diff --git a/recipes/wsj.recipe b/recipes/wsj.recipe
index 8f16fd2ce5..958abd97bf 100644
--- a/recipes/wsj.recipe
+++ b/recipes/wsj.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class WSJ(JavascriptRecipe):
     language = 'en'
 
     compress_news_images = True
-    compress_news_images_auto_size = 5
+    compress_news_images_auto_size = 7
     max_articles_per_feed = 1000
     timefmt = ' [%a, %b %d, %Y]'
     no_stylesheets = True