# Problem with category image transparency

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-category-image-transparency/124389
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-category-image-transparency/124389 "2019-07-30T10:29:58Z")
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### Author: ![tshenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tshenry/32/119495_2.png) [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-category-image-transparency/124389/2 "2019-07-30T11:17:14Z")

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Do you know if the image is a PNG or a JPG file after it has been uploaded? My guess is that it’s being converted to a JPG which will remove the transparency. If that’s the case, here’s what you can try:

> [@PNG converted to JPG? frowning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/png-converted-to-jpg/74438/2):
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> Set the “png to jpg quality” site setting to 100 to disable that behavior wink

You can also read more about the conversion behavior here: [Very small PNGs are inappropriately converted to JPGs - #23 by sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-small-pngs-are-inappropriately-converted-to-jpgs/102365/23)

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