diff --git a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/exif.php b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/exif.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2558176b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/exif.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SnappyMail\Image;
+
+class Exif
+{
+/*
+	const
+		ORIENTATION_UNDEFINED   = 0,
+		ORIENTATION_TOPLEFT     = 1,
+		ORIENTATION_TOPRIGHT    = 2,
+		ORIENTATION_BOTTOMRIGHT = 3,
+		ORIENTATION_BOTTOMLEFT  = 4,
+		ORIENTATION_LEFTTOP     = 5,
+		ORIENTATION_RIGHTTOP    = 6,
+		ORIENTATION_RIGHTBOTTOM = 7,
+		ORIENTATION_LEFTBOTTOM  = 8;
+*/
+	public static function getImageOrientation(string &$data, array $image_info = null) : int
+	{
+		$image_info = empty($image_info['mime']) ? \getimagesizefromstring($data) : $image_info;
+		if (!empty($image_info['mime']) && \is_callable('exif_read_data')) {
+			$exif = \exif_read_data('data://'.$image_info['mime'].';base64,' . \base64_encode($data));
+			if (false !== $exif) {
+				return \max(0, \intval($exif['IFD0.Orientation'] ?? 0));
+			}
+			\error_log("{$image_info['mime']} " . \error_get_last()['message']);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/gd2.php b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/gd2.php
index f1857e43b..cbbb43a25 100644
--- a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/gd2.php
+++ b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/gd2.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class GD2 implements \SnappyMail\Image
 		$file,
 		$format,
 		$compression_q = 85,
-		$orientation = 1,
+		$orientation = 0,
 		$type;
 
 	function __destruct()
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ class GD2 implements \SnappyMail\Image
 		$gd2->file = 'blob';
 		$gd2->type = (int) $imginfo[2];
 		$gd2->format = $format;
-		if (\is_callable('exif_read_data') && $exif = \exif_read_data('data://'.$imginfo['mime'].';base64,' . \base64_encode($data))) {
-			$gd2->orientation = \max(1, \intval($oMetadata['IFD0.Orientation'] ?? 0));
-		}
+		$gd2->orientation = Exif::getImageOrientation($data, $imginfo);
 		return $gd2;
 	}
 
diff --git a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/gmagick.php b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/gmagick.php
index 38480d586..6980e033a 100644
--- a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/gmagick.php
+++ b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/image/gmagick.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if (!\class_exists('Gmagick',false)) { return; }
 class GMagick extends \Gmagick implements \SnappyMail\Image
 {
 	private
-		$orientation = 1;
+		$orientation = 0;
 
 	function __destruct()
 	{
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ class GMagick extends \Gmagick implements \SnappyMail\Image
 		}
 		if (\method_exists($gmagick, 'getImageOrientation')) {
 			$gmagick->orientation = $gmagick->getImageOrientation();
-		} else if (\is_callable('exif_read_data') && $imginfo = \getimagesizefromstring($data)) {
-			if ($exif = \exif_read_data('data://'.$imginfo['mime'].';base64,' . \base64_encode($data))) {
-				$gmagick->orientation = \max(1, \intval($exif['IFD0.Orientation'] ?? 0));
-			}
+		} else {
+			$gd2->orientation = Exif::getImageOrientation($data);
 		}
 		return $gmagick;
 	}