diff --git a/src/rendering/image.py b/src/rendering/image.py
index 2b9a125..04551f3 100644
--- a/src/rendering/image.py
+++ b/src/rendering/image.py
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ def generate_thumbnail(image_path, resize_percent, min_width, max_width):
             elif orientation == 6:
                 img = img.rotate(90, expand=True)
             elif orientation == 8:
-                img = img.rotate(270, expand=True)
+                img = img.rotate(90, expand=True)
         except (AttributeError, KeyError, IndexError):
             # cases: image don't have getexif
-            exif = None
+            exif = {}
 
         # Save the thumbnail to a BytesIO object
         thumbnail_io = BytesIO()