diff --git a/docs/Settings.md b/docs/Settings.md
index b91c0f4..6bcd95f 100644
--- a/docs/Settings.md
+++ b/docs/Settings.md
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ All settings are stored in the database. You can change the properties manually,
 
 Your photos and albums are protected by a username and password. If both rows are empty, Lychee will prompt you to set them.
 
-#### Thumb Quality
-
-	thumbQuality = [0-100]
-
-Less means an inferiority quality of your thumbs, but faster loading. More means a better quality of your thumbs, but slower loading. The default value is 90. The allowed values are between 0 and 100.
-
 #### Check For Updates
 
 	checkForUpdates = [0|1]
diff --git a/php/Modules/Photo.php b/php/Modules/Photo.php
index fbf7854..e47712b 100755
--- a/php/Modules/Photo.php
+++ b/php/Modules/Photo.php
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ final class Photo {
 		// Call plugins
 		Plugins::get()->activate(__METHOD__, 0, func_get_args());
 
+		// Quality of thumbnails
+		$thumbQuality = 90;
+
 		// Size of the thumbnail
 		$newWidth  = 200;
 		$newHeight = 200;
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ final class Photo {
 			// Read image
 			$thumb = new Imagick();
 			$thumb->readImage($url);
-			$thumb->setImageCompressionQuality(Settings::get()['thumbQuality']);
+			$thumb->setImageCompressionQuality($thumbQuality);
 			$thumb->setImageFormat('jpeg');
 
 			// Copy image for 2nd thumb version
@@ -346,12 +349,12 @@ final class Photo {
 
 			// Create thumb
 			fastImageCopyResampled($thumb, $sourceImg, 0, 0, $startWidth, $startHeight, $newWidth, $newHeight, $newSize, $newSize);
-			imagejpeg($thumb, $newUrl, Settings::get()['thumbQuality']);
+			imagejpeg($thumb, $newUrl, $thumbQuality);
 			imagedestroy($thumb);
 
 			// Create retina thumb
 			fastImageCopyResampled($thumb2x, $sourceImg, 0, 0, $startWidth, $startHeight, $newWidth*2, $newHeight*2, $newSize, $newSize);
-			imagejpeg($thumb2x, $newUrl2x, Settings::get()['thumbQuality']);
+			imagejpeg($thumb2x, $newUrl2x, $thumbQuality);
 			imagedestroy($thumb2x);
 
 			// Free memory
diff --git a/php/Modules/Session.php b/php/Modules/Session.php
index 94c4278..126fb28 100755
--- a/php/Modules/Session.php
+++ b/php/Modules/Session.php
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ final class Session {
 
 			// Unset unused vars
 			unset($return['config']['skipDuplicates']);
-			unset($return['config']['thumbQuality']);
 			unset($return['config']['sortingAlbums']);
 			unset($return['config']['sortingPhotos']);
 			unset($return['config']['dropboxKey']);
diff --git a/php/database/settings_content.sql b/php/database/settings_content.sql
index 907e6c4..4074590 100644
--- a/php/database/settings_content.sql
+++ b/php/database/settings_content.sql
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ VALUES
   ('version',''),
   ('username',''),
   ('password',''),
-  ('thumbQuality','90'),
   ('checkForUpdates','1'),
   ('sortingPhotos','ORDER BY id DESC'),
   ('sortingAlbums','ORDER BY id DESC'),
diff --git a/plugins/Diagnostics/index.php b/plugins/Diagnostics/index.php
index 70a89ac..9369c4d 100644
--- a/plugins/Diagnostics/index.php
+++ b/plugins/Diagnostics/index.php
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ $settings = Settings::get();
 # Settings
 if (!isset($settings['username'])||$settings['username']=='')				$error .= ('Error: Username empty or not set in database' . PHP_EOL);
 if (!isset($settings['password'])||$settings['password']=='')				$error .= ('Error: Password empty or not set in database' . PHP_EOL);
-if (!isset($settings['thumbQuality'])||$settings['thumbQuality']=='')		$error .= ('Error: No or wrong property for thumbQuality in database' . PHP_EOL);
 if (!isset($settings['sortingPhotos'])||$settings['sortingPhotos']=='')		$error .= ('Error: Wrong property for sortingPhotos in database' . PHP_EOL);
 if (!isset($settings['sortingAlbums'])||$settings['sortingAlbums']=='')		$error .= ('Error: Wrong property for sortingAlbums in database' . PHP_EOL);
 if (!isset($settings['plugins']))											$error .= ('Error: No property for plugins in database' . PHP_EOL);