diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_jpeg.c b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_jpeg.c
index 5df34032f..f141e9a54 100644
--- a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_jpeg.c
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_jpeg.c
@@ -6,17 +6,12 @@
 
 #define JPEG_QUALITY 50
 
-struct filestash_jpeg_error_mgr {
+typedef struct filestash_jpeg_error_mgr {
   struct jpeg_error_mgr pub;
   jmp_buf jmp;
-};
+} *filestash_jpeg_error_ptr;
 
-typedef struct filestash_jpeg_error_mgr *filestash_jpeg_error_ptr;
-
-void filestash_jpeg_error_exit (j_common_ptr cinfo) {
-  filestash_jpeg_error_ptr filestash_err = (filestash_jpeg_error_ptr) cinfo->err;
-  longjmp(filestash_err->jmp, 1);
-}
+void filestash_jpeg_error_exit (j_common_ptr cinfo);
 
 int jpeg_to_jpeg(int inputDesc, int outputDesc, int targetSize) {
 #ifdef HAS_DEBUG
@@ -123,8 +118,11 @@ int jpeg_to_jpeg(int inputDesc, int outputDesc, int targetSize) {
  CLEANUP_AND_ABORT:
   jpeg_destroy_decompress(&jpeg_config_input);
   jpeg_destroy_compress(&jpeg_config_output);
-  fclose(input);
-  fclose(output);
   DEBUG("final");
   return status;
 }
+
+void filestash_jpeg_error_exit (j_common_ptr cinfo) {
+  filestash_jpeg_error_ptr filestash_err = (filestash_jpeg_error_ptr) cinfo->err;
+  longjmp(filestash_err->jmp, 1);
+}
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_jpeg.h b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_jpeg.h
index cc48cf78d..2487f94af 100644
--- a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_jpeg.h
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_jpeg.h
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-
 int jpeg_to_jpeg(int input, int output, int targetSize);
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_png.c b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_png.c
index caf9165af..3c8c8b224 100644
--- a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_png.c
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_png.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ int png_to_webp(int inputDesc, int outputDesc, int targetSize) {
     goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_C;
   }
   fwrite(webp_output_data, webp_output_size, 1, output);
+  fflush(output);
   DEBUG("after webp written");
 
  CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_C:
@@ -125,7 +126,5 @@ int png_to_webp(int inputDesc, int outputDesc, int targetSize) {
   if (png_ptr != NULL) png_destroy_read_struct(&png_ptr, (info_ptr != NULL) ? &info_ptr : NULL, NULL);
 
  CLEANUP_AND_ABORT:
-  fclose(output);
-  fclose(input);
   return status;
 }
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/index.go b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/index.go
index 5904de492..edd75a2d6 100644
--- a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/index.go
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/index.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	Hooks.Register.Thumbnailer("image/jpeg", &transcoder{runner(jpeg), "image/jpeg", -200})
 	Hooks.Register.Thumbnailer("image/png", &transcoder{runner(png), "image/webp", -200})
+	Hooks.Register.Thumbnailer("image/gif", &transcoder{runner(gif), "image/webp", -300})
 	Hooks.Register.Thumbnailer("image/heic", &transcoder{runner(heif), "image/jpeg", -200})
 	rawMimeType := []string{
 		"image/x-canon-cr2", "image/x-tif", "image/x-canon-cr2", "image/x-canon-crw",
@@ -89,33 +90,36 @@ func (this transcoder) Generate(reader io.ReadCloser, ctx *App, res *http.Respon
 func runner(fn func(uintptr, uintptr, int)) func(io.ReadCloser, int) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	return func(inputGo io.ReadCloser, size int) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		inputC, tmpw, err := os.Pipe()
+		logErrors(err, "plg_image_c::pipe")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		outputGo, outputC, err := os.Pipe()
+		logErrors(err, "plg_image_c::pipe")
 		if err != nil {
 			tmpw.Close()
-			Log.Stdout("ERR0 %+v", err.Error())
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
 		go func() {
 			fn(inputC.Fd(), outputC.Fd(), size) // <-- all this code so we can do that
-			inputC.Close()
-			outputC.Close()
+			logErrors(inputC.Close(), "plg_image_c::inputC")
+			logErrors(inputGo.Close(), "plg_image_c::inputGo")
+			logErrors(outputC.Close(), "plg_image_c::outputC")
 		}()
-		_, err = io.Copy(tmpw, inputGo)
-		inputGo.Close()
-		tmpw.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			outputGo.Close()
-			Log.Stdout("ERR1 %+v", err.Error())
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		io.Copy(tmpw, inputGo)
+		logErrors(tmpw.Close(), "plg_image_c::tmpw")
 		return outputGo, nil
 	}
 }
 
+func logErrors(err error, msg string) {
+	if err == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	Log.Debug(msg + ": " + err.Error())
+}
+
 func contains(s []string, str string) bool {
 	for _, v := range s {
 		if v == str {