diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index ebeffbc6..6eb8f0ac 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 {
   "cSpell.words": [
+    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP",
     "ARROWLEFT",
     "ARROWRIGHT",
     "camelcase",
     "exif",
+    "ghijklmnopqrstuv",
     "hgetall",
     "hset",
     "Lightbox",
     "nanoids",
     "nextjs",
     "qaub",
+    "QRSTUVWXYZ",
     "skippable",
     "sonner",
     "thephotoblog",
@@ -17,6 +20,7 @@
     "unnest",
     "UsKSGcbt",
     "WRHGZC",
+    "wxyz",
     "zadd",
     "zrange"
   ],
diff --git a/src/app/(auth-state)/admin/photos/page.tsx b/src/app/(auth-state)/admin/photos/page.tsx
index 1c360682..c3347122 100644
--- a/src/app/(auth-state)/admin/photos/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(auth-state)/admin/photos/page.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import AdminGrid from '@/admin/AdminGrid';
 import DeleteButton from '@/admin/DeleteButton';
 import EditButton from '@/admin/EditButton';
 import BlobUrls from '@/admin/BlobUrls';
-import { PRO_MODE_ENABLED } from '@/site/config';
 
 export const runtime = 'edge';
 
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ export default async function AdminTagsPage({
     <SiteGrid
       contentMain={
         <div className="space-y-8">
-          <PhotoUpload shouldResize={PRO_MODE_ENABLED} />
+          <PhotoUpload shouldResize={true} debug />
           {blobPhotoUrls.length > 0 &&
             <div className={cc(
               'border-b pb-6',
diff --git a/src/lib/ExifRestorer.ts b/src/lib/ExifRestorer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5504d4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/ExifRestorer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/* eslint-disable max-len */
+//Based on MinifyJpeg
+//http://elicon.blog57.fc2.com/blog-entry-206.html
+
+export const ExifRestorer = (function () {
+  const ExifRestorer: {
+    KEY_STR: string;
+    encode64: (input: Uint8Array) => string;
+    restore: (origFileBase64: string, resizedFileBase64: string) => string;
+    exifManipulation: (resizedFileBase64: string, segments: any[]) => Uint8Array;
+    getExifArray: (segments: any[]) => any[];
+    insertExif: (resizedFileBase64: string, exifArray: any[]) => any[];
+    slice2Segments: (rawImageArray: any[]) => any[];
+    decode64: (input: string) => any[];
+  } = {} as any;
+
+  ExifRestorer.KEY_STR =
+    'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP' +
+    'QRSTUVWXYZabcdef' +
+    'ghijklmnopqrstuv' +
+    'wxyz0123456789+/' +
+    '=';
+
+  ExifRestorer.encode64 = function (input) {
+    let output: any = '',
+      chr1: any, chr2: any, chr3: any = '',
+      enc1: any, enc2: any, enc3: any, enc4: any = '',
+      i = 0;
+
+    do {
+      chr1 = input[i++];
+      chr2 = input[i++];
+      chr3 = input[i++];
+
+      enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
+      enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
+      enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
+      enc4 = chr3 & 63;
+
+      if (isNaN(chr2)) {
+        enc3 = enc4 = 64;
+      } else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
+        enc4 = 64;
+      }
+
+      output = output +
+        this.KEY_STR.charAt(enc1) +
+        this.KEY_STR.charAt(enc2) +
+        this.KEY_STR.charAt(enc3) +
+        this.KEY_STR.charAt(enc4);
+      chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = '';
+      enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = '';
+    } while (i < input.length);
+
+    return output;
+  };
+
+  ExifRestorer.restore = function (origFileBase64, resizedFileBase64) {
+    if (!origFileBase64.match('data:image/jpeg;base64,')) {
+      return resizedFileBase64;
+    }
+
+    var rawImage = this.decode64(origFileBase64.replace('data:image/jpeg;base64,', ''));
+    var segments = this.slice2Segments(rawImage);
+
+    var image = this.exifManipulation(resizedFileBase64, segments);
+
+    return this.encode64(image);
+  };
+
+
+  ExifRestorer.exifManipulation = function (resizedFileBase64, segments) {
+    var exifArray = this.getExifArray(segments),
+      newImageArray = this.insertExif(resizedFileBase64, exifArray),
+      aBuffer = new Uint8Array(newImageArray);
+
+    return aBuffer;
+  };
+
+
+  ExifRestorer.getExifArray = function (segments) {
+    var seg;
+    for (var x = 0; x < segments.length; x++) {
+      seg = segments[x];
+      if (seg[0] == 255 && seg[1] == 225) //(ff e1)
+      {
+        return seg;
+      }
+    }
+    return [];
+  };
+
+
+  ExifRestorer.insertExif = function (resizedFileBase64, exifArray) {
+    var imageData = resizedFileBase64.replace('data:image/jpeg;base64,', ''),
+      buf = this.decode64(imageData),
+      separatePoint = buf.indexOf(255, 3),
+      mae = buf.slice(0, separatePoint),
+      ato = buf.slice(separatePoint),
+      array = mae;
+
+    array = array.concat(exifArray);
+    array = array.concat(ato);
+    return array;
+  };
+
+
+
+  ExifRestorer.slice2Segments = function (rawImageArray) {
+    var head = 0,
+      segments = [];
+
+    while (1) {
+      if (rawImageArray[head] == 255 && rawImageArray[head + 1] == 218) { break; }
+      if (rawImageArray[head] == 255 && rawImageArray[head + 1] == 216) {
+        head += 2;
+      }
+      else {
+        var length = rawImageArray[head + 2] * 256 + rawImageArray[head + 3],
+          endPoint = head + length + 2,
+          seg = rawImageArray.slice(head, endPoint);
+        segments.push(seg);
+        head = endPoint;
+      }
+      if (head > rawImageArray.length) { break; }
+    }
+
+    return segments;
+  };
+
+
+
+  ExifRestorer.decode64 = function (input) {
+    let
+      chr1: any, chr2: any, chr3: any = '',
+      enc1: any, enc2: any, enc3: any, enc4: any = '',
+      i = 0,
+      buf = [];
+
+    // remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /, or =
+    var base64test = /[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g;
+    if (base64test.exec(input)) {
+      alert('There were invalid base64 characters in the input text.\n' +
+        'Valid base64 characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, \'+\', \'/\',and \'=\'\n' +
+        'Expect errors in decoding.');
+    }
+    input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, '');
+
+    do {
+      enc1 = this.KEY_STR.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+      enc2 = this.KEY_STR.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+      enc3 = this.KEY_STR.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+      enc4 = this.KEY_STR.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+
+      chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
+      chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
+      chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
+
+      buf.push(chr1);
+
+      if (enc3 != 64) {
+        buf.push(chr2);
+      }
+      if (enc4 != 64) {
+        buf.push(chr3);
+      }
+
+      chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = '';
+      enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = '';
+
+    } while (i < input.length);
+
+    return buf;
+  };
+
+
+  return ExifRestorer;
+})();