diff --git a/plasmid/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/plasmid/plasmapper/PlasMapperUploader.java b/plasmid/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/plasmid/plasmapper/PlasMapperUploader.java
index 1b8335130a5ea3c4a67cf348ccc0b89479409d04..28f08bf7acf81b63c419f1e77199dde2f31aad5c 100644
--- a/plasmid/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/plasmid/plasmapper/PlasMapperUploader.java
+++ b/plasmid/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/plasmid/plasmapper/PlasMapperUploader.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class PlasMapperUploader
         result.setProperty("tickMark", "0");
         result.setProperty("mapTitle", "");
         result.setProperty("comment", "Created using PlasMapper");
-        result.setProperty("imageFormat", "PNG");
+        result.setProperty("imageFormat", "SVG");
         result.setProperty("imageSize", "900 x 900");
         result.setProperty("backbone", "medium");
         result.setProperty("arc", "medium");