diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 98ff656..4fa2504 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ def remove_uploaded_img():
         except Exception:
             pass
 
+def remove_alpha(img):
+    if img.mode in ("RGBA", "LA"):
+        background = Image.new("RGBA", img.size, (255, 255, 255, 255))  # White background
+        img = Image.alpha_composite(background, img.convert("RGBA"))
+        return img.convert("RGB")
+    elif img.mode == "P" and 'transparency' in img.info:
+        img = img.convert("RGBA")
+        background = Image.new("RGBA", img.size, (255, 255, 255, 255))
+        img = Image.alpha_composite(background, img)
+        return img.convert("RGB")
+    else:
+        return img
+
 def bleh_image_from_url(url, dithering, mode):
     resp = requests.get(url, stream=True)
     resp.raise_for_status()
@@ -46,6 +59,7 @@ def bleh_image_from_url(url, dithering, mode):
     if bleh.returncode != 0:
         raise RuntimeError(f"Driver failed: {err.decode()}")
     img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(out)).convert("L")
+    img = remove_alpha(img)
     # Optionally check width, pad/resize if needed
     if img.width != IMAGE_WIDTH:
         img = img.resize((IMAGE_WIDTH, img.height), Image.LANCZOS)
@@ -60,6 +74,7 @@ def bleh_image_from_bytes(image_bytes, dithering, mode):
     if bleh.returncode != 0:
         raise RuntimeError(f"Driver failed: {err.decode()}")
     img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(out)).convert("L")
+    img = remove_alpha(img)
     if img.width != IMAGE_WIDTH:
         img = img.resize((IMAGE_WIDTH, img.height), Image.LANCZOS)
     return img