diff --git a/server/src/infra/repositories/media.repository.ts b/server/src/infra/repositories/media.repository.ts
index 640b891a76..d94763433d 100644
--- a/server/src/infra/repositories/media.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/infra/repositories/media.repository.ts
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ export class MediaRepository implements IMediaRepository {
   }
 
   async resize(input: string | Buffer, output: string, options: ResizeOptions): Promise<void> {
-    const chromaSubsampling = options.quality >= 80 ? '4:4:4' : '4:2:0'; // this is default in libvips (except the threshold is 90), but we need to set it manually in sharp
     await sharp(input, { failOn: 'none' })
       .pipelineColorspace(options.colorspace === Colorspace.SRGB ? 'srgb' : 'rgb16')
       .resize(options.size, options.size, { fit: 'outside', withoutEnlargement: true })
       .rotate()
-      .withMetadata({ icc: options.colorspace })
-      .toFormat(options.format, { quality: options.quality, chromaSubsampling })
+      .withIccProfile(options.colorspace)
+      .toFormat(options.format, {
+        quality: options.quality,
+        // this is default in libvips (except the threshold is 90), but we need to set it manually in sharp
+        chromaSubsampling: options.quality >= 80 ? '4:4:4' : '4:2:0',
+      })
       .toFile(output);
   }
 
diff --git a/server/test/api/asset-api.ts b/server/test/api/asset-api.ts
index e17e63a220..e40a8c150d 100644
--- a/server/test/api/asset-api.ts
+++ b/server/test/api/asset-api.ts
@@ -62,4 +62,18 @@ export const assetApi = {
     expect(status).toBe(201);
     return body as AssetFileUploadResponseDto;
   },
+  getWebpThumbnail: async (server: any, accessToken: string, assetId: string) => {
+    const { body, status } = await request(server)
+      .get(`/asset/thumbnail/${assetId}`)
+      .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${accessToken}`);
+    expect(status).toBe(200);
+    return body;
+  },
+  getJpegThumbnail: async (server: any, accessToken: string, assetId: string) => {
+    const { body, status } = await request(server)
+      .get(`/asset/thumbnail/${assetId}?format=JPEG`)
+      .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${accessToken}`);
+    expect(status).toBe(200);
+    return body;
+  },
 };
diff --git a/server/test/e2e/metadata.e2e-spec.ts b/server/test/e2e/metadata.e2e-spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ed5ff97d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/test/e2e/metadata.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { AssetResponseDto, LoginResponseDto } from '@app/domain';
+import { AssetController } from '@app/immich';
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { api } from '@test/api';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+import {
+  IMMICH_TEST_ASSET_PATH,
+  IMMICH_TEST_ASSET_TEMP_PATH,
+  db,
+  itif,
+  restoreTempFolder,
+  runAllTests,
+  testApp,
+} from '@test/test-utils';
+import { exiftool } from 'exiftool-vendored';
+
+describe(`${AssetController.name} (e2e)`, () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let server: any;
+  let admin: LoginResponseDto;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    app = await testApp.create({ jobs: true });
+    server = app.getHttpServer();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await db.reset();
+    await restoreTempFolder();
+    await api.authApi.adminSignUp(server);
+    admin = await api.authApi.adminLogin(server);
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await db.disconnect();
+    await app.close();
+    await restoreTempFolder();
+  });
+
+  describe.only('should strip metadata of', () => {
+    let assetWithLocation: AssetResponseDto;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      const fileContent = await fs.promises.readFile(
+        `${IMMICH_TEST_ASSET_PATH}/metadata/gps-position/thompson-springs.jpg`,
+      );
+
+      await api.assetApi.upload(server, admin.accessToken, 'test-asset-id', { content: fileContent });
+
+      const assets = await api.assetApi.getAllAssets(server, admin.accessToken);
+
+      expect(assets).toHaveLength(1);
+      assetWithLocation = assets[0];
+
+      expect(assetWithLocation).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          exifInfo: expect.objectContaining({ latitude: 39.115, longitude: -108.400968333333 }),
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    itif(runAllTests)('small webp thumbnails', async () => {
+      const assetId = assetWithLocation.id;
+
+      const thumbnail = await api.assetApi.getWebpThumbnail(server, admin.accessToken, assetId);
+
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(`${IMMICH_TEST_ASSET_TEMP_PATH}/thumbnail.webp`, thumbnail);
+
+      const exifData = await exiftool.read(`${IMMICH_TEST_ASSET_TEMP_PATH}/thumbnail.webp`);
+
+      expect(exifData).not.toHaveProperty('GPSLongitude');
+      expect(exifData).not.toHaveProperty('GPSLatitude');
+    });
+
+    itif(runAllTests)('large jpeg thumbnails', async () => {
+      const assetId = assetWithLocation.id;
+
+      const thumbnail = await api.assetApi.getJpegThumbnail(server, admin.accessToken, assetId);
+
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(`${IMMICH_TEST_ASSET_TEMP_PATH}/thumbnail.jpg`, thumbnail);
+
+      const exifData = await exiftool.read(`${IMMICH_TEST_ASSET_TEMP_PATH}/thumbnail.jpg`);
+
+      console.log(assetWithLocation);
+
+      expect(exifData).not.toHaveProperty('GPSLongitude');
+      expect(exifData).not.toHaveProperty('GPSLatitude');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/server/test/test-utils.ts b/server/test/test-utils.ts
index c4167fb1c2..0a64132e41 100644
--- a/server/test/test-utils.ts
+++ b/server/test/test-utils.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ export const testApp = {
 
 export const runAllTests: boolean = process.env.IMMICH_RUN_ALL_TESTS === 'true';
 
+export const itif = (condition: boolean) => (condition ? it : it.skip);
+
 const directoryExists = async (dirPath: string) =>
   await fs.promises
     .access(dirPath)