took out the meta config check from image.js

src/controllers/accounts.js

@@ -404,7 +404,11 @@ accountsController.uploadPicture = function (req, res, next) {
 			image.resizeImage(req.files.userPhoto.path, extension, 128, 128, next);
 		},
 		function(next) {
-			image.convertImageToPng(req.files.userPhoto.path, extension, next);
+			if (parseInt(meta.config['profile:convertProfileImageToPNG'], 10) === 1) {
+				image.convertImageToPng(req.files.userPhoto.path, extension, next);
+			} else {
+				next();
+			}
 		},
 		function(next) {
 			user.getUidByUserslug(req.params.userslug, next);
@@ -450,7 +454,7 @@ accountsController.uploadPicture = function (req, res, next) {
 			return plugins.fireHook('filter:uploadImage', req.files.userPhoto, done);
 		}
 
-		var convertToPNG = parseInt(meta.config['profile:convertProfileImageToPNG'], 10);
+		var convertToPNG = parseInt(meta.config['profile:convertProfileImageToPNG'], 10) === 1;
 		var filename = updateUid + '-profileimg' + (convertToPNG ? '.png' : extension);
 
 		user.getUserField(updateUid, 'uploadedpicture', function (err, oldpicture) {

src/image.js

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var fs = require('fs'),
-	gm = require('gm').subClass({imageMagick: true}),
+	gm = require('gm').subClass({imageMagick: true});
-	meta = require('./meta');
 
 var image = {};
 
@@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ image.resizeImage = function(path, extension, width, height, callback) {
 };
 
 image.convertImageToPng = function(path, extension, callback) {
-	var convertToPNG = parseInt(meta.config['profile:convertProfileImageToPNG'], 10);
+	if(extension !== '.png') {
-	if(convertToPNG && extension !== '.png') {
 		gm(path).toBuffer('png', function(err, buffer) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);