diff --git a/nft_svc/app.py b/nft_svc/app.py
index b1e4484..71eeda6 100644
--- a/nft_svc/app.py
+++ b/nft_svc/app.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def open_image_as_array(path):
 
 
 def get_encoded_img(arr):
-    img = Image.fromarray(arr).convert("L")
+    img = Image.fromarray(arr)
     img_byte_arr = io.BytesIO()
     img.save(img_byte_arr, format='PNG')
     encoded_img = base64.encodebytes(img_byte_arr.getvalue()).decode('ascii')