diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93f7932..bc71949 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ install:
 	mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/bin
 	install -m 0755 nekofetch $(PREFIX)/bin/nekofetch
 	@echo "You may need to install jq, jp2a, and neofetch"
+	@echo "imagemagick is also required to use the kitty image backend"
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/nekofetch
diff --git a/control.template b/control.template
index 9a39d71..239420c 100644
--- a/control.template
+++ b/control.template
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ Package: PACKAGE
 Architecture: ARCH
 Version: VERSION
 Depends: curl, jq, jp2a, neofetch
+Recommends: imagemagick
 Description: neofetch but with nekos
 Maintainer: bbaovanc <bbaovanc@bbaovanc.com>
diff --git a/nekofetch b/nekofetch
index 55e2207..a38cb49 100755
--- a/nekofetch
+++ b/nekofetch
@@ -34,10 +34,16 @@ url=$(curl -fsSL "$imgurl" | jq -r ".url")
 
 curl -fsSLo "$tmpfile.jpg" "$url"
 if [ "$TERM" = "xterm-kitty" ]; then
-    neofetch --kitty "$tmpfile.jpg"
+    command -v convert > /dev/null 2>&1 && neofetch --kitty "$tmpfile.jpg" || kitty_imagemagick_warn=true
+    if [ "$kitty_imagemagick_warn" = "true" ]; then
+        jp2a --height="$height" "$tmpfile.jpg" > "$tmpfile"
+        neofetch --source "$tmpfile"
+    fi
 else
     jp2a --height="$height" "$tmpfile.jpg" > "$tmpfile"
     neofetch --source "$tmpfile"
 fi
 
 rm "$tmpfile" "$tmpfile.jpg"
+
+[ "$kitty_imagemagick_warn" = "true" ] && echo "WARN: imagemagick is required for kitty image backend"