diff --git a/packages/lib/shim-init-node.js b/packages/lib/shim-init-node.js
index 219c6526f..14f71a114 100644
--- a/packages/lib/shim-init-node.js
+++ b/packages/lib/shim-init-node.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const timers = require('timers');
 const zlib = require('zlib');
 const dgram = require('dgram');
 const { basename, fileExtension, safeFileExtension } = require('./path-utils');
+const nativeImage = require('electron').nativeImage;
 
 function fileExists(filePath) {
 	try {
@@ -159,7 +160,6 @@ function shimInit(options = null) {
 
 		if (shim.isElectron()) {
 			// For Electron
-			const nativeImage = require('electron').nativeImage;
 			let image = nativeImage.createFromPath(filePath);
 			if (image.isEmpty()) throw new Error(`Image is invalid or does not exist: ${filePath}`);
 
@@ -332,8 +332,7 @@ function shimInit(options = null) {
 
 	shim.imageToDataUrl = async (filePath, maxSize) => {
 		if (shim.isElectron()) {
-			const nativeImage = require('electron').nativeImage;
-			const image = nativeImage.createFromPath(filePath);
+			let image = nativeImage.createFromPath(filePath);
 			if (!image) throw new Error(`Could not load image: ${filePath}`);
 
 			const ext = fileExtension(filePath).toLowerCase();
@@ -341,7 +340,19 @@ function shimInit(options = null) {
 
 			if (maxSize) {
 				const size = image.getSize();
-				if (size.width > maxSize || size.height > maxSize) throw new Error(`Image cannot be larger than ${maxSize}x${maxSize} pixels`);
+
+				if (size.width > maxSize || size.height > maxSize) {
+					console.warn(`Image is over ${maxSize}px - resizing it: ${filePath}`);
+
+					const options = {};
+					if (size.width > size.height) {
+						options.width = maxSize;
+					} else {
+						options.height = maxSize;
+					}
+
+					image = image.resize(options);
+				}
 			}
 
 			return image.toDataURL();
@@ -354,7 +365,6 @@ function shimInit(options = null) {
 		if (options === null) options = {};
 
 		if (shim.isElectron()) {
-			const nativeImage = require('electron').nativeImage;
 			let image = nativeImage.createFromDataURL(imageDataUrl);
 			if (image.isEmpty()) throw new Error('Could not convert data URL to image - perhaps the format is not supported (eg. image/gif)'); // Would throw for example if the image format is no supported (eg. image/gif)
 			if (options.cropRect) {