diff --git a/app/Helpers/NextCloudHelper.php b/app/Helpers/NextCloudHelper.php
index b51fb34..55109fb 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/NextCloudHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/NextCloudHelper.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Spatie\Image\Image;
 
 class NextCloudHelper
 {
@@ -63,12 +64,11 @@ class NextCloudHelper
     {
         $baseUrl = env('NEXT_CLOUD_URL');
         $username = env('NEXT_CLOUD_USERNAME');
-        $password= env('NEXT_CLOUD_PASSWORD');
+        $password = env('NEXT_CLOUD_PASSWORD');
 
         // Ensure the folder exists (or create it)
         $folderResponse = self::createFolder($baseUrl, $username, $password, $folderPath);
 
-        // Check if folder creation was successful or if it already exists
         if (!$folderResponse['success']) {
             return [
                 'success' => false,
@@ -81,12 +81,37 @@ class NextCloudHelper
         $url = rtrim($baseUrl, '/') . "/mktia/remote.php/dav/files/{$username}/" . ltrim($folderPath, '/') . '/' . $fileName;
 
         try {
-            // If fileObject is a stream, we can use it directly
-            // If it's raw content, ensure it's being properly passed
+            // Check if the file is an image
+            if (Str::endsWith($fileName, ['.jpeg', '.png', '.jpg', '.gif', '.svg', '.heic', '.heif'])) {
+                // Save the uploaded file or raw content to a temporary path
+                $tempPath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'image_') . '.' . pathinfo($fileName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
+
+                if (is_string($fileObject)) {
+                    // If fileObject is raw content, write it to the temp file
+                    file_put_contents($tempPath, $fileObject);
+                } elseif ($fileObject instanceof \Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile) {
+                    // If fileObject is an UploadedFile, move it to the temp file
+                    $fileObject->move(dirname($tempPath), basename($tempPath));
+                }
+
+                // Optimize the image
+                Image::load($tempPath)
+                    ->optimize()
+                    ->quality(50)
+                    ->save();
+
+                // Replace fileObject with the optimized file content
+                $fileObject = file_get_contents($tempPath);
+
+                // Remove the temporary file
+                unlink($tempPath);
+            }
+
+            // Upload the file
             $response = $client->request('PUT', $url, [
                 'auth' => [$username, $password],
-                'body' => $fileObject,  // File content or stream
-                'verify' => false        // Disable SSL verification (only for testing purposes)
+                'body' => $fileObject,
+                'verify' => false // Disable SSL verification (only for testing purposes)
             ]);
 
             return [
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ea137cc..7f35a49 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
         "nino/laravel-nextcloud-fs": "^2.0",
         "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^3.5",
         "singlequote/laravel-webdav": "^1.1",
+        "spatie/image": "^3.7",
         "spatie/laravel-html": "^3.11",
-        "spatie/laravel-image-optimizer": "^1.8",
         "spatie/laravel-menu": "^4.2",
         "spatie/laravel-permission": "^6.10",
         "yajra/laravel-datatables-oracle": "11.0"
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index d2b7929..b58983c 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "21b0b8595f584053b4b3e6a9267a2a47",
+    "content-hash": "868009e8371e3394bb5e17f99038a6b8",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "barryvdh/laravel-dompdf",
@@ -4856,6 +4856,79 @@
             },
             "time": "2024-06-07T12:41:19+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "spatie/image",
+            "version": "3.7.4",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/image.git",
+                "reference": "d72d1ae07f91a3c1230e064acd4fd8c334ab237b"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/spatie/image/zipball/d72d1ae07f91a3c1230e064acd4fd8c334ab237b",
+                "reference": "d72d1ae07f91a3c1230e064acd4fd8c334ab237b",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "ext-exif": "*",
+                "ext-json": "*",
+                "ext-mbstring": "*",
+                "php": "^8.2",
+                "spatie/image-optimizer": "^1.7.5",
+                "spatie/temporary-directory": "^2.2",
+                "symfony/process": "^6.4|^7.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "ext-gd": "*",
+                "ext-imagick": "*",
+                "laravel/sail": "^1.34",
+                "pestphp/pest": "^2.28",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10.50",
+                "spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots": "^2.1",
+                "spatie/pixelmatch-php": "^1.0",
+                "spatie/ray": "^1.40.1",
+                "symfony/var-dumper": "^6.4|7.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Spatie\\Image\\": "src"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Freek Van der Herten",
+                    "email": "freek@spatie.be",
+                    "homepage": "https://spatie.be",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Manipulate images with an expressive API",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/image",
+            "keywords": [
+                "image",
+                "spatie"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/spatie/image/tree/3.7.4"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/spatie",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2024-10-07T09:03:34+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "spatie/image-optimizer",
             "version": "1.8.0",
@@ -4989,74 +5062,6 @@
             ],
             "time": "2024-10-18T14:37:21+00:00"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "spatie/laravel-image-optimizer",
-            "version": "1.8.0",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-image-optimizer.git",
-                "reference": "024752cba691fee3cd1800000b6aa3da3b8b2474"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/spatie/laravel-image-optimizer/zipball/024752cba691fee3cd1800000b6aa3da3b8b2474",
-                "reference": "024752cba691fee3cd1800000b6aa3da3b8b2474",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "laravel/framework": "^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0",
-                "php": "^8.0",
-                "spatie/image-optimizer": "^1.2.0"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "orchestra/testbench": "^6.23|^7.0|^8.0|^9.0",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.4|^10.5"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "extra": {
-                "laravel": {
-                    "aliases": {
-                        "ImageOptimizer": "Spatie\\LaravelImageOptimizer\\Facades\\ImageOptimizer"
-                    },
-                    "providers": [
-                        "Spatie\\LaravelImageOptimizer\\ImageOptimizerServiceProvider"
-                    ]
-                }
-            },
-            "autoload": {
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "Spatie\\LaravelImageOptimizer\\": "src"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "MIT"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Freek Van der Herten",
-                    "email": "freek@spatie.be",
-                    "homepage": "https://spatie.be",
-                    "role": "Developer"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "Optimize images in your Laravel app",
-            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-image-optimizer",
-            "keywords": [
-                "laravel-image-optimizer",
-                "spatie"
-            ],
-            "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-image-optimizer/tree/1.8.0"
-            },
-            "funding": [
-                {
-                    "url": "https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us",
-                    "type": "custom"
-                }
-            ],
-            "time": "2024-02-29T10:55:08+00:00"
-        },
         {
             "name": "spatie/laravel-menu",
             "version": "4.2.0",
@@ -5328,6 +5333,67 @@
             ],
             "time": "2023-04-12T10:02:12+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "spatie/temporary-directory",
+            "version": "2.2.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory.git",
+                "reference": "76949fa18f8e1a7f663fd2eaa1d00e0bcea0752a"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/spatie/temporary-directory/zipball/76949fa18f8e1a7f663fd2eaa1d00e0bcea0752a",
+                "reference": "76949fa18f8e1a7f663fd2eaa1d00e0bcea0752a",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": "^8.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Spatie\\TemporaryDirectory\\": "src"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Alex Vanderbist",
+                    "email": "alex@spatie.be",
+                    "homepage": "https://spatie.be",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Easily create, use and destroy temporary directories",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory",
+            "keywords": [
+                "php",
+                "spatie",
+                "temporary-directory"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory/tree/2.2.1"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/spatie",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-12-25T11:46:58+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "spatie/url",
             "version": "2.4.0",