diff --git a/crates/images/src/error.rs b/crates/images/src/error.rs
index 2bd9dd06c..df7cb64c1 100644
--- a/crates/images/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/images/src/error.rs
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ pub enum Error {
 	RgbImageConversion,
 	#[error("error with pdfium: {0}")]
 	Pdfium(#[from] pdfium_render::prelude::PdfiumError),
-	#[error("failed to load pdfium library")]
-	PdfiumBinding,
 	#[error("error with usvg: {0}")]
 	USvg(#[from] resvg::usvg::Error),
 	#[error("failed to allocate `Pixbuf` while converting an SVG")]
diff --git a/crates/images/src/pdf.rs b/crates/images/src/pdf.rs
index 0a6d838cc..b0a4205ab 100644
--- a/crates/images/src/pdf.rs
+++ b/crates/images/src/pdf.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::{
 	path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
-use crate::{consts::PDF_RENDER_WIDTH, Error::PdfiumBinding, ImageHandler, Result};
+use crate::{consts::PDF_RENDER_WIDTH, ImageHandler, Result};
 use image::DynamicImage;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use pdfium_render::prelude::{PdfPageRenderRotation, PdfRenderConfig, Pdfium};
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ const BINDING_LOCATION: &str = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
 	"../lib/spacedrive"
 };
 
-static PDFIUM: Lazy<Option<Pdfium>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+static PDFIUM_LIB: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
 	let lib_name = Pdfium::pdfium_platform_library_name();
-	let lib_path = current_exe()
+	current_exe()
 		.ok()
 		.and_then(|exe_path| {
 			exe_path.parent().and_then(|parent_path| {
@@ -46,33 +46,32 @@ static PDFIUM: Lazy<Option<Pdfium>> = Lazy::new(|| {
 				.to_str()
 				.expect("We are converting valid strs to PathBuf then back, it should not fail")
 				.to_owned()
-		});
-
-	Pdfium::bind_to_library(lib_path)
-		.or_else(|err| {
-			error!("{err:#?}");
-			Pdfium::bind_to_system_library()
 		})
-		.map(Pdfium::new)
-		.map_err(|err| error!("{err:#?}"))
-		.ok()
+});
+
+static PDFIUM_RENDER_CONFIG: Lazy<PdfRenderConfig> = Lazy::new(|| {
+	PdfRenderConfig::new()
+		.set_target_width(PDF_RENDER_WIDTH)
+		.rotate_if_landscape(PdfPageRenderRotation::Degrees90, true)
+		.render_form_data(false)
+		.render_annotations(false)
 });
 
 pub struct PdfHandler {}
 
 impl ImageHandler for PdfHandler {
 	fn handle_image(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<DynamicImage> {
-		let pdfium = PDFIUM.as_ref().ok_or(PdfiumBinding)?;
+		let pdfium = Pdfium::new(Pdfium::bind_to_library(PDFIUM_LIB.as_str()).or_else(|err| {
+			error!("{err:#?}");
+			Pdfium::bind_to_system_library()
+		})?);
 
-		let render_config = PdfRenderConfig::new()
-			.set_target_width(PDF_RENDER_WIDTH)
-			.rotate_if_landscape(PdfPageRenderRotation::Degrees90, true);
+		let pdf = pdfium.load_pdf_from_file(path, None)?;
+		let first_page = pdf.pages().first()?;
+		let image = first_page
+			.render_with_config(&PDFIUM_RENDER_CONFIG)?
+			.as_image();
 
-		Ok(pdfium
-			.load_pdf_from_file(path, None)?
-			.pages()
-			.first()?
-			.render_with_config(&render_config)?
-			.as_image())
+		Ok(image)
 	}
 }