diff --git a/site/scripts/get-contributors.js b/site/scripts/get-contributors.js
index cb1facb874b7..e58cd062849d 100644
--- a/site/scripts/get-contributors.js
+++ b/site/scripts/get-contributors.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require('dotenv/config');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const Jimp = require('jimp');
@@ -6,7 +5,6 @@ const Jimp = require('jimp');
 process.chdir(__dirname);
 
 const base = `https://api.github.com/repos/sveltejs/svelte/contributors`;
-const { GITHUB_CLIENT_ID, GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET } = process.env;
 
 const SIZE = 64;
 
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ async function main() {
 	let page = 1;
 
 	while (true) {
-		const res = await fetch(`${base}?client_id=${GITHUB_CLIENT_ID}&client_secret=${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET}&per_page=100&page=${page++}`);
+		const res = await fetch(`${base}?per_page=100&page=${page++}`);
 		const list = await res.json();
 
 		if (list.length === 0) break;
@@ -41,9 +39,28 @@ async function main() {
 		sprite.composite(image, i * SIZE, 0);
 	}
 
-	await sprite.quality(80).write(`../static/contributors.jpg`);
-	// TODO: Optimizing the static/contributors.jpg image should probably get automated as well
-	console.log('remember to additionally optimize the resulting /static/contributors.jpg image file via e.g. https://squoosh.app ');
+	await sprite.quality(80).getBuffer(Jimp.MIME_JPEG, async (err, buffer) => {
+		let quality = 75;
+
+		let content = `--xxxxxxxxxx\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="qlty"; \r\n\r\n${quality}\r\n--xxxxxxxxxx\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="files"; filename="contributors.jpg"\r\nContent-Type:application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n`;
+		let end = `\r\n--xxxxxxxxxx--\r\n`;
+
+		let body = Buffer.concat([Buffer.from(content, "utf8"), new Buffer(buffer, "binary"), Buffer.from(end)]);
+
+		let response = await fetch('https://api.resmush.it/ws.php', {
+		    method: 'POST',
+		    headers: {
+		        "Content-type": 'multipart/form-data; boundary=xxxxxxxxxx',
+		    },
+		    body: body
+		})
+
+		let responseBody = await response.json();
+		console.log(`Reduced file size by ${responseBody.percent}%`);
+
+		let image = await fetch(responseBody.dest);
+		fs.writeFileSync('../static/contributors.jpg', await image.buffer());
+	});
 
 	const str = `[\n\t${authors.map(a => `'${a.login}'`).join(',\n\t')}\n]`;