diff --git a/CImage.php b/CImage.php
index 00e8351..87d1d83 100644
--- a/CImage.php
+++ b/CImage.php
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ class CImage
 
 
 
+    /**
+     * Is the quality level set from external use (true) or is it default (false)?
+     */
+    private $useQuality = false;
+
+
+
     /**
      * Constant for default image quality when not set
      */
@@ -48,6 +55,14 @@ class CImage
 
 
 
+    /**
+     * Is the compress level set from external use (true) or is it default (false)?
+     */
+    private $useCompress = false;
+
+
+
+
     /**
      * Default background color, red, green, blue, alpha.
      *
@@ -548,22 +563,26 @@ class CImage
     /**
      * Load image details from original image file.
      *
+     * @param string $file the file to load or null to use $this->pathToImage.
+     *
      * @return $this
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function loadImageDetails()
+    public function loadImageDetails($file = null)
     {
-        is_readable($this->pathToImage)
+        $file = $file ? $file : $this->pathToImage;
+
+        is_readable($file)
             or $this->raiseError('Image file does not exist.');
 
         // Get details on image
-        $info = list($this->width, $this->height, $this->type, $this->attr) = getimagesize($this->pathToImage);
+        $info = list($this->width, $this->height, $this->type, $this->attr) = getimagesize($file);
         !empty($info) or $this->raiseError("The file doesn't seem to be an image.");
 
         if ($this->verbose) {
-            $this->log("Image file: {$this->pathToImage}");
+            $this->log("Image file: {$file}");
             $this->log("Image width x height (type): {$this->width} x {$this->height} ({$this->type}).");
-            $this->log("Image filesize: " . filesize($this->pathToImage) . " bytes.");
+            $this->log("Image filesize: " . filesize($file) . " bytes.");
         }
 
         return $this;
@@ -813,6 +832,10 @@ class CImage
      */
     public function setJpegQuality($quality = null)
     {
+        if ($quality) {
+            $this->useQuality = true;
+        }
+
         $this->quality = isset($quality)
             ? $quality
             : self::JPEG_QUALITY_DEFAULT;
@@ -836,6 +859,10 @@ class CImage
      */
     public function setPngCompression($compress = null)
     {
+        if ($compress) {
+            $this->useCompress = true;
+        }
+
         $this->compress = isset($compress)
             ? $compress
             : self::PNG_COMPRESSION_DEFAULT;
@@ -872,8 +899,8 @@ class CImage
             && !$this->blur
             && !$this->convolve
             && !$this->palette
-            && !$this->quality
-            && !$this->compress
+            && !$this->useQuality
+            && !$this->useCompress
             && !$this->saveAs
             && !$this->rotateBefore
             && !$this->rotateAfter
@@ -883,6 +910,7 @@ class CImage
             $this->log("Using original image.");
             $this->output($this->pathToImage);
         }
+
         return $this;
     }
 
@@ -1919,10 +1947,14 @@ class CImage
     /**
      * Create a JSON object from the image details.
      *
+     * @param string $file the file to output.
+     *
      * @return string json-encoded representation of the image.
      */
-    public function json()
+    public function json($file = null)
     {
+        $file = $file ? $file : $this->cacheFileName;
+
         $details = array();
 
         clearstatcache();
@@ -1935,9 +1967,13 @@ class CImage
         $lastModified            = filemtime($this->cacheFileName);
         $details['cacheGmdate'] = gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s", $lastModified);
 
+        $this->loadImageDetails($file);
+
+        $details['filename'] = basename($file);
         $details['width']  = $this->width;
         $details['height'] = $this->height;
         $details['aspectRatio'] = round($this->width / $this->height, 3);
+        $details['size'] = filesize($file);
 
         $options = null;
         if (defined("JSON_PRETTY_PRINT") && defined("JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES")) {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4215e95..b923b44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -278,6 +278,11 @@ Revision history
 -------------------------------------
 
 
+v0.6.x (latest)
+
+* Corrected behaviour for skip-original. Fix #60.
+
+
 v0.6 (2014-12-06)
 
 * Rewrote and added documentation.
diff --git a/webroot/img.php b/webroot/img.php
index ffb5849..4b5706f 100644
--- a/webroot/img.php
+++ b/webroot/img.php
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ verbose("area = $area");
 /**
  * skip-original, so - skip the original image and always process a new image
  */
-$useOriginal = getDefined(array('save-as', 'sa'), false, true);
+$useOriginal = getDefined(array('skip-original', 'so'), false, true);
 
 verbose("use original = $useOriginal");
 
diff --git a/webroot/test/template.php b/webroot/test/template.php
index d3ef35b..0c49521 100644
--- a/webroot/test/template.php
+++ b/webroot/test/template.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 window.getDetails = function (url, id) {
   $.getJSON(url, function(data) {
     element = document.getElementById(id);
-    element.innerHTML = "width: " + data.width + "\nheigh: " + data.height + "\naspect-ratio: " + data.aspectRatio;
+    element.innerHTML = "filename: " + data.filename + "\nsize: " + data.size + "\nwidth: " + data.width + "\nheigh: " + data.height + "\naspect-ratio: " + data.aspectRatio;
   });  
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/webroot/test/test_issue60.php b/webroot/test/test_issue60.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72049b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webroot/test/test_issue60.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+// Include config for all testcases
+include __DIR__ . "/config.php";
+
+
+
+// The title of the test case
+$title = "Testing issue 60  - skip original";
+
+
+
+// Provide a short description of the testcase.
+$description = "Always use the original if suitable, use skip-original to force using the cached version.";
+
+
+
+// Use these images in the test
+$images = array(
+    'car.png',
+);
+
+
+
+// For each image, apply these testcases 
+$testcase = array(
+    '',
+    '&so',
+);
+
+
+
+// Apply testcases and present results
+include __DIR__ . "/template.php";