diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES.md b/DEPENDENCIES.md
index 8c9339b..47d6364 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES.md
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES.md
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ Pip packages
 
 ## Site Display
 
-* Pico CSS (Yohn's fork)
-* Linux Biolinum (font)
+### CSS
+
+* Pico CSS ([fork](https://github.com/Yohn/PicoCSS))
+
+### Fonts
+
+* Linux Biolinum
 
 # On Production Server
 
@@ -34,16 +39,22 @@ Pip packages
 
 ## Event list
 
-Python packages
+* utils/refresh-events.py
+  depends on:
+  * caldav
+  * vobject
 
-* caldav
-* vobject
+## image processing
+
+* utils/crop_image_to_bbox.py
+  depends on:
+  * PIL 
 
 ## Favicon
 
-Linux packages:
-
-* inkscape
-* pngquant
-* image-magick
+* utils/favicon-from-svg.sh
+  depends on:
+  * inkscape
+  * pngquant
+  * image-magick
 
diff --git a/content/images/kurzprosa/mockup-aw-phantastische-geschichten-2.png b/content/images/kurzprosa/mockup-aw-phantastische-geschichten-2.png
index ac40ddf..1917b90 100644
Binary files a/content/images/kurzprosa/mockup-aw-phantastische-geschichten-2.png and b/content/images/kurzprosa/mockup-aw-phantastische-geschichten-2.png differ
diff --git a/content/images/news/news-coffee.jpg b/content/images/neues/motif-coffee.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from content/images/news/news-coffee.jpg
rename to content/images/neues/motif-coffee.jpg
diff --git a/content/images/tr/motif-paragraph-symbol.png b/content/images/tr/motif-paragraph-symbol.png
index f39f903..0b46238 100644
Binary files a/content/images/tr/motif-paragraph-symbol.png and b/content/images/tr/motif-paragraph-symbol.png differ
diff --git a/content/pages/index.md b/content/pages/index.md
index 319a6e0..8c9bc56 100644
--- a/content/pages/index.md
+++ b/content/pages/index.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ template: index
 save_as: index.html
 url: 
 index_cards:
-  - pic: images/kurzprosa/cover-aw-phantastische-geschichten-2.jpg
+  - pic: images/kurzprosa/mockup-aw-phantastische-geschichten-2.png
     link: werke/
     alt: Phantastik, Belletristik, Lyrik & mehr
   - pic: images/tr/live-microphone-2.jpg
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ index_cards:
     credit_link: https://unsplash.com/@matthewjungling
     link: termine/
     alt: Lesungen und Lesereihen  
-  - pic: images/news/news-coffee.jpg
+  - pic: images/neues/motif-coffee.jpg
     link: neues/
     alt: Neuerscheinungen, Ankündigungen etc.
   - pic: images/tr/portrait-tr-cutout.png
diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index 8f77ca3..42e047d 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ PLUGINS = ["pelican.plugins.yaml_metadata", "pelican.plugins.image_process", "mi
 OPTIMIZE_IMAGES_DEV_MODE = True     # disable optimization in dev mode
 
 # plugin settings for image-process
+IMAGE_PROCESS_FORCE = False
 IMAGE_PROCESS = {
-    "featured": ["scale_in 550 100% True"],
+    "featured": ["scale_in 550 850 True"],
     "card": ["scale_in 350 100% True"]
 }
 
@@ -132,4 +133,5 @@ IMAGE_PROCESS = {
 ###############################################################################
 
 STYLESHEET_FILES = ("pico.zinc.css", "custom.css")
-DEFAULT_METADESC = "Tobias Radloff ist preisgekrönter Schriftsteller von Romanen, Kurzgeschichten und Lyrik auf deutsch und englisch. Zu seinen Genres gehören Fantasy, SF, Krimi, Kinder-/Jugendbuch und mehr. Er organisiert und moderiert die regelmäßigen Lesereihen 'Potsdams andere Welten' und 'Babelsberger Lesesalon'."
\ No newline at end of file
+DEFAULT_METADESC = "Tobias Radloff ist preisgekrönter Schriftsteller von Romanen, Kurzgeschichten und Lyrik auf deutsch und englisch. Zu seinen Genres gehören Fantasy, SF, Krimi, Kinder-/Jugendbuch und mehr. Er organisiert und moderiert die regelmäßigen Lesereihen 'Potsdams andere Welten' und 'Babelsberger Lesesalon'."
+
diff --git a/theme/static/css/custom.css b/theme/static/css/custom.css
index 51453d8..bd6ace5 100644
--- a/theme/static/css/custom.css
+++ b/theme/static/css/custom.css
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ figcaption {
     max-height: calc(var(--tr-card-height) * 2);
     min-width: var(--tr-smallest-width);
     max-width: 100%;
-    object-fit: cover;
+    object-fit: contain;
     display: block;
     margin: auto;
   }
diff --git a/utils/crop_image_to_bbox.py b/utils/crop_image_to_bbox.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b1e0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/crop_image_to_bbox.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from PIL import Image
+import sys
+
+# check if filename is present
+if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    sys.exit("error: no filename spcified") 
+f = sys.argv[1]
+
+# open, crop and overwrite image
+print(f"cropping file {f} … ", end='')
+with Image.open(f) as i:
+    # do nothing if size and bbox are equivalent
+    bbox = i.getbbox()
+    if bbox[0] == 0 and bbox[1] == 0 and bbox[2] == i.size[0] and bbox[3] == i.size[1]:
+        print("nothing to do")
+        sys.exit(0)
+    
+    i.crop(i.getbbox()).save(f)
+
+print("successful")