diff --git a/internal/slideshow/palette.go b/internal/slideshow/palette.go
index f3a3d86..cd499af 100644
--- a/internal/slideshow/palette.go
+++ b/internal/slideshow/palette.go
@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 // write the base16 color palette to a file
-func exportPalette(image string) error {
+func exportPalette(image string) {
 	if !config.IsPaletteSet() {
-		return nil
+		return
 	}
 	var palette string
 	colors, error := getColorPalette(image, 16)
 	if error != nil {
-		return error
+		loggo.Error("encountered an error getting the color palette for image", "image: "+image, error.Error())
+		return
 	}
 	for index, color := range colors {
 		if index > 0 {
@@ -33,7 +34,10 @@ func exportPalette(image string) error {
 		tmp = "SLIDESHOW_COLOR" + tmp
 		palette += tmp + "=\"" + rgbToHex(color) + "\""
 	}
-	return os.WriteFile(config.Palette, []byte(palette), 0775)
+	error = os.WriteFile(config.Palette, []byte(palette), 0775)
+	if error != nil {
+		loggo.Error("encountered an error exporting the color palette for image", "image: "+image, error.Error())
+	}
 }
 
 // get the base16 color palette from an image
diff --git a/internal/slideshow/slideshow.go b/internal/slideshow/slideshow.go
index f5495af..5c4a453 100644
--- a/internal/slideshow/slideshow.go
+++ b/internal/slideshow/slideshow.go
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ func Start() {
 			loggo.Debug("sleeping for " + strconv.FormatInt(sleepTime.Milliseconds(), 10) + "ms")
 			time.Sleep(sleepTime)
 		}
-		error := exportPalette(image)
-		if error != nil {
-			loggo.Error("encountered an error exporting the color palette for image", "image: "+image, error.Error())
-		}
+		go exportPalette(image)
 		if scaleImages {
 			error := setBackgroundPiped(data)
 			if error != nil {