diff --git a/src/clj/tasks/images.clj b/src/clj/tasks/images.clj
index 3d174e44e4..3093b906fb 100644
--- a/src/clj/tasks/images.clj
+++ b/src/clj/tasks/images.clj
@@ -43,15 +43,10 @@
   (println "Removing old images from db cards")
   (mc/update db card-collection {} {$unset {:faces 1}} {:multi true})
   (mc/update db card-collection {} {$unset {:images 1}} {:multi true}))
-;; note: this should select a period, perhaps preceeded by an alphabetic string,
-;; so long as it either has front,back,or some numbers behind it
-;; the excess dots are because the lookbehind needs to be fixed width
-;; but this ensures we don't split on "front.", and instead split on "." for multi-faced cards
-(def ^:cost image-select-regex #"(?<=(.tank|house|ewery|front|.back|....[0123456789]))[a-zA-Z]*\.")
 
 (defn- add-flip-card-image
   [db base-path lang resolution art-set filename]
-  (let [code-face (first (str/split filename image-select-regex))
+  (let [code-face (first (str/split filename #"\."))
         code-face-split (str/split code-face #"-")
         code (first code-face-split)
         face (second code-face-split)
@@ -71,14 +66,14 @@
    (let [filename (.getName f)]
      (if (str/includes? filename "-")
        (add-flip-card-image db base-path lang resolution art-set filename)
-       (let [code (first (str/split filename image-select-regex))
+       (let [code (first (str/split filename #"\."))
              k (str/join "." ["images" (name lang) (name resolution) (name art-set)])
              prev-k-root (if (= :stock art-set) code (name art-set))
              prev-k (str/join "." ["images" (name lang) (name resolution) prev-k-root])
              path (str/join "/" [base-path (name lang) (name resolution) (name art-set) filename])]
          (when-not (some #(= % code) cards-to-skip)
-           (mc/update db card-collection {:code code} {$addToSet {k path}})
-           (mc/update db card-collection {:previous-versions {$elemMatch {:code code}}} {$addToSet {prev-k path}})))))))
+           (mc/update db card-collection {:code code} {$set {k path}})
+           (mc/update db card-collection {:previous-versions {$elemMatch {:code code}}} {$set {prev-k path}})))))))
 
 (defn- add-alt-images
   "All all images in the specified alt directory"
diff --git a/src/cljs/nr/cardbrowser.cljs b/src/cljs/nr/cardbrowser.cljs
index fa83a5fed3..0dcbced690 100644
--- a/src/cljs/nr/cardbrowser.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/nr/cardbrowser.cljs
@@ -199,9 +199,8 @@
   [card]
    (let [lang (get-in @app-state [:options :language] "en")
          res (get-in @app-state [:options :card-resolution] "default")
-         art (if (keyword? (:art card)) (:art card) :stock)
-         art-index (get card :art-index 0)]
-     [(nth (get-image-path (:images card) (keyword lang) (keyword res) art) art-index)]))
+         art (if (keyword? (:art card)) (:art card) :stock)]
+     (get-image-path (:images card) (keyword lang) (keyword res) art)))
 
 (defn- alt-version-from-string
   "Given a string name, get the keyword version or nil"
@@ -209,14 +208,6 @@
   (when-let [alt (find-first #(= setname (:name %)) (:alt-info @app-state))]
     (keyword (:version alt))))
 
-(defn- card-arts-for-key
-  [card key]
-  (let [lang (get-in @app-state [:options :language] "en")
-        res (get-in @app-state [:options :card-resolution] "default")]
-    (if-let [arts (get-in card [:images (keyword lang) (keyword res) key])]
-      (vec (map-indexed (fn [idx item] (assoc card :art key :art-index idx)) arts))
-      [(assoc card :art "" :art-index 0)])))
-
 (defn- expand-alts
   [only-version acc card]
    (let [lang (get-in @app-state [:options :language] "en")
@@ -234,7 +225,7 @@
               (show-alt-art? true))
        (->> filtered-images
             (concat [""])
-            (mapcat #(card-arts-for-key card %))
+            (map #(if % (assoc card :art %) card))
             (map #(if (not= "" (:art %)) (dissoc % :previous-versions) %))
             (concat acc))
        (conj acc card))))
@@ -295,11 +286,10 @@
         art (:art card)
         code-kw (keyword (:future-version card (:code card)))
         alts (:alt-arts (:options @app-state))
-        alt-index (get card :art-index 0)
         new-alts (cond
-                   (keyword? art) (assoc alts code-kw [(name art) alt-index])
+                   (keyword? art) (assoc alts code-kw (name art))
                    is-old-card (assoc alts code-kw (:code card))
-                   :else (dissoc alts code-kw))]
+                   :else (dissoc alts code-kw))] ; remove the key entirely if the newest card is selected
     (swap! app-state assoc-in [:options :alt-arts] new-alts)
     (nr.account/post-options (partial post-response))))
 
diff --git a/src/cljs/nr/gameboard/board.cljs b/src/cljs/nr/gameboard/board.cljs
index 5d59b7e34b..e8f633f9a0 100644
--- a/src/cljs/nr/gameboard/board.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/nr/gameboard/board.cljs
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@
               "stock")
         card (if (or (:face card) (:images card)) card (get @all-cards (get-title card)))
         images (image-or-face card)]
-    (if (sequential? art)
-      (let [art-urls (get-image-path images (keyword lang) (keyword res) (keyword (first art)))
-            chosen-art (nth art-urls (second art))]
-        [chosen-art])
-      (get-image-path images (keyword lang) (keyword res) (keyword art)))))
+    (get-image-path images (keyword lang) (keyword res) (keyword art))))
 
 
 (defonce button-channel (chan))