diff --git a/file_previewer.sh b/file_previewer.sh
index 15f8069..b0aaecc 100755
--- a/file_previewer.sh
+++ b/file_previewer.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # File preview handler for lf using the Perl `mimetype` utility.
 
-preview_image="/tmp/lf_preview_image.jpg"
+preview_image="/tmp/lf_preview_image.png"
 
 file=$1
 width=$2
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ case "$(mimetype --brief -- "$file")" in
         exiftool "$file" | bat --theme='base16' --terminal-width "$(($width-4))" --force-colorization;;
 
     video/*)
-        ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -i "$file" -frames:v 1 "$preview_filepath"
-        chafa "$preview_filepath" --size="$(($width-4))"x"$height"
-        rm "$preview_filepath"  # removing preview file so that lf looks for a new preview image instead of going for an old one
+        ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -i "$file" -frames:v 1 -q:v 2 "$preview_image"
+        chafa "$preview_image" --size="$(($width-4))"x"$height"
+        rm "$preview_image"  # removing preview file so that lf looks for a new preview image instead of going for an old one
         exiftool "$file" | bat --theme='base16' --terminal-width "$(($width-4))" --force-colorization;;
 
     image/*)