diff --git a/gui/pdfworker.cpp b/gui/pdfworker.cpp
index 0089272..a5f4e8a 100644
--- a/gui/pdfworker.cpp
+++ b/gui/pdfworker.cpp
@@ -19,88 +19,71 @@ struct Renderer
     double scaleX;
     double scaleY;
     QHash<QString, Poppler::Document *> documentcache;
-    qsizetype maxTotalPreviewImageMemUsage;
-    std::atomic<qsizetype> currentTotalPreviewImageMemUsage { 0 };
     QVector<QString> wordsToHighlight;
-    Renderer(double scaleX, double scaleY, qsizetype maxPreviewImageMemUsage, QVector<QString> wordsToHighlight)
+	Renderer(double scaleX, double scaleY, QVector<QString> wordsToHighlight)
     {
         this->scaleX = scaleX;
         this->scaleY = scaleY;
-        this->maxTotalPreviewImageMemUsage = maxPreviewImageMemUsage;
         this->wordsToHighlight = wordsToHighlight;
     }
 
-    /*we need this one because std::atomic has none, but this is only a functor for
-    concurrentmap, thus, it's ok for it to be half-broken*/
-   Renderer(const Renderer &o)
-    {
-        this->scaleX = o.scaleX;
-        this->scaleY = o.scaleY;
-        this->maxTotalPreviewImageMemUsage = o.maxTotalPreviewImageMemUsage;
-        this->wordsToHighlight = o.wordsToHighlight;
-    }
-
     ~Renderer()
     {
         qDeleteAll(documentcache);
     }
 
-
     Poppler::Document *document(QString path)
     {
-        if(documentcache.contains(path))
-            return documentcache.value(path);
-
-        Poppler::Document *result = Poppler::Document::load(path);
-        if(result == nullptr)
-        {
-            //TODO: some kind of user feedback would be nice
-            return nullptr;
-        }
-        result->setRenderHint(Poppler::Document::TextAntialiasing);
-        QMutexLocker locker(&cacheMutex);
-        documentcache.insert(path, result);
-        return result;
+		if(documentcache.contains(path))
+		{
+			return documentcache.value(path);
+		}
+		Poppler::Document *result = Poppler::Document::load(path);
+		if(result == nullptr)
+		{
+			//TODO: some kind of user feedback would be nice
+			return nullptr;
+		}
+		result->setRenderHint(Poppler::Document::TextAntialiasing);
+		QMutexLocker locker(&cacheMutex);
+		documentcache.insert(path, result);
+		return result;
     }
 
 
 
-    PdfPreview operator()(const PdfPreview &preview)
-    {
-        PdfPreview result = preview;
-        if(currentTotalPreviewImageMemUsage.load() < maxTotalPreviewImageMemUsage)
-        {
-            Poppler::Document *doc = document(preview.documentPath);
-            if(doc == nullptr)
-            {
-                return preview;
-            }
-            if(doc->isLocked())
-            {
-                return preview;
-            }
-            int p = (int)preview.page - 1;
-            if(p < 0)
-            {
-                p = 0;
-            }
-            Poppler::Page *pdfPage = doc->page(p);
-            QImage img = pdfPage->renderToImage(scaleX, scaleY);
-            for(QString & word : wordsToHighlight)
-            {
-                QList<QRectF> rects = pdfPage->search(word, Poppler::Page::CaseInsensitive);
-                for(QRectF &rect : rects)
-                {
-                    QPainter painter(&img);
-                    painter.scale(scaleX / 72.0, scaleY / 72.0);
-                    painter.fillRect(rect, QColor(255, 255, 0, 64));
-                }
-            }
-            result.previewImage = img;
-            currentTotalPreviewImageMemUsage += img.sizeInBytes();
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
+	PdfPreview operator()(const PdfPreview &preview)
+	{
+		PdfPreview result = preview;
+		Poppler::Document *doc = document(preview.documentPath);
+		if(doc == nullptr)
+		{
+			return preview;
+		}
+		if(doc->isLocked())
+		{
+			return preview;
+		}
+		int p = (int)preview.page - 1;
+		if(p < 0)
+		{
+			p = 0;
+		}
+		Poppler::Page *pdfPage = doc->page(p);
+		QImage img = pdfPage->renderToImage(scaleX, scaleY);
+		for(QString & word : wordsToHighlight)
+		{
+			QList<QRectF> rects = pdfPage->search(word, Poppler::Page::CaseInsensitive);
+			for(QRectF &rect : rects)
+			{
+				QPainter painter(&img);
+				painter.scale(scaleX / 72.0, scaleY / 72.0);
+				painter.fillRect(rect, QColor(255, 255, 0, 64));
+			}
+		}
+		result.previewImage = img;
+		return result;
+	}
 };
 
 
@@ -126,7 +109,6 @@ QFuture<PdfPreview> PdfWorker::generatePreviews(const QVector<SearchResult> path
     double scaleY = QGuiApplication::primaryScreen()->physicalDotsPerInchY() * scalefactor;
 
     QSettings setting;
-    qsizetype maxPreviewImageMemUsage = setting.value("maxpreviewimagesmemory", 1024 * 1024 * 1024).toLongLong();
-    return QtConcurrent::mapped(previews, Renderer(scaleX, scaleY, maxPreviewImageMemUsage, wordsToHighlight));
+	return QtConcurrent::mapped(previews, Renderer(scaleX, scaleY, wordsToHighlight));
 }