diff --git a/Alignment v2.ipynb b/Alignment v2.ipynb
index f82ea663..96bbe58b 100644
--- a/Alignment v2.ipynb	
+++ b/Alignment v2.ipynb	
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "id": "7426068b",
-   "metadata": {
-    "scrolled": false
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import os, glob\n",
@@ -55,10 +53,10 @@
     "# imagePath = Path(\"./data/REDEDGE-MX-DUAL\")\n",
     "\n",
     "# # these will return lists of image paths as strings \n",
-    "# imageNames = list(imagePath.glob('IMG_0007_*.tif'))\n",
+    "# imageNames = list(imagePath.glob('IMG_0431_*.tif'))\n",
     "# imageNames = [x.as_posix() for x in imageNames]\n",
     "\n",
-    "# panelNames = list(imagePath.glob('IMG_0001_*.tif'))\n",
+    "# panelNames = list(imagePath.glob('IMG_0000_*.tif'))\n",
     "# panelNames = [x.as_posix() for x in panelNames]\n",
     "\n",
     "# imagePath = Path(\"./data/REDEDGE-MX\")\n",
@@ -316,9 +314,7 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "id": "12c2a278",
-   "metadata": {
-    "scrolled": false
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# from micasense.imageutils import brovey_pan_sharpen,radiometric_pan_sharpen\n",
@@ -449,9 +445,7 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "id": "8626c90b",
-   "metadata": {
-    "scrolled": false
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# figsize=(30,23) # use this size for full-image-resolution display\n",
@@ -771,9 +765,7 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "id": "c0250872",
-   "metadata": {
-    "scrolled": false
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "x_band = red_band\n",
diff --git a/Alignment-10Band.ipynb b/Alignment-10Band.ipynb
index b8b100ad..83b70f6f 100644
--- a/Alignment-10Band.ipynb
+++ b/Alignment-10Band.ipynb
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     "paneCap = None\n",
     "\n",
     "imagePath = os.path.join('.','data','REDEDGE-MX-DUAL')\n",
-    "imageNames = glob.glob(os.path.join(imagePath,'IMG_0007_*.tif'))\n",
-    "panelNames = glob.glob(os.path.join(imagePath,'IMG_0001_*.tif'))\n",
+    "imageNames = glob.glob(os.path.join(imagePath,'IMG_0431_*.tif'))\n",
+    "panelNames = glob.glob(os.path.join(imagePath,'IMG_0000_*.tif'))\n",
     "\n",
     "# Allow this code to align both radiance and reflectance images; bu excluding\n",
     "# a definition for panelNames above, radiance images will be used\n",
diff --git a/micasense/metadata.py b/micasense/metadata.py
index eda06fbf..9aa7ffb1 100644
--- a/micasense/metadata.py
+++ b/micasense/metadata.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_item(self, item, index=None):
             val = self.exif[0][item]
             if index is not None:
                 try:
-                    if isinstance(val, pytz.unicode):
+                    if isinstance(val, unicode):
                         val = val.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
                 except NameError:
                     # throws on python 3 where unicode is undefined
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def size(self, item):
         """get the size (length) of a metadata item"""
         val = self.get_item(item)
         try:
-            if isinstance(val, pytz.unicode):
+            if isinstance(val, unicode):
                 val = val.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
         except NameError:
             # throws on python 3 where unicode is undefined