diff --git a/optimize_images/Readme.md b/optimize_images/Readme.md
index d6fcc0ff0..501c68a02 100644
--- a/optimize_images/Readme.md
+++ b/optimize_images/Readme.md
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ Optimize Images Plugin For Pelican
 ==================================
 
 This plugin applies lossless compression on JPEG and PNG images, with no
-effect on image quality. It uses [jpegtran][1] and [OptiPNG][2]. It assumes
-that both of these tools are installed on system path.
+effect on image quality. It uses [jpegtran][1], [OptiPNG][2] and [svgo][3]. 
+It assumes that all of these tools are installed on system path.
 
 [1]: http://jpegclub.org/jpegtran/              "jpegtran"
 [2]: http://optipng.sourceforge.net/            "OptiPNG"
+[3]: https://github.com/svg/svgo				"SVGO"
 
 
 Installation
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ Then use as follows by adding the following to your settings.py:
 Usage
 -----
 The plugin will activate and optimize images upon `finalized` signal of
-pelican.
\ No newline at end of file
+pelican.
diff --git a/optimize_images/optimize_images.py b/optimize_images/optimize_images.py
index 308783703..33593ceed 100644
--- a/optimize_images/optimize_images.py
+++ b/optimize_images/optimize_images.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # A list of file types with their respective commands
 COMMANDS = {
     # '.ext': ('command {flags} {filename', 'silent_flag', 'verbose_flag')
+    '.svg': ('svgo {flags} --input="{filename}" --output="{filename}"', '--quiet', ''),
     '.jpg': ('jpegtran {flags} -copy none -optimize -outfile "{filename}" "{filename}"', '', '-v'),
     '.png': ('optipng {flags} "{filename}"', '--quiet', ''),
 }
diff --git a/org_reader/org_reader.py b/org_reader/org_reader.py
index 22d306cb0..83efa2c49 100644
--- a/org_reader/org_reader.py
+++ b/org_reader/org_reader.py
@@ -84,9 +84,13 @@ def read(self, filename):
         cmd.append('--eval')
         cmd.append(self.ELISP_EXEC.format(filename, backend))
 
-        LOG.debug("OrgReader: running command `{0}`".format(cmd))
+        LOG.debug("OrgReader: running command `%s`" % (' '.join(cmd)))
 
-        json_result = subprocess.check_output(cmd, universal_newlines=True)
+        try:
+            json_result = subprocess.check_output(cmd, universal_newlines=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            print("Failed error: output %s" % e.output)
+            raise e
         json_output = json.loads(json_result)
 
         # get default slug from .org filename