diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3abf8d1..8356e25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 public/
+
 static/*.pdf
+static/processed_images/
 
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index b9841b6..66e7ce2 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@
         {% for social in config.extra.socials %}
         <div class="social-icon">
             <a href="{{social.url}}" target="_blank">
-                <img src="{{social.icon}}" alt="Visit my {{social.alt}} profile" />
+                {% if social.icon is ending_with(".svg") %}
+                    {% set icon_url = social.icon %}
+                {% else %}
+                    {% set icon = resize_image(path = social.icon, width = 32, height = 32, op = "fit") %}
+                    {% set icon_url = icon.url %}
+                {% endif %}
+
+                <img src="{{icon_url}}" alt="Visit my {{social.alt}} profile" />
             </a>
         </div>
         {% endfor %}
diff --git a/zola.toml b/zola.toml
index 322f29b..cc9a450 100644
--- a/zola.toml
+++ b/zola.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ compile_sass = true
 # Whether to build a search index to be used later on by a JavaScript library
 build_search_index = false
 
+ignored_static = ["linkedin.png"]
+
 [markdown]
 
 [markdown.highlighting]