diff --git a/src/Drivers/Gd/GdDriver.php b/src/Drivers/Gd/GdDriver.php
index e53c794c..ee51a2ac 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Gd/GdDriver.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Gd/GdDriver.php
@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ protected function pngCompression(): int
 
     public function format(string $format): ImageDriver
     {
+        ob_start();
+
         switch (strtolower($format)) {
             case 'jpg':
             case 'jpeg':
@@ -698,6 +700,10 @@ public function format(string $format): ImageDriver
                 throw UnsupportedImageFormat::make($format);
         }
 
+        $this->image = imagecreatefromstring(ob_get_contents());
+
+        ob_end_clean();
+
         return $this;
     }
 }