diff --git a/src/animations/DurFile.zig b/src/animations/DurFile.zig
index 5c595ff..b180880 100644
--- a/src/animations/DurFile.zig
+++ b/src/animations/DurFile.zig
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ const DurFormatRaw = struct {
 
             // transfer ownership
             const frames = self.frames;
-            self.frames = .{};
 
             return .{
                 .allocator = self.allocator,
@@ -167,8 +166,8 @@ const DurFormatRaw = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn create_from_file(self: *DurFormatRaw, allocator: Allocator, file_path: []const u8) !void {
-        const file_decompressed = try read_decompress_file(allocator, file_path);
+    pub fn create_from_file(self: *DurFormatRaw, allocator: Allocator, io: std.Io, file_path: []const u8) !void {
+        const file_decompressed = try read_decompress_file(allocator, io, file_path);
         defer allocator.free(file_decompressed);
 
         const parsed = try Json.parseFromSlice(Json.Value, allocator, file_decompressed, .{});
@@ -184,11 +183,6 @@ const DurFormatRaw = struct {
     pub fn deinit(self: *DurFormatRaw) void {
         if (self.colorFormat) |str| self.allocator.free(str);
         if (self.encoding) |str| self.allocator.free(str);
-
-        for (self.frames.items) |frame| {
-            frame.deinit(self.allocator);
-        }
-        self.frames.deinit(self.allocator);
     }
 };
 
@@ -421,7 +415,7 @@ pub fn init(
 ) !DurFile {
     var dur_movie_raw: DurFormatRaw = .init(allocator);
 
-    dur_movie_raw.create_from_file(allocator, file_path) catch |err| switch (err) {
+    dur_movie_raw.create_from_file(allocator, io, file_path) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.FileNotFound => {
             try log_file.err(io, "tui", "dur_file was not found at: {s}", .{file_path});
             return err;
@@ -435,7 +429,7 @@ pub fn init(
 
     var dur_movie = dur_movie_raw.validate() catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.NotValidFile => {
-            try log_file.err("tui", "dur_file loaded was invalid or not a dur file!", .{});
+            try log_file.err(io, "tui", "dur_file loaded was invalid or not a dur file!", .{});
             return err;
         },
     };
@@ -443,7 +437,7 @@ pub fn init(
 
     // 4 bit mode with 256 color is unsupported
     if (!full_color and dur_movie.colorFormat == .two_fifty_six) {
-        try log_file.err("tui", "dur_file can not be 256 color encoded when not using full_color option!", .{});
+        try log_file.err(io, "tui", "dur_file can not be 256 color encoded when not using full_color option!", .{});
         dur_movie.deinit();
         return error.NotFullColor;
     }