diff --git a/codecs/imagequant/imagequant.c b/codecs/imagequant/imagequant.c
index 9572b720..ae339bea 100644
--- a/codecs/imagequant/imagequant.c
+++ b/codecs/imagequant/imagequant.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void quantize(uint8_t* image_buffer, int image_width, int image_height, int num_
   int size = image_width * image_height;
   attr = liq_attr_create();
   image = liq_image_create_rgba(attr, image_buffer, image_width, image_height, 0);
-  liq_set_max_colors(attr, 16);
+  liq_set_max_colors(attr, num_colors);
   liq_image_quantize(image, attr, &res);
   liq_set_dithering_level(res, dithering);
   uint8_t* image8bit = (uint8_t*) malloc(size);
diff --git a/codecs/imagequant/imagequant.wasm b/codecs/imagequant/imagequant.wasm
index 1ecaa84a..c4657439 100644
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