diff --git a/src/cv/pipeline.cpp b/src/cv/pipeline.cpp
index 25cfa45e..4e9cafd6 100644
--- a/src/cv/pipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/cv/pipeline.cpp
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ PipelineResults Pipeline::run(const ImageData& imageData) {
         }
     }
 
-    LOG_F(INFO, "Finished Pipeline on an image");
-
-    // Wrap up the final annotated image to return
+    // Wrap up the final annotated image to compress and return
     ImageData processedData = imageData;
-    processedData.DATA = processedImage;
+    std::optional<cv::Mat> compressed = compressImg(processedImage);
+    processedData.DATA = compressed.value_or(processedImage);;
 
+    LOG_F(INFO, "Finished Pipeline on an image");
     // Return a PipelineResults that includes:
     //  1) The final big image with bounding boxes drawn
     //  2) The bounding boxes + localized GPS coords
diff --git a/src/network/gcs_routes.cpp b/src/network/gcs_routes.cpp
index 1e3102b6..edf7ee0f 100644
--- a/src/network/gcs_routes.cpp
+++ b/src/network/gcs_routes.cpp
@@ -380,10 +380,8 @@ DEF_GCS_HANDLE(Get, targets, all) {
         // Set the run ID
         target.set_run_id(run.run_id);
 
-        std::optional<cv::Mat> optCompressedImg = compressImg(run.annotatedImage);
-        cv::Mat compressed_image = optCompressedImg.has_value() ?
-        optCompressedImg->clone() : run.annotatedImage;
-        std::string b64 = cvMatToBase64(compressed_image);
+
+        std::string b64 = cvMatToBase64(run.annotatedImage);
         target.set_picture(b64);
 
         // Ensure coords and bboxes vectors are the same size (should be guaranteed by Aggregator