diff --git a/commands.c b/commands.c
index 7d5a986..f6f155c 100644
--- a/commands.c
+++ b/commands.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ bool cg_switch_mode(arg_t a)
 {
 	if (mode == MODE_IMAGE) {
 		if (tns.thumbs == NULL)
-			tns_init(&tns, filecnt, &win, &fileidx);
+			tns_init(&tns, files, filecnt, &fileidx, &win);
 		img_close(&img, false);
 		reset_timeout(reset_cursor);
 		if (img.ss.on) {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ bool cg_reload_image(arg_t a)
 		load_image(fileidx);
 	} else {
 		win_set_cursor(&win, CURSOR_WATCH);
-		if (!tns_load(&tns, fileidx, &files[fileidx], true)) {
+		if (!tns_load(&tns, fileidx, true)) {
 			remove_file(fileidx, false);
 			tns.dirty = true;
 		}
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ bool ct_move_sel(arg_t a)
 bool ct_reload_all(arg_t a)
 {
 	tns_free(&tns);
-	tns_init(&tns, filecnt, &win, &fileidx);
+	tns_init(&tns, files, filecnt, &fileidx, &win);
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5e99c43..b3dba90 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ void run(void)
 			/* load thumbnails */
 			reload = tns.loadnext != tns.cnt;
 			set_timeout(redraw, TO_REDRAW_THUMBS, false);
-			if (tns_load(&tns, tns.loadnext, &files[tns.loadnext], reload)) {
+			if (tns_load(&tns, tns.loadnext, reload)) {
 				if (!reload)
 					tns.cnt++;
 			} else {
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	parse_options(argc, argv);
 
 	if (options->clean_cache) {
-		tns_init(&tns, 0, NULL, NULL);
+		tns_init(&tns, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
 		tns_clean_cache(&tns);
 		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 	}
@@ -876,8 +876,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (options->thumb_mode) {
 		mode = MODE_THUMB;
-		tns_init(&tns, filecnt, &win, &fileidx);
-		while (!tns_load(&tns, 0, &files[0], false))
+		tns_init(&tns, files, filecnt, &fileidx, &win);
+		while (!tns_load(&tns, 0, false))
 			remove_file(0, false);
 		tns.cnt = 1;
 	} else {
diff --git a/thumbs.c b/thumbs.c
index 14ecf74..44e4b1b 100644
--- a/thumbs.c
+++ b/thumbs.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Imlib_Image tns_cache_load(const char *filepath)
 	return im;
 }
 
-void tns_cache_write(thumb_t *t, bool force)
+void tns_cache_write(thumb_t *t, const fileinfo_t *file, bool force)
 {
 	char *cfile, *dirend;
 	struct stat cstats, fstats;
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ void tns_cache_write(thumb_t *t, bool force)
 
 	if (t == NULL || t->im == NULL)
 		return;
-	if (t->file == NULL || t->file->name == NULL || t->file->path == NULL)
+	if (file == NULL || file->name == NULL || file->path == NULL)
 		return;
-	if (stat(t->file->path, &fstats) < 0)
+	if (stat(file->path, &fstats) < 0)
 		return;
 
-	if ((cfile = tns_cache_filepath(t->file->path)) != NULL) {
+	if ((cfile = tns_cache_filepath(file->path)) != NULL) {
 		if (force || stat(cfile, &cstats) < 0 ||
 		    cstats.st_mtime != fstats.st_mtime)
 		{
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void tns_clean_cache(tns_t *tns)
 }
 
 
-void tns_init(tns_t *tns, int cnt, win_t *win, int *sel)
+void tns_init(tns_t *tns, const fileinfo_t *files, int cnt, int *sel, win_t *win)
 {
 	int len;
 	const char *homedir, *dsuffix = "";
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ void tns_init(tns_t *tns, int cnt, win_t *win, int *sel)
 	} else {
 		tns->thumbs = NULL;
 	}
+	tns->files = files;
 	tns->cap = cnt;
 	tns->cnt = tns->loadnext = tns->first = 0;
 	tns->sel = sel;
@@ -209,23 +210,24 @@ void tns_free(tns_t *tns)
 	}
 }
 
-bool tns_load(tns_t *tns, int n, const fileinfo_t *file, bool force)
+bool tns_load(tns_t *tns, int n, bool force)
 {
 	int w, h;
 	bool cache_hit = false;
 	float z, zw, zh;
 	thumb_t *t;
 	Imlib_Image im = NULL;
+	const fileinfo_t *file;
 
 	if (tns == NULL || tns->thumbs == NULL)
 		return false;
-	if (file == NULL || file->name == NULL || file->path == NULL)
-		return false;
 	if (n < 0 || n >= tns->cap)
 		return false;
+	file = &tns->files[n];
+	if (file->name == NULL || file->path == NULL)
+		return false;
 
 	t = &tns->thumbs[n];
-	t->file = file;
 
 	if (t->im != NULL) {
 		imlib_context_set_image(t->im);
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ bool tns_load(tns_t *tns, int n, const fileinfo_t *file, bool force)
 	imlib_free_image_and_decache();
 
 	if (!cache_hit)
-		tns_cache_write(t, true);
+		tns_cache_write(t, file, true);
 
 	t->loaded = true;
 	tns->dirty = true;
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ void tns_render(tns_t *tns)
 		imlib_context_set_image(t->im);
 		imlib_render_image_part_on_drawable_at_size(0, 0, t->w, t->h,
 		                                            t->x, t->y, t->w, t->h);
-		if (t->file->marked)
+		if (tns->files[tns->first + i].marked)
 			tns_mark(tns, tns->first + i, true);
 		if ((i + 1) % tns->cols == 0) {
 			x = tns->x;
@@ -460,7 +462,7 @@ void tns_highlight(tns_t *tns, int n, bool hl)
 		win_draw_rect(win, win->buf.pm, t->x - 3, t->y - 3, t->w + 6, t->h + 6,
 		              false, 2, col);
 
-		if (!hl && t->file->marked)
+		if (!hl && tns->files[n].marked)
 			tns_mark(tns, n, true);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/thumbs.h b/thumbs.h
index 1aeaccb..d2a6b83 100644
--- a/thumbs.h
+++ b/thumbs.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "window.h"
 
 typedef struct {
-	const fileinfo_t *file;
 	Imlib_Image im;
 	int w;
 	int h;
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } thumb_t;
 
 typedef struct {
+	const fileinfo_t *files;
 	thumb_t *thumbs;
 	int cap;
 	int cnt;
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void tns_clean_cache(tns_t*);
 
-void tns_init(tns_t*, int, win_t*, int*);
+void tns_init(tns_t*, const fileinfo_t*, int, int*, win_t*);
 void tns_free(tns_t*);
 
-bool tns_load(tns_t*, int, const fileinfo_t*, bool);
+bool tns_load(tns_t*, int, bool);
 
 void tns_render(tns_t*);
 void tns_mark(tns_t*, int, bool);