diff --git a/skinlist.lua b/skinlist.lua
index 91fa2e6..c42d7ea 100644
--- a/skinlist.lua
+++ b/skinlist.lua
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 skins.list = {}
 skins.meta = {}
+skins.preview = {}
 
-local id = 1
-local internal_id = 1
-local fetched_skip = 0
-while fetched_skip < 40 do
-	local name = "character_"..id
-	local file = io.open(skins.modpath.."/meta/"..name..".txt", "r")
-	if file then
-		local data = string.split(file:read("*all"), "\n", 3)
-		file:close()
-		
-		skins.list[internal_id] = name
-		skins.meta[name] = {}
-		skins.meta[name].name = data[1]
-		skins.meta[name].author = data[2]
-		skins.meta[name].license = data[3]
-		skins.meta[name].description = "" --what's that??
-		
-		fetched_skip = 0
-		internal_id = internal_id + 1
+local skins_dir_list = minetest.get_dir_list(skins.modpath.."/textures")
+for _, fn in pairs(skins_dir_list) do
+	if fn:find("^character_") then
+		nameparts = string.gsub(fn, "[.]", "_"):split("_")
+		local id = nameparts[2]
+		local name = "character_"..id
+		if nameparts[3] == "preview" then
+			skins.preview[name] = fn
+		else
+			local file = io.open(skins.modpath.."/meta/"..name..".txt", "r")
+			if file then
+				local data = string.split(file:read("*all"), "\n", 3)
+				file:close()
+				table.insert(skins.list, name)
+				skins.meta[name] = {}
+				skins.meta[name].name = data[1]
+				skins.meta[name].author = data[2]
+				skins.meta[name].license = data[3]
+				skins.meta[name].description = "" --what's that??
+			end
+		end
 	end
-	fetched_skip = fetched_skip + 1
-	id = id + 1
 end
+