diff --git a/mrbeastify.js b/mrbeastify.js
index 2c2b882..3505c18 100644
--- a/mrbeastify.js
+++ b/mrbeastify.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const imagesPath = "images/";
-const images = [];
 
 // Apply the overlay
 function applyOverlay(thumbnailElement, overlayImageUrl, flip) {
@@ -11,14 +10,11 @@ function applyOverlay(thumbnailElement, overlayImageUrl, flip) {
   overlayImage.style.left = "0";
   overlayImage.style.width = "100%";
   overlayImage.style.height = "100%";
-  overlayImage.style.zIndex = "0"; // Ensure overlay is on top
-
+  overlayImage.style.zIndex = "0"; // Ensure overlay is on top but below the time indicator
   if (flip) {
     overlayImage.style.transform = "scaleX(-1)"; // Flip the image horizontally
   }
-
-  // Style the thumbnailElement to handle absolute positioning
-  thumbnailElement.style.position = "relative";
+  thumbnailElement.style.position = "relative"; // Style the thumbnailElement to handle absolute positioning
 
   // Append the overlay to the parent of the thumbnail
   thumbnailElement.parentElement.appendChild(overlayImage);
@@ -46,28 +42,69 @@ function applyOverlayToThumbnails() {
   });
 }
 
+// Get the URL of an image
+function getImageURL(index) {
+  return chrome.runtime.getURL(`${imagesPath}${index}.png`);
+}
+
 // Get a random image URL from a directory
 function getRandomImageFromDirectory() {
-  const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * images.length);
-  return images[randomIndex];
+  const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * highestImageIndex) + 1;
+
+  return getImageURL(randomIndex);
+}
+
+// Checks if an image exists in the image folder
+async function checkImageExistence(index = 1) {
+  const testedURL = getImageURL(index)
+
+  try {
+    // See if the image exists
+    await fetch(testedURL);
+    return true // Image exists
+  } catch {
+    return false // Image does not exist
+  }
 }
 
-// Checks for all images in the images folder instead of using a preset array, making the extension infinitely scalable
-function checkImageExistence(index = 1) {
-  const testedURL = chrome.runtime.getURL(`${imagesPath}${index}.png`);
-  fetch(testedURL)
-    .then((response) => {
-      // Image exists, add it to the images array
-      images.push(testedURL);
-      // Check the next image in the directory
-      checkImageExistence(index + 1);
-    })
-    .catch((error) => { // The function encountered a missing image. Start applying overlays
-      setInterval(applyOverlayToThumbnails, 100);
-      console.log(
-        "MrBeastify Loaded Successfully, " + (index - 1) + " images detected."
-      );
-    });
+let highestImageIndex;
+// Gets the highest index of an image in the image folder starting from 1
+async function getHighestImageIndex() {
+  // Avoid exponential search for smaller values
+  let i = 4;
+
+  // Increase i until i is greater than the number of images
+  while (await checkImageExistence(i)) {
+    i *= 2;
+  }
+
+  // Possible min and max values
+  let min = i <= 4 ? 1 : i / 2;
+  let max = i;
+
+  // Binary search
+  while (min <= max) {
+    // Find the midpoint of possible max and min
+    let mid = Math.floor((min + max) / 2);
+
+    // Check if the midpoint exists
+    if (await checkImageExistence(mid)) {
+      // If it does, next min to check is one greater
+      min = mid + 1;
+    } else {
+      // If it doesn't, max must be at least one less
+      max = mid - 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Max is the size of the image array
+  highestImageIndex = max;
 }
 
-checkImageExistence();
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+getHighestImageIndex()
+  .then(() => {
+    setInterval(applyOverlayToThumbnails, 100);
+    console.log(
+      "MrBeastify Loaded Successfully, " + highestImageIndex + " images detected."
+    );
+  })
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