diff --git a/src/graphql_schema/entities/photo.py b/src/graphql_schema/entities/photo.py
index 8808553..518f902 100644
--- a/src/graphql_schema/entities/photo.py
+++ b/src/graphql_schema/entities/photo.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 from typing import List, Optional, Annotated, TYPE_CHECKING
 import strawberry
 from sqlalchemy import select, update
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ from graphql_schema.dataloaders.poi import poi_dataloader
 from graphql_schema.sqlalchemy_to_strawberry_type import strawberry_sqlalchemy_type
 from graphql_schema.types import ComboboxInput
 from upload_utils import (
-    get_public_url, handle_file_upload, delete_file, parse_exif_info, generate_thumbnail, file_exists, resize_image
+    get_public_url, handle_file_upload, delete_file, parse_exif_info, generate_thumbnail, file_exists, resize_image, rotate_image
 )
 from .helpers.flight import handle_combobox_save
 
@@ -149,6 +150,31 @@ class EditPhotoMutation:
             updated_model = await models.Photo.update(db, obj=photo, data=data)
             return Photo(**updated_model.as_dict())
 
+    @strawberry.mutation()
+    @authenticated_user_only()
+    async def rotate_photo(self, info, id: int, angle: int) -> Photo:
+
+        async with get_session() as db:
+            query = get_base_query(info.context.user_id)
+            photo = (await db.scalars(query.filter(models.Photo.id == id))).one()
+
+            await asyncio.gather(
+                rotate_image(
+                    path=get_photo_basepath(photo.flight_id),
+                    filename=photo.filename,
+                    angle=angle,
+                ),
+                rotate_image(
+                    path=get_photo_basepath(photo.flight_id)+"/thumbs",
+                    filename=photo.filename,
+                    angle=angle,
+                ),
+            )
+
+            return Photo(**photo.as_dict())
+
+
+
 
 @strawberry.type
 class DeletePhotoMutation:
diff --git a/src/upload_utils.py b/src/upload_utils.py
index 91f9698..2c139b5 100644
--- a/src/upload_utils.py
+++ b/src/upload_utils.py
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ async def parse_exif_info(path: str, filename: str) -> dict:
 
 
 async def resize_image(
-        path: str, filename: str, new_width: int, quality: int = 90, dest_path: str = None, dest_filename: str = None
+        path: str, filename: str, new_width: int, quality: int = 90,
+        dest_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        dest_filename: Optional[str] = None
 ):
     if not dest_path:
         dest_path = path
@@ -84,6 +86,25 @@ async def resize_image(
         pass
 
 
+async def rotate_image(
+        path: str,
+        filename: str,
+        angle: int,
+        dest_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        dest_filename: Optional[str] = None
+):
+    if not dest_path:
+        dest_path = path
+
+    if not dest_filename:
+        dest_filename = filename
+
+    img = Image.open(f"{path}/{filename}")
+    img = img.rotate(angle, Image.LANCZOS, expand=True)
+    check_directories(dest_path)
+    img.save(f"{dest_path}/{dest_filename}", 'JPEG', quality=100)
+
+
 async def generate_thumbnail(path: str, filename: str, quality: int = 90):
     return await resize_image(
         path, filename,