diff --git a/app/[locale]/blog/[slug]/page.tsx b/app/[locale]/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
index cdee0661..d3efcb21 100644
--- a/app/[locale]/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/[locale]/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default async function BlogPost({ params }: BlogPostProps) {
         <div className="relative w-full h-[70vh] min-h-[500px] overflow-hidden group">
           <div className="absolute inset-0 transition-transform duration-[3s] ease-out scale-110 group-hover:scale-100">
             <Image
-              src={`${post.frontmatter.featuredImage}?gravity=obj:face`}
+              src={post.frontmatter.featuredImage}
               alt={post.frontmatter.title}
               fill
               priority
diff --git a/app/[locale]/blog/page.tsx b/app/[locale]/blog/page.tsx
index ffaad997..ae0d4d8c 100644
--- a/app/[locale]/blog/page.tsx
+++ b/app/[locale]/blog/page.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default async function BlogIndex({ params }: BlogIndexProps) {
           {featuredPost && featuredPost.frontmatter.featuredImage && (
             <>
               <Image
-                src={`${featuredPost.frontmatter.featuredImage}?gravity=obj:face`}
+                src={featuredPost.frontmatter.featuredImage}
                 alt={featuredPost.frontmatter.title}
                 fill
                 className="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover scale-105 animate-slow-zoom opacity-40 md:opacity-60"
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export default async function BlogIndex({ params }: BlogIndexProps) {
                     {post.frontmatter.featuredImage && (
                       <div className="relative h-48 md:h-72 overflow-hidden">
                         <Image
-                          src={`${post.frontmatter.featuredImage}?gravity=obj:face`}
+                          src={post.frontmatter.featuredImage}
                           alt={post.frontmatter.title}
                           fill
                           className="w-full h-full object-cover transition-transform duration-1000 group-hover:scale-110"
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ export default async function BlogIndex({ params }: BlogIndexProps) {
                         )}
                         {(new Date(post.frontmatter.date) > new Date() ||
                           post.frontmatter.public === false) && (
-                          <Badge
-                            variant="accent"
-                            className="absolute top-3 right-3 md:top-6 md:right-6 shadow-lg bg-orange-500 text-white border-none"
-                          >
-                            Preview
-                          </Badge>
-                        )}
+                            <Badge
+                              variant="accent"
+                              className="absolute top-3 right-3 md:top-6 md:right-6 shadow-lg bg-orange-500 text-white border-none"
+                            >
+                              Preview
+                            </Badge>
+                          )}
                       </div>
                     )}
                     <div className="p-5 md:p-10 flex flex-col flex-1">
diff --git a/chunk-analysis.json b/chunk-analysis.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9acd4c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chunk-analysis.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+.next/static/chunks/1555f2949dbcddff.js
+.next/static/chunks/180f5dcf81481335.js
+.next/static/chunks/268553c5293137f5.js
+.next/static/chunks/2d7ae32de68a39ef.js
+.next/static/chunks/2ec0936da0321266.js
+.next/static/chunks/37f7b54a37295c30.js
+.next/static/chunks/3e3942369abf2ddc.js
+.next/static/chunks/424d0a83ac1f43b8.js
+.next/static/chunks/47f749213f3cceab.js
+.next/static/chunks/487d683c339d19a3.js
+.next/static/chunks/535c1ab943e23448.js
+.next/static/chunks/558d909c3c1972b3.js
+.next/static/chunks/6cf611207add5a99.js
+.next/static/chunks/7bd9cb4fe778d0a3.js
+.next/static/chunks/817ca2bc66023675.js
+.next/static/chunks/83318e1ba94652b0.js
+.next/static/chunks/882400359e57d35e.js
+.next/static/chunks/91829f600ae9b629.js
+.next/static/chunks/98b8bfc9eb444163.js
+.next/static/chunks/9aed5432afcf0f2d.js
+.next/static/chunks/a1d67bb574863461.js
+.next/static/chunks/a6dad97d9634a72d.js
+.next/static/chunks/a71a8075e35ac509.js
+.next/static/chunks/afc79511da623949.js
+.next/static/chunks/b5c2a6630c37e020.js
+.next/static/chunks/bcded4d8b49a0260.js
+.next/static/chunks/c2f4c81be736500f.js
+.next/static/chunks/c4008b16a5e99b90.js
+.next/static/chunks/c98e4e432699368d.js
+.next/static/chunks/c9e37d1e4c73c7f0.js
+.next/static/chunks/d79d122fe6c2ca13.js
+.next/static/chunks/db3ea84e87f72a70.js
+.next/static/chunks/e39a48c430164d16.js
+.next/static/chunks/e58096c0ead62031.js
+.next/static/chunks/ed779de026be3e39.js
+.next/static/chunks/f7b46fbdaad1733e.js
+.next/static/chunks/fa833b5e3015d34f.js
+.next/static/chunks/fc4f94c4cc594aa4.js
+.next/static/chunks/turbopack-5e3bd8a685a47b49.js
diff --git a/lib/imgproxy-loader.ts b/lib/imgproxy-loader.ts
index 041f58e4..0b23fd81 100644
--- a/lib/imgproxy-loader.ts
+++ b/lib/imgproxy-loader.ts
@@ -23,28 +23,11 @@ export default function imgproxyLoader({
     return src;
   }
 
-  // Check if src contains custom gravity query parameter
-  let gravity = 'sm'; // Use smart gravity (content-aware) by default
-  let cleanSrc = src;
-
-  try {
-    // Dummy base needed for relative URLs
-    const url = new URL(src, 'http://localhost');
-    const customGravity = url.searchParams.get('gravity');
-    if (customGravity) {
-      gravity = customGravity;
-      url.searchParams.delete('gravity');
-      cleanSrc = src.startsWith('http') ? url.href : url.pathname + url.search;
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    // Fallback if parsing fails
-  }
-
   // We use the width provided by Next.js for responsive images
   // Height is set to 0 to maintain aspect ratio
-  return getImgproxyUrl(cleanSrc, {
+  return getImgproxyUrl(src, {
     width,
     resizing_type: 'fit',
-    gravity,
+    gravity: 'sm', // Use smart gravity (content-aware) instead of face detection (requires ML/Pro)
   });
 }
diff --git a/tmp-lcp.json b/tmp-lcp.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06ae6533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp-lcp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{
+  "id": "largest-contentful-paint-element",
+  "title": "Largest Contentful Paint element",
+  "description": "This is the largest contentful element painted within the viewport. [Learn more about the Largest Contentful Paint element](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/lighthouse-largest-contentful-paint/)",
+  "score": 0,
+  "scoreDisplayMode": "metricSavings",
+  "displayValue": "5,490 ms",
+  "metricSavings": {
+    "LCP": 3000
+  },
+  "details": {
+    "type": "list",
+    "items": [
+      {
+        "type": "table",
+        "headings": [
+          {
+            "key": "node",
+            "valueType": "node",
+            "label": "Element"
+          }
+        ],
+        "items": [
+          {
+            "node": {
+              "type": "node",
+              "lhId": "page-0-IMG",
+              "path": "1,HTML,1,BODY,27,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,2,HEADER,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG",
+              "selector": "div.container > div.flex-shrink-0 > a > img.h-10",
+              "boundingRect": {
+                "top": 20,
+                "bottom": 60,
+                "left": 32,
+                "right": 151,
+                "width": 119,
+                "height": 40
+              },
+              "snippet": "<img alt=\"Startseite\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"h-10 md:h-14 w-auto transition-all duration-500 group-hover:scale-110\" srcset=\"/logo-white.svg 1x, /logo-white.svg 2x\" src=\"/logo-white.svg\" style=\"color: transparent;\">",
+              "nodeLabel": "Startseite"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "table",
+        "headings": [
+          {
+            "key": "phase",
+            "valueType": "text",
+            "label": "Phase"
+          },
+          {
+            "key": "percent",
+            "valueType": "text",
+            "label": "% of LCP"
+          },
+          {
+            "key": "timing",
+            "valueType": "ms",
+            "label": "Timing"
+          }
+        ],
+        "items": [
+          {
+            "phase": "TTFB",
+            "timing": 459.198,
+            "percent": "8%"
+          },
+          {
+            "phase": "Load Delay",
+            "timing": 58.11240179828974,
+            "percent": "1%"
+          },
+          {
+            "phase": "Load Time",
+            "timing": 49.75227841406388,
+            "percent": "1%"
+          },
+          {
+            "phase": "Render Delay",
+            "timing": 4920.729319787644,
+            "percent": "90%"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "guidanceLevel": 1
+}
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