diff --git a/ascii.py b/ascii.py
index a9821a6..6e13a5d 100755
--- a/ascii.py
+++ b/ascii.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def scale_image(image, maxDim=100):
 		new_height = maxDim
 		aspect_ratio = original_width/float(original_height)
 		new_width = int(aspect_ratio * new_height)
-	image = image.resize((new_width, new_height))
+	image = image.resize((new_width, new_height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
 	return image