diff --git a/sorteerhoed/central_management.py b/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
index 14e30bc..ff61b5f 100644
--- a/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
+++ b/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
@@ -338,7 +338,11 @@ class CentralManagement():
             self.eventQueue.put(Signal('scan.start'))
             # Scan to reset
             cmd = [
-                'sudo', 'scanimage', '-d', 'epkowa'
+                'sudo', 'scanimage', '-d', 'epkowa','--resolution=100',
+                '-l','25' #y axis, margin from top of the scanner, hence increasing this, moves the scanned image upwards
+                ,'-t','22', # x axis, margin from left side scanner (seen from the outside)
+        '-x',str(181),
+            '-y',str(245)
             ]
             proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             # opens connection to scanner, but only starts scanning when output becomes ready: