diff --git a/Photo.cs b/Photo.cs
index 4b23a4d..f2710b1 100644
--- a/Photo.cs
+++ b/Photo.cs
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ public class Photo {
     // a texture for it until that's already happened.
     LastTouch = touchCounter++;
     // TODO: if we zoom in to more than the display size, actually load the whole image?
+    // TODO: now cropping is fucky.
     DecoderOptions options = new DecoderOptions {
-      TargetSize = new Size(size.X, size.Y)
+      TargetSize = new Size(size.X, size.Y),
+      SkipMetadata = true
     };
     Image<Rgba32> tmp = await Image.LoadAsync<Rgba32>(options, Filename);
     Util.RotateImageFromExif(tmp, Orientation);
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ public class Photo {
 
   public async void LoadThumbnailAsync(Vector2i size) {
     DecoderOptions options = new DecoderOptions {
-      TargetSize = new Size(size.X, size.Y)
+      TargetSize = new Size(size.X, size.Y),
+      SkipMetadata = true
     };
     Image<Rgba32> tmp = await Image.LoadAsync<Rgba32>(options, Filename);
     Util.RotateImageFromExif(tmp, Orientation);
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 8b3da33..84e380e 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -642,8 +642,8 @@ public class Game : GameWindow {
     // string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\users\colin\desktop\totte-output\2023\07\31");
     // string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\users\colin\desktop\import");
     // string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\colin\Pictures\photos\2018\06\23");
-    string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\colin\Desktop\Germany all\104D7000");
-    // string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\colin\Desktop\many-birds\");
+    // string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\colin\Desktop\Germany all\104D7000");
+    string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\colin\Desktop\many-birds\");
 
     for (int i = 0; i < files.Count(); i++) {
       string file = files[i];