diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 0017fdf..3c78a26 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -39,12 +39,9 @@ def de_column_ify():
          reader = pypdf.PdfReader(f)
          writer.add_page(reader.pages[0])
    log("dumping de-column-ified pages")
-   fat_output = f'{config.TEMP_DIR}/{config.INPUT.split("/")[-1]}.de_column_ified.pdf'
-   with open(fat_output, "wb") as f:
-      writer.write(f)
    output = f'{config.INPUT}.de-column-ified.pdf'
-   log("shrinking de-column-ified pages")
-   subprocess.run(f"gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile='{output}' '{fat_output}'", shell=True)
+   with open(output, "wb") as f:
+      writer.write(f)
    log(output)
 
 def de_columnify_page(q, path, page):