diff --git a/test/backend/assets/rotating_earth.avi b/test/backend/assets/rotating_earth.avi
deleted file mode 100644
index 35eaa95e..00000000
Binary files a/test/backend/assets/rotating_earth.avi and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/test/backend/assets/rotating_earth.mov b/test/backend/assets/rotating_earth.mov
deleted file mode 100644
index 37e78d98..00000000
Binary files a/test/backend/assets/rotating_earth.mov and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/test/backend/assets/rotatingearthwmetadata.json b/test/backend/assets/rotatingearthwmetadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2cd4887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/backend/assets/rotatingearthwmetadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "creationDate": 1713101795426,
+  "fileSize": 1005674,
+  "size": {
+    "height": 400,
+    "width": 400
+  }
+}
\ 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 4555c9ed..131ae409 100644
--- a/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts
+++ b/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ describe('MetadataLoader', () => {
     expect(Utils.clone(data)).to.be.deep.equal(expected);
   });
 
+  it('should load gif', async () => {
+    const data = await MetadataLoader.loadPhotoMetadata(path.join(__dirname, '/../../../assets/rotatingearthwmetadata.gif'));
+    const expected = require(path.join(__dirname, '/../../../assets/rotatingearthwmetadata.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'));