diff --git a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/stitching.py b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/stitching.py
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--- a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/stitching.py
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-from typing import Optional
-import os
-from subprocess import CompletedProcess, run, PIPE
-
-from labthings_fastapi.thing import Thing
-from labthings_fastapi.dependencies.raw_thing import raw_thing_dependency
-from labthings_fastapi.dependencies.invocation import InvocationLogger
-from labthings_fastapi.decorators import thing_action
-from labthings_fastapi.outputs.blob import blob_type
-
-from .smart_scan import SmartScanThing
-
-SmartScanDep = raw_thing_dependency(SmartScanThing)
-
-
-JPEGBlob = blob_type("image/jpeg")
-
-
-class Stitcher(Thing):
-    def __init__(self, path_to_openflexure_stitch: str):
-        self._script = path_to_openflexure_stitch
-
-    def run_subprocess(
-        self,
-        logger: InvocationLogger,
-        cmd: list[str],
-    ) -> CompletedProcess:
-        """Run a  subprocess and log any output"""
-        logger.info(f"Running command in subprocess: `{' '.join(cmd)}")
-        output = run(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
-        for pipe in [output.stdout, output.stderr]:
-            if pipe:
-                logger.info(pipe)
-        output.check_returncode()
-        return output
-
-    def images_folder(
-        self, smart_scan: SmartScanDep, scan_name: Optional[str] = None
-    ) -> str:
-        scan_folder = smart_scan.dir_for_scan(scan_name=scan_name)
-        return os.path.join(scan_folder, "images")
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def output_up_to_date(
-        folder: str,
-        output_filename: str,
-        image_prefix: str = "image",
-        image_suffix: str = ".jpg",
-    ) -> bool:
-        """Check if any of the images in a folder are newer than a file
-
-        If there are no images (files with the prefix and suffix) newer than the
-        `output_filename`, we return `True`, i.e. the output is up to date. If
-        any image in the folder is newer, we return `False`.
-
-        This is not flawless logic - if an update process is slow, images might be
-        saved between starting that process and saving the output. Consequently,
-        a `True` from this function does not guarantee the output is up to date.
-
-        If the output file is missing, we also return `False`.
-        """
-        output_path = os.path.join(folder, output_filename)
-        if not os.path.exists(output_path):
-            return False
-        mtime = os.path.getmtime(output_path)
-        for fname in os.listdir(folder):
-            if fname.startswith(image_prefix) and fname.endswith(image_suffix):
-                if os.path.getmtime(os.path.join(folder, fname)) > mtime:
-                    return False
-        return True
-
-    @thing_action
-    def stitch_scan_from_stage(
-        self,
-        logger: InvocationLogger,
-        smart_scan: SmartScanDep,
-        scan_name: Optional[str] = None,
-        downsample: float = 1.0,
-    ) -> JPEGBlob:
-        """Generate a stitched image based on stage position metadata"""
-        output_fname = "stitched_from_stage.jpg"
-        images_folder = self.images_folder(smart_scan=smart_scan, scan_name=scan_name)
-        if self.output_up_to_date(images_folder, output_fname):
-            logger.info(f"No images are newer than {output_fname}, skipping.")
-        else:
-            self.run_subprocess(
-                logger,
-                [self._script, "--stitching_mode", "only_stage_stitch", images_folder],
-            )
-        return JPEGBlob.from_file(os.path.join(images_folder, output_fname))
-
-    @thing_action
-    def update_scan_correlations(
-        self,
-        logger: InvocationLogger,
-        smart_scan: SmartScanDep,
-        scan_name: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Generate a stitched image based on stage position metadata"""
-        images_folder = self.images_folder(smart_scan=smart_scan, scan_name=scan_name)
-        self.run_subprocess(
-            logger, [self._script, "--stitching_mode", "only_correlate", images_folder]
-        )
-
-    @thing_action
-    def stitch_scan(
-        self,
-        logger: InvocationLogger,
-        smart_scan: SmartScanDep,
-        scan_name: Optional[str] = None,
-        downsample: float = 1.0,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Generate a stitched image based on stage position metadata"""
-        images_folder = self.images_folder(smart_scan=smart_scan, scan_name=scan_name)
-        self.run_subprocess(
-            logger, [self._script, "--stitching_mode", "all", images_folder]
-        )