diff --git a/app/models/jobs/process_photo.rb b/app/models/jobs/process_photo.rb
index 014620e91d1777453dfd207424c7543e7c3d87c5..048e13c88fb676fbbacfc5a4fe3d7eee9c5f947a 100644
--- a/app/models/jobs/process_photo.rb
+++ b/app/models/jobs/process_photo.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@
 module Jobs
   class ProcessPhoto < Base
     @queue = :photos
-    def self.perform(photo_id)
-      Photo.find(photo_id).process
+    def self.perform(id)
+      photo = Photo.find(id)
+      unprocessed_image = photo.unprocessed_image
+
+      return false if photo.processed? || unprocessed_image.path.try(:include?, ".gif")
+
+      photo.processed_image.store!(unprocessed_image)
+
+      photo.save!
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/photo.rb b/app/models/photo.rb
index 2062cdf0cbb9a508da35041079ff2e78b98d0914..75b644276c0d9d0a3fbf617038de8f70109a5f81 100644
--- a/app/models/photo.rb
+++ b/app/models/photo.rb
@@ -48,12 +48,8 @@ class Photo < Post
     photo
   end
 
-  def not_processed?
-    processed_image.path.nil?
-  end
-
   def processed?
-    !processed_image.path.nil?
+    processed_image.path.present?
   end
 
   def update_remote_path
@@ -74,10 +70,10 @@ class Photo < Post
     if remote_photo_path
       name = name.to_s + '_' if name
       remote_photo_path + name.to_s + remote_photo_name
-    elsif not_processed?
-      unprocessed_image.url(name)
-    else
+    elsif processed?
       processed_image.url(name)
+    else
+      unprocessed_image.url(name)
     end
   end
 
@@ -97,12 +93,6 @@ class Photo < Post
     Resque.enqueue(Jobs::ProcessPhoto, self.id)
   end
 
-  def process
-    return false if self.processed? || (!unprocessed_image.path.nil? && unprocessed_image.path.include?('.gif'))
-    processed_image.store!(unprocessed_image) #Ultra naive
-    save!
-  end
-
   def mutable?
     true
   end
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index 017ccaad67981ea33019d76749cf771880a500b9..74578cf6ecb341eece1f2ac89e6174ce8c7076c9 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ Factory.define(:photo) do |p|
   p.sequence(:random_string) {|n| ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(10) }
   p.after_build do |p|
     p.unprocessed_image.store! File.open(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures', 'button.png'))
-    p.process
     p.update_remote_path
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/button.gif b/spec/fixtures/button.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..71ef2d9f42d821ef14615f3876572a0884deb832
Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/fixtures/button.gif differ
diff --git a/spec/models/jobs/process_photo_spec.rb b/spec/models/jobs/process_photo_spec.rb
index 674aea8dfd3bea5554139c18a5621392e7ade513..0a760f0d154d81cf07890da99af7dbdfea8abf65 100644
--- a/spec/models/jobs/process_photo_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/jobs/process_photo_spec.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,63 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Jobs::ProcessPhoto do
   it 'calls process on the photo' do
-    photo = mock()
-    photo.should_receive(:process)
-    Photo.should_receive(:find).with(1).and_return(photo)
-    Jobs::ProcessPhoto.perform(1)
+    #photo = mock()
+    #photo.should_receive(:process)
+    #Photo.should_receive(:find).with(1).and_return(photo)
+    #Jobs::ProcessPhoto.perform(1)
+  end
+
+  before do
+   @user = alice
+   @aspect = @user.aspects.first
+
+   @fixture_name = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'fixtures', 'button.png')
+
+   @saved_photo = @user.build_post(:photo, :user_file => File.open(@fixture_name), :to => @aspect.id)
+   @saved_photo.save
+  end
+
+  it 'saves the processed image' do
+    @saved_photo.processed_image.path.should be_nil
+
+    result = Jobs::ProcessPhoto.perform(@saved_photo.id)
+
+    @saved_photo.reload
+
+    @saved_photo.processed_image.path.should_not be_nil
+    result.should be true
+  end
+
+  context 'when trying to process a photo that has already been processed' do
+    before do
+      Jobs::ProcessPhoto.perform(@saved_photo.id)
+      @saved_photo.reload
+    end
+
+    it 'does not process the photo' do
+      processed_image_path = @saved_photo.processed_image.path
+
+      result = Jobs::ProcessPhoto.perform(@saved_photo.id)
+
+      @saved_photo.reload
+
+      @saved_photo.processed_image.path.should == processed_image_path
+      result.should be false
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'when a gif is uploaded' do
+    before do
+      @fixture_name = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'fixtures', 'button.gif')
+      @saved_gif = @user.build_post(:photo, :user_file => File.open(@fixture_name), :to => @aspect.id)
+      @saved_gif.save
+    end
+
+    it 'does not process the gif' do
+      result = Jobs::ProcessPhoto.perform(@saved_gif.id)
+
+      @saved_gif.reload.processed_image.path.should be_nil
+      result.should be false
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
index d506c52b2a063851a264420b417c1e4d3356343c..92e331254a466c57a95772f44c66c900b067d664 100644
--- a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
@@ -13,13 +13,10 @@ describe Photo do
     @fixture_name      = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'fixtures', @fixture_filename)
     @fail_fixture_name = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'fixtures', 'msg.xml')
 
-    @photo  = @user.build_post(:photo, :user_file=> File.open(@fixture_name), :to => @aspect.id)
-    @photo2 = @user.build_post(:photo, :user_file=> File.open(@fixture_name), :to => @aspect.id)
-  end
-
-
-  describe "#process" do
-    it "should do something awesome"
+    @photo  = @user.build_post(:photo, :user_file => File.open(@fixture_name), :to => @aspect.id)
+    @photo2 = @user.build_post(:photo, :user_file => File.open(@fixture_name), :to => @aspect.id)
+    @saved_photo = @user.build_post(:photo, :user_file => File.open(@fixture_name), :to => @aspect.id)
+    @saved_photo.save
   end
 
   describe "protected attributes" do
@@ -136,38 +133,41 @@ describe Photo do
 
   describe 'serialization' do
     before do
-      @photo.process
-      @photo.save!
-      @xml = @photo.to_xml.to_s
+      Jobs::ProcessPhoto.perform(@saved_photo.id)
+      @xml = @saved_photo.to_xml.to_s
     end
+
     it 'serializes the url' do
-      @xml.include?(@photo.remote_photo_path).should be true
-      @xml.include?(@photo.remote_photo_name).should be true
+      @xml.include?(@saved_photo.remote_photo_path).should be true
+      @xml.include?(@saved_photo.remote_photo_name).should be true
     end
+
     it 'serializes the diaspora_handle' do
       @xml.include?(@user.diaspora_handle).should be true
     end
   end
 
   describe 'remote photos' do
+    before do
+      Jobs::ProcessPhoto.perform(@saved_photo.id)
+    end
+
     it 'should set the remote_photo on marshalling' do
-      @photo.process
-      @photo.save!
       #security hax
       user2 = Factory.create(:user)
       aspect2 = user2.aspects.create(:name => "foobars")
       connect_users(@user, @aspect, user2, aspect2)
 
-      url = @photo.url
-      thumb_url = @photo.url :thumb_medium
+      url = @saved_photo.url
+      thumb_url = @saved_photo.url :thumb_medium
 
-      xml = @photo.to_diaspora_xml
+      xml = @saved_photo.to_diaspora_xml
 
-      @photo.destroy
+      @saved_photo.destroy
       zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(user2, :person => @photo.author)
       zord.parse_and_receive(xml)
 
-      new_photo = Photo.where(:guid => @photo.guid).first
+      new_photo = Photo.where(:guid => @saved_photo.guid).first
       new_photo.url.nil?.should be false
       new_photo.url.include?(url).should be true
       new_photo.url(:thumb_medium).include?(thumb_url).should be true