Unable to read tif files within loop - TIFF library error - 'TIFFFetchDirectory: Can not read TIFF directory count.'

I am only relatively new to matlab.

A part of a code that I am trying to run continues to throw the following error:

TIFF library error - 'TIFFFetchDirectory: Can not read TIFF directory count.'

This is the part of the code where the error is coming from:

for k=1:17

name1 = L{k}(j).name;

I{k}=imread(fullfile(imageDirectory{k},name1));

end

j is defined within an earlier part of the code as 1:2400 and valid within this code.

imageDirectory{k} is a set of subfolders (18 in total) that contain 2400 images within each folder. Once this part of the code is ran, I{k} is then used for further processing.

I am attempting to run this through a linux-based HPC which is potentially where I am getting into trouble. Any advice would be great as I cannot seem to find a solution anywhere to this particular error. When running locally, it runs fine.

The complete error is: