diff --git a/ImageViewer/ViewController.swift b/ImageViewer/ViewController.swift
index 02279e8..13b8b46 100644
--- a/ImageViewer/ViewController.swift
+++ b/ImageViewer/ViewController.swift
@@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
                 metadataList[dir] = metadata
                 loadLocalState()
                 let volCovP = ProgressIndices(v: progress.v, c: 0, i: 0)
-                let volumeDir = currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes")
-                let archivePath = volumeDir.appendingPathComponent(metadata.volumes[volCovP.v].archive)
+                let archivePath = getArchiveURL(volCovP.v)
                 let archive = try! Archive(url: archivePath, accessMode: .read)
                 let filename = metadata.volumes[volCovP.v].chapters[volCovP.c].images[volCovP.i].filename!
                 let targetEntry = archive[filename]!
@@ -697,37 +696,31 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
     }
 
     func readComic(name: String) {
+        imageView.image = nil
         readerView.isHidden = false
         homeView.isHidden = true
         setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
         if let path = getPathFromComicName(name: name) {
             currentPath = path
-
             metadata = metadataList[path]
 
             globalState.comicName = metadata.title
             saveGlobalState()
             loadLocalState()
-            if mode != .scroll {
-                scrollingCollectionView.isHidden = true
-                leftView.isHidden = false
-                rightView.isHidden = false
-                setImages(path: path)
+            scrollingCollectionView.isHidden = mode != .scroll
+            leftView.isHidden = mode == .scroll
+            rightView.isHidden = mode == .scroll
+            imageView.isHidden = mode == .scroll
+            if mode == .scroll {
+                scrollingCollectionView.reloadData()
             } else {
-                setupScrolling()
+                setImages(path: path)
             }
         } else {
             print("path not found")
         }
     }
 
-    func setupScrolling() {
-        leftView.isHidden = true
-        rightView.isHidden = true
-        scrollingCollectionView.isHidden = false
-        scrollingCollectionView.reloadData()
-    }
-
     func countFiles() -> Int {
         var count = 0
         if let enumerator = fileManager.enumerator(
@@ -1044,10 +1037,8 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
             default: break
             }
             if prev == mode { return }
-            if mode == .scroll {
-                setupScrolling()
-            } else {
-                let archiveURL = currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes").appendingPathComponent(metadata.volumes[progress.v].archive)
+            if mode != .scroll {
+                let archiveURL = getArchiveURL(progress.v)
                 imageLoader.loadImage(
                     archiveURL: archiveURL,
                     filename: getImagePath(progress: progress),
@@ -1062,6 +1053,10 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
         leftView.isHidden = mode == .scroll
         rightView.isHidden = mode == .scroll
         imageView.isHidden = mode == .scroll
+        // This does not optmize for the case where you switch between scrolling and non-scrolling in the same comic. However this badly supported because of the lac of state conversion.
+        if mode == .scroll {
+            scrollingCollectionView.reloadData()
+        }
         togglePageTurnDropdown()
         saveLocalState()
     }
@@ -1194,16 +1189,15 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
 
         imageLoader.setActiveWindow([path])
 
-        let archiveURL = currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes").appendingPathComponent(metadata.volumes[progress.v].archive)
+        let archiveURL = getArchiveURL(progress.v)
         imageLoader.loadImage(archiveURL: archiveURL, filename: getImagePath(progress: progress), scaling: scaling, screenSize: UIScreen.main.bounds.size) { [weak self] image in
             self?.imageView.image = image
         }
 
         for _ in 0 ..< preloadCount {
             newProgress = getProgressIndicesFromTurn(turn: .next, progress: newProgress)
-            let archive = metadata.volumes[newProgress.v].archive!
             let filename = getImagePath(progress: newProgress)
-            let archiveURL = currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes").appendingPathComponent(archive)
+            let archiveURL = getArchiveURL(newProgress.v)
             imageLoader.preloadImage(archiveURL: archiveURL, filename: filename, scaling: scaling, screenSize: UIScreen.main.bounds.size)
         }
 
@@ -1273,6 +1267,10 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
         info.text = text
     }
 
+    func getArchiveURL(_ volumeProgress: Int) -> URL {
+        return currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes").appendingPathComponent(metadata.volumes[volumeProgress].archive)
+    }
+
     func getImagePath(progress: ProgressIndices) -> String {
         let (v, c, i) = (progress.v, progress.c, progress.i)
         let modernPath = metadata.volumes[v].chapters[c].images[i].filename!
@@ -1326,7 +1324,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
     func setImages(path _: URL) {
         let scaling: UIView.ContentMode = mode == .scroll ? .scaleAspectFill : .scaleAspectFit
         imageLoader.loadImage(
-            archiveURL: currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes").appendingPathComponent(metadata.volumes[progress.v].archive),
+            archiveURL: getArchiveURL(progress.v),
             filename: getImagePath(progress: progress),
             scaling: scaling,
             screenSize: UIScreen.main.bounds.size
@@ -1338,7 +1336,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
         var newProgress = progress
         for _ in 0 ..< preloadCount {
             newProgress = getProgressIndicesFromTurn(turn: .next, progress: newProgress)
-            imageLoader.preloadImage(archiveURL: currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes").appendingPathComponent(metadata.volumes[progress.v].archive), filename: getImagePath(progress: newProgress), scaling: scaling, screenSize: UIScreen.main.bounds.size)
+            imageLoader.preloadImage(archiveURL: getArchiveURL(progress.v), filename: getImagePath(progress: newProgress), scaling: scaling, screenSize: UIScreen.main.bounds.size)
         }
     }
 
@@ -1357,7 +1355,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
         super.viewWillTransition(to: size, with: coordinator)
         if mode != .scroll {
             imageLoader.loadImage(
-                archiveURL: currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes").appendingPathComponent(metadata.volumes[progress.v].archive),
+                archiveURL: getArchiveURL(progress.v),
                 filename: getImagePath(progress: progress),
                 scaling: .scaleAspectFit,
                 screenSize: size
@@ -1365,7 +1363,6 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
                 self.imageView.image = image
             }
         } else {
-            scrollingCollectionView.reloadData()
             changedOrientation = true
         }
     }
@@ -1453,7 +1450,7 @@ extension ViewController: UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDelegateFl
             }
             }
             imageLoader.loadImage(
-              archiveURL: currentPath.appendingPathComponent("volumes").appendingPathComponent(metadata.volumes[progress.v].archive),
+              archiveURL: getArchiveURL(progress.v),
               filename: getImagePath(progress: newProgress),
               scaling: scaling, screenSize: UIScreen.main.bounds.size) { image in
                 cell.imageView.image = image