diff --git a/ASCII/plugin.py b/ASCII/plugin.py
index 0c02686..4ecd48c 100644
--- a/ASCII/plugin.py
+++ b/ASCII/plugin.py
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ class ASCII(callbacks.Plugin):
         image = image.resize((cols, rows), Image.LANCZOS)
         image2 = image2.convert('RGBA')
         image2 = image2.convert('RGB')
+        image2 = ImageOps.autocontrast(image2)
         image2 = image2.resize((cols, rows), Image.LANCZOS)
         lumamap = np.array(image)
         colormap = np.array(image2)
@@ -381,6 +382,7 @@ class ASCII(callbacks.Plugin):
         image = image.resize((cols, rows), Image.LANCZOS)
         image2 = image2.convert('RGBA')
         image2 = image2.convert('RGB')
+        image2 = ImageOps.autocontrast(image2)
         image2 = image2.resize((cols, rows), Image.LANCZOS)
         lumamap = np.array(image)
         colormap = np.array(image2)