diff --git a/src/Defaults/index.ts b/src/Defaults/index.ts
index 1ac91a8..23cbc59 100644
--- a/src/Defaults/index.ts
+++ b/src/Defaults/index.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const BASE_CONNECTION_CONFIG: CommonSocketConfig<any> = {
 export const DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG: SocketConfig = {
 	...BASE_CONNECTION_CONFIG,
 	waWebSocketUrl: 'wss://web.whatsapp.com/ws/chat',
+	linkPreviewImageThumbnailWidth: 192,
 	getMessage: async() => undefined
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
index 6deb258..bb254d3 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { BinaryNode, BinaryNodeAttributes, getBinaryNodeChild, getBinaryNodeChil
 import { makeGroupsSocket } from './groups'
 
 export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
-	const { logger } = config
+	const { logger, linkPreviewImageThumbnailWidth } = config
 	const sock = makeGroupsSocket(config)
 	const {
 		ev,
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 						logger,
 						userJid,
 						// multi-device does not have this yet
-						getUrlInfo: getUrlInfo,
+						getUrlInfo: text => getUrlInfo(text, { thumbnailWidth: linkPreviewImageThumbnailWidth }),
 						upload: waUploadToServer,
 						mediaCache: config.mediaCache,
 						...options,
diff --git a/src/Types/index.ts b/src/Types/index.ts
index d646b70..995841a 100644
--- a/src/Types/index.ts
+++ b/src/Types/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export type SocketConfig = CommonSocketConfig<AuthenticationState> & {
     userDevicesCache?: NodeCache
     /** map to store the retry counts for failed messages */
     msgRetryCounterMap?: { [msgId: string]: number }
+    /** width for link preview images */
+    linkPreviewImageThumbnailWidth: number
     /**
      * fetch a message from your store
      * implement this so that messages failed to send (solves the "this message can take a while" issue) can be retried
diff --git a/src/Utils/link-preview.ts b/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
index ffd484b..f84116d 100644
--- a/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
 import { WAUrlInfo } from '../Types'
 import { extractImageThumb, getHttpStream } from './messages-media'
 
-const THUMBNAIL_WIDTH_PX = 128
+const THUMBNAIL_WIDTH_PX = 192
 
 /** Fetches an image and generates a thumbnail for it */
-const getCompressedJpegThumbnail = async(url: string) => {
+const getCompressedJpegThumbnail = async(url: string, thumbnailWidth: number) => {
 	const stream = await getHttpStream(url)
-	const result = await extractImageThumb(stream, THUMBNAIL_WIDTH_PX)
+	const result = await extractImageThumb(stream, thumbnailWidth)
 	return result
 }
 
+export type URLGenerationOptions = {
+	thumbnailWidth: number
+}
+
 /**
  * Given a piece of text, checks for any URL present, generates link preview for the same and returns it
  * Return undefined if the fetch failed or no URL was found
  * @param text the text containing URL
  * @returns the URL info required to generate link preview
  */
-export const getUrlInfo = async(text: string): Promise<WAUrlInfo | undefined> => {
+export const getUrlInfo = async(
+	text: string,
+	opts: URLGenerationOptions = { thumbnailWidth: THUMBNAIL_WIDTH_PX }
+): Promise<WAUrlInfo | undefined> => {
 	try {
 		const { getLinkPreview } = await import('link-preview-js')
 
@@ -24,7 +31,9 @@ export const getUrlInfo = async(text: string): Promise<WAUrlInfo | undefined> =>
 		if(info && 'title' in info) {
 			const [image] = info.images
 
-			const jpegThumbnail = image ? await getCompressedJpegThumbnail(image) : undefined
+			const jpegThumbnail = image
+				? await getCompressedJpegThumbnail(image, opts.thumbnailWidth)
+				: undefined
 
 			return {
 				'canonical-url': info.url,