diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6b1e75c..596c87f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy 0.7.35",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aligned-vec"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -313,6 +322,17 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -515,6 +535,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wayland-client",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cast"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.2.17"
@@ -560,6 +586,17 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "2.34.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "textwrap",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clipboard-win"
 version = "5.4.0"
@@ -780,6 +817,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b01d6de93b2b6c65e17c634a26653a29d107b3c98c607c765bf38d041531cd8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "cast",
+ "clap",
+ "criterion-plot",
+ "csv",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "num-traits",
+ "oorandom",
+ "plotters",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_cbor",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytemplate",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion-plot"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2673cc8207403546f45f5fd319a974b1e6983ad1a3ee7e6041650013be041876"
+dependencies = [
+ "cast",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -821,6 +894,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "csv"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acdc4883a9c96732e4733212c01447ebd805833b7275a73ca3ee080fd77afdaf"
+dependencies = [
+ "csv-core",
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "csv-core"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d02f3b0da4c6504f86e9cd789d8dbafab48c2321be74e9987593de5a894d93d"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ctor-lite"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1076,7 +1170,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f83197f59927b46c04a183a619b7c29df34e63e63c7869320862268c0ef687e0"
 dependencies = [
  "bit_field",
- "half",
+ "half 2.5.0",
  "lebe",
  "miniz_oxide",
  "rayon-core",
@@ -1442,6 +1536,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "svg_fmt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "half"
+version = "1.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b43ede17f21864e81be2fa654110bf1e793774238d86ef8555c37e6519c0403"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "half"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1498,6 +1598,15 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1594,7 +1703,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "bytemuck",
  "cosmic-text",
- "half",
+ "half 2.5.0",
  "iced_core",
  "iced_futures",
  "image 0.24.9",
@@ -1761,9 +1870,10 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "imflow"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "criterion",
  "iced",
  "image 0.25.6",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "memmap2",
  "tokio",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -1806,6 +1916,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.100",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0fd2260e829bddf4cb6ea802289de2f86d6a7a690192fbe91b3f46e0f2c8473"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1815,6 +1934,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jni"
 version = "0.21.1"
@@ -2695,6 +2820,12 @@ version = "1.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42f5e15c9953c5e4ccceeb2e7382a716482c34515315f7b03532b8b4e8393d2d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "oorandom"
+version = "11.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6790f58c7ff633d8771f42965289203411a5e5c68388703c06e14f24770b41e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "orbclient"
 version = "0.3.48"
@@ -2920,6 +3051,34 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aeb6f403d7a4911efb1e33402027fc44f29b5bf6def3effcc22d7bb75f2b747"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "plotters-backend",
+ "plotters-svg",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-backend"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df42e13c12958a16b3f7f4386b9ab1f3e7933914ecea48da7139435263a4172a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-svg"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51bae2ac328883f7acdfea3d66a7c35751187f870bc81f94563733a154d7a670"
+dependencies = [
+ "plotters-backend",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "png"
 version = "0.17.16"
@@ -3095,7 +3254,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "built",
  "cfg-if",
  "interpolate_name",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "libc",
  "libfuzzer-sys",
  "log",
@@ -3205,6 +3364,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "renderdoc-sys"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -3300,6 +3488,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-script",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28d3b2b1366ec20994f1fd18c3c594f05c5dd4bc44d8bb0c1c632c8d6829481f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "same-file"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -3349,6 +3543,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_cbor"
+version = "0.11.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bef2ebfde456fb76bbcf9f59315333decc4fda0b2b44b420243c11e0f5ec1f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "half 1.8.3",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.219"
@@ -3360,6 +3564,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.100",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.140"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "20068b6e96dc6c9bd23e01df8827e6c7e1f2fddd43c21810382803c136b99373"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "memchr",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_repr"
 version = "0.1.20"
@@ -3657,6 +3873,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -3737,6 +3962,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytemplate"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4d6b5f19ff7664e8c98d03e2139cb510db9b0a60b55f8e8709b689d939b6bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.9.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 456f2b7..36ff2ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 zune-image = {version = "0.4.15", features = ["all"]}
 [profile.dev.package.zune-jpeg]
 opt-level = 3
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.3"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "image_load"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/image_load.rs b/benches/image_load.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cde65b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/image_load.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#![allow(unused)]
+
+use std::iter;
+
+use criterion::BenchmarkId;
+use criterion::{Criterion, black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main};
+use imflow::image::{Approach, load_thumbnail};
+const PATH: &str = "test_images/20240811-194516_DSC02274.JPG";
+
+pub fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("from_elem");
+    group.bench_function("mmap", |b| b.iter(|| load_thumbnail(PATH, Approach::Mmap)));
+    group.bench_function("path", |b| b.iter(|| load_thumbnail(PATH, Approach::Path)));
+    group.bench_function("iced", |b| b.iter(|| load_thumbnail(PATH, Approach::Iced)));
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/src/image.rs b/src/image.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbaa325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+use zune_image::codecs::qoi::zune_core::options::DecoderOptions;
+
+use std::fs::File;
+
+pub enum Approach {
+    Mmap,
+    Path,
+    Iced,
+}
+fn convert_rgb_to_rgba(rgb_data: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let r_channel = &rgb_data[0];
+
+    let num_pixels = r_channel.len() / 3;
+    let mut rgba_data: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(num_pixels * 4);
+
+    for i in 0..num_pixels {
+        rgba_data.push(r_channel[i * 3]);
+        rgba_data.push(r_channel[i * 3 + 1]);
+        rgba_data.push(r_channel[i * 3 + 2]);
+        rgba_data.push(255); // Fully opaque Alpha value
+    }
+
+    rgba_data
+}
+pub fn load_thumbnail(
+    path: &str,
+    approach: Approach,
+) -> Result<iced::widget::image::Handle, String> {
+    match approach {
+        Approach::Mmap => {
+            let file = File::open(path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+            let mmap = unsafe { memmap2::Mmap::map(&file) }.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+            println!("mapped file");
+            let img = zune_image::image::Image::read(&*mmap, DecoderOptions::default()).unwrap();
+            let width = img.dimensions().0 as u32;
+            let height = img.dimensions().1 as u32;
+            println!("loaded");
+            let flat = img.flatten_to_u8();
+            println!("flattened");
+            let rgba = convert_rgb_to_rgba(flat);
+            println!("rgbad");
+            let conv = iced::widget::image::Handle::from_rgba(width, height, rgba);
+            println!("iced");
+
+            Ok(conv)
+        }
+        Approach::Path => {
+            let img = zune_image::image::Image::open_with_options(path, DecoderOptions::default())
+                .unwrap();
+            let width = img.dimensions().0 as u32;
+            let height = img.dimensions().1 as u32;
+            println!("loaded");
+            let flat = img.flatten_to_u8();
+            println!("flattened");
+            let rgba = convert_rgb_to_rgba(flat);
+            println!("rgbad");
+            let conv = iced::widget::image::Handle::from_rgba(width, height, rgba);
+            println!("iced");
+
+            Ok(conv)
+        }
+        Approach::Iced => {
+            let file = File::open(path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+            let mmap = unsafe { memmap2::Mmap::map(&file) }.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+            let img = image::load_from_memory(&mmap).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+            let width = img.width();
+            let height = img.height();
+            println!("loaded");
+            let rgba = img.into_rgba8().into_raw();
+            println!("rgbad");
+            let conv = iced::widget::image::Handle::from_rgba(width, height, rgba);
+            println!("iced");
+
+            Ok(conv)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14995d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod image;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 75c678f..4bbd952 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // use grid::Grid;
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::fs::{self, File};
+use std::fs::{self};
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::{self, Duration};
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ use iced::widget::image::FilterMethod;
 use iced::widget::{
     Column, Container, button, center, checkbox, column, container, pick_list, row, slider, text,
 };
-use iced::{Center, Element, Fill, Length, Size, Subscription, Task, Theme};
+use iced::{Center, Element, Fill, Length, Size, Subscription, Task, Theme, keyboard};
 use image::{self, DynamicImage, EncodableLayout, ImageBuffer, ImageReader};
-use itertools::Itertools;
+
+use imflow::image::{Approach, load_thumbnail};
 use zune_image::codecs::qoi::zune_core::options::DecoderOptions; // for general image operations
 // use image::io::Reader as ImageReader; // specifically for Reader
 
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ impl GameOfLife {
                 if !self.loaded_images.contains_key(&path.to_path_buf()) {
                     self.loaded_images.insert(
                         path.to_path_buf(),
-                        load_thumbnail(path.to_str().unwrap()).unwrap(),
+                        load_thumbnail(path.to_str().unwrap(), Approach::Iced).unwrap(),
                     );
                 }
             }
@@ -154,12 +155,11 @@ impl GameOfLife {
     }
 
     fn subscription(&self) -> Subscription<Message> {
-        if self.is_playing {
-            iced::time::every(Duration::from_millis(1000 / self.speed as u64))
-                .map(|_| Message::Tick)
-        } else {
-            Subscription::none()
-        }
+        keyboard::on_key_press(|key, _modifiers| match key {
+            keyboard::Key::Named(keyboard::key::Named::ArrowRight) => Some(Message::Next(1)),
+            keyboard::Key::Named(keyboard::key::Named::ArrowLeft) => Some(Message::Next(-1)),
+            _ => None,
+        })
     }
 
     fn view(&self) -> Element<'_, Message> {
@@ -278,49 +278,3 @@ fn view_controls<'a>(
     .align_y(Center)
     .into()
 }
-
-fn load_thumbnail(path: &str) -> Result<iced::widget::image::Handle, String> {
-    // let file = File::open(path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-    // let mmap = unsafe { memmap2::Mmap::map(&file) }.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-    // println!("mapped file");
-    // let img = zune_image::image::Image::read(&*mmap, DecoderOptions::default()).unwrap();
-    let img = zune_image::image::Image::open_with_options(path, DecoderOptions::default()).unwrap();
-    // let img = image::load_from_memory(&mmap)
-    // .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
-    // .decode()
-    // .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-
-    // let thumbnail = img.thumbnail(128, 128);
-    let width = img.dimensions().0 as u32;
-    let height = img.dimensions().1 as u32;
-    println!("loaded");
-    let flat = img.flatten_to_u8();
-    println!("flattened");
-    let rgba = convert_rgb_to_rgba(flat);
-    println!("rgbad");
-    // let leaked_slice = Box::leak(rgba[0].clone().into_boxed_slice());
-    // let slice = rgba[0].as_slice().clone();
-    let conv = iced::widget::image::Handle::from_rgba(
-        width, height, // leaked_slice.as_bytes(),
-        rgba,
-    );
-    println!("iced");
-
-    Ok((conv))
-}
-
-fn convert_rgb_to_rgba(rgb_data: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Vec<u8> {
-    let r_channel = &rgb_data[0];
-
-    let num_pixels = r_channel.len() / 3;
-    let mut rgba_data: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(num_pixels * 4);
-
-    for i in 0..num_pixels {
-        rgba_data.push(r_channel[i * 3]);
-        rgba_data.push(r_channel[i * 3 + 1]);
-        rgba_data.push(r_channel[i * 3 + 2]);
-        rgba_data.push(255); // Fully opaque Alpha value
-    }
-
-    rgba_data
-}