diff --git a/client/src/app/components/molecules/common/Uploader/Uploader.js b/client/src/app/components/molecules/common/Uploader/Uploader.js
index aaa3323..1187f65 100644
--- a/client/src/app/components/molecules/common/Uploader/Uploader.js
+++ b/client/src/app/components/molecules/common/Uploader/Uploader.js
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import {connect} from 'react-redux';
-import {createPropsSelector} from 'reselect-immutable-helpers';
-import {withStyles} from '@material-ui/core/styles';
-import ImageService from './../../../../services/image.service.ts'
-import {updateUploadModalState} from '../../../../pages/Home/actions';
-import {getUploadModalState} from '../../../../pages/Home/selectors';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { createPropsSelector } from 'reselect-immutable-helpers';
+import { withStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
+import { updateUploadModalState } from '../../../../pages/Home/actions';
+import { getUploadModalState } from '../../../../pages/Home/selectors';
 import Dropzone from './../Dropzone'
 import Progress from '../Progress';
 import Modal from '@material-ui/core/Modal';
 import Backdrop from '@material-ui/core/Backdrop';
-import {Zoom, Paper, responsiveFontSizes} from '@material-ui/core';
+import { Zoom, Paper } from '@material-ui/core';
 
 const styles = theme => ({
   modal: {
@@ -39,12 +38,12 @@ class Uploader extends React.Component {
       successfullUploaded: false
     };
     this.onFilesAdded = this.onFilesAdded.bind(this);
-    this.uploadFile = this.uploadFile.bind(this);
+    this.upload = this.upload.bind(this);
     this.sendRequest = this.sendRequest.bind(this);
     this.renderActions = this.renderActions.bind(this);
     this.renderProgress = this.renderProgress.bind(this);
     this.compressAndUploadFiles = this.compressAndUploadFiles.bind(this);
-    this.compressFile = this.compressFile.bind(this);
+    this.compress = this.compress.bind(this);
   }
 
   onFilesAdded(files) {
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ class Uploader extends React.Component {
   renderActions() {
     if (this.state.successfullUploaded) {
       return (
-        <button onClick={() => this.setState({files: [], successfullUploaded: false})}>
+        <button onClick={() => this.setState({ files: [], successfullUploaded: false })}>
           Clear
         </button>
       );
@@ -92,58 +91,62 @@ class Uploader extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
-  readURI(file){
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      let reader = new FileReader()
-      reader.onload = (ev) => {
-        resolve(ev.target.result)
-      }
-      reader.readAsDataURL(file)
-    })
-  }
-
-  handleChange(e){
-    this.readURI(e); // maybe call this with webworker or async library?
-    if (this.props.onChange !== undefined)
-      this.props.onChange(e); // propagate to parent component
-  }
-
-  compressAndUploadFiles(callback) {
-    const jic = new ImageService()
-    this.setState({ uploadProgress: {}, uploading: true });
-    const promises = [];
+  compressAndUploadFiles() {
     this.state.files.forEach((file) => {
-      this.readURI(file).then((result) => {
-        file.image_source = result
-        this.compressFile(file, jic).then(async (result) => {
-          // callback(result)
-          promises.push(this.sendRequest(result));
-          try {
-            await Promise.all(promises);
-            this.setState({ successfullUploaded: true, uploading: false });
-          } catch (e) {
-            // Not Production ready! Do some error handling here instead...
-            this.setState({ successfullUploaded: true, uploading: false });
-          }
-        })
+      this.compress(file).then((result) => {
+        this.setState({ uploadProgress: {}, uploading: true });
+        // result.forEach((file) => {
+          this.upload(result)
+        // })
       })
     })
   }
-  
-  compressFile(file, jic) {
+
+  compress(file) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      resolve(jic.compress(file, 20))
-    });
+      const width = 500;
+      const height = 300;
+      const fileName = file.name;
+      const reader = new FileReader();
+      const fileVariants = []
+      reader.onload = event => {
+        const img = new Image();
+        img.src = event.target.result;
+        img.onload = () => {
+          const elem = document.createElement('canvas');
+          elem.width = width;
+          elem.height = height;
+          const ctx = elem.getContext('2d');
+          // img.width and img.height will contain the original dimensions
+          ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, width, height);
+          ctx.canvas.toBlob((blob1) => {
+            fileVariants.push(new File([blob1], `${fileName.split('.')[0]}_compressed_60.${fileName.split('.')[1]}`, {
+              type: 'image/jpeg',
+              lastModified: Date.now()
+            }))
+            ctx.canvas.toBlob((blob2) => {
+              fileVariants.push(new File([blob2], `${fileName.split('.')[0]}_compressed_20.${fileName.split('.')[1]}`, {
+                type: 'image/jpeg',
+                lastModified: Date.now()
+              }))
+              resolve(fileVariants)
+            }, 'image/jpeg', 0.2)
+          }, 'image/jpeg', 0.6)
+        }
+      }
+      reader.onerror = error => console.log(error);
+      reader.readAsDataURL(file);
+    })
   }
 
-  async uploadFile(file) {
+  async upload(files) {
     this.setState({ uploadProgress: {}, uploading: true });
     const promises = [];
     // this.state.files.forEach(file => {
-    promises.push(this.sendRequest(file));
+    promises.push(this.sendRequest(files));
     // });
     try {
-      await Promise.all(promises);
+      await Promise.all(promises).then(result => console.log('result === ' + result)).catch(err => console.log('error === ' + err));
       this.setState({ successfullUploaded: true, uploading: false });
     } catch (e) {
       // Not Production ready! Do some error handling here instead...
@@ -151,20 +154,22 @@ class Uploader extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
-  sendRequest(file) {
+  sendRequest(files) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const req = new XMLHttpRequest();
-  
+
       const formData = new FormData();
-      formData.append("file", file, file.name);
-  
+      files.forEach((file) => {
+        formData.append("file", file, file.name);
+      })
+
       req.open("POST", "http://localhost:3001/upload");
       req.send(formData);
     });
   }
 
   render() {
-    const {classes, modalState, handleCloseDispatcher} = this.props
+    const { classes, modalState, handleCloseDispatcher } = this.props
     return (
       <div className="c-Uploader">
         <Modal
diff --git a/client/src/app/services/image.service.ts b/client/src/app/services/image.service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ddd429e..0000000
--- a/client/src/app/services/image.service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-export default class ImageService {
-
-  constructor() { }
-
-  compress(source_img_file, quality, output_format) {
-    var img = document.createElement('img')
-    img.src = source_img_file.image_source;
-
-    var mime_type;
-    if (output_format === "png") {
-      mime_type = "image/png";
-    } else if (output_format === "webp") {
-      mime_type = "image/webp";
-    } else {
-      mime_type = "image/jpeg";
-    }
-  
-    var cvs = document.createElement('canvas');
-    // cvs.width = img.naturalWidth;
-    // cvs.height = img.naturalHeight;
-    var ctx = cvs.getContext("2d").drawImage(img, 0, 0);
-    var newImageData = cvs.toDataURL(mime_type, quality / 100);
-    // var result_image_obj = new Image();
-    // result_image_obj.src = newImageData;
-    // return result_image_obj;
-    var byteString = atob(newImageData.split(',')[1]);
-    var mimeString = newImageData.split(',')[0].split(':')[1].split(';')[0];
-    var ab = new ArrayBuffer(byteString.length);
-    var ia = new Uint8Array(ab);
-    for (var i = 0; i < byteString.length; i++) {
-        ia[i] = byteString.charCodeAt(i);
-    }
-    return new Blob([ab], {type: mimeString});
-    // return newImageData
-  }
-
-  upload(compressed_img_obj, upload_url, file_input_name, filename, successCallback, errorCallback, duringCallback, customHeaders) {
-  
-    if (XMLHttpRequest.prototype.sendAsBinary === undefined) {
-      XMLHttpRequest.prototype.sendAsBinary = function (string) {
-        var bytes = Array.prototype.map.call(string, function (c) {
-          return c.charCodeAt(0) & 0xff;
-        });
-        this.send(new Uint8Array(bytes).buffer);
-      };
-    }
-  
-    var type;
-    if (filename.substr(-4).toLowerCase() === ".png") {
-      type = "image/png";
-    } else if (filename.substr(-5).toLowerCase() === ".webp") {
-      type = "image/webp";
-    } else {
-      type = "image/jpeg";
-    }
-  
-    var data = compressed_img_obj.src;
-    data = data.replace('data:' + type + ';base64,', '');
-  
-    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    xhr.open('POST', upload_url, true);
-    var boundary = 'someboundary';
-  
-    xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'multipart/form-data; boundary=' + boundary);
-  
-    // Set custom request headers if customHeaders parameter is provided
-    if (customHeaders && typeof customHeaders === "object") {
-      for (var headerKey in customHeaders) {
-        xhr.setRequestHeader(headerKey, customHeaders[headerKey]);
-      }
-    }
-  
-    // If a duringCallback function is set as a parameter, call that to notify about the upload progress
-    if (duringCallback && duringCallback instanceof Function) {
-      xhr.upload.onprogress = function (evt) {
-        if (evt.lengthComputable) {
-          duringCallback((evt.loaded / evt.total) * 100);
-        }
-      };
-    }
-  
-    xhr.sendAsBinary(['--' + boundary, 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="' + file_input_name + '"; filename="' + filename + '"', 'Content-Type: ' + type, '', atob(data), '--' + boundary + '--'].join('\r\n'));
-  
-    xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
-      if (this.readyState == 4) {
-        if (this.status == 200) {
-          successCallback(this.responseText);
-        } else if (this.status >= 400) {
-          if (errorCallback && errorCallback instanceof Function) {
-            errorCallback(this.responseText);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  errorCallback() {
-    console.log('Error during image upload')
-  }
-
-  successCallback() {
-    console.log('Image Uploaded successfully!')
-  }
-
-  duringCallback() {
-    console.log('Image being uploaded now.')
-  }
-}
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