diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 5f5e149..f692600 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pkgdesc="kunst is a deamon that extracts the album art from the songs playing in
 arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/sdushantha/kunst"
 license=('MIT')
-depends=('sxiv' 'imagemagick' 'bash' 'ffmpeg' 'mpc')
+depends=('sxiv' 'bash' 'ffmpeg' 'mpc')
 makedepends=('git')
 provides=($_pkgname)
 source=("git+https://github.com/networkpanic/kunst.git")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d378feb..b632bef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 ## Dependencies
 - ```sxiv``` or ```imv```
-- ```imagemagick```
 - ```bash```
 - ```ffmpeg```
 - ```mpc```
diff --git a/kunst b/kunst
index 292b090..8fa3186 100755
--- a/kunst
+++ b/kunst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # ┴ ┴└─┘┘└┘└─┘ ┴
 # Created by Siddharth Dushantha
 #
-# Dependencies: sxiv or imv, imagemagick, bash, ffmpeg, mpc, jq, mpd
+# Dependencies: sxiv or imv, bash, ffmpeg, mpc, jq, mpd
 
 
 VERSION=1.2.4
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ get_cover_online() {
 update_cover() {
 	# Extract the album art from the mp3 file and dont show the messsy
 	# output of ffmpeg
-	ffmpeg -i "$MUSIC_DIR$(mpc current -f %file%)" $COVER -y &> /dev/null
+	ffmpeg -loglevel error -i "$MUSIC_DIR/$(mpc current -f %file%)" $COVER -y
 
 	# Get the status of the previous command
 	STATUS=$?
@@ -166,9 +166,8 @@ update_cover() {
           while read -r CANDIDATE; do
             if [ -f "$CANDIDATE" ]; then
                 STATUS=0
-                export ARTLESS=false
-                convert "$CANDIDATE" $COVER
-								ls -l $COVER
+                ARTLESS=false
+                ffmpeg -loglevel error -i "$CANDIDATE" -vframes 1 $COVER -y
                 if [ ! $SILENT ];then
                     echo "kunst: found cover $CANDIDATE"
                 fi
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ update_cover() {
 
 	# Resize the image to 250x250
 	if [ $ARTLESS == false ]; then
-		convert $COVER -resize $SIZE $COVER &> /dev/null
+		ffmpeg -loglevel error -i $COVER -vframes 1 -vf scale=$WIDTH:-1 $COVER -y
         if [ ! $SILENT ];then
             echo "kunst: resized album art to $SIZE"
         fi