diff --git a/reader/HDF5MetadataSource.cpp b/reader/HDF5MetadataSource.cpp
index 75eac328..2a3ca7ea 100644
--- a/reader/HDF5MetadataSource.cpp
+++ b/reader/HDF5MetadataSource.cpp
@@ -661,6 +661,15 @@ HDF5MetadataSource::OpenResult HDF5MetadataSource::Open(const std::string &filen
         if (master_file->Exists("/entry/instrument/detector/sensor_material"))
             detector.SensorMaterial(master_file->GetString("/entry/instrument/detector/sensor_material"));
         detector.SaturationLimit(master_file->GetInt("/entry/instrument/detector/saturation_value"));
+        // The container depth of the stored images, NOT the detector's counter depth. DetectorSetup
+        // defaults DECTRIS to 16 bits, and GetByteDepthImage() prefers that over the value the image
+        // format carries - so without this an EIGER2 file that stores 32-bit images has its overflow
+        // computed as a 16-bit one and every count above 32767 is called saturated. The integration
+        // accept gate then drops the WHOLE reflection, which silently removes the strongest
+        // reflections of a strong crystal (measured on a lysozyme set: max accepted pixel 32738
+        // against a declared saturation of 108833).
+        if (master_file->Exists("/entry/instrument/detector/bit_depth_image"))
+            detector.BitDepthImage(master_file->GetInt("/entry/instrument/detector/bit_depth_image"));
         detector.MinFrameTime(std::chrono::microseconds(0));
         detector.MinCountTime(std::chrono::microseconds(0));
         detector.ReadOutTime(std::chrono::nanoseconds(0));