diff --git a/src/magick.zig b/src/magick.zig
index 8608f0f..6468fee 100644
--- a/src/magick.zig
+++ b/src/magick.zig
@@ -32,29 +32,41 @@ pub const MagickContext = struct {
     }
 };
 
-pub fn runRotate(image: *Image) !void {
-    mc.MagickWandGenesis();
-
+fn magickLoad(image: *Image) !MagickContext {
     var mctx = try MagickContext.init();
-    defer mctx.deinit();
     errdefer mctx.deinit();
 
-    var status: mc.MagickBooleanType = undefined;
-
     var curpath = try std.cstr.addNullByte(image.allocator, image.curpath);
     defer image.allocator.free(curpath);
 
-    status = mc.MagickReadImage(mctx.wand, curpath.ptr);
-    if (status == .MagickFalse) try mctx.doErr();
+    if (mc.MagickReadImage(mctx.wand, curpath.ptr) == .MagickFalse)
+        return error.MagickReadFail;
 
-    // TODO run rotate here
+    return mctx;
+}
 
+fn magickSave(image: *Image, mctx: *MagickContext) !void {
     var tmpnam = try images.temporaryName(image.allocator);
     defer image.allocator.free(tmpnam);
 
     var c_tmpnam = try std.cstr.addNullByte(image.allocator, tmpnam);
     defer image.allocator.free(c_tmpnam);
 
-    status = mc.MagickWriteImages(mctx.wand, c_tmpnam.ptr, .MagickTrue);
-    if (status == .MagickFalse) try mctx.doErr();
+    std.debug.warn(
+        "\tmagick: saving from '{}' to '{}'\n",
+        image.curpath,
+        c_tmpnam,
+    );
+
+    if (mc.MagickWriteImages(mctx.wand, c_tmpnam.ptr, .MagickTrue) == .MagickFalse)
+        return error.MagickWriteFail;
+}
+
+pub fn runRotate(image: *Image) !void {
+    var mctx = try magickLoad(image);
+    defer mctx.deinit();
+
+    // TODO run rotate here
+
+    try magickSave(image, &mctx);
 }