diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb66e00..0f5635d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 cabal.sandbox.config
 dist/
 *.swp
+out.png
diff --git a/raytrace.cabal b/raytrace.cabal
index b341257..37dda67 100644
--- a/raytrace.cabal
+++ b/raytrace.cabal
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ executable raytrace
   build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.8,
                        attoparsec >= 0.12,
                        bytestring >= 0.10,
-                       linear >= 1.10
+                       linear >= 1.10,
+                       JuicyPixels >= 3.1
   
   -- Directories containing source files.
   -- hs-source-dirs:      
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index c6770d3..82e63be 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 module Main where
 
 import Control.Applicative
+import Codec.Picture.Png
+import Codec.Picture.Types
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B8
 
@@ -65,8 +67,9 @@ validateScene obs = do
                    , sceneObjects = objects
                    }
 
-render :: Scene -> IO ()
-render s = putStrLn "rendering currently not implemented"
+render :: Scene -> Image PixelRGB8
+render s = generateImage pixelRenderer 250 300
+    where pixelRenderer x y = PixelRGB8 128 128 128
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
@@ -80,4 +83,5 @@ main = do
                 Left error -> putStrLn $ "Error: " ++ error
                 Right s -> do
                     print s
-                    render s
+                    im <- return $ render s
+                    writePng "out.png" im