diff --git a/static/js/dicomViewer.js b/static/js/dicomViewer.js
index b176ae2c..0d9929b2 100644
--- a/static/js/dicomViewer.js
+++ b/static/js/dicomViewer.js
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ export function loadCornerstone(main_element, db, images, annotations_to_load, l
 
                 //console.log("LOAD and cache, then", image);
                 loadCornerstoneMainImage(element, image, stack, db, load_as_stack);
+                checkAnonStatus(image.data)
 
                 let load_annotation_image = true;
                 if (load_annotation_image) {
@@ -1066,6 +1067,10 @@ async function loadAltDicomInterface(db) {
 
 function onNewImage(e) {
     let dataSet = e.detail.image.data;
+    checkAnonStatus(dataSet)
+}
+
+function checkAnonStatus(dataSet) {
     let accession_number = dataSet.string('x00080050').toLowerCase();
     let patient_id = dataSet.string('x00100020').toLowerCase();