diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 81ce77f..7ed37b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "ava": "^6.2.0",
     "eslint": "^9.17.0",
     "globals": "^15.14.0",
+    "graceful-fs": "^4.2.11",
     "pixelmatch": "^5.3.0"
   },
   "ava": {
diff --git a/src/image.js b/src/image.js
index b1dc94f..b512266 100644
--- a/src/image.js
+++ b/src/image.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Image {
       opts.sourceUrl = this.src.toString();
       opts.__originalSize = this.src.length;
     } else {
-      // TODO @zachleat (multiread): another read
+      // Important: do not cache this
       opts.__originalSize = fs.statSync(this.src).size;
     }
 
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ class Image {
       }
     }
 
-
     return this.#contents[src];
   }
 
@@ -300,7 +299,6 @@ class Image {
         // fetch remote image Buffer
         this.inputPromise = this.assetCache.queue();
       } else {
-        // TODO @zachleat (multiread): read local file contents here and always return a buffer
         this.inputPromise = Promise.resolve(this.src);
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 4400259..1142472 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const path = require("node:path");
-const fs = require("node:fs");
+const fs = require("graceful-fs");
 const { URL } = require("node:url");
 
 const test = require("ava");