diff --git a/wire/modules/Image/ImageSizerEngineIMagick/ImageSizerEngineIMagick.module b/wire/modules/Image/ImageSizerEngineIMagick/ImageSizerEngineIMagick.module
index df52d75a..7332fd3d 100755
--- a/wire/modules/Image/ImageSizerEngineIMagick/ImageSizerEngineIMagick.module
+++ b/wire/modules/Image/ImageSizerEngineIMagick/ImageSizerEngineIMagick.module
@@ -359,11 +359,7 @@ class ImageSizerEngineIMagick extends ImageSizerEngine {
 
 		$this->im->setImageDepth(($this->imageDepth > 8 ? 8 : $this->imageDepth));
 		
-		
 		// prepare to save file(s)
-		if($this->webpAdd) {
-			$this->imWebp = clone $this->im;
-		}
 		$this->im->setImageFormat($this->imageFormat);
 		$this->im->setImageType($this->imageType);
 		if(in_array(strtoupper($this->imageFormat), array('JPG', 'JPEG'))) {
@@ -377,8 +373,8 @@ class ImageSizerEngineIMagick extends ImageSizerEngine {
 			$this->im->setImageCompressionQuality($this->quality);
 		}
 
-		// write to file(s)
-		$this->wire('files')->unlink($dstFilename);
+		// write to file
+		if(file_exists($dstFilename)) $this->wire('files')->unlink($dstFilename);
 		@clearstatcache(dirname($dstFilename));
 		##if(!$this->im->writeImage($this->destFilename)) {
 		// We use this approach for saving so that it behaves the same like core ImageSizer with images that
@@ -388,28 +384,31 @@ class ImageSizerEngineIMagick extends ImageSizerEngine {
 			$this->release();
 			return false;
 		}
+		
+		// set modified flag and delete optional webp dependency file
+		$this->modified = true;
+		$return = true;
+		$path_parts = pathinfo($srcFilename);
+		$webpFilename = $path_parts['dirname'] . '/' . $path_parts['filename'] . '.webp';
+		if(file_exists($webpFilename)) $this->wire('files')->unlink($webpFilename);
+		
 		// optionally create a WebP dependency file
 		if($this->webpAdd) {
-		    $path_parts = pathinfo($dstFilename);
-		    $webpFilename = $path_parts['dirname'] . '/' . $path_parts['filename'] . '.webp';
-			// prepare for webp output
-			$this->imWebp->setImageFormat('webp');
-			$this->imWebp->setImageCompressionQuality($this->webpQuality);
-			#$this->imWebp->setOption('webp:method', '6');
-			#$this->imWebp->setOption('webp:lossless', 'true');
-			// save to file
-			$this->wire('files')->unlink($webpFilename);
-			@clearstatcache(dirname($webpFilename));
-			if(!file_put_contents($webpFilename, $this->imWebp)) {
-				$this->release();
-				return false;
+			$this->imWebp = new \IMagick();
+			if($this->imWebp->readImage($dstFilename)) {
+				// prepare for webp output
+				$this->imWebp->setImageFormat('webp');
+				$this->imWebp->setImageCompressionQuality($this->webpQuality);
+				$this->imWebp->setOption('webp:method', '6');
+				#$this->imWebp->setOption('webp:lossless', 'true');
+				// save to file
+				$return = $this->imWebp->writeImage($webpFilename);
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		// release and return to event-object
 		$this->release();
-		$this->modified = true;
-		return true;
+		return $return;
 	}
 	
 	/**