diff --git a/photos-metadata.sh b/photos-metadata.sh
index 3ead96f..281e9d2 100755
--- a/photos-metadata.sh
+++ b/photos-metadata.sh
@@ -79,11 +79,8 @@ handle_conversion_error() {
   file_type=$(file --mime-type -b "$photo")
 
   if [[ $file_type == image/* ]]; then
-    new_photo="${photo%.*}.jpg"
-    echo "Converting $photo to $new_photo using ImageMagick."
+    echo "Converting $photo to jpg using ImageMagick."
     mogrify -format jpg "$photo"
-    mv "${photo%.*}.jpg" "$new_photo"
-    rm "$photo"
   else
     echo "File is a video or unsupported type: $photo. Skipping conversion."
   fi