diff --git a/hexmapper/scenes/MainMap/map/tile_set_helper.gd b/hexmapper/scenes/MainMap/map/tile_set_helper.gd
index a365c9c..cb1ed86 100644
--- a/hexmapper/scenes/MainMap/map/tile_set_helper.gd
+++ b/hexmapper/scenes/MainMap/map/tile_set_helper.gd
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ static func _load_texture_from_path(path: String) -> Texture2D:
 	if path.begins_with("res://"):
 		return load(path) as Texture2D
 	
-	# For filesystem paths, load the image and create a texture
-	var image: Image = Image.new()
-	var error: Error = image.load_from_file(path)
-	if error != OK:
-		push_error("TileSetHelper: Failed to load image from file: %s (Error: %d)" % [path, error])
+	# For filesystem paths, load the image using static method
+	var image: Image = Image.load_from_file(path)
+	if image == null:
+		push_error("TileSetHelper: Failed to load image from file: %s" % path)
 		return null
 	
 	var texture: ImageTexture = ImageTexture.create_from_image(image)
diff --git a/hexmapper/scenes/MainMap/map/tile_set_helper.gd.uid b/hexmapper/scenes/MainMap/map/tile_set_helper.gd.uid
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5728b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hexmapper/scenes/MainMap/map/tile_set_helper.gd.uid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://dy3opdq7yokuc