diff --git a/pdelfin/eval/evalhtml.py b/pdelfin/eval/evalhtml.py
index b57cb3e..17cec53 100644
--- a/pdelfin/eval/evalhtml.py
+++ b/pdelfin/eval/evalhtml.py
@@ -12,36 +12,12 @@
 from PIL import Image
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
+from pdelfin.silver_data.renderpdf import render_pdf_to_base64png
+
 session = boto3.Session(profile_name='s2')
 s3_client = session.client('s3')
 
 
-def render_pdf_to_base64png(s3_path, page):
-    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".pdf", delete=False) as tmp_pdf:
-        pdf_path = tmp_pdf.name
-        bucket, key = s3_path.replace("s3://", "").split('/', 1)
-        s3_client.download_file(bucket, key, pdf_path)
-
-        # Render the PDF to an image, and display it in the first position
-        pdftoppm_result = subprocess.run(
-                    ["pdftoppm",
-                        "-png",
-                        "-f", str(page),
-                        "-l", str(page),
-                        pdf_path],
-                        timeout=120,
-                        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        assert pdftoppm_result.returncode == 0, pdftoppm_result.stderr
-
-        png_image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(pdftoppm_result.stdout))
-        webp_output = io.BytesIO()
-        png_image.save(webp_output, format="WEBP")
-        
-        image_base64 = base64.b64encode(webp_output.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")
-
-        return image_base64
-
-
 def process_entry(i, entry):
     # Randomly decide whether to display gold on the left or right
     if random.choice([True, False]):
@@ -62,9 +38,16 @@ def process_entry(i, entry):
     s3_key = parsed_url.path.lstrip('/')
     signed_pdf_link = s3_client.generate_presigned_url("get_object", Params={"Bucket": bucket, "Key": s3_key}, ExpiresIn=604800)
 
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".pdf", delete=False) as tmp_pdf:
+        pdf_path = tmp_pdf.name
+        bucket, key = entry["s3_path"].replace("s3://", "").split('/', 1)
+        s3_client.download_file(bucket, key, pdf_path)
+        
+        page_image_base64 = render_pdf_to_base64png(tmp_pdf.name, entry["page"], target_longest_image_dim=1024)
+
     return {
         "entry_id": i,
-        "page_image": render_pdf_to_base64png(entry["s3_path"], entry["page"]),
+        "page_image": page_image_base64,
         "s3_path": entry["s3_path"],
         "page": entry["page"],
         "signed_pdf_link": signed_pdf_link,
diff --git a/pdelfin/eval/runeval.py b/pdelfin/eval/runeval.py
index a6d07a1..d686674 100644
--- a/pdelfin/eval/runeval.py
+++ b/pdelfin/eval/runeval.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 from .evalhtml import create_review_html
 
+import logging
+
+logging.getLogger("pypdf").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+
 
 CACHE_DIR = os.path.join(Path.home(), ".cache", "pdf_gold_data_cache")
 
diff --git a/pdelfin/silver_data/buildsilver.py b/pdelfin/silver_data/buildsilver.py
index b386083..ba7e22c 100644
--- a/pdelfin/silver_data/buildsilver.py
+++ b/pdelfin/silver_data/buildsilver.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, ProcessPoolExecutor, as_completed
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
+from pdelfin.silver_data.renderpdf import render_pdf_to_base64png
 from pdelfin.prompts import build_openai_silver_data_prompt, openai_response_format_schema
 from pdelfin.prompts.anchor import get_anchor_text
 from pdelfin.filter import PdfFilter
@@ -22,30 +23,7 @@
 pdf_filter = PdfFilter()
 
 def build_page_query(local_pdf_path: str, pretty_pdf_path: str, page: int) -> dict:
-    pdf = PdfReader(local_pdf_path)
-    pdf_page = pdf.pages[page - 1]
-    longest_dim = max(pdf_page.mediabox.width, pdf_page.mediabox.height)
-
-    # Convert PDF page to PNG using pdftoppm
-    pdftoppm_result = subprocess.run(
-        [
-            "pdftoppm",
-            "-png",
-            "-f",
-            str(page),
-            "-l",
-            str(page),
-            "-r",
-            str(TARGET_IMAGE_DIM * 72 / longest_dim),
-            local_pdf_path,
-        ],
-        timeout=120,
-        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-    )
-    assert pdftoppm_result.returncode == 0, pdftoppm_result.stderr
-    image_base64 = base64.b64encode(pdftoppm_result.stdout).decode("utf-8")
-
+    image_base64 = render_pdf_to_base64png(local_pdf_path, page, TARGET_IMAGE_DIM)
     anchor_text = get_anchor_text(local_pdf_path, page, pdf_engine="pdfreport")
 
     # DEBUG crappy temporary code here that does the actual api call live so I can debug it a bit
diff --git a/pdelfin/silver_data/renderpdf.py b/pdelfin/silver_data/renderpdf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4294e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdelfin/silver_data/renderpdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import subprocess
+import base64
+import io
+from pypdf import PdfReader
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+
+def render_pdf_to_base64png(local_pdf_path: str, page: int, target_longest_image_dim: int=2048):
+    pdf = PdfReader(local_pdf_path)
+    pdf_page = pdf.pages[page - 1]
+    longest_dim = max(pdf_page.mediabox.width, pdf_page.mediabox.height)
+
+    # Convert PDF page to PNG using pdftoppm
+    pdftoppm_result = subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "pdftoppm",
+            "-png",
+            "-f",
+            str(page),
+            "-l",
+            str(page),
+            "-r",
+            str(target_longest_image_dim * 72 / longest_dim), # 72 pixels per point is the conversion factor
+            local_pdf_path,
+        ],
+        timeout=120,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+    )
+    assert pdftoppm_result.returncode == 0, pdftoppm_result.stderr
+    return base64.b64encode(pdftoppm_result.stdout).decode("utf-8")
+
+
+def render_pdf_to_base64webp(local_pdf_path: str, page: int, target_longest_image_dim: int=1024):
+    base64_png = render_pdf_to_base64png(local_pdf_path, page, target_longest_image_dim)
+    
+    png_image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(base64_png.encode("utf-8")))
+    webp_output = io.BytesIO()
+    png_image.save(webp_output, format="WEBP")
+        
+    return base64.b64encode(webp_output.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")
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