diff --git a/app/jp2/image.py b/app/jp2/image.py
index 4be371a..6e84b92 100644
--- a/app/jp2/image.py
+++ b/app/jp2/image.py
@@ -141,6 +141,25 @@ def _correct_img_orientation(img: Image, img_filename: str = '') -> Image:
 
     return img
 
+"""
+    Checks if an image has transparency by first checking for a transparency property, 
+    second examining the palette for transparent colors,
+    and third checking for an alpha component on RGBA images.
+    
+    https://stackoverflow.com/a/58567453
+"""
+def _image_has_transparency(img: Image) -> bool:
+    if img.info.get("transparency", None) is not None:
+        return True
+    if img.mode == "P":
+        transparent = img.info.get("transparency", -1)
+        for _, index in img.getcolors():
+            if index == transparent:
+                return True
+    elif img.mode == "RGBA":
+        return True
+
+    return False
 
 def _convert_img_colour_profile(img: Image, img_filename: str = '') -> Image:
     """ If the image has ICC profile information, apply a transformation to this
@@ -161,8 +180,9 @@ def _convert_img_colour_profile(img: Image, img_filename: str = '') -> Image:
                      img_colour_profile_name,
                      sRGB_profile.profile_description
                      )
+        output_mode = 'RGBA' if _image_has_transparency(img) else 'RGB'
         img = ImageCms.profileToProfile(
-            img, img_colour_profile, sRGB_profile, outputMode='RGB')
+            img, img_colour_profile, sRGB_profile, outputMode=output_mode)
 
     return img
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/sloth.png b/tests/fixtures/sloth.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74d166c
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/fixtures/sloth.png differ
diff --git a/tests/test_appetiser.py b/tests/test_appetiser.py
index 351fd75..b325201 100644
--- a/tests/test_appetiser.py
+++ b/tests/test_appetiser.py
@@ -142,3 +142,12 @@ def test_convert_ppm(appetiser_client, fixtures_dir, temp_dir):
         'kdu_med',
         [30, 600, 400, 100]
     )
+
+def test_convert_png(appetiser_client, fixtures_dir, temp_dir):
+    _convert_test_runner(
+        appetiser_client,
+        temp_dir,
+        fixtures_dir.joinpath('sloth.png'),
+        'kdu_med',
+        [30, 600, 400, 100]
+    )