diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e1cd68..8acefde 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jtolds/gls v4.2.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/marstr/guid v0.0.0-20170427235115-8bdf7d1a087c // indirect
-	github.com/muesli/smartcrop v0.0.0-20171215203440-9032446b30f6
+	github.com/muesli/smartcrop v0.2.1-0.20181030220600-548bbf0c0965
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20160724205520-891127d8d1b5 // indirect
 	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v0.0.0-20171120014656-2973218375c3
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2ec9b6a..10221d3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ github.com/marstr/guid v0.0.0-20170427235115-8bdf7d1a087c h1:N7uWGS2fTwH/4BwxbHi
 github.com/marstr/guid v0.0.0-20170427235115-8bdf7d1a087c/go.mod h1:74gB1z2wpxxInTG6yaqA7KrtM0NZ+RbrcqDvYHefzho=
 github.com/muesli/smartcrop v0.0.0-20171215203440-9032446b30f6 h1:m5kCp2hHRMu7z95f+aIK80l8N1tx+UXAqNoYpRS9v3o=
 github.com/muesli/smartcrop v0.0.0-20171215203440-9032446b30f6/go.mod h1:i2fCI/UorTfgEpPPLWiFBv4pye+YAG78RwcQLUkocpI=
+github.com/muesli/smartcrop v0.2.0 h1:HV/xtsW5sc5xuZY39sxJXtTBwoF8RUJzQNhwwZhyGjE=
+github.com/muesli/smartcrop v0.2.0/go.mod h1:i2fCI/UorTfgEpPPLWiFBv4pye+YAG78RwcQLUkocpI=
+github.com/muesli/smartcrop v0.2.1-0.20181030220600-548bbf0c0965 h1:BdOnvj+P+06ZFwYd07iFWXHPfRyrJd5sAXpX9+E8bxM=
+github.com/muesli/smartcrop v0.2.1-0.20181030220600-548bbf0c0965/go.mod h1:i2fCI/UorTfgEpPPLWiFBv4pye+YAG78RwcQLUkocpI=
 github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20160724205520-891127d8d1b5 h1:BvoENQQU+fZ9uukda/RzCAL/191HHwJA5b13R6diVlY=
 github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20160724205520-891127d8d1b5/go.mod h1:jpp1/29i3P1S/RLdc7JQKbRpFeM1dOBd8T9ki5s+AY8=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v0.0.0-20171120014656-2973218375c3 h1:ZKRE3mqKoxObHs5oWjLnA1WxXhmlDDAVuE0VsuLIoNk=
diff --git a/transform.go b/transform.go
index 402cbe9..e81488f 100644
--- a/transform.go
+++ b/transform.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/disintegration/imaging"
 	"github.com/muesli/smartcrop"
+	"github.com/muesli/smartcrop/nfnt"
 	"github.com/rwcarlsen/goexif/exif"
 	"golang.org/x/image/tiff"   // register tiff format
 	_ "golang.org/x/image/webp" // register webp format
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ func resizeParams(m image.Image, opt Options) (w, h int, resize bool) {
 	return w, h, true
 }
 
+var smartcropAnalyzer = smartcrop.NewAnalyzer(nfnt.NewDefaultResizer())
+
 // cropParams calculates crop rectangle parameters to keep it in image bounds
 func cropParams(m image.Image, opt Options) image.Rectangle {
 	if !opt.SmartCrop && opt.CropX == 0 && opt.CropY == 0 && opt.CropWidth == 0 && opt.CropHeight == 0 {
@@ -169,12 +172,10 @@ func cropParams(m image.Image, opt Options) image.Rectangle {
 	if opt.SmartCrop {
 		w := evaluateFloat(opt.Width, imgW)
 		h := evaluateFloat(opt.Height, imgH)
-		log.Printf("smartcrop input: %dx%d", w, h)
-		r, err := smartcrop.SmartCrop(m, w, h)
+		r, err := smartcropAnalyzer.FindBestCrop(m, w, h)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("error with smartcrop: %v", err)
+			log.Printf("smartcrop error finding best crop: %v", err)
 		} else {
-			log.Printf("smartcrop rectangle: %v", r)
 			return r
 		}
 	}