diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65ac1a9..44b87e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 .idea
 *__pycache__*
 *.edd-info*
+*.asv
diff --git a/lib/+ne7/+scanimage/Reader5.m b/lib/+ne7/+scanimage/Reader5.m
index ab1e9b2..13b2108 100644
--- a/lib/+ne7/+scanimage/Reader5.m
+++ b/lib/+ne7/+scanimage/Reader5.m
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ function load_header(self)
                 self.scanimage_version = 5;
                 temp = regexp(hdr, '^scanimage\.SI\.(?<attr>[\.\w]*)\s*=\s*(?<value>.*\S)\s*$', 'names');
             end
+            framenums = regexp(hdr, '^(?<attr>[\.frameNumbers]*)\s*=\s*(?<value>.*\S)\s*$', 'names');
+            framenums = [framenums{~cellfun(@isempty, framenums)}];
             hdr = temp;
             hdr = [hdr{~cellfun(@isempty, hdr)}];
             if isempty(hdr) % in case we have used scanimage 5.2 
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ function load_header(self)
                 hdr = temp;
                 hdr = [hdr{~cellfun(@isempty, hdr)}];
             end
+            hdr(end+1) = framenums;
             assert(~isempty(hdr), 'empty header -- possibly wrong ScanImage version.')
             self.header = cell2struct(cellfun(@(x) {evaluate(x)}, {hdr.value})', strrep({hdr.attr}, '.', '_'));