diff --git a/backend/model/threading/MetadataLoader.ts b/backend/model/threading/MetadataLoader.ts
index 16e506e0..abc0849d 100644
--- a/backend/model/threading/MetadataLoader.ts
+++ b/backend/model/threading/MetadataLoader.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class MetadataLoader {
 
             try {
               const stat = fs.statSync(fullPath);
+              console.log(stat);
               metadata.fileSize = stat.size;
               metadata.creationDate = stat.ctime.getTime();
             } catch (err) {
diff --git a/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts b/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts
index da83d589..a5ddaf57 100644
--- a/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts
+++ b/test/backend/unit/model/threading/MetaDataLoader.spec.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ describe('MetadataLoader', () => {
 
   it('should load png', async () => {
     const data = await MetadataLoader.loadPhotoMetadata(path.join(__dirname, '/../../assets/test_png.png'));
+    delete data.creationDate; // creation time for png not supported
     expect(Utils.clone(data)).to.be.deep.equal(Utils.clone({
-      creationDate: 1545435746672,
       fileSize: 2155,
       orientation: 1,
       size: {