From 0b827f36d51e0198027860ae93ce2999dfe625c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: allison-truhlar <truhlara@janelia.hhmi.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:20:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: set layer type to 'image' for zarrs without thumbnail

---
 frontend/src/hooks/useZarrMetadata.ts | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useZarrMetadata.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useZarrMetadata.ts
index 3db9f4a4..3df57288 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useZarrMetadata.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useZarrMetadata.ts
@@ -55,10 +55,8 @@ export default function useZarrMetadata() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!thumbnailSrc || disableHeuristicalLayerTypeDetection) {
-      // Set default layer type if heuristics are disabled
-      if (disableHeuristicalLayerTypeDetection) {
-        setLayerType('image');
-      }
+      // Set layer type to 'image' if no thumbnail or detection disabled
+      setLayerType('image');
       return;
     }