diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 670852f8..eebcf3e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [v0.34.3](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/compare/v0.34.2...v0.34.3)
+
+> 29 September 2020
+
+- Update exiftool.py to preserve file modification time, thanks to @hhoeck  [`#223`](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/pull/223)
+- Added tests for 10.15.6 [`432da7f`](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/commit/432da7f139a5e4b37eeb358f4ede45314407f8e5)
+- Fixed bug related to issue #222 [`c939df7`](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/commit/c939df717159e8b97955c0b267327cd56a9ed56c)
+- Version bump for bug fix [`62d54cc`](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/commit/62d54cc0beabd0141545608184d4b2c658eedf0f)
+- Update README.md [`6883fec`](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/commit/6883fec2b2236d892b88327e1b4e9da1237f7dea)
+- Update exiftool.py [`3d21dad`](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/commit/3d21dadf4102e9101e48a0c6f739a544f7f9d9de)
+
 #### [v0.34.2](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/compare/v0.34.1...v0.34.2)
 
 > 14 September 2020
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e9468e6..176e55d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1941,6 +1941,7 @@ Thank-you to the following people who have contributed to improving osxphotos!
 - [grundsch](https://github.com/grundsch)
 - [Ag Primatic](https://github.com/agprimatic)
 - [Daniel M. Drucker](https://github.com/dmd)
+- [Horst Höck](https://github.com/hhoeck)
 
 
 ## Known Bugs
diff --git a/osxphotos/_version.py b/osxphotos/_version.py
index a9c7a7d4..a68d794e 100644
--- a/osxphotos/_version.py
+++ b/osxphotos/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 """ version info """
 
 __version__ = "0.35.0"
+
diff --git a/osxphotos/exiftool.py b/osxphotos/exiftool.py
index 6e4fdbd0..b54ac9d6 100644
--- a/osxphotos/exiftool.py
+++ b/osxphotos/exiftool.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class _ExifToolProc:
                 "-",  # read from stdin
                 "-common_args",  # specifies args common to all commands subsequently run
                 "-n",  # no print conversion (e.g. print tag values in machine readable format)
+                "-P",  # Preserve file modification date/time (possible interfere w/ --touch-file)
                 "-G",  # print group name for each tag
             ],
             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
diff --git a/osxphotos/photosdb/photosdb.py b/osxphotos/photosdb/photosdb.py
index 448c45ce..a8164d67 100644
--- a/osxphotos/photosdb/photosdb.py
+++ b/osxphotos/photosdb/photosdb.py
@@ -1323,11 +1323,12 @@ class PhotosDB:
 
             # get the place info that matches the RKPlace modelIDs for this photo
             # (place_ids), sort by area (element 3 of the place_data tuple in places)
+            # area could be None so assume 0 if it is (issue #230)
             place_names = [
                 pname
                 for pname in sorted(
                     [places[p] for p in places if p in place_ids],
-                    key=lambda place: place[3],
+                    key=lambda place: place[3] if place[3] is not None else 0,
                 )
             ]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index ca84d0ec..49c4d7be 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ CLI_EXPORT_UUID_STATUE = "3DD2C897-F19E-4CA6-8C22-B027D5A71907"
 CLI_EXPORT_UUID_FILENAME = "Pumkins2.jpg"
 
 CLI_EXPORT_BY_DATE_TOUCH_UUID = [
-    "1EB2B765-0765-43BA-A90C-0D0580E6172C",
-    "F12384F6-CD17-4151-ACBA-AE0E3688539E",
+    "1EB2B765-0765-43BA-A90C-0D0580E6172C",  # Pumpkins3.jpg
+    "F12384F6-CD17-4151-ACBA-AE0E3688539E",  # Pumkins1.jpg
 ]
 CLI_EXPORT_BY_DATE_TOUCH_TIMES = [1538165373, 1538163349]
 CLI_EXPORT_BY_DATE_NEED_TOUCH = [
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ CLI_EXPORT_UUID_FROM_FILE_FILENAMES = [
     "wedding_edited.jpeg",
 ]
 
+
 # determine if exiftool installed so exiftool tests can be skipped
 try:
     exiftool = get_exiftool_path()
@@ -407,9 +408,9 @@ except:
 
 
 def touch_all_photos_in_db(dbpath):
-    """ touch date on all photos in a library
+    """touch date on all photos in a library
         helper function for --touch-file tests
-    
+
     Args:
         dbpath: path to photos library to touch
     """
@@ -437,13 +438,14 @@ def setup_touch_tests():
     import logging
     import osxphotos
 
+    # touch all photos so they do not match PhotoInfo.date
     touch_all_photos_in_db(PHOTOS_DB_TOUCH)
 
+    # adjust a couple of the photos so they're file times *are* correct
     photos = osxphotos.PhotosDB(PHOTOS_DB_TOUCH).photos_by_uuid(
         CLI_EXPORT_BY_DATE_TOUCH_UUID
     )
     for photo in photos:
-        logging.warning(photo.path)
         ts = int(photo.date.timestamp())
         if photo.path is not None:
             os.utime(photo.path, (ts, ts))
@@ -3091,9 +3093,10 @@ def test_export_touch_files_update():
         )
 
 
+# @pytest.mark.skip("TODO: This fails on some machines but not all")
 @pytest.mark.skipif(exiftool is None, reason="exiftool not installed")
 def test_export_touch_files_exiftool_update():
-    """ test complex export scenario with --update, --exiftol, and --touch-files """
+    """ test complex export scenario with --update, --exiftool, and --touch-files """
     import os
     import pathlib
     import time
@@ -3199,10 +3202,6 @@ def test_export_touch_files_exiftool_update():
             in result.output
         )
 
-        for fname, mtime in zip(CLI_EXPORT_BY_DATE, CLI_EXPORT_BY_DATE_TOUCH_TIMES):
-            st = os.stat(fname)
-            assert int(st.st_mtime) != int(mtime)
-
         # --update --touch-file --exiftool
         result = runner.invoke(
             export,