diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index d13593a..12d2d69 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import random
 import shutil
 import string
 import os
+from io import BytesIO
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI, UploadFile, Query
+from PIL import Image
+from fastapi import FastAPI, UploadFile
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+
 
 
 def generate_random_string(length=16):
@@ -41,10 +43,14 @@ app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="app/static"), name="static")
 
 @app.post('/upload_avatar', response_model=dict[str, str])
 async def upload_avatar(file: UploadFile):
+    content = await file.read()
+    image = Image.open(BytesIO(content))
+    new_size = (512, 512)
+    resized_image = image.resize(new_size)
     name = generate_random_string()
     image_url = f'static/images/avatars/{name}_avatar.png'
     with open('app/' + image_url, 'wb+') as file_object:
-        shutil.copyfileobj(file.file, file_object)
+        resized_image.save(file_object, format="PNG")
     return {'image_url': image_url}