diff --git a/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/CompressController.java b/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/CompressController.java
index bb148a5a9..d253b67b0 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/CompressController.java
+++ b/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/CompressController.java
@@ -774,11 +774,11 @@ public class CompressController {
             this.streamLength = image.getCOSObject().getLength();
             this.imageType = getImageType(image);
             this.decodeParams = generateDecodeParamsHash(image);
-            this.metadataHash = this.generateMetadataHash(image);
+            this.metadataHash = ImageIdentity.generateMetadataHash(image);
         }
 
         // Generate hash of image metadata
-        private String generateMetadataHash(PDImageXObject image) {
+        private static String generateMetadataHash(PDImageXObject image) {
             try {
                 StringBuilder metadata = new StringBuilder();
 
diff --git a/app/core/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties b/app/core/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
index e4c6378f1..eebbeb78f 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
+++ b/app/core/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ compress.title=Compress
 compress.header=Compress PDF
 compress.credit=This service uses qpdf for PDF Compress/Optimisation.
 compress.grayscale.label=Apply Grayscale for Compression
+compress.linearize.label=Linearize PDF for faster web viewing
 compress.selectText.1=Compression Settings
 compress.selectText.1.1=1-3 PDF compression,</br> 4-6 lite image compression,</br> 7-9 intense image compression Will dramatically reduce image quality
 compress.selectText.2=Optimisation level:
diff --git a/app/core/src/main/resources/templates/misc/compress-pdf.html b/app/core/src/main/resources/templates/misc/compress-pdf.html
index 550983a8c..b593eb8f3 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/resources/templates/misc/compress-pdf.html
+++ b/app/core/src/main/resources/templates/misc/compress-pdf.html
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
                     <label for="grayscaleCheck" th:text="#{compress.grayscale.label}">
                         Convert images to grayscale for better compression
                     </label>
+                </div>
+                  <div class="form-check mt-3">
+                    <input id="linearizeCheck" name="linearize" type="checkbox" value="true">
+                    <label for="linearizeCheck" th:text="#{compress.linearize.label}">
+                        Linearize PDF for faster web viewing
+                    </label>
                 </div>
                 </div>
               </div>