diff --git a/lib/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/read_description.ex b/lib/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/read_description.ex
index 5dfe60cd8..372907076 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/read_description.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/read_description.ex
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ defp read_when_empty(current_description, _, _) when is_binary(current_descripti
   defp read_when_empty(_, file, tag) do
     try do
       {tag_content, 0} =
-        System.cmd("exiftool", ["-b", "-s3", tag, file],
-          stderr_to_stdout: true,
+        System.cmd("exiftool", ["-b", "-s3", "-ignoreMinorErrors", "-q", "-q", tag, file],
           parallelism: true
         )