+        console.log('Size in bytes was:', this.imageCompress.byteCount(image));
+  
+        this.imageCompress.compressFile(image, orientation, 50, 50).then(
+          result => {
+            this.imgResultAfterCompress = result;
+            console.log('Size in bytes is now:', this.imageCompress.byteCount(result));
+          }
+        );
+      })
+    } */
+
+  compressFile() {
+
+    //this.imgResultBeforeCompress = image;
+    this.imageCompress.getOrientation(this.capturedImage).then((orientation) => {
+      console.log('Size in bytes was:', this.imageCompress.byteCount(this.capturedImage));
+      this.imageCompress.compressFile(this.capturedImage, orientation, 20, 20).then(
+        result => {
+          this.capturedImage = result;
+          console.log('Size in bytes is now:', this.imageCompress.byteCount(result));
+        }
+      );
+
+    });
+  }
+
 
-  
 
 }