diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 29b2b1d..51f7573 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ nosetests.xml
 .pydevproject
 
 tmptest/
-venv3.4/*
+venv3.*/*
 venv2.7/*
 test/*
 logs/*
diff --git a/lycheesync/lycheedao.py b/lycheesync/lycheedao.py
index 5e837de..ead95f5 100644
--- a/lycheesync/lycheedao.py
+++ b/lycheesync/lycheedao.py
@@ -492,22 +492,22 @@ def addFileToAlbum(self, photo):
                  "size, star, " +
                  "thumbUrl, album,iso, aperture, make, " +
                  "model, shutter, focal, takestamp, " +
-                 "description, title, checksum) " +
+                 "description, title, checksum, medium) " +
                  "values " +
                  "({}, '{}', {}, '{}', {}, {}, " +
                  "'{}', {}, " +
                  "'{}', '{}', '{}', '{}'," +
                  " '{}', " +
                  "'{}', '{}', '{}', '{}', " +
-                 "'{}', %s, '{}')"
-                 ).format(photo.id, photo.url, self.conf["publicAlbum"], photo.type, photo.width, photo.height,
+                 "'{}', %s, '{}', '{}')"
+                 ).format(photo.id, photo.url, photo.public, photo.type, photo.width, photo.height,
                           photo.size, photo.star,
                           photo.thumbUrl, photo.albumid,
                           photo.exif.iso,
                           photo.exif.aperture,
                           photo.exif.make,
                           photo.exif.model, photo.exif.shutter, photo.exif.focal, stamp,
-                          photo.description, photo.checksum)
+                          photo.description, photo.checksum, photo.medium)
         try:
             logger.debug(query)
             cur = self.db.cursor()
diff --git a/lycheesync/lycheemodel.py b/lycheesync/lycheemodel.py
index 0a26a9a..46f32c6 100644
--- a/lycheesync/lycheemodel.py
+++ b/lycheesync/lycheemodel.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class LycheePhoto:
     description = ""
     url = ""
     public = 0  # private by default
+    medium = 0  # do not make medium thumbnail by default
     type = ""
     width = 0
     height = 0
@@ -141,6 +142,9 @@ def __init__(self, id, conf, photoname, album):
         self.albumid = album['id']
         self.albumname = album['name']
 
+        self.public = self.conf["publicAlbum"];
+        self.medium = self.conf["mediumThumb"];
+
         # if star in file name, photo is starred
         if ('star' in self.originalname) or ('cover' in self.originalname):
             self.star = 1
@@ -317,6 +321,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         res += "description:" + str(self.description) + "\n"
         res += "url:" + str(self.url) + "\n"
         res += "public:" + str(self.public) + "\n"
+        res += "medium:" + str(self.medium) + "\n"
         res += "type:" + str(self.type) + "\n"
         res += "width:" + str(self.width) + "\n"
         res += "height:" + str(self.height) + "\n"
diff --git a/lycheesync/lycheesyncer.py b/lycheesync/lycheesyncer.py
index c3979e3..8a091a4 100644
--- a/lycheesync/lycheesyncer.py
+++ b/lycheesync/lycheesyncer.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def createAlbum(self, album):
             album['id'] = self.dao.createAlbum(album)
         return album['id']
 
-    def thumbIt(self, res, photo, destinationpath, destfile):
+    def thumbIt(self, res, photo, destinationpath, destfile, crop):
         """
         Create the thumbnail of a given photo
         Parameters:
@@ -103,19 +103,6 @@ def thumbIt(self, res, photo, destinationpath, destfile):
         Returns the fullpath of the thuumbnail
         """
 
-        if photo.width > photo.height:
-            delta = photo.width - photo.height
-            left = int(delta / 2)
-            upper = 0
-            right = int(photo.height + left)
-            lower = int(photo.height)
-        else:
-            delta = photo.height - photo.width
-            left = 0
-            upper = int(delta / 2)
-            right = int(photo.width)
-            lower = int(photo.width + upper)
-
         destimage = os.path.join(destinationpath, destfile)
         try:
             img = Image.open(photo.destfullpath)
@@ -124,11 +111,43 @@ def thumbIt(self, res, photo, destinationpath, destfile):
             logger.error("ioerror (corrupted file?): " + photo.srcfullpath)
             raise
 
-        img = img.crop((left, upper, right, lower))
+        if (crop):
+            if photo.width > photo.height:
+                delta = photo.width - photo.height
+                left = int(delta / 2)
+                upper = 0
+                right = int(photo.height + left)
+                lower = int(photo.height)
+            else:
+                delta = photo.height - photo.width
+                left = 0
+                upper = int(delta / 2)
+                right = int(photo.width)
+                lower = int(photo.width + upper)
+
+            img = img.crop((left, upper, right, lower))
+
         img.thumbnail(res, Image.ANTIALIAS)
-        img.save(destimage, quality=99)
+        img.save(destimage, quality=90)
         return destimage
 
+    def makeMedium(self, photo):
+        """
+        Make medium photo used by Lychee for a given photo
+        and store their path in the LycheePhoto object
+        Parameters:
+        - photo: a valid LycheePhoto object
+        returns nothing
+        """
+        # set  medium photo size
+        size = 1920, 1080
+        # set medium photo file name
+        destfile = photo.url
+        # compute destination path
+        destpath = os.path.join(self.conf["lycheepath"], "uploads", "medium")
+        # make medium photo
+        photo.mediumfullpath = self.thumbIt(size, photo, destpath, destfile, False)
+
     def makeThumbnail(self, photo):
         """
         Make the 2 thumbnails needed by Lychee for a given photo
@@ -145,8 +164,13 @@ def makeThumbnail(self, photo):
         # compute destination path
         destpath = os.path.join(self.conf["lycheepath"], "uploads", "thumb")
         # make thumbnails
-        photo.thumbnailfullpath = self.thumbIt(sizes[0], photo, destpath, destfiles[0])
-        photo.thumbnailx2fullpath = self.thumbIt(sizes[1], photo, destpath, destfiles[1])
+        photo.thumbnailfullpath = self.thumbIt(sizes[0], photo, destpath, destfiles[0], True)
+        photo.thumbnailx2fullpath = self.thumbIt(sizes[1], photo, destpath, destfiles[1], True)
+
+        # make medium thumbnail if required
+        if (photo.medium):
+            self.makeMedium(photo)
+
 
     def copyFileToLychee(self, photo):
         """
@@ -199,12 +223,14 @@ def deleteFiles(self, filelist):
         for url in filelist:
             if self.isAPhoto(url):
                 thumbpath = os.path.join(self.conf["lycheepath"], "uploads", "thumb", url)
+                mediumpath = os.path.join(self.conf["lycheepath"], "uploads", "medium", url)
                 filesplit = os.path.splitext(url)
                 thumb2path = ''.join([filesplit[0], "@2x", filesplit[1]]).lower()
                 thumb2path = os.path.join(self.conf["lycheepath"], "uploads", "thumb", thumb2path)
                 bigpath = os.path.join(self.conf["lycheepath"], "uploads", "big", url)
                 remove_file(thumbpath)
                 remove_file(thumb2path)
+                remove_file(mediumpath)
                 remove_file(bigpath)
 
     def adjustRotation(self, photo):
diff --git a/ressources/conf.json b/ressources/conf.json
index 3b72c13..07ae19c 100644
--- a/ressources/conf.json
+++ b/ressources/conf.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "dbSocket":"/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock",
     "thumbQuality":80,
     "publicAlbum": 0,
+    "mediumThumb": 1,
     "excludeAlbums": [
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ressources/test_conf.json b/ressources/test_conf.json
index 98091ac..ec7ed8d 100644
--- a/ressources/test_conf.json
+++ b/ressources/test_conf.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "dbHost":"localhost",
     "thumbQuality":80,
     "publicAlbum": 0,
+    "mediumThumb": 1,
     "excludeAlbums": [],
     "lycheepath": "/tmp/lychee",
     "testphotopath": "./tmptest",