diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/AndroidUtilities.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/AndroidUtilities.java
index 058f773ac..be12264f1 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/AndroidUtilities.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/AndroidUtilities.java
@@ -122,18 +122,19 @@ public class AndroidUtilities {
 
     /** Read a bitmap from the specified file, scaling if necessary
      *  Returns null if scaling failed after several tries */
+    private static final int[] SAMPLE_SIZES = { 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 };
     public static Bitmap readScaledBitmap(String file) {
         Bitmap bitmap = null;
-        int tries = 1;
+        int tries = 0;
         BitmapFactory.Options opts = new BitmapFactory.Options();
-        while(bitmap == null && tries < 32) {
-            opts.inSampleSize = tries;
+        while(bitmap == null && tries < SAMPLE_SIZES.length) {
+            opts.inSampleSize = SAMPLE_SIZES[tries];
             try {
                 bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(file, opts);
             } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
                 // Too big
             }
-            tries = tries * 2;
+            tries++;
         }
 
         return bitmap;