diff --git a/src/layers/microscopy-viewer-layer/data-utils/tiff-utils.js b/src/layers/microscopy-viewer-layer/data-utils/tiff-utils.js
index 7ecf94f98..4f51058e1 100644
--- a/src/layers/microscopy-viewer-layer/data-utils/tiff-utils.js
+++ b/src/layers/microscopy-viewer-layer/data-utils/tiff-utils.js
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import {fromUrl, Pool, getDecoder } from 'geotiff/dist/geotiff.bundle.min.js';
 async function loadTile({image, channel, x, y, pool}) {
   var tile = await image.getTileOrStrip(x,y, 0, pool)
   var dataObj = {}
-  const bits8 = image.fileDirectory.BitsPerSample[0]===8
-  const bits16 = image.fileDirectory.BitsPerSample[0]===16
-  const bits32 = image.fileDirectory.BitsPerSample[0]===32
-  dataObj[channel] = (bits8 && new Uint8Array(tile.data)) ||
-                    (bits16 && new Uint16Array(tile.data)) ||
-                    (bits32 && new Uint32Array(tile.data))
+  const isBits8 = image.fileDirectory.BitsPerSample[0]===8
+  const isBits16 = image.fileDirectory.BitsPerSample[0]===16
+  const isBits32 = image.fileDirectory.BitsPerSample[0]===32
+  dataObj[channel] = (isBits8 && new Uint8Array(tile.data)) ||
+                    (isBits16 && new Uint16Array(tile.data)) ||
+                    (isBits32 && new Uint32Array(tile.data))
   return dataObj
 }