diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index ca819f4..bc5ef8e 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -69,22 +69,6 @@ exports.build = function(opts) {
       process: thumbs.videoSquare,
     }),
 
-    // buildStep('Read EXIF data', {
-    //   cwd: opts.input,
-    //   src: '**/*.{jpg,jpeg}',
-    //   dest: metaFile,
-    //   process: function(src, dest, callback) {
-    //     fs.readFile(src, function(err, buffer) {
-    //       var result = exif.create(buffer).parse();
-    //       var filePath = path.relative(opts.input, src);
-    //       metadata.exif[filePath] = {
-    //         date: result.tags.DateTimeOriginal
-    //       };
-    //       callback();
-    //     });
-    //   }
-    // }),
-
     function updateMetadata(callback) {
       metadata.update(opts, callback);
     },
diff --git a/src/galleries.js b/src/view-model.js
similarity index 62%
rename from src/galleries.js
rename to src/view-model.js
index 3100873..f02e1da 100644
--- a/src/galleries.js
+++ b/src/view-model.js
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ var fs     = require('fs');
 var path   = require('path');
 var glob   = require('glob');
 
-exports.fromDisk = function(mediaPath, thumbSize, callback) {
+exports.build = function(metadata, thumbSize) {
 
-  function fileInfo(file) {
+  function fileInfo(data, file) {
     return {
-      date: date(mediaPath, file),
-      name: path.basename(file),
+      date: data.date,
       path: file,
-      video: isVideo(file),
+      name: path.basename(file),
+      video: data.type === 'video',
       size: thumbSize,
-      urls: urls(file)
+      urls: urls(file, data)
     }
   }
 
-  function urls(file) {
-    if (isVideo(file)) {
+  function urls(file, data) {
+    if (data.type === 'video') {
       return {
         original: path.join('media', 'original', file),
         web:      path.join('media', 'large',  ext(file, 'mp4')),
@@ -33,18 +33,10 @@ exports.fromDisk = function(mediaPath, thumbSize, callback) {
     }
   }
 
-  function date(file) {
-    return fs.statSync(file).ctime.getTime();
-  }
-
   function ext(file, ext) {
     return file.replace(/\.[a-z0-9]+$/i, '.' + ext);
   }
 
-  function isVideo(file) {
-    return (file.match(/\.(mp4|mov)$/) != null);
-  }
-
   function byFolder(file) {
     return path.dirname(file.path);
   }
@@ -57,21 +49,10 @@ exports.fromDisk = function(mediaPath, thumbSize, callback) {
     };
   }
 
-  var globOptions = {
-    cwd: mediaPath,
-    nonull: false,
-    nocase: true
-  };
-
-  glob('**/*.{jpg,jpeg,png,mp4,mov}', globOptions, function (err, files) {
-    if (err) return callback(err);
-    var galleries = _(files)
-                   .map(fileInfo)
+  return _(metadata).map(fileInfo)
                    .sortBy('date')
                    .groupBy(byFolder)
                    .map(folderInfo)
                    .value();
-    callback(null, galleries);
-  });
 
 };
diff --git a/src/website.js b/src/website.js
index c4c7b54..ba55bb3 100644
--- a/src/website.js
+++ b/src/website.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var fs          = require('fs-extra');
 var path        = require('path');
 var async       = require('async');
 var pad         = require('pad');
-var galleries   = require('./galleries');
+var viewModel   = require('./view-model');
 var render      = require('./render');
 var files       = require('./files');
 
@@ -10,23 +10,24 @@ var files       = require('./files');
 exports.build = function(opts, callback) {
 
   function website(callback) {
-    galleries.fromDisk(opts.input, opts.thumbSize, function(err, list) {
-      if (err) return callback(err);
 
-      var style = opts.css ? path.basename(opts.css) : null;
+    var metadata = require(path.join(opts.output, 'metadata.json'));
+    var galleries = viewModel.build(metadata, opts.thumbSize);
 
-      var rendered = render.gallery(list, list[0], opts.title, style);
-      var outputPath = path.join(opts.output, 'index.html');
+    var style = opts.css ? path.basename(opts.css) : null;
+
+    var rendered = render.gallery(galleries, galleries[0], opts.title, style);
+    var outputPath = path.join(opts.output, 'index.html');
+    fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, rendered);
+  
+    galleries.forEach(function(folder) {
+      var rendered = render.gallery(galleries, folder, opts.title, style);
+      var outputPath = path.join(opts.output, folder.url);
       fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, rendered);
-    
-      list.forEach(function(folder) {
-        var rendered = render.gallery(list, folder, opts.title, style);
-        var outputPath = path.join(opts.output, folder.url);
-        fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, rendered);
-      });
-    
-      callback();
     });
+
+    callback();
+
   }
 
   function support(callback) {