diff --git a/toolkit/basic.py b/toolkit/basic.py
index 0d32a9d2..d9b9ff7b 100644
--- a/toolkit/basic.py
+++ b/toolkit/basic.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import gc
+import os
 
 import torch
 
@@ -54,3 +55,12 @@ def adain(content_features, style_features):
     stylized_content = normalized_content * style_std + style_mean
 
     return stylized_content
+
+def get_quick_signature_string(file_path):
+    try:
+        file_stats = os.stat(file_path)
+        # Combine size and mtime into a single string
+        return f"{file_stats.st_size}:{int(file_stats.st_mtime)}"
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error accessing file {file_path}: {e}")
+        return None
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diff --git a/toolkit/data_loader.py b/toolkit/data_loader.py
index e52f86fe..aba48b4d 100644
--- a/toolkit/data_loader.py
+++ b/toolkit/data_loader.py
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class AiToolkitDataset(LatentCachingMixin, CLIPCachingMixin, BucketsMixin, Capti
             dataset_folder = os.path.dirname(dataset_folder)
         
         dataset_size_file = os.path.join(dataset_folder, '.aitk_size.json')
-        dataloader_version = "0.1.1"
+        dataloader_version = "0.1.2"
         if os.path.exists(dataset_size_file):
             try:
                 with open(dataset_size_file, 'r') as f:
diff --git a/toolkit/data_transfer_object/data_loader.py b/toolkit/data_transfer_object/data_loader.py
index bc5212ff..ad9a8fdd 100644
--- a/toolkit/data_transfer_object/data_loader.py
+++ b/toolkit/data_transfer_object/data_loader.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from PIL import Image
 from PIL.ImageOps import exif_transpose
 
 from toolkit import image_utils
+from toolkit.basic import get_quick_signature_string
 from toolkit.dataloader_mixins import CaptionProcessingDTOMixin, ImageProcessingDTOMixin, LatentCachingFileItemDTOMixin, \
     ControlFileItemDTOMixin, ArgBreakMixin, PoiFileItemDTOMixin, MaskFileItemDTOMixin, AugmentationFileItemDTOMixin, \
     UnconditionalFileItemDTOMixin, ClipImageFileItemDTOMixin, InpaintControlFileItemDTOMixin
@@ -53,8 +54,19 @@ class FileItemDTO(
             file_key = self.path.replace(dataset_root, '')
         else:
             file_key = os.path.basename(self.path)
+        
+        file_signature = get_quick_signature_string(self.path)
+        if file_signature is None:
+            raise Exception("Error: Could not get file signature for {self.path}")
+        
+        use_db_entry = False
         if file_key in size_database:
-            w, h = size_database[file_key]
+            db_entry = size_database[file_key]
+            if db_entry is not None and db_entry[2] == file_signature:
+                use_db_entry = True
+        
+        if use_db_entry:
+            w, h, _ = size_database[file_key]
         elif self.is_video:
             # Open the video file
             video = cv2.VideoCapture(self.path)
@@ -80,7 +92,7 @@ class FileItemDTO(
             #                f'This process is faster for png, jpeg')
             img = exif_transpose(Image.open(self.path))
             w, h = img.size
-            size_database[file_key] = (w, h)
+            size_database[file_key] = (w, h, file_signature)
         self.width: int = w
         self.height: int = h
         self.dataloader_transforms = kwargs.get('dataloader_transforms', None)