diff --git a/gui/pdfworker.cpp b/gui/pdfworker.cpp
index c3875aa..0eeb4c3 100644
--- a/gui/pdfworker.cpp
+++ b/gui/pdfworker.cpp
@@ -18,27 +18,14 @@ 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);
@@ -47,8 +34,9 @@ struct Renderer
 	Poppler::Document *document(QString path)
 	{
 		if(documentcache.contains(path))
+		{
 			return documentcache.value(path);
-
+		}
 		Poppler::Document *result = Poppler::Document::load(path);
 		if(result == nullptr)
 		{
@@ -64,37 +52,33 @@ struct Renderer
 	PdfPreview operator()(const PdfPreview &preview)
 	{
 		PdfPreview result = preview;
-		if(currentTotalPreviewImageMemUsage.load() < maxTotalPreviewImageMemUsage)
+		Poppler::Document *doc = document(preview.documentPath);
+		if(doc == nullptr)
 		{
-			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 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;
 	}
 };
@@ -119,6 +103,5 @@ 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));
 }