diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index cd3b1da..04b7716 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.487"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.488"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-07-18T17:45:56+0200"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-07-22T15:16:28+0200"
diff --git a/wpdf/wpdfImage.go b/wpdf/wpdfImage.go
index f26883f..9058f01 100644
--- a/wpdf/wpdfImage.go
+++ b/wpdf/wpdfImage.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"gogs.mikescher.com/BlackForestBytes/goext/langext"
 	"image"
 	"image/color"
+	"image/draw"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -284,6 +285,13 @@ func (b *WPDFBuilder) Image(img *PDFImageRef, opts ...*PDFImageOpt) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if dataimg.ColorModel() != color.RGBAModel && dataimg.ColorModel() != color.NRGBAModel {
+			// the image cannto be 16bpp or similar - otherwise fpdf errors out
+			dataImgRGBA := image.NewNRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, dataimg.Bounds().Dx(), dataimg.Bounds().Dy()))
+			draw.Draw(dataImgRGBA, dataImgRGBA.Bounds(), dataimg, dataimg.Bounds().Min, draw.Src)
+			dataimg = dataImgRGBA
+		}
+
 		bfr, imgMime, err := imageext.EncodeImage(dataimg, compression)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.b.SetError(err)