diff --git a/images/cache.go b/images/cache.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a46607d..0000000
--- a/images/cache.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-package images
-
-// import (
-// 	"runtime"
-// 	"strconv"
-// 	"sync"
-// 	"time"
-
-// 	"git.velvettear.de/velvettear/image-frame/config"
-// 	"git.velvettear.de/velvettear/loggo"
-// )
-
-// // cache for scaled images
-// var cache []scaledImage
-
-// // timestamp of the next cache rotation
-// var NextRotation time.Time
-
-// // get the previous image from the history and set it as the first scaled image in the cache
-// func SetPreviousImage() error {
-// 	previousImage, error := getLatestFromHistory()
-// 	if error != nil {
-// 		return error
-// 	}
-// 	var tmpCache []scaledImage
-// 	tmpCache = append(tmpCache, previousImage)
-// 	tmpCache = append(tmpCache, cache...)
-// 	cache = tmpCache
-// 	tmpCache = nil
-// 	return nil
-// }
-
-// // get the first scaled image from the cache
-// func GetCachedImage() scaledImage {
-// 	return cache[0]
-// }
-
-// // replace the first element in the cache with the last one and add a new scaled image to the cache
-// func RotateCache() {
-// 	addToHistory(GetCachedImage())
-// 	loggo.Debug("removing first element from image cache...")
-// 	cacheSize := len(cache)
-// 	if cacheSize == 1 {
-// 		cache = nil
-// 		cacheImages()
-// 		return
-// 	}
-// 	cacheSize--
-// 	cache[0] = cache[cacheSize]
-// 	cache = cache[:cacheSize]
-// 	go cacheImages()
-// }
-
-// // start the "slideshow" in a goroutine - rotate the cache based on the set interval
-// func startSlideshow() {
-// 	go func() {
-// 		interval := time.Duration(config.GetImageSlideshowInterval()) * time.Second
-// 		for {
-// 			NextRotation = time.Now().Add(interval)
-// 			time.Sleep(interval)
-// 			RotateCache()
-// 		}
-// 	}()
-// }
-
-// // fill the cache with scaled images
-// func cacheImages() {
-// 	timestamp := time.Now().UnixMilli()
-// 	imageCount := len(images)
-// 	cacheSize := len(cache)
-// 	cacheLimit := config.GetImageCache()
-// 	if imageCount < cacheLimit {
-// 		cacheLimit = imageCount
-// 	}
-// 	imagesToCache := cacheLimit - cacheSize
-// 	if imagesToCache <= 0 {
-// 		return
-// 	}
-// 	concurrency := runtime.NumCPU()
-// 	if imagesToCache < concurrency {
-// 		concurrency = imagesToCache
-// 	}
-// 	loggo.Debug("filling image cache with "+strconv.Itoa(imagesToCache)+" element(s)", "concurrency: "+strconv.Itoa(concurrency))
-// 	var waitgroup sync.WaitGroup
-// 	waitgroup.Add(imagesToCache)
-// 	channel := make(chan struct{}, concurrency)
-// 	var cached int
-// 	for cached = 0; cached < imagesToCache; cached++ {
-// 		channel <- struct{}{}
-// 		var randomScaledImage scaledImage
-// 		randomScaledImage.Name = getRandomImage()
-// 		if randomScaledImage.isCached() {
-// 			continue
-// 		}
-// 		go func(randomScaledImage scaledImage) {
-// 			randomScaledImage.Data = scale(randomScaledImage.Name, config.GetImageWidth(), config.GetImageHeight())
-// 			cache = append(cache, randomScaledImage)
-// 			loggo.Debug("added scaled image '" + randomScaledImage.Name + "' to cache")
-// 			<-channel
-// 			waitgroup.Done()
-// 		}(randomScaledImage)
-// 	}
-// 	waitgroup.Wait()
-// 	loggo.DebugTimed("filled image cache with "+strconv.Itoa(cached)+" images", timestamp)
-// }
diff --git a/images/history.go b/images/history.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d27307..0000000
--- a/images/history.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package images
-
-// import (
-// 	"errors"
-// 	"strconv"
-// 	"time"
-
-// 	"git.velvettear.de/velvettear/image-frame/config"
-// 	"git.velvettear.de/velvettear/loggo"
-// )
-
-// // internal history of displayed images
-// var history []scaledImage
-
-// // add a image to the history
-// func addToHistory(scaledImage scaledImage) {
-// 	timestamp := time.Now().UnixMilli()
-// 	historyLimit := config.GetImageSlideshowHistory()
-// 	if historyLimit <= 0 {
-// 		return
-// 	}
-// 	history = append(history, scaledImage)
-// 	diff := len(history) - historyLimit
-// 	if diff > 0 {
-// 		history = history[diff:]
-// 	}
-// 	loggo.DebugTimed("added image to history", timestamp, "history size: "+strconv.Itoa(len(history)))
-// }
-
-// // get and remove the latest image from history
-// func getLatestFromHistory() (scaledImage, error) {
-// 	var scaledImage scaledImage
-// 	if len(history) == 0 {
-// 		return scaledImage, errors.New("history is empty")
-// 	}
-// 	index := len(history) - 1
-// 	scaledImage = history[index]
-// 	history = history[:index]
-// 	return scaledImage, nil
-// }
diff --git a/images/initialize.go b/images/initialize.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ac105ce..0000000
--- a/images/initialize.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package images
-
-// func Initialize() {
-// 	scanForImages()
-// 	cacheImages()
-// 	startSlideshow()
-// }
diff --git a/images/scaledimage.go b/images/scaledimage.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d85093..0000000
--- a/images/scaledimage.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package images
-
-// import (
-// 	"math/rand"
-// )
-
-// // struct for scaled images
-// type scaledImage struct {
-// 	Name string
-// 	Data []byte
-// }
-
-// // get a random image
-// func getRandomImage() string {
-// 	return images[rand.Intn(len(images)-1)]
-// }
-
-// // check if the scaled image is already cached
-// func (scaledImage *scaledImage) isCached() bool {
-// 	return isCached(scaledImage.Name)
-// }
-
-// // check (by name) if the scaled image is already cached
-// func isCached(scaledImageName string) bool {
-// 	for _, cachedImage := range cache {
-// 		if cachedImage.Name == scaledImageName {
-// 			return true
-// 		}
-// 	}
-// 	return false
-// }