diff --git a/classes/NPRAPIWordpress.php b/classes/NPRAPIWordpress.php
index 8c7a706..8c2c6ec 100644
--- a/classes/NPRAPIWordpress.php
+++ b/classes/NPRAPIWordpress.php
@@ -336,28 +336,34 @@ function update_posts_from_stories( $publish = TRUE, $qnum = false ) {
 							// check the <enlargement> and then the crops, in this order "enlargement", "standard"  if they don't exist, just get the image->src
 							if ( !empty( $image->enlargement ) ) {
 								$image_url = $image->enlargement->src;
-							} else {
-								if ( !empty( $image->crop ) && is_array( $image->crop ) ) {
+							} 
+							if ( !empty( $image->crop ) && is_array( $image->crop ) ) {
+								foreach ( $image->crop as $crop ) {
+									if ( empty( $crop->type ) ) {
+										continue;
+									}
+									if ( 'enlargement' === $crop->type ) {
+										$image_url = $crop->src;
+                    // sometimes enlargements are much larger than needed
+                    if ( ( 1500 < $crop->height ) || ( 2000 < $crop->width ) ){
+                      // if there's no querystring already, add s=6 which media.npr.org resizes to a usable but large size
+                      if ( strpos( $image_url, "?" ) === false ) {
+                        $image_url .= "?s=6";
+                      }
+                    }
+									}
+								}
+								if ( empty( $image_url ) ) {
 									foreach ( $image->crop as $crop ) {
 										if ( empty( $crop->type ) ) {
 											continue;
 										}
-										if ( 'enlargement' === $crop->type ) {
+										if ( 'standard' === $crop->type ) {
 											$image_url = $crop->src;
 										}
 									}
-									if ( empty( $image_url ) ) {
-										foreach ( $image->crop as $crop ) {
-											if ( empty( $crop->type ) ) {
-												continue;
-											}
-											if ( 'standard' === $crop->type ) {
-												$image_url = $crop->src;
-											}
-										}
-									}
 								}
-							}
+						  }
 
 							if ( empty( $image_url ) && !empty( $image->src ) ) {
 								$image_url = $image->src;