diff --git a/administrator/components/com_spsimpleportfolio/controllers/item.php b/administrator/components/com_spsimpleportfolio/controllers/item.php
index 54e693c..5d7a63e 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_spsimpleportfolio/controllers/item.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_spsimpleportfolio/controllers/item.php
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ protected function postSaveHook(BaseDatabaseModel $model, $validData = array())
 		 * remove extra value form image name.
 		 */
 		$filteredImage = explode('?', $item->image);
-		$item->image = $filteredImage[0];
+		//$item->image = $filteredImage[0];
+		$item->image = str_replace('%20', ' ', $filteredImage[0]);
 
 		$image = JPATH_ROOT . '/' . $item->image;
 		$alias = $item->alias;
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_spsimpleportfolio/helpers/spsimpleportfolio.php b/administrator/components/com_spsimpleportfolio/helpers/spsimpleportfolio.php
index b1cc3ac..d90daa6 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_spsimpleportfolio/helpers/spsimpleportfolio.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_spsimpleportfolio/helpers/spsimpleportfolio.php
@@ -90,8 +90,12 @@ public static function createThumbs($src, $sizes = array(), $folder = '', $base_
           }
           $x = 0;
         }
-
-        $new = imagecreatetruecolor($targetWidth, $targetHeight);
+        try {
+          $new = imagecreatetruecolor($targetWidth, $targetHeight);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+          Factory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($e->getMessage(), 'error');
+        }
+       
 
         if($ext == "gif" or $ext == "png") {
           imagecolortransparent($new, imagecolorallocatealpha($new, 0, 0, 0, 127));