diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 96be8c81..9e43eca4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "express": "4.18.2",
         "express-unless": "2.1.3",
         "fluent-ffmpeg": "2.1.2",
-        "image-size": "1.0.2",
+        "image-size": "1.1.1",
         "locale": "0.1.0",
         "node-geocoder": "4.2.0",
         "nodemailer": "6.9.4",
@@ -12233,8 +12233,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/image-size": {
-      "version": "1.0.2",
-      "license": "MIT",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/image-size/-/image-size-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-541xKlUw6jr/6gGuk92F+mYM5zaFAc5ahphvkqvNe2bQ6gVBkd6bfrmVJ2t4KDAfikAYZyIqTnktX3i6/aQDrQ==",
       "dependencies": {
         "queue": "6.0.2"
       },
@@ -12242,7 +12243,7 @@
         "image-size": "bin/image-size.js"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14.0.0"
+        "node": ">=16.x"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/immutable": {
@@ -29977,7 +29978,9 @@
       }
     },
     "image-size": {
-      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/image-size/-/image-size-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-541xKlUw6jr/6gGuk92F+mYM5zaFAc5ahphvkqvNe2bQ6gVBkd6bfrmVJ2t4KDAfikAYZyIqTnktX3i6/aQDrQ==",
       "requires": {
         "queue": "6.0.2"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70e71323..08c10923 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "express": "4.18.2",
     "express-unless": "2.1.3",
     "fluent-ffmpeg": "2.1.2",
-    "image-size": "1.0.2",
+    "image-size": "1.1.1",
     "locale": "0.1.0",
     "node-geocoder": "4.2.0",
     "nodemailer": "6.9.4",
diff --git a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts
index 0e08ef5e..a7f474da 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ export class MetadataLoader {
       } catch (e) {
         //in case of failure, set dimensions to 0 so they may be read via tags
         metadata.size = { width: 0, height: 0 };
+      } finally {
+        if (isNaN(metadata.size.width) || metadata.size.width == null) {
+          metadata.size.width = 0;
+        }
+        if (isNaN(metadata.size.height) || metadata.size.height == null) {
+          metadata.size.height = 0;
+        }
       }
 
 
@@ -297,10 +304,10 @@ export class MetadataLoader {
 
   private static mapImageDimensions(metadata: PhotoMetadata, exif: any, orientation: number) {
     if (metadata.size.width <= 0) {
-      metadata.size.width = exif.ifd0?.ImageWidth || exif.exif?.ExifImageWidth;
+      metadata.size.width = exif.ifd0?.ImageWidth || exif.exif?.ExifImageWidth || metadata.size.width;
     }
     if (metadata.size.height <= 0) {
-      metadata.size.height = exif.ifd0?.ImageHeight || exif.exif?.ExifImageHeight;
+      metadata.size.height = exif.ifd0?.ImageHeight || exif.exif?.ExifImageHeight || metadata.size.height;
     }
     metadata.size.height = Math.max(metadata.size.height, 1); //ensure height dimension is positive
     metadata.size.width = Math.max(metadata.size.width, 1); //ensure width  dimension is positive
diff --git a/test/backend/assets/parsingfromheic.heic b/test/backend/assets/parsingfromheic.heic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2cee1fa
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/backend/assets/parsingfromheic.heic differ
diff --git a/test/backend/assets/parsingfromheic.json b/test/backend/assets/parsingfromheic.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df8f2a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/backend/assets/parsingfromheic.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "positionData": {
+    "GPSData": {
+      "latitude": 9.061331,
+      "longitude": 38.761711
+    }
+  },
+  "creationDate": 1706438594000,
+  "creationDateOffset": "+03:00",
+  "fileSize": 2158564,
+  "size": {
+    "height": 512,
+    "width": 512
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts b/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts
index 76365e88..c47f4975 100644
--- a/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts
+++ b/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ describe('MetadataLoader', () => {
   });
 
 
+  it('should load heic', async () => {
+    const data = await MetadataLoader.loadPhotoMetadata(path.join(__dirname, '/../../../assets/parsingfromheic.heic'));
+    const expected = require(path.join(__dirname, '/../../../assets/parsingfromheic.json'));
+    expect(Utils.clone(data)).to.be.deep.equal(expected);
+  });
+
   it('should load png', async () => {
     const data = await MetadataLoader.loadPhotoMetadata(path.join(__dirname, '/../../../assets/test_png.png'));
     const expected = require(path.join(__dirname, '/../../../assets/test_png.json'));