diff --git a/rtiow/src/renderer.rs b/rtiow/src/renderer.rs
index 5c2fa8c..a351c00 100644
--- a/rtiow/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/rtiow/src/renderer.rs
@@ -543,6 +543,23 @@ pub fn render(scene: Scene, output_dir: &Path) -> std::result::Result<(), std::i
         core_ids
     };
     info!("Creating {} render threads", core_ids.len());
+    output::register_image(
+        output::MAIN_IMAGE.to_string(),
+        (scene.width, scene.height),
+        output::ImageType::RGB01,
+    );
+    if scene.adaptive_subsampling.is_some() {
+        output::register_image(
+            output::ADAPTIVE_DEPTH.to_string(),
+            (scene.width, scene.height),
+            output::ImageType::RGB01,
+        );
+    }
+    output::register_image(
+        output::RAYS_PER_PIXEL.to_string(),
+        (scene.width, scene.height),
+        output::ImageType::GreyNormalized,
+    );
     // Create a thread for each active CPU core.
     let mut handles = core_ids
         .into_iter()
@@ -584,23 +601,6 @@ pub fn render(scene: Scene, output_dir: &Path) -> std::result::Result<(), std::i
     }));
 
     info!("Rendering with {} subsamples", scene.subsamples);
-    output::register_image(
-        output::MAIN_IMAGE.to_string(),
-        (scene.width, scene.height),
-        output::ImageType::RGB01,
-    );
-    if scene.adaptive_subsampling.is_some() {
-        output::register_image(
-            output::ADAPTIVE_DEPTH.to_string(),
-            (scene.width, scene.height),
-            output::ImageType::RGB01,
-        );
-    }
-    output::register_image(
-        output::RAYS_PER_PIXEL.to_string(),
-        (scene.width, scene.height),
-        output::ImageType::GreyNormalized,
-    );
 
     let pixel_total = scene.width * scene.height;
     let mut last_time = time::Instant::now();