diff --git a/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist b/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist
index cdfe28409..21f099847 100644
--- a/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist
+++ b/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/lucene-queryparser-4.3.0.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/lucene-spatial-4.3.0.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/lucene-suggest-4.3.0.jar</string>
-			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/metadata-extractor-2.4.0-beta-1.jar</string>
+			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.1.12-bin.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/noggit-0.5.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/pdfbox-1.8.1.jar</string>
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e32f26f05..c0e01449a 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/lucene-queryparser-4.3.0.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/lucene-spatial-4.3.0.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/lucene-suggest-4.3.0.jar" />
-    	<pathelement location="${lib}/metadata-extractor-2.4.0-beta-1.jar" />
+    	<pathelement location="${lib}/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/mysql-connector-java-5.1.12-bin.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/noggit-0.5.jar" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/pdfbox-1.8.1.jar" />
diff --git a/lib/metadata-extractor-2.4.0-beta-1.jar b/lib/metadata-extractor-2.4.0-beta-1.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 3720d649d..000000000
Binary files a/lib/metadata-extractor-2.4.0-beta-1.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.License b/lib/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.License
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c7ccef0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.License
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Copyright 2002-2013 Drew Noakes
+ 
+
+ 
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ 
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ 
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ 
+
+ 
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ 
+
+ 
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ 
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ 
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ 
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ 
+   limitations under the License.
+ 
+
+ 
+More information about this project is available at:
+ 
+
+ 
+   http://drewnoakes.com/code/exif/
+ 
+   http://code.google.com/p/metadata-extractor/ 
diff --git a/lib/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.jar b/lib/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd24cc1d5
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.jar differ
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/parser/images/genericImageParser.java b/source/net/yacy/document/parser/images/genericImageParser.java
index 7203f75ae..19638ff4d 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/parser/images/genericImageParser.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/parser/images/genericImageParser.java
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ import net.yacy.kelondro.util.FileUtils;
 
 import com.drew.imaging.jpeg.JpegProcessingException;
 import com.drew.imaging.jpeg.JpegSegmentReader;
+import com.drew.lang.ByteArrayReader;
 import com.drew.metadata.Directory;
 import com.drew.metadata.Metadata;
-import com.drew.metadata.MetadataException;
 import com.drew.metadata.Tag;
 import com.drew.metadata.exif.ExifReader;
 import com.drew.metadata.iptc.IptcReader;
@@ -128,31 +128,32 @@ public class genericImageParser extends AbstractParser implements Parser {
 
             JpegSegmentReader segmentReader;
             try {
-                segmentReader = new JpegSegmentReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(b));
+                /**/
+                segmentReader = new JpegSegmentReader(b);
 
                 final byte[] exifSegment = segmentReader.readSegment(JpegSegmentReader.SEGMENT_APP1);
                 final byte[] iptcSegment = segmentReader.readSegment(JpegSegmentReader.SEGMENT_APPD);
                 final Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
-                new ExifReader(exifSegment).extract(metadata);
-                new IptcReader(iptcSegment).extract(metadata);
-
+                if (exifSegment != null) new ExifReader().extract(new ByteArrayReader(exifSegment),metadata);
+                if (iptcSegment != null) new IptcReader().extract(new ByteArrayReader(iptcSegment),metadata);
+                /**/
+                // alternative to above: to read all included jpeg tags and metadata 
+                // final Metadata metadata = JpegMetadataReader.readMetadata(new ByteArrayInputStream(b));                
+                
                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                final
-                Iterator<Directory> directories = metadata.getDirectoryIterator();
+                final Iterator<Directory> directories = metadata.getDirectories().iterator();
                 final HashMap<String, String> props = new HashMap<String, String>();
                 while (directories.hasNext()) {
                     final Directory directory = directories.next();
-                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    final
-                    Iterator<Tag> tags = directory.getTagIterator();
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")                    
+                    final Iterator<Tag> tags = directory.getTags().iterator();
                     while (tags.hasNext()) {
                         final Tag tag = tags.next();
-                        try {
+                        // ! startswith "Unknown tag"
+                        if (!tag.getTagName().startsWith("Unknown")) { // filter out returned TagName of "Unknown tag"
                             props.put(tag.getTagName(), tag.getDescription());
                             ii.info.append(tag.getTagName() + ": " + tag.getDescription() + " .\n");
-                        } catch (final MetadataException e) {
-                            //Log.logException(e);
-                        }
+                        } 
                     }
                     title = props.get("Image Description");
                     if (title == null || title.isEmpty()) title = props.get("Headline");