diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 90ebff68a..5615b9bcc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(FAST)
 
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 4)
 set(VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set(VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(VERSION_PATCH 2)
 set(VERSION_SO 4)   # SO version, should be incremented by 1 every time the existing API changes
 set(FAST_VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
 
diff --git a/source/FAST/Data/ImagePyramid.cpp b/source/FAST/Data/ImagePyramid.cpp
index b0b208e4e..dce60759d 100644
--- a/source/FAST/Data/ImagePyramid.cpp
+++ b/source/FAST/Data/ImagePyramid.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace fast {
 
 int ImagePyramid::m_counter = 0;
 
-ImagePyramid::ImagePyramid(int width, int height, int channels, int patchWidth, int patchHeight) {
+ImagePyramid::ImagePyramid(int width, int height, int channels, int patchWidth, int patchHeight, ImageCompression compression) {
     if(channels <= 0 || channels > 4)
         throw Exception("Nr of channels must be between 1 and 4");
 
@@ -62,14 +62,19 @@ ImagePyramid::ImagePyramid(int width, int height, int channels, int patchWidth,
     auto tiff = m_tiffHandle;
     m_counter += 1;
 
-    ImageCompression compression = ImageCompression::LZW;
-
-    uint photometric = PHOTOMETRIC_RGB;
+    uint photometric;
     uint bitsPerSample = 8;
-    uint samplesPerPixel = 3; // RGBA image pyramid is converted to RGB with getPatchAsImage
+    uint samplesPerPixel;
     if(channels == 1) {
         photometric = PHOTOMETRIC_MINISBLACK; // Photometric mask causes crash..
         samplesPerPixel = 1;
+        if(compression == ImageCompression::UNSPECIFIED)
+            compression = ImageCompression::LZW;
+    } else {
+        if(compression == ImageCompression::UNSPECIFIED)
+            compression = ImageCompression::JPEG;
+        photometric = PHOTOMETRIC_RGB;
+        samplesPerPixel = 3; // RGBA image pyramid is converted to RGB with getPatchAsImage
     }
 
     while(true) {
diff --git a/source/FAST/Data/ImagePyramid.hpp b/source/FAST/Data/ImagePyramid.hpp
index b81b8a9d2..8a5d35a65 100644
--- a/source/FAST/Data/ImagePyramid.hpp
+++ b/source/FAST/Data/ImagePyramid.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Image;
 class FAST_EXPORT ImagePyramid : public SpatialDataObject {
     FAST_DATA_OBJECT(ImagePyramid)
     public:
-        FAST_CONSTRUCTOR(ImagePyramid, int, width,, int, height,, int, channels,, int, patchWidth, = 256, int, patchHeight, = 256);
+        FAST_CONSTRUCTOR(ImagePyramid, int, width,, int, height,, int, channels,, int, patchWidth, = 256, int, patchHeight, = 256, ImageCompression, compression, = ImageCompression::UNSPECIFIED);
         FAST_CONSTRUCTOR(ImagePyramid, openslide_t*, fileHandle,, std::vector<ImagePyramidLevel>, levels,);
         FAST_CONSTRUCTOR(ImagePyramid, std::ifstream*, stream,, std::vector<vsi_tile_header>, tileHeaders,, std::vector<ImagePyramidLevel>, levels,, ImageCompression, compressionFormat,);
         FAST_CONSTRUCTOR(ImagePyramid, TIFF*, fileHandle,, std::vector<ImagePyramidLevel>, levels,, int, channels,,bool, isOMETIFF, = false);
diff --git a/source/FAST/Importers/TIFFImagePyramidImporter.hpp b/source/FAST/Importers/TIFFImagePyramidImporter.hpp
index c178e193f..8d84d420d 100644
--- a/source/FAST/Importers/TIFFImagePyramidImporter.hpp
+++ b/source/FAST/Importers/TIFFImagePyramidImporter.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ namespace fast {
  * For instance if exported using the TIFFImagePyramidExporter.
  * This exporter uses libtiff.
  *
+ * Outputs:
+ * - 0: ImagePyramid
+ *
  * @sa WholeSlideImageImporter TIFFImagePyramidExporter
  * @ingroup importers
  */