diff --git a/src/converters/assimp.ts b/src/converters/assimp.ts
index 1ef7c6a..b0c9241 100644
--- a/src/converters/assimp.ts
+++ b/src/converters/assimp.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export async function convert(
         console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
       }
 
-      resolve("success");
+      resolve("Done");
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts b/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
index 7a3ab66..52b776d 100644
--- a/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { exec } from "node:child_process";
 
-
 // This could be done dynamically by running `ffmpeg -formats` and parsing the output
 export const properties = {
   from: {
@@ -692,7 +691,16 @@ export async function convert(
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
   options?: unknown,
 ): Promise<string> {
-  const command = `ffmpeg -i "${filePath}" "${targetPath}"`;
+  let extra = "";
+  let message = "Done";
+
+  if (convertTo === "ico") {
+    // make sure image is 256x256 or smaller
+    extra = `-filter:v "scale='min(256,iw)':min'(256,ih)':force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease"`;
+    message = "Done: resized to 256x256";
+  }
+
+  const command = `ffmpeg -i "${filePath}" ${extra} "${targetPath}"`;
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     exec(command, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
@@ -708,7 +716,7 @@ export async function convert(
         console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
       }
 
-      resolve("success");
+      resolve(message);
     });
   });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/converters/graphicsmagick.ts b/src/converters/graphicsmagick.ts
index cde4a4a..78a951d 100644
--- a/src/converters/graphicsmagick.ts
+++ b/src/converters/graphicsmagick.ts
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export function convert(
           console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
         }
 
-        resolve("success");
+        resolve("Done");
       },
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/converters/libjxl.ts b/src/converters/libjxl.ts
index cb828f2..fbf61bd 100644
--- a/src/converters/libjxl.ts
+++ b/src/converters/libjxl.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function convert(
         console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
       }
 
-      resolve("success");
+      resolve("Done");
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/converters/main.ts b/src/converters/main.ts
index 6a68e85..39ba442 100644
--- a/src/converters/main.ts
+++ b/src/converters/main.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,13 @@
 import { normalizeFiletype } from "../helpers/normalizeFiletype";
-import {
-  convert as convertassimp,
-  properties as propertiesassimp,
-} from "./assimp";
-import {
-  convert as convertFFmpeg,
-  properties as propertiesFFmpeg,
-} from "./ffmpeg";
-import {
-  convert as convertGraphicsmagick,
-  properties as propertiesGraphicsmagick,
-} from "./graphicsmagick";
-import {
-  convert as convertLibjxl,
-  properties as propertiesLibjxl,
-} from "./libjxl";
-import {
-  convert as convertPandoc,
-  properties as propertiesPandoc,
-} from "./pandoc";
-import {
-  convert as convertresvg,
-  properties as propertiesresvg,
-} from "./resvg";
+import { convert as convertassimp, properties as propertiesassimp } from "./assimp";
+import { convert as convertFFmpeg, properties as propertiesFFmpeg } from "./ffmpeg";
+import { convert as convertGraphicsmagick, properties as propertiesGraphicsmagick } from "./graphicsmagick";
+import { convert as convertLibjxl, properties as propertiesLibjxl } from "./libjxl";
+import { convert as convertPandoc, properties as propertiesPandoc } from "./pandoc";
+import { convert as convertresvg, properties as propertiesresvg } from "./resvg";
 import { convert as convertImage, properties as propertiesImage } from "./vips";
-import {
-  convert as convertxelatex,
-  properties as propertiesxelatex,
-} from "./xelatex";
+import { convert as convertxelatex, properties as propertiesxelatex } from "./xelatex";
+
 
 // This should probably be reconstructed so that the functions are not imported instead the functions hook into this to make the converters more modular
 
@@ -103,8 +83,7 @@ export async function mainConverter(
 ) {
   const fileType = normalizeFiletype(fileTypeOriginal);
 
-  let converterFunc: ((filePath: string, fileType: string, convertTo: string, targetPath: string, options?: unknown) => unknown) | undefined;
-  // let converterName = converterName;
+  let converterFunc: typeof properties["libjxl"]["converter"] | undefined;
 
   if (converterName) {
     converterFunc = properties[converterName]?.converter;
@@ -137,7 +116,7 @@ export async function mainConverter(
   }
 
   try {
-    await converterFunc(
+    const result = await converterFunc(
       inputFilePath,
       fileType,
       convertTo,
@@ -147,7 +126,13 @@ export async function mainConverter(
 
     console.log(
       `Converted ${inputFilePath} from ${fileType} to ${convertTo} successfully using ${converterName}.`,
+      result,
     );
+
+    if (typeof result === "string") {
+      return result;
+    }
+
     return "Done";
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(
@@ -279,4 +264,4 @@ export const getAllInputs = (converter: string) => {
 // }
 
 // // print the number of unique Inputs and Outputs
-// console.log(`Unique Formats: ${uniqueFormats.size}`);
+// console.log(`Unique Formats: ${uniqueFormats.size}`);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/converters/pandoc.ts b/src/converters/pandoc.ts
index e43dc5f..36053f1 100644
--- a/src/converters/pandoc.ts
+++ b/src/converters/pandoc.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export function convert(
           console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
         }
 
-        resolve("success");
+        resolve("Done");
       },
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/converters/resvg.ts b/src/converters/resvg.ts
index ebba700..0fb9ca5 100644
--- a/src/converters/resvg.ts
+++ b/src/converters/resvg.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function convert(
         console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
       }
 
-      resolve("success");
+      resolve("Done");
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/converters/vips.ts b/src/converters/vips.ts
index 65f8acd..db2595d 100644
--- a/src/converters/vips.ts
+++ b/src/converters/vips.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export function convert(
           console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
         }
 
-        resolve("success");
+        resolve("Done");
       },
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/converters/xelatex.ts b/src/converters/xelatex.ts
index fda01f4..73cd8f5 100644
--- a/src/converters/xelatex.ts
+++ b/src/converters/xelatex.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function convert(
           console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
         }
 
-        resolve("success");
+        resolve("Done");
       },
     );
   });