diff --git a/packages/assetpack/src/image/compress.ts b/packages/assetpack/src/image/compress.ts
index 92ba323..277ed0b 100644
--- a/packages/assetpack/src/image/compress.ts
+++ b/packages/assetpack/src/image/compress.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ export function compress(options: CompressOptions = {}): AssetPipe<CompressOptio
                     return newAsset;
                 });
 
+                // ensure that the original image is passed through if it is not compressed by png/jpg options
+                if ((image.format === '.png' && !options.png) || (((image.format === '.jpg') || (image.format === '.jpeg')) && !options.jpg))
+                {
+                    newAssets.push(asset);
+                }
+
                 const promises = processedImages.map((image, i) => image.sharpImage.toBuffer().then((buffer) =>
                 {
                     newAssets[i].buffer = buffer;
diff --git a/packages/assetpack/test/image/Compress.test.ts b/packages/assetpack/test/image/Compress.test.ts
index d9c830b..f68a954 100644
--- a/packages/assetpack/test/image/Compress.test.ts
+++ b/packages/assetpack/test/image/Compress.test.ts
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ describe('Compress', () =>
             cache: false,
             pipes: [
                 compress({
-                    png: true,
+                    png: false,
                     webp: true,
-                    jpg: true,
+                    jpg: false,
                     avif: true,
                 }),
             ],