diff --git a/Dotnet/ScreenshotMetadata/ScreenshotHelper.cs b/Dotnet/ScreenshotMetadata/ScreenshotHelper.cs
index 7e95ff2d..13668144 100644
--- a/Dotnet/ScreenshotMetadata/ScreenshotHelper.cs
+++ b/Dotnet/ScreenshotMetadata/ScreenshotHelper.cs
@@ -174,15 +174,23 @@ namespace VRCX
             if (!metadataString.StartsWith("{"))
             {
                 // parse VRC prints
-                var xmlIndex = metadataString.IndexOf("<x:xmpmeta");
+                var xmlIndex = metadataString.IndexOf("<x:xmpmeta", StringComparison.Ordinal);
                 if (xmlIndex != -1)
                 {
-                    var xmlString = metadataString.Substring(xmlIndex);
-                    // everything after index
-                    var result = ParseVRCPrint(xmlString.Substring(xmlIndex - 7));
-                    result.SourceFile = path;
+                    try
+                    {
+                        var xmlString = metadataString.Substring(xmlIndex);
+                        // everything after index
+                        var result = ParseVRCPrint(xmlString.Substring(xmlIndex - 7));
+                        result.SourceFile = path;
 
-                    return result;
+                        return result;
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        logger.Error(ex, "Failed to parse VRCPrint XML metadata for file '{0}'", path);
+                        return ScreenshotMetadata.JustError(path, "Failed to parse VRCPrint metadata.");
+                    }
                 }
                 
                 logger.ConditionalDebug("Screenshot file '{0}' has unknown non-JSON metadata:\n{1}\n", path, metadataString);
diff --git a/html/src/app.js b/html/src/app.js
index af26aded..0ee6f8a4 100644
--- a/html/src/app.js
+++ b/html/src/app.js
@@ -16112,7 +16112,7 @@ speechSynthesis.getVoices();
     ) {
         var D = this.screenshotMetadataDialog;
         var metadata = JSON.parse(json);
-        if (typeof metadata === 'undefined' || !metadata.sourceFile) {
+        if (!metadata?.sourceFile) {
             D.metadata = {};
             D.metadata.error =
                 'Invalid file selected. Please select a valid VRChat screenshot.';
diff --git a/html/src/mixins/dialogs/screenshotMetadata.pug b/html/src/mixins/dialogs/screenshotMetadata.pug
index aebb8b78..744d83b3 100644
--- a/html/src/mixins/dialogs/screenshotMetadata.pug
+++ b/html/src/mixins/dialogs/screenshotMetadata.pug
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ mixin screenshotMetadata()
             el-carousel(ref="screenshotMetadataCarousel" :interval="0" initial-index="1" indicator-position="none" arrow="always" height="600px" style="margin-top:10px" @change="screenshotMetadataCarouselChange")
                 el-carousel-item
                     span(placement="top" width="700px" trigger="click")
-                        img.x-link(slot="reference" v-lazy="screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.previousFilePath" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain")
+                        img.x-link(slot="reference" :src="screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.previousFilePath" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain")
                 el-carousel-item
                     span(placement="top" width="700px" trigger="click" @click="showFullscreenImageDialog(screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.filePath)")
-                        img.x-link(slot="reference" v-lazy="screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.filePath" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain")
+                        img.x-link(slot="reference" :src="screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.filePath" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain")
                 el-carousel-item
                     span(placement="top" width="700px" trigger="click")
-                        img.x-link(slot="reference" v-lazy="screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.nextFilePath" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain")
+                        img.x-link(slot="reference" :src="screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.nextFilePath" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain")
             br
             template(v-if="screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.error")
                 pre(v-text="screenshotMetadataDialog.metadata.error" style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12px")