diff --git a/api/src/services/files.ts b/api/src/services/files.ts
index 59ec4545e332e..fe374530ed8b0 100644
--- a/api/src/services/files.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/files.ts
@@ -75,14 +75,19 @@ export class FilesService extends ItemsService {
 
 		if (['image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/webp', 'image/gif', 'image/tiff'].includes(payload.type)) {
 			const buffer = await storage.disk(data.storage).getBuffer(payload.filename_disk);
-			const meta = await sharp(buffer.content, {}).metadata();
-
-			if (meta.orientation && meta.orientation >= 5) {
-				payload.height = meta.width;
-				payload.width = meta.height;
-			} else {
-				payload.width = meta.width;
-				payload.height = meta.height;
+			try {
+				const meta = await sharp(buffer.content, {}).metadata();
+
+				if (meta.orientation && meta.orientation >= 5) {
+					payload.height = meta.width;
+					payload.width = meta.height;
+				} else {
+					payload.width = meta.width;
+					payload.height = meta.height;
+				}
+			} catch (err: any) {
+				logger.warn(`Couldn't extract sharp metadata from file`);
+				logger.warn(err);
 			}
 
 			payload.metadata = {};
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ export class FilesService extends ItemsService {
 					payload.tags = payload.metadata.iptc.Keywords;
 				}
 			} catch (err: any) {
-				logger.warn(`Couldn't extract metadata from file`);
+				logger.warn(`Couldn't extract EXIF metadata from file`);
 				logger.warn(err);
 			}
 		}