--- src/_png.cpp.old	2010-10-12 18:14:42.000000000 +0200
+++ src/_png.cpp.old	2011-02-12 00:41:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -350,10 +350,10 @@ 
     png_set_sig_bytes(png_ptr, 8);
     png_read_info(png_ptr, info_ptr);
 
-    png_uint_32 width = info_ptr->width;
-    png_uint_32 height = info_ptr->height;
+    png_uint_32 width, height;
+    int bit_depth, color_type;
 
-    int bit_depth = info_ptr->bit_depth;
+    png_get_IHDR(png_ptr, info_ptr, &width, &height, &bit_depth, &color_type, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
     // Unpack 1, 2, and 4-bit images
     if (bit_depth < 8)
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ 
 
     // If sig bits are set, shift data
     png_color_8p sig_bit;
-    if ((info_ptr->color_type != PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE) &&
+    if ((color_type != PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE) &&
         png_get_sBIT(png_ptr, info_ptr, &sig_bit))
     {
         png_set_shift(png_ptr, sig_bit);
@@ -374,13 +374,13 @@ 
     }
 
     // Convert palletes to full RGB
-    if (info_ptr->color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE)
+    if (color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE)
     {
         png_set_palette_to_rgb(png_ptr);
     }
 
     // If there's an alpha channel convert gray to RGB
-    if (info_ptr->color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY_ALPHA)
+    if (color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY_ALPHA)
     {
         png_set_gray_to_rgb(png_ptr);
     }
@@ -408,11 +408,11 @@ 
     npy_intp dimensions[3];
     dimensions[0] = height;  //numrows
     dimensions[1] = width;   //numcols
-    if (info_ptr->color_type & PNG_COLOR_MASK_ALPHA)
+    if (color_type & PNG_COLOR_MASK_ALPHA)
     {
         dimensions[2] = 4;     //RGBA images
     }
-    else if (info_ptr->color_type & PNG_COLOR_MASK_COLOR)
+    else if (color_type & PNG_COLOR_MASK_COLOR)
     {
         dimensions[2] = 3;     //RGB images
     }
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ 
         dimensions[2] = 1;     //Greyscale images
     }
     //For gray, return an x by y array, not an x by y by 1
-    int num_dims  = (info_ptr->color_type & PNG_COLOR_MASK_COLOR) ? 3 : 2;
+    int num_dims  = (color_type & PNG_COLOR_MASK_COLOR) ? 3 : 2;
 
     double max_value = (1 << ((bit_depth < 8) ? 8 : bit_depth)) - 1;
     PyArrayObject *A = (PyArrayObject *) PyArray_SimpleNew(