diff --git a/image_classifier/image_classifier.py b/image_classifier/image_classifier.py
index 79b176d..11101be 100755
--- a/image_classifier/image_classifier.py
+++ b/image_classifier/image_classifier.py
@@ -70,42 +70,32 @@ class image_classifier:
         if people:
             self._log.debug(f"Found {len(people)} known people in the image.")
             self._log.debug(json.dumps(people, indent=2))
-            iptc_info = IPTCInfo(file, force=True)
-            print(iptc_info['keywords'])
-            with open(file, 'rb') as image_file:
-                self.exif_info = exif.Image(image_file)
-            if not self.exif_info.has_exif:
-                self._log.debug("No exif info in the image.")
-            else:
-                # for key in dir(self.exif_info):
-                #     if not key.startswith("_"):
-                #         sys.stdout.write(f"{key}: ")
-                #         sys.stdout.write(f"{self.exif_info[key]}")
-                self.append_people_to_exif(people)
-                with open(file, 'wb') as new_image_file:
-                    new_image_file.write(self.exif_info.get_file())
-                self._log.debug(f"Updated file '{file}'.")
-                # get date
-                self._log.debug(f"File time stamp: {self.exif_info.get('Image timestamp')} (type: {type(self.exif_info.get('Image timestamp'))})")
-                # move to destination
+            self.iptc_info = IPTCInfo(file, force=True)
+            print(self.iptc_info['keywords'])
+            self.append_people(people)
+            self.iptc_info.save()
+            self._log.debug(f"Updated file '{file}'.")
+            # get date
+            self._log.debug(f"File time stamp: {self.iptc_info.get('Image timestamp')} (type: {type(self.exif_info.get('Image timestamp'))})")
+            # move to destination
         else:
             self._log.debug("Doesn't seem to be an image.")
 
     def append_people_to_exif(self, people):
-        if self.is_json(self.exif_info.get('user_comment')):
-            data = json.loads(self.exif_info['user_comment'])
+        if self.is_json(self.iptc_info.get('user_comment')):
+            data = json.loads(self.iptc_info['user_comment'])
             if 'PeopleDetected' not in data:
                 data['PeopleDetected'] = list()
         else:
             data = dict()
-            if self.exif_info.get('user_comment'):
-                data["previous_user_comment"]=self.exif_info.get('user_comment')
+            if self.exif_iptc_infoinfo.get('user_comment'):
+                data["previous_user_comment"]=self.iptc_info.get('user_comment')
             data['PeopleDetected'] = list()
         for person in people:
             if person not in data['PeopleDetected']:
                 data['PeopleDetected'].append(person)
         self._log.debug(f"New 'user_comment': {json.dumps(data, indent=2)}")
-        self.exif_info.set("user_comment", json.dumps(data))
+        self.iptc_info.set("user_comment", json.dumps(data))
 
     def is_json(self, data):
         try: