diff --git a/lib/WPStrava/StaticMap.php b/lib/WPStrava/StaticMap.php
index 14b4894..d84e5b8 100644
--- a/lib/WPStrava/StaticMap.php
+++ b/lib/WPStrava/StaticMap.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class WPStrava_StaticMap {
 			return '';
 		}
 
-		$url       = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?maptype=terrain&size={$width}x{$height}&sensor=false&key={$key}&path=color:0xFF0000BF|weight:2|enc:";
+		$url       = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?maptype=terrain&size={$width}x{$height}&scale=2&sensor=false&key={$key}&path=color:0xFF0000BF|weight:2|enc:";
 		$url_len   = strlen( $url );
 		$max_chars = 1865;
 
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 497e39b..2d3f0e2 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ WP-Strava caches activity for one hour so your site doesn't hit the Strava API o
 
 Added setting to hide elevation.
 Fixed hours for activities greater than 24 hours.
+Added scale=2 to static map to which allows for greater pixel resolution (up to 1024x1024 at 2x) for Google Maps API Premium Plan subscribers https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/dev-guide#Imagesizes
 
 
 = 1.7.1 =