diff --git a/src/blob.rs b/src/blob.rs
index 27c44f3e31..46f70a9b2e 100644
--- a/src/blob.rs
+++ b/src/blob.rs
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ impl<'a> BlobObject<'a> {
                             ));
                         }
 
-                        target_wh = target_wh * 2 / 3;
+                        target_wh = target_wh * 7 / 8;
                     } else {
                         info!(
                             context,
diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index 1eb852b348..d89f2f1289 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub const WORSE_IMAGE_BYTES: usize = 130_000;
 // max. width/height and bytes of an avatar
 pub(crate) const BALANCED_AVATAR_SIZE: u32 = 512;
 pub(crate) const BALANCED_AVATAR_BYTES: usize = 60_000;
-pub(crate) const WORSE_AVATAR_SIZE: u32 = 128;
+pub(crate) const WORSE_AVATAR_SIZE: u32 = 256;
 pub(crate) const WORSE_AVATAR_BYTES: usize = 20_000; // this also fits to Outlook servers don't allowing headers larger than 32k.
 
 // max. width/height of images scaled down because of being too huge