diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b74b49..20e3608 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 rand = "0.7.0"
-rayon = "1.8"
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+rayon = "1.8"
+image = "0.25.9"
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diff --git a/img.png b/img.png
index c88c09f..27b8382 100644
Binary files a/img.png and b/img.png differ
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1c6fc78..fe4f387 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@ pub mod rtweekend;
 pub mod sphere;
 pub mod vec3;
 
+use image::{Pixel, RgbImage};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 
-use std::{
-    io::{stdout, Write},
-    sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
-};
-
 use crate::{
     camera::*,
     color::*,
@@ -145,42 +141,28 @@ fn main() {
         .build_global()
         .unwrap();
 
-    let mut buffer = vec![0u8; (image_width * image_height * 3) as usize];
+    let mut img_buffer = RgbImage::new(image_width as u32, image_height as u32);
 
-    let rows_completed = AtomicUsize::new(0);
-    let total_rows = image_height as usize;
+    img_buffer
+        .par_enumerate_pixels_mut()
+        .for_each(|(x, y, pixel)| {
+            // goofy workaround :D
+            let reversed_y = image_height as u32 - y;
 
-    buffer
-        .par_chunks_mut((image_width * 3) as usize)
-        .enumerate()
-        .for_each(|(index, row_slice)| {
-            let j = image_height - 1 - index as i32;
-
-            for i in 0..image_width {
-                let mut pixel_color = Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
-
-                for _ in 0..samples_per_pixel {
-                    let u = (i as f64 + random_f64()) / (image_width - 1) as f64;
-                    let v = (j as f64 + random_f64()) / (image_height - 1) as f64;
-                    let r = cam.get_ray(u, v);
-                    pixel_color += ray_color(r, &world, max_depth);
-                }
-
-                let (ir, ig, ib) = get_scaled_color_components(pixel_color, samples_per_pixel);
-
-                row_slice[(i as usize) * 3] = ir;
-                row_slice[(i as usize) * 3 + 1] = ig;
-                row_slice[(i as usize) * 3 + 2] = ib;
+            let mut pixel_color = Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+            for _ in 0..samples_per_pixel {
+                let u = (x as f64 + random_f64()) / (image_width - 1) as f64;
+                let v = (reversed_y as f64 + random_f64()) / (image_height - 1) as f64;
+                let r = cam.get_ray(u, v);
+                pixel_color += ray_color(r, &world, max_depth);
             }
 
-            // progress
-            let completed = rows_completed.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) + 1;
-            if completed % 10 == 0 || completed == total_rows {
-                print!(
-                    "\r[ {:.2} % ] Rendering...",
-                    (completed as f64 / total_rows as f64) * 100.0
-                );
-                let _ = stdout().flush();
-            }
+            let (ir, ig, ib) = get_scaled_color_components(pixel_color, samples_per_pixel);
+
+            pixel.channels_mut()[0] = ir;
+            pixel.channels_mut()[1] = ig;
+            pixel.channels_mut()[2] = ib;
         });
+
+    img_buffer.save("img.png").unwrap();
 }