diff --git a/lib/image.php b/lib/image.php
index 4bc38e20e56..53ffb24d18c 100644
--- a/lib/image.php
+++ b/lib/image.php
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ class OC_Image {
 			return false;
 		}
 		$this->resource = @imagecreatefromstring($str);
+		imagealphablending($this->resource, false);
+		imagesavealpha($this->resource, true);
+
 		if(!$this->resource) {
 			OC_Log::write('core', 'OC_Image->loadFromData, couldn\'t load', OC_Log::DEBUG);
 			return false;
diff --git a/lib/preview.php b/lib/preview.php
index 293accb188a..e7dd327d021 100755
--- a/lib/preview.php
+++ b/lib/preview.php
@@ -391,6 +391,8 @@ class Preview {
 					continue;
 				}
 
+				\OC_Log::write('core', 'Generating preview for "' . $file . '" with "' . get_class($provider) . '"', \OC_Log::DEBUG);
+
 				$preview = $provider->getThumbnail($file, $maxX, $maxY, $scalingUp, $this->fileview);
 
 				if(!($preview instanceof \OC_Image)) {
diff --git a/lib/preview/svg.php b/lib/preview/svg.php
index e939e526b1b..b49e51720fa 100644
--- a/lib/preview/svg.php
+++ b/lib/preview/svg.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if (extension_loaded('imagick')) {
 		public function getThumbnail($path,$maxX,$maxY,$scalingup,$fileview) {
 			try{
 				$svg = new \Imagick();
-				$svg->setResolution($maxX, $maxY);
+				$svg->setBackgroundColor(new \ImagickPixel('transparent'));
 
 				$content = stream_get_contents($fileview->fopen($path, 'r'));
 				if(substr($content, 0, 5) !== '<?xml') {
@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ if (extension_loaded('imagick')) {
 				}
 
 				$svg->readImageBlob($content);
-				$svg->setImageFormat('jpg');
+				$svg->setImageFormat('png32');
 			} catch (\Exception $e) {
 				\OC_Log::write('core', $e->getmessage(), \OC_Log::ERROR);
 				return false;
 			}
 
+
 			//new image object
-			$image = new \OC_Image($svg);
+			$image = new \OC_Image();
+			$image->loadFromData($svg);
 			//check if image object is valid
 			return $image->valid() ? $image : false;
 		}