diff --git a/components/home/RecentPosts.tsx b/components/home/RecentPosts.tsx
index 02111a09..cf15dec2 100644
--- a/components/home/RecentPosts.tsx
+++ b/components/home/RecentPosts.tsx
@@ -74,11 +74,14 @@ export default async function RecentPosts({ locale, data }: RecentPostsProps) {
                       suppressHydrationWarning
                       className="px-3 py-1 text-white/80 text-[10px] md:text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest border border-white/20 rounded-full bg-white/10 backdrop-blur-md"
                     >
-                      {new Date(post.frontmatter.date).toLocaleDateString(locale || 'de', {
-                        year: 'numeric',
-                        month: 'short',
-                        day: 'numeric',
-                      })}
+                      {new Date(post.frontmatter.date).toLocaleDateString(
+                        ['en', 'de'].includes(locale) ? locale : 'de',
+                        {
+                          year: 'numeric',
+                          month: 'short',
+                          day: 'numeric',
+                        },
+                      )}
                     </time>
                     {(new Date(post.frontmatter.date) > new Date() ||
                       post.frontmatter.public === false) && (
diff --git a/next.config.mjs b/next.config.mjs
index 03cc23a7..68fb5117 100644
--- a/next.config.mjs
+++ b/next.config.mjs
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ const nextConfig = {
     ];
   },
   images: {
+    qualities: [75, 100],
     formats: ['image/webp'],
     deviceSizes: [640, 750, 828, 1080, 1200, 1920, 2048, 3840],
     remotePatterns: [