diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d28341e..7114b93 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ bower_components
 .lock-wscript
 
 # Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
+build/
 
 # Dependency directories
 node_modules/
diff --git a/images/thumb/fjord.jpg b/images/thumb/fjord.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b175fd
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/thumb/fjord.jpg differ
diff --git a/src/routes/api/image.ts b/src/routes/api/image.ts
index 450350e..760a01d 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/image.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/image.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,58 @@
 import express from "express"
-import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs"
+import path from "path"
+import sharp from "sharp"
 
 const image = express.Router();
 
-image.get('/',
-    async (req: express.Request, res: express.Response): Promise<void> => {
-        let filename = req.query.filename as string;
-
-        try {
-            let filePath = path.resolve("images/full", `${filename}.jpg`);
-            console.log('FILE PATH', filePath);
-            if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
-				res.status(404).send("Image don't exist! Try another name");
-				return;
-			}
-            res.sendFile(filePath);
-        } catch (err) {
-            res.status(404).send(`An error occured`);
-        }
-
-        //res.send('Welcome to image route please add parametres in the url');
-    })
+const resizeImg = async (width: number, height: number, inputimgPath: string, fileName: string): Promise<string> => {
+    // output file for resized img
+    let outputImg = path.resolve("images/thumb", `${fileName}.jpg`);
+    await sharp(path.resolve(inputimgPath))
+        .resize(width, height)
+        .toFormat("jpeg")
+        .jpeg({
+            quality: 100,
+            mozjpeg: true
+        })
+        .toFile(path.resolve(outputImg))
+
+    return outputImg
+}
+
+
+
+
+image.get('/', async (req: express.Request, res: express.Response): Promise<void> => {
+    let fileName = req.query.filename as string;
+    let width = parseInt(req.query.width as string);
+    let height = parseInt(req.query.height as string);
+    
+    // fetch file from server
+    let inputimgPath: string = path.resolve("images/full", `${fileName}.jpg`);
+    
+
+    // check if the inputFile exist
+    if (!fs.existsSync(inputimgPath)) {
+        res.status(404).send("Image not found");
+        return;
+    }
+
+
+    // display image if we have fileName, width, height attributs in the request  
+    if (fileName && width && height) {
+
+        //resize image
+        let outputImg: string = await resizeImg(width, height, inputimgPath, fileName);
+        res.sendFile(outputImg);
+
+    } else if (fileName) {
+        // display original image if we only have filename parameter in the request
+        res.sendFile(inputimgPath);
+    }
+})
+
+
+
 
 export default image;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index b4f1c0d..8e9392a 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,            /* Ensure that casing is correct in imports. */
 
     /* Type Checking */
-    "strict": true,                                      /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
+    "strict": false,                                      /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
     "noImplicitAny": true,                            /* Enable error reporting for expressions and declarations with an implied `any` type.. */
     // "strictNullChecks": true,                         /* When type checking, take into account `null` and `undefined`. */
     // "strictFunctionTypes": true,                      /* When assigning functions, check to ensure parameters and the return values are subtype-compatible. */