diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index e6a9542..fc255dc 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import datetime
 import hashlib
 import os
-from PIL import Image
+
+from PIL import Image, ImageSequence
+import concurrent.futures
 
 from flask import Flask, render_template, redirect, url_for, request, jsonify
 from flask_login import login_required, LoginManager, login_user, logout_user, current_user
@@ -782,43 +784,47 @@ def save_profile_image(image_file):
 
     # Get the filename from the image path saved in the user
     filename = os.path.basename(current_user.profile_image)
-    image_path = os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename)
-    os.remove(image_path)
-
-    # Check if the image is an animated gif
-    if file_extension == 'gif':
-        gif_path = os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename.replace(".jpg", ".gif"))
-        image_file.save(gif_path)
-
-        current_user.profile_image = gif_path
-        current_user.update()
-        return
 
     # Open the uploaded image
     image = Image.open(image_file)
 
-    # Convert the image to RGB mode (required for JPEG)
-    image = image.convert('RGB')
+    # Function to crop and resize frames
+    def process_frame(frame, size):
+        new_size = min(frame.size)
+        left = (frame.width - new_size) // 2
+        top = (frame.height - new_size) // 2
+        right = left + new_size
+        bottom = top + new_size
+        cropped_frame = frame.crop((left, top, right, bottom))
+        return cropped_frame.resize(size)
 
-    # Determine the size of the square image
-    min_dimension = min(image.size)
-    square_size = (min_dimension, min_dimension)
+    # Function to process frames in parallel
+    def process_frames_parallel(frames, size):
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
+            resized_frames = list(executor.map(lambda f: process_frame(f, size), frames))
+        return resized_frames
 
-    # Calculate the coordinates for cropping
-    left = (image.width - min_dimension) / 2
-    top = (image.height - min_dimension) / 2
-    right = (image.width + min_dimension) / 2
-    bottom = (image.height + min_dimension) / 2
+    # Check if the image is an animated gif
+    if file_extension == 'gif':
+        # Process frames
+        gif_frames = [frame.copy() for frame in ImageSequence.Iterator(image)]
+        processed_frames = process_frames_parallel(gif_frames, size=(128, 128))
 
-    # Crop the image to a square and resize it
-    image = image.crop((left, top, right, bottom))
-    image.thumbnail(square_size)
-    image = image.resize((256, 256))
+        # Save the modified frames as a new GIF
+        output_gif_path = os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename.replace(".jpg", ".gif"))
+        processed_frames[0].save(output_gif_path, save_all=True, append_images=processed_frames[1:], loop=0)
+        current_user.profile_image = output_gif_path
+    else:
+        # Process single image
+        processed_image = process_frame(image, size=(256, 256))
+        processed_image = processed_image.convert('RGB')
 
-    # Save the processed image
-    image_path = os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename.replace(".gif", ".jpg"))
-    image.save(image_path, 'JPEG', quality=100)
-    current_user.profile_image = image_path
+        # Save the processed image
+        image_path = os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename.replace(".gif", ".jpg"))
+        processed_image.save(image_path, 'JPEG', quality=100)
+        current_user.profile_image = image_path
+
+    # Update user profile
     current_user.update()
 
 @app.route('/upload', methods=['POST'])
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 3626897..7402023 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <div class = "row">
     <div class="col">
         <h1>
-            {% if (current_user.is_authenticated) %}<img class="avatar avatar-xl" src="{{user.profile_image}}" alt="failed to load image"/>{% endif %}
+            {% if (current_user.is_authenticated) %}<img class="avatar avatar-xl" src="{{user.profile_image}}" alt="no image"/>{% endif %}
             {{ title }}
         </h1>
         <h3>{{ utc_dt }}</h3>