diff --git a/mangle/image.py b/mangle/image.py
index 2fe18b4..5fd7e38 100644
--- a/mangle/image.py
+++ b/mangle/image.py
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ def quantizeImage(image, palette):
 
 @protect_bad_image
 def scaleCropImage(image, size):
+    widthDev, heightDev = size
+    widthImg, heightImg = image.size
+    
+    imgRatio = float(widthImg) / float(heightImg)
+    devRatio = float(widthDev) / float(heightDev)
+
+    # don't crop 2 page spreads.
+    if imgRatio > devRatio:
+        return resizeImage(image, size)
+    
     return ImageOps.fit(image, size, Image.ANTIALIAS)
 
 
diff --git a/mangle/ui/options.ui b/mangle/ui/options.ui
index 29cedbb..08cc082 100644
--- a/mangle/ui/options.ui
+++ b/mangle/ui/options.ui
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
       <item>
        <widget class="QRadioButton" name="checkboxScaleCrop">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Scale and crop images to fill the screen</string>
+         <string>Scale and crop images to fill screen width</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>