diff --git a/backend/routes/dogs.py b/backend/routes/dogs.py
index a58c757..bfa8517 100644
--- a/backend/routes/dogs.py
+++ b/backend/routes/dogs.py
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ async def upload_photo(
 
     content = await file.read()
     try:
-        img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(content)).convert("RGB")
+        from PIL import ImageOps
+        img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(content))
+        img = ImageOps.exif_transpose(img)  # EXIF-Orientierung anwenden
+        img = img.convert("RGB")
         buf = io.BytesIO()
         img.save(buf, format="JPEG", quality=90)
         content = buf.getvalue()
diff --git a/backend/routes/profile.py b/backend/routes/profile.py
index 1be34d4..52ef2b5 100644
--- a/backend/routes/profile.py
+++ b/backend/routes/profile.py
@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ async def upload_avatar(
     except ImportError:
         pass
 
-    from PIL import Image
+    from PIL import Image, ImageOps
 
     content = await file.read()
     try:
-        img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(content)).convert("RGB")
+        img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(content))
+        img = ImageOps.exif_transpose(img)  # EXIF-Orientierung anwenden
+        img = img.convert("RGB")
         buf = io.BytesIO()
         img.save(buf, format="JPEG", quality=90)
         content = buf.getvalue()