diff --git a/src/upload.ts b/src/upload.ts
index dba4c45..ad29d09 100644
--- a/src/upload.ts
+++ b/src/upload.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import express from 'express';
 import multer from 'multer';
-import sharp from 'sharp';
 import { capture } from '@snapshot-labs/snapshot-sentry';
-import { rpcError, rpcSuccess } from './utils';
+import { rpcError, rpcSuccess, processImage } from './utils';
 import uploadToProviders from './providers/';
 import { IMAGE_PROVIDERS } from './providers/utils';
 
 const MAX_INPUT_SIZE = 1024 * 1024;
-const MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION = 1500;
 
 const router = express.Router();
 const upload = multer({
@@ -22,20 +20,17 @@ router.post('/upload', async (req, res) => {
       if (err) return rpcError(res, 400, err.message);
       if (!req.file) return rpcError(res, 400, 'No file submitted');
 
-      const transformer = sharp()
-        .resize({
-          width: MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION,
-          height: MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION,
-          fit: 'inside'
-        })
-        .webp({ lossless: true });
-
-      const buffer = await fs
-        .createReadStream(req.file?.path as string)
-        .pipe(transformer)
-        .toBuffer();
+      let processedImage: Buffer;
+      try {
+        processedImage = await processImage(req.file?.path);
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        if (e.message === 'Input buffer contains unsupported image format') {
+          return rpcError(res, 415, 'Unsupported file type');
+        }
+        throw e;
+      }
 
-      const result = await uploadToProviders(IMAGE_PROVIDERS, 'image', buffer);
+      const result = await uploadToProviders(IMAGE_PROVIDERS, 'image', processedImage);
       const file = {
         cid: result.cid,
         provider: result.provider
@@ -43,10 +38,6 @@ router.post('/upload', async (req, res) => {
 
       return rpcSuccess(res, file);
     } catch (e: any) {
-      if (e.message === 'Input buffer contains unsupported image format') {
-        return rpcError(res, 415, 'Unsupported file type');
-      }
-
       capture(e);
       return rpcError(res, 500, e);
     } finally {
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 95e7060..e668cb2 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import sharp from 'sharp';
+import fs from 'fs';
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
 import { Response } from 'express';
 
 export const MAX = 10e4;
+const MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION = 1500;
 
 export function rpcSuccess(res: Response, result: any, id = '') {
   res.json({
@@ -26,3 +29,15 @@ export function rpcError(res: Response, code: number, e: Error | string, id = nu
 export function sha256(input: string | Buffer) {
   return createHash('sha256').update(input).digest('hex');
 }
+
+export async function processImage(path: string) {
+  const transformer = sharp({ failOnError: false })
+    .resize({
+      width: MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION,
+      height: MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION,
+      fit: 'inside'
+    })
+    .webp({ lossless: true });
+
+  return await fs.createReadStream(path).pipe(transformer).toBuffer();
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/providers/fixtures/corrupted.jpeg b/test/unit/providers/fixtures/corrupted.jpeg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8a199
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diff --git a/test/unit/utils.test.ts b/test/unit/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ed0b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import sharp from 'sharp';
+import path from 'path';
+import { processImage } from '../../src/utils';
+
+describe('utils', () => {
+  describe('processImage()', () => {
+    const valid_image_path = path.join(__dirname, './providers/fixtures/sample.webp');
+    const corrupted_image_path = path.join(__dirname, './providers/fixtures/corrupted.jpeg');
+
+    it('returns a buffer', () => {
+      expect(processImage(valid_image_path)).resolves.toBeInstanceOf(Buffer);
+    });
+
+    it('resizes the image to fit the max dimensions', async () => {
+      const result = await processImage(valid_image_path);
+      const metadata = await sharp(result).metadata();
+
+      expect(metadata.width).toBe(1500);
+      return expect(metadata.height).toBe(1004);
+    });
+
+    describe('on a corrupted image', () => {
+      it('ignores errors and returns the image buffer', async () => {
+        expect(processImage(corrupted_image_path)).resolves.toBeInstanceOf(Buffer);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});