diff --git a/src/Uploads/UploadsContext.php b/src/Uploads/UploadsContext.php
index 6363392..7e41351 100644
--- a/src/Uploads/UploadsContext.php
+++ b/src/Uploads/UploadsContext.php
@@ -108,11 +108,27 @@ class UploadsContext {
         $imagick = new Imagick;
 
         if($uploadInfo->isImage()) {
-            $imagick->readImageBlob(file_get_contents($filePath));
-        } elseif($uploadInfo->isAudio())
-            $imagick->readImageBlob(FFMPEG::grabAudioCover($filePath));
-        elseif($uploadInfo->isVideo())
-            $imagick->readImageBlob(FFMPEG::grabVideoFrame($filePath));
+            try {
+                $file = fopen($filePath, 'rb');
+                $imagick->readImageFile($file);
+            } finally {
+                if(isset($file) && is_resource($file))
+                    fclose($file);
+            }
+        } elseif($uploadInfo->isAudio()) {
+            // Index\IO\Stream needs some way to grab the underlying handle so we can use readImageFile
+            $stream = (string)FFMPEG::grabAudioCover($filePath);
+            if($stream === '')
+                return '';
+
+            $imagick->readImageBlob($stream);
+        } elseif($uploadInfo->isVideo()) {
+            $stream = (string)FFMPEG::grabVideoFrame($filePath);
+            if($stream === '')
+                return '';
+
+            $imagick->readImageBlob($stream);
+        }
 
         $imagick->setImageFormat('jpg');
         $imagick->setImageCompressionQuality($this->config->getInteger('thumb:quality', 40));