diff --git a/pkg/file/scan.go b/pkg/file/scan.go
index 0d8ad4632..4c0ac3152 100644
--- a/pkg/file/scan.go
+++ b/pkg/file/scan.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func (o Scanner) ScanExisting(existing FileBased, file SourceFile) (h *Scanned,
 	// update existing data if needed
 	// truncate to seconds, since we don't store beyond that in the database
 	updatedFile.FileModTime = info.ModTime().Truncate(time.Second)
+	updatedFile.Size = strconv.FormatInt(info.Size(), 10)
 
 	modTimeChanged := !existingFile.FileModTime.Equal(updatedFile.FileModTime)
 
diff --git a/pkg/gallery/scan.go b/pkg/gallery/scan.go
index 81dedf7bf..d5b195b39 100644
--- a/pkg/gallery/scan.go
+++ b/pkg/gallery/scan.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ func (scanner *Scanner) ScanExisting(existing file.FileBased, file file.SourceFi
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
 
+	// we don't currently store sizes for gallery files
+	// clear the file size so that we don't incorrectly detect a
+	// change
+	scanned.New.Size = ""
+
 	retGallery = existing.(*models.Gallery)
 
 	path := scanned.New.Path
@@ -51,8 +56,6 @@ func (scanner *Scanner) ScanExisting(existing file.FileBased, file file.SourceFi
 	changed := false
 
 	if scanned.ContentsChanged() {
-		logger.Infof("%s has been updated: rescanning", path)
-
 		retGallery.SetFile(*scanned.New)
 		changed = true
 	} else if scanned.FileUpdated() {