diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 3ba086c..1792fb3 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -20,14 +20,9 @@ idea:
 
 ### palettes
 
-* replace toml with .hex format?
-  * what else is available for palettes?
-    * ~JASC .pal (yes)~
-    * Photoshop ASE (nah - seems rather proprietary/difficult to parse)
-    * ~GIMP .gpl (yes!)~ 
-    * .png
-    * .hex
-    * .txt
+### images
+
+* ideally support gif/png...
 
 ### parser
 
diff --git a/src/image.rs b/src/image.rs
index a696627..d1a2ef1 100644
--- a/src/image.rs
+++ b/src/image.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use serde_derive::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use std::fs::read_to_string;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Image {
@@ -7,66 +9,31 @@ pub struct Image {
     pub pixels: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
-// impl Image {
-//     fn from(intermediate: IntermediateImage) -> Image {
-//         Image {
-//             name: intermediate.name.to_owned(),
-//             pixels: intermediate.pixels.split_whitespace().collect::<String>().chars().map(
-//                 |char|char as u8
-//             ).collect()
-//         }
-//     }
-// }
+impl Image {
+    pub fn from_file(path: PathBuf) -> Self {
+        let name = path.file_stem().unwrap().to_str().unwrap().into();
+        let mut pixels: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
 
-/// for toml purposes
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub(crate) struct IntermediateImages {
-    /// singular so each image is named "image" instead of "images" in toml
-    image: Vec<IntermediateImage>,
+        for line in read_to_string(&path).unwrap().lines() {
+            for char in line.chars() {
+                pixels.push(char.to_string().parse().unwrap());
+            }
+        }
+
+        Self { name, pixels }
+    }
 }
 
-// impl IntermediateImages {
-//     fn to_images(&self) -> Vec<Image> {
-//         self.image.iter().map(|intermediate|
-//             Image::from(intermediate.clone())
-//         ).collect()
-//     }
-// }
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub(crate) struct IntermediateImage {
-    name: String,
-    pixels: String,
-}
-
-// impl IntermediateImage {
-//     // todo refactor
-//     fn from(image: Image) -> IntermediateImage {
-//         let mut string = "\n".to_string();
-//
-//         let sqrt = (image.pixels.len() as f64).sqrt() as usize;
-//         for line in image.pixels.chunks(sqrt) {
-//             for pixel in line {
-//                 string.push_str(&format!("{}", *pixel));
-//             }
-//             string.push('\n');
-//         }
-//
-//         IntermediateImage {
-//             name: image.name.to_owned(),
-//             /// todo wtf? I guess this crate doesn't handle multiline strings correctly
-//             pixels: format!("\"\"{}\"\"", string),
-//         }
-//     }
-// }
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    // #[test]
-    // fn test_image_from_toml() {
-    //     let str = include_str!("test-resources/basic/images.toml");
-    //     let output: Image = toml::from_str(str).unwrap();
-    //     let expected = crate::mock::image::avatar();
-    //     assert_eq!(output, expected);
-    // }
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+    use crate::image::Image;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn image_from_text() {
+        let path = PathBuf::from("src/test-resources/basic/images/avatar.txt");
+        let output = Image::from_file(path);
+        let expected = crate::mock::image::avatar();
+        assert_eq!(output, expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/mock.rs b/src/mock.rs
index 39bb9fe..5c4e914 100644
--- a/src/mock.rs
+++ b/src/mock.rs
@@ -1,70 +1,70 @@
-// pub(crate) mod image {
-//     use crate::image::Image;
-//
-//     pub fn bg() -> Image {
-//         Image {
-//             name: "bg".to_string(),
-//             pixels: vec![
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//             ]
-//         }
-//     }
-//
-//     pub fn block() -> Image {
-//         Image {
-//             name: "block".to_string(),
-//             pixels: vec![
-//                 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
-//                 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
-//                 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
-//                 1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,
-//                 1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,
-//                 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
-//                 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
-//                 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
-//             ]
-//         }
-//     }
-//
-//     pub fn avatar() -> Image {
-//         Image {
-//             name: "avatar".to_string(),
-//             pixels: vec![
-//                 0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,2,2,2,2,0,0,
-//                 0,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,
-//                 2,0,2,2,2,2,0,2,
-//                 0,0,2,0,0,2,0,0,
-//                 0,0,2,0,0,2,0,0,
-//             ]
-//         }
-//     }
-//
-//     pub fn cat() -> Image {
-//         Image {
-//             name: "cat".to_string(),
-//             pixels: vec![
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-//                 0,2,0,2,0,0,0,2,
-//                 0,2,2,2,0,0,0,2,
-//                 0,2,2,2,0,0,2,0,
-//                 0,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,
-//                 0,0,2,2,2,2,0,0,
-//                 0,0,2,0,0,2,0,0,
-//             ]
-//         }
-//     }
-// }
+pub(crate) mod image {
+    use crate::image::Image;
+
+    pub fn bg() -> Image {
+        Image {
+            name: "bg".to_string(),
+            pixels: vec![
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn block() -> Image {
+        Image {
+            name: "block".to_string(),
+            pixels: vec![
+                1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
+                1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
+                1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
+                1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,
+                1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,
+                1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
+                1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
+                1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn avatar() -> Image {
+        Image {
+            name: "avatar".to_string(),
+            pixels: vec![
+                0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,
+                0,0,2,2,2,2,0,0,
+                0,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,
+                2,0,2,2,2,2,0,2,
+                0,0,2,0,0,2,0,0,
+                0,0,2,0,0,2,0,0,
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn cat() -> Image {
+        Image {
+            name: "cat".to_string(),
+            pixels: vec![
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+                0,2,0,2,0,0,0,2,
+                0,2,2,2,0,0,0,2,
+                0,2,2,2,0,0,2,0,
+                0,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,
+                0,0,2,2,2,2,0,0,
+                0,0,2,0,0,2,0,0,
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 pub(crate) mod palette {
     use crate::{Palette, Colour};
diff --git a/src/test-resources/basic/images/avatar.toml b/src/test-resources/basic/images/avatar.txt
similarity index 80%
rename from src/test-resources/basic/images/avatar.toml
rename to src/test-resources/basic/images/avatar.txt
index 7fb0a86..5679c2b 100644
--- a/src/test-resources/basic/images/avatar.toml
+++ b/src/test-resources/basic/images/avatar.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-pixels = """
 00022000
 00022000
 00022000
@@ -7,4 +6,3 @@ pixels = """
 20222202
 00200200
 00200200
-"""