diff --git a/src/Image/Image.php b/src/Image/Image.php
index aa51f56..2eddc5a 100644
--- a/src/Image/Image.php
+++ b/src/Image/Image.php
@@ -378,76 +378,11 @@ public function save(?string $path = null, string $type = '', int $quality = 75)
                 break;
 
             case 'webp':
-                $temp = null;
-                $output = null;
-                try {
-                    if ($quality >= 0) {
-                        $this->image->setImageCompressionQuality($quality);
-                    }
-                    $this->image->setImageFormat('webp');
-
-                    if (empty($path)) {
-                        return $this->image->getImagesBlob();
-                    } else {
-                        $this->image->writeImages($path, true);
-                    }
-                } catch (\Throwable) {
-                    $signature = $this->image->getImageSignature();
-
-                    $temp = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'temp-'.$signature);
-                    if ($temp === false) {
-                        throw new Exception('Failed to create temporary file');
-                    }
-
-                    $output = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'output-'.$signature);
-                    if ($output === false) {
-                        \unlink($temp);
-                        throw new Exception('Failed to create output file');
-                    }
-
-                    $temp .= '.'.\strtolower($this->image->getImageFormat());
-                    $output .= '.'.$type;
-
-                    // save temp
-                    $this->image->writeImages($temp, true);
-
-                    // convert temp
-                    $quality = (int) $quality;
-                    $command = \sprintf(
-                        'cwebp -quiet -metadata none -q %d %s -o %s',
-                        $quality,
-                        \escapeshellarg($temp),
-                        \escapeshellarg($output)
-                    );
-                    \exec($command, $outputArray, $returnCode);
-
-                    if ($returnCode !== 0) {
-                        throw new Exception('Image conversion failed');
-                    }
-
-                    $data = \file_get_contents($output);
-
-                    // save to path
-                    if (! empty($path)) {
-                        \file_put_contents($path, $data, LOCK_EX);
-
-                        return;
-                    }
-
-                    return $data;
-                } finally {
-                    if (is_string($temp) && file_exists($temp)) {
-                        \unlink($temp);
-                    }
-                    if (is_string($output) && file_exists($output)) {
-                        \unlink($output);
-                    }
-
-                    $this->image->clear();
-                    $this->image->destroy();
+                if ($quality >= 0) {
+                    $this->image->setImageCompressionQuality($quality);
                 }
-
-                return;
+                $this->image->setImageFormat('webp');
+                break;
 
             case 'png':
                 if ($quality >= 0) {
diff --git a/tests/Image/ImageTest.php b/tests/Image/ImageTest.php
index 766ffc9..a84aa07 100644
--- a/tests/Image/ImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Image/ImageTest.php
@@ -412,6 +412,46 @@ public function test_crop100x100_webp_quality30(): void
         \unlink($target);
     }
 
+    public function test_webp_blob_output(): void
+    {
+        $image = new Image(\file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../resources/disk-a/kitten-1.jpg') ?: '');
+
+        $image->crop(100, 100);
+
+        $blob = $image->output('webp', 75);
+
+        $this->assertIsString($blob);
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($blob);
+        $this->assertSame('RIFF', \substr($blob, 0, 4));
+        $this->assertSame('WEBP', \substr($blob, 8, 4));
+
+        $probe = new \Imagick;
+        $probe->readImageBlob($blob);
+        $this->assertEquals(100, $probe->getImageWidth());
+        $this->assertEquals(100, $probe->getImageHeight());
+        $this->assertTrue(in_array($probe->getImageFormat(), ['PAM', 'WEBP']));
+    }
+
+    public function test_webp_from_webp_input(): void
+    {
+        $image = new Image(\file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../resources/resize/100x100.webp') ?: '');
+        $target = __DIR__.'/roundtrip.webp';
+
+        $image->crop(50, 50);
+
+        $image->save($target, 'webp', 75);
+
+        $this->assertFileExists($target);
+        $this->assertNotEmpty(\file_get_contents($target));
+
+        $probe = new \Imagick($target);
+        $this->assertEquals(50, $probe->getImageWidth());
+        $this->assertEquals(50, $probe->getImageHeight());
+        $this->assertTrue(in_array($probe->getImageFormat(), ['PAM', 'WEBP']));
+
+        \unlink($target);
+    }
+
     public function test_crop100x100_avif(): void
     {
         $image = new Image(\file_get_contents(filename: __DIR__.'/../resources/disk-a/kitten-1.jpg') ?: '');