diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 81b5785..2b2e103 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -64,11 +64,10 @@ func taskFromFlags(stop chan bool, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 
 		var img *image.NRGBA
 		if *imgPath != "" {
-			imgTmp, err := render.ReadImage(*imgPath)
-			if err != nil {
+			var err error
+			if img, err = render.ReadImage(*imgPath); err != nil {
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			img = render.ImgToNRGBA(imgTmp)
 		}
 
 		r.SetTask(img, image.Pt(*x, *y), *address, *connections)
diff --git a/render/image.go b/render/image.go
index b3782f7..1e9605a 100644
--- a/render/image.go
+++ b/render/image.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/image/draw"
 )
 
-func ReadImage(path string) (image.Image, error) {
+func ReadImage(path string) (*image.NRGBA, error) {
 	reader, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func ReadImage(path string) (image.Image, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return img, nil
+	return imgToNRGBA(img), nil
 }
 
 func WriteImage(path string, img image.Image) error {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func WriteImage(path string, img image.Image) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func ImgToNRGBA(img image.Image) *image.NRGBA {
+func imgToNRGBA(img image.Image) *image.NRGBA {
 	b := img.Bounds()
 	r := image.NewNRGBA(b)
 	for x := b.Min.X; x < b.Max.X; x++ {
diff --git a/rpc/repl.go b/rpc/repl.go
index 656cfd0..4377d08 100644
--- a/rpc/repl.go
+++ b/rpc/repl.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func RunREPL(f Fluter) {
 					if img, err := render.ReadImage(path); err != nil {
 						fmt.Println(err)
 					} else {
-						t.Img = render.ImgToNRGBA(img)
+						t.Img = img
 					}
 				}