diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6458133..e8b4d35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <name>im4java</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/geko444/im4java/core/Info.java b/src/main/java/com/github/geko444/im4java/core/Info.java
index 6e9ad6f..bac3db4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/geko444/im4java/core/Info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/geko444/im4java/core/Info.java
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 
 package com.github.geko444.im4java.core;
 
-import java.util.*;
-import java.io.*;
-
 import com.github.geko444.im4java.process.ArrayListOutputConsumer;
 import com.github.geko444.im4java.process.Pipe;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.*;
+
 /**
    This class implements an image-information object. The one-argument
    constructor expects a filename and parses the output of the
@@ -200,39 +200,39 @@ private void getCompleteInfo(String pImage, InputStream pInput)
       ArrayListOutputConsumer output = new ArrayListOutputConsumer();
       identify.setOutputConsumer(output);
       if (pInput != null) {
-        Pipe inputPipe = new Pipe(pInput,null);
-	identify.setInputProvider(inputPipe);
+        Pipe inputPipe = new Pipe(pInput, null);
+        identify.setInputProvider(inputPipe);
       }
       identify.run(op);
       ArrayList<String> cmdOutput = output.getOutput();
 
       StringBuilder lineAccu = new StringBuilder(80);
-      for (String line:cmdOutput) {
-	if (line.length() == 0) {
-	  // accumulate empty line as part of current attribute
-	  lineAccu.append("\n\n");
-	} else if (line.indexOf(':') == -1) {
-	  // interpret this as a continuation-line of the current attribute
-	  lineAccu.append("\n").append(line);
-	} else if (lineAccu.length() > 0) {
-	  // new attribute, process old attribute first
-	  parseLine(lineAccu.toString());
-	  lineAccu = new StringBuilder(80);
-	  lineAccu.append(line);
-	} else {
+      for (String line : cmdOutput) {
+        if (line.length() == 0) {
+          // accumulate empty line as part of current attribute
+          lineAccu.append("\n\n");
+        } else if (line.indexOf(':') == -1) {
+          // interpret this as a continuation-line of the current attribute
+          lineAccu.append("\n").append(line);
+        } else if (lineAccu.length() > 0) {
+          // new attribute, process old attribute first
+          parseLine(lineAccu.toString());
+          lineAccu = new StringBuilder(80);
+          lineAccu.append(line);
+        } else {
           // new attribute, but nothing old to process
-	  lineAccu.append(line);
-	}
+          lineAccu.append(line);
+        }
       }
       // process last item
       if (lineAccu.length() > 0) {
-	parseLine(lineAccu.toString());
+        parseLine(lineAccu.toString());
       }
 
       // finish and add last hashtable to linked-list
       addBaseInfo();
       iAttribList.add(iAttributes);
-      
+
     } catch (Exception ex) {
       throw new InfoException(ex);
     }
@@ -277,38 +277,40 @@ private void parseLine(String pLine) {
     if (pLine.startsWith("Image:")) {
       // start of a new scene
       if (iAttributes != null) {
-	addBaseInfo();
-	iAttribList.add(iAttributes);
+        addBaseInfo();
+        iAttribList.add(iAttributes);
       }
-      iAttributes = new Hashtable<String,String>();
+      iAttributes = new Hashtable<String, String>();
     }
-    int indent = pLine.indexOf(pLine.trim())/2;
-
-    String[] parts = pLine.trim().split(": ",2);
-
-    // check indentation level and remove prefix if necessary
-    if (indent < iOldIndent) {
-      // remove tokens from iPrefix
-      int colonIndex=iPrefix.length()-1;
-      for (int i=0;i<iOldIndent-indent;++i) {
-	colonIndex = iPrefix.lastIndexOf(':',colonIndex-1);
+    if (!pLine.trim().equals("Image:")) {
+      int indent = pLine.indexOf(pLine.trim()) / 2;
+
+      String[] parts = pLine.trim().split(": ", 2);
+
+      // check indentation level and remove prefix if necessary
+      if (indent < iOldIndent) {
+        // remove tokens from iPrefix
+        int colonIndex = iPrefix.length() - 1;
+        for (int i = 0;i < iOldIndent - indent;++i) {
+          colonIndex = iPrefix.lastIndexOf(':', colonIndex - 1);
+        }
+        if (colonIndex == -1) {
+          iPrefix = "";
+        } else {
+          iPrefix = iPrefix.substring(0, colonIndex + 1);
+        }
       }
-      if (colonIndex == -1) {
-	iPrefix="";
+      iOldIndent = indent;
+
+      // add a new attribute or increase prefix
+      if (parts.length == 1) {
+        // no value => add attribute to attribute-prefix
+        iPrefix = iPrefix + parts[0];
       } else {
-	iPrefix=iPrefix.substring(0,colonIndex+1);
+        // value => add (key,value) to attributes
+        iAttributes.put(iPrefix + parts[0], parts[1]);
       }
     }
-    iOldIndent = indent;
-
-    // add a new attribute or increase prefix
-    if (parts.length == 1) {
-      // no value => add attribute to attribute-prefix
-      iPrefix=iPrefix+parts[0];
-    } else {
-      // value => add (key,value) to attributes
-      iAttributes.put(iPrefix+parts[0],parts[1]);
-    }
   }
 
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/geko444/im4java/process/ProcessStarter.java b/src/main/java/com/github/geko444/im4java/process/ProcessStarter.java
index 9f96a45..7bfb089 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/geko444/im4java/process/ProcessStarter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/geko444/im4java/process/ProcessStarter.java
@@ -21,18 +21,14 @@
 
 package com.github.geko444.im4java.process;
 
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 /**
    This class implements the processing of os-commands using a
@@ -654,7 +650,7 @@ public String searchForCmd(String pCmd, String pPath)
       } else {
 	File cmd = new File(dirs[i],pCmd);
 	if (cmd.exists()) {
-	  return cmd.getCanonicalPath();
+	  return Paths.get(cmd.getPath()).toRealPath(LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS).toString();
 	}
       }
     }