diff --git a/gulp/res/css/style.css b/gulp/res/css/style.css
index 8f0ba346..24780d0c 100644
--- a/gulp/res/css/style.css
+++ b/gulp/res/css/style.css
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ body {
 	padding: 10px;
 }
 
-.pages a, a:visited {
+.pages a {
 	text-decoration: none;
 	color: black;
 }
diff --git a/helpers/captchagenerate.js b/helpers/captchagenerate.js
index 0fe85136..74f4127b 100644
--- a/helpers/captchagenerate.js
+++ b/helpers/captchagenerate.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ module.exports = (text, captchaId) => {
 		x.wave(10, rr(50,80))
 		.blur(1, 2)
 		.crop(200, 80, 0, 0)
-		.write(`./uploads/captcha/${captchaId}.png`, (err) => {
+		.quality(30)
+		.write(`./uploads/captcha/${captchaId}.jpg`, (err) => {
 			if (err) {
 				return reject();
 			}
diff --git a/helpers/captchaverify.js b/helpers/captchaverify.js
index fa9162f4..e976ef1d 100644
--- a/helpers/captchaverify.js
+++ b/helpers/captchaverify.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
 
 	//it was correct, so delete the file, the cookie and continue
 	res.clearCookie('captchaid');
-	await unlink(`${uploadDirectory}captcha/${captchaId}.png`)
+	await unlink(`${uploadDirectory}captcha/${captchaId}.jpg`)
 
 	return next();
 
diff --git a/helpers/files/image-thumbnail.js b/helpers/files/image-thumbnail.js
index da70f22f..6b519a9d 100644
--- a/helpers/files/image-thumbnail.js
+++ b/helpers/files/image-thumbnail.js
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ module.exports = (filename) => {
 
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		gm(`${uploadDirectory}img/${filename}`)
-			.resize(128, 128)
-			.noProfile()
-			.write(`${uploadDirectory}img/thumb-${filename.split('.')[0]}.png`, function (err) {
-				if (err) {
-					return reject(err);
-				}
-			});
-		return resolve();
+		.resize(128, 128)
+//		.quality(30)
+		.write(`${uploadDirectory}img/thumb-${filename.split('.')[0]}.jpg`, function (err) {
+			if (err) {
+				return reject(err);
+			}
+			return resolve();
+		});
 	});
 
 };
diff --git a/helpers/files/video-thumbnail.js b/helpers/files/video-thumbnail.js
index 6a3e45b2..28d12f84 100644
--- a/helpers/files/video-thumbnail.js
+++ b/helpers/files/video-thumbnail.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = (filename) => {
 		.screenshots({
 			timestamps: [0],
 			count: 1,
-			filename: `thumb-${filename.split('.')[0]}.png`,
+			filename: `thumb-${filename.split('.')[0]}.jpg`,
 			folder: `${uploadDirectory}img/`,
 			size: '128x?'
 		});
diff --git a/models/pages/captcha.js b/models/pages/captcha.js
index 9acf9c94..56ad8d46 100644
--- a/models/pages/captcha.js
+++ b/models/pages/captcha.js
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ const crypto = require('crypto')
 
 module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
 
-	//will move captcha cookie check to nginx at some point
-	if (req.cookies.captchaid) {
-		return res.redirect(`/captcha/${req.cookies.captchaid}.png`);
-	}
-
 	// if we got here, they dont have a cookie so we need to
 	// gen a captcha, set their cookie and redirect to the captcha
 	const text = crypto.randomBytes(20).toString('hex').substring(0,6);
@@ -28,6 +23,6 @@ module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
 			'httpOnly': true,
 			'secure': true
 		})
-		.redirect(`/captcha/${captchaId}.png`);
+		.redirect(`/captcha/${captchaId}.jpg`);
 
 }
diff --git a/views/mixins/catalogtile.pug b/views/mixins/catalogtile.pug
index 22378fa2..fc0ca6b1 100644
--- a/views/mixins/catalogtile.pug
+++ b/views/mixins/catalogtile.pug
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mixin catalogtile(board, post, truncate)
 						if post.spoiler
 							object(data='/img/spoiler.png' width='64' height='64')
 						else
-							object.catalog-thumb(data=`/img/thumb-${post.files[0].filename.split('.')[0]}.png` width='64' height='64')
+							object.catalog-thumb(data=`/img/thumb-${post.files[0].filename.split('.')[0]}.jpg` width='64' height='64')
 			header.post-info
 				span: a(href=postURL) ##{post.postId}
 				| 
diff --git a/views/mixins/post.pug b/views/mixins/post.pug
index 2fedfe2d..73dff1b7 100644
--- a/views/mixins/post.pug
+++ b/views/mixins/post.pug
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ mixin post(post, truncate, manage=false, globalmanage=false)
 									if post.spoiler
 										object(data='/img/spoiler.png' width='128' height='128')
 									else
-										object(data=`/img/thumb-${file.filename.split('.')[0]}.png`)
+										object(data=`/img/thumb-${file.filename.split('.')[0]}.jpg`)
 			if post.message
 				if truncate
 					-
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ mixin post(post, truncate, manage=false, globalmanage=false)
 				else 
 					blockquote.post-message !{post.message}
 			if post.banmessage
-				blockquote.left.clear-both.banmessage (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST #{post.banmessage})
+				blockquote.left.clear-both.banmessage USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST (#{post.banmessage})
 			if post.omittedposts || post.omittedimages
 				blockquote.left.clear-both #{post.omittedposts} post(s)#{post.omittedimages > 0 ? ' and '+post.omittedimages+' image(s)' : ''} omitted. #[a(href=postURL) View the full thread]