diff --git a/src/image.zig b/src/image.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0def9ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const c = @cImport({
+    @cInclude("sndfile.h");
+});
+
+pub const ImageError = error{OpenFail};
+
+/// Low level integration function with libsndfile.
+fn sopen(
+    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+    path: []const u8,
+    mode: i32,
+    fmt: *c.SF_INFO,
+) !*c.SNDFILE {
+    var cstr_path = try std.cstr.addNullByte(allocator, path);
+    defer allocator.free(cstr_path);
+
+    var file = c.sf_open(cstr_path.ptr, mode, fmt);
+    const st: i32 = c.sf_error(file);
+
+    if (st != 0) {
+        std.debug.warn(
+            "Failed to open {} ({})\n",
+            path,
+            c.sf_error_number(st),
+        );
+
+        return ImageError.OpenFail;
+    }
+
+    return file.?;
+}
+
+pub const Image = struct {
+    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+    sndfile: *c.SNDFILE,
+    path: []const u8,
+
+    /// Open a BMP file.
+    pub fn open(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, path: []const u8) !*Image {
+        var in_fmt = c.SF_INFO{
+            .frames = c_int(0),
+            .samplerate = c_int(44100),
+            .channels = c_int(1),
+            .format = c.SF_FORMAT_ULAW | c.SF_FORMAT_RAW | c.SF_ENDIAN_BIG,
+            .sections = c_int(0),
+            .seekable = c_int(0),
+        };
+
+        var sndfile = try sopen(allocator, path, c.SFM_READ, &in_fmt);
+        var image = try allocator.create(Image);
+
+        image.* = Image{
+            .allocator = allocator,
+            .sndfile = sndfile,
+            .path = path,
+        };
+
+        return image;
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(self: *Image) void {
+        var st: i32 = c.sf_close(self.sndfile);
+
+        if (st != 0) {
+            std.debug.warn(
+                "Failed to close {} ({})\n",
+                self.path,
+                c.sf_error_number(st),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/lang.zig b/src/lang.zig
index 0916aeb..8b91e8f 100644
--- a/src/lang.zig
+++ b/src/lang.zig
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub const Lang = struct {
 
         while (splitted_it.next()) |stmt_orig| {
             var stmt = std.mem.trimRight(u8, stmt_orig, "\n");
+            stmt = std.mem.trimLeft(u8, stmt, "\n");
 
             if (stmt.len == 0) continue;
 
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index f75c1ef..ddfeea5 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 const langs = @import("lang.zig");
+const runners = @import("runner.zig");
 
 const c = @cImport({
     @cInclude("assert.h");
     @cInclude("math.h");
-    @cInclude("sndfile.h");
     @cInclude("stdarg.h");
     @cInclude("stdio.h");
     @cInclude("stdlib.h");
     @cInclude("string.h");
 
+    @cInclude("sndfile.h");
+
     @cInclude("lilv/lilv.h");
     @cInclude("lv2/core/lv2.h");
 
@@ -301,11 +303,16 @@ fn print_usage() !void {
 
 pub fn main() !void {
     var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.c_allocator);
+    defer arena.deinit();
+
     const allocator = &arena.allocator;
 
     var lang = langs.Lang.init(allocator);
     //defer lang.deinit();
 
+    var runner = runners.Runner.init(allocator);
+    defer runner.deinit();
+
     var args_it = std.process.args();
 
     const exe_name = try (args_it.next(allocator) orelse @panic("expected exe name"));
@@ -324,10 +331,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     _ = try file.read(data);
 
     var cmds = try lang.parse(data);
-    var it = cmds.iterator();
-    while (it.next()) |cmd| {
-        cmd.print();
-    }
+    try runner.runCommands(cmds, true);
 }
 
 pub fn oldMain() !void {
@@ -447,7 +451,8 @@ pub fn oldMain() !void {
     var out_fmt = c.SF_INFO{
         .frames = c_int(0),
         .samplerate = c_int(44100),
-        .channels = @intCast(c_int, self.n_audio_out),
+        //.channels = @intCast(c_int, self.n_audio_out),
+        .channels = c_int(1),
         .format = c.SF_FORMAT_ULAW | c.SF_FORMAT_RAW,
         .sections = c_int(0),
         .seekable = c_int(0),
diff --git a/src/runner.zig b/src/runner.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90ccd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runner.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const lang = @import("lang.zig");
+const images = @import("image.zig");
+
+const Image = images.Image;
+
+pub const RunError = error{
+    UnknownCommand,
+    NoBMP,
+    ImageRequired,
+};
+
+pub const Runner = struct {
+    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+    image: ?*Image = null,
+
+    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Runner {
+        return Runner{ .allocator = allocator };
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Runner) void {
+        if (self.image) |image| {
+            image.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn resolveArg(self: *Runner, load_path: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+        if (load_path[0] == ':') {
+            // parse the index from 1 to end
+            const index = try std.fmt.parseInt(usize, load_path[1..], 10);
+            var args_it = std.process.args();
+            _ = args_it.skip();
+
+            var i: usize = 0;
+            while (i <= index) : (i += 1) {
+                _ = args_it.skip();
+            }
+
+            const arg = try (args_it.next(self.allocator) orelse @panic("expected argument"));
+
+            return arg;
+        } else {
+            return load_path;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn resolveArgPath(self: *Runner, path_or_argidx: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+        const path = try self.resolveArg(path_or_argidx);
+        const resolved_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(
+            self.allocator,
+            [_][]const u8{path},
+        );
+
+        return resolved_path;
+    }
+
+    fn loadCmd(self: *Runner, path_or_argidx: []const u8) !void {
+        var load_path = try self.resolveArgPath(path_or_argidx);
+        std.debug.warn("load path: {}\n", load_path);
+
+        // we could use ImageMagick to convert from X to BMP
+        // but i can't find an easy way to do things in memory.
+
+        // the upside is that this allows some pre-processing by the user
+        // before loading the file into scritcher. for example, you can start
+        // krita/gimp and make it export a bmp and while in the program you can
+        // apply filters, etc.
+        if (!std.mem.endsWith(u8, load_path, ".bmp")) {
+            std.debug.warn("Only BMP files are allowed to be loaded.\n");
+            return RunError.NoBMP;
+        }
+
+        self.image = try Image.open(self.allocator, load_path);
+    }
+
+    fn getImage(self: *Runner) !*Image {
+        if (self.image) |image| {
+            return image;
+        } else {
+            std.debug.warn("image is required!\n");
+            return RunError.ImageRequired;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn quicksaveCmd(self: *Runner) !void {
+        // we want to transform basename, if it is "x.bmp" to "x_gN.bmp", where
+        // N is the maximum non-used integer.
+        var image = try self.getImage();
+
+        const basename = std.fs.path.basename(image.path);
+        const dirname = std.fs.path.dirname(image.path).?;
+
+        var dir = try std.fs.Dir.open(self.allocator, dirname);
+        defer dir.close();
+
+        const period_idx = std.mem.lastIndexOf(u8, basename, ".").?;
+        const extension = basename[period_idx..basename.len];
+
+        // starts_with would be "x_g", we want to find all files in the directory
+        // that start with that name.
+        const starts_with = try std.fmt.allocPrint(
+            self.allocator,
+            "{}_g",
+            basename[0..period_idx],
+        );
+
+        var max: usize = 0;
+
+        while (try dir.next()) |entry| {
+            switch (entry.kind) {
+                .File => blk: {
+                    if (!std.mem.startsWith(u8, entry.name, starts_with)) break :blk {};
+
+                    // we want to get the N in x_gN.ext
+                    const entry_gidx = std.mem.lastIndexOf(u8, entry.name, "_g").?;
+
+                    const entry_pidx_opt = std.mem.lastIndexOf(u8, entry.name, ".");
+                    if (entry_pidx_opt == null) break :blk {};
+
+                    const entry_pidx = entry_pidx_opt.?;
+
+                    // if N isn't a number, we just ignore that file
+                    const idx_str = entry.name[entry_gidx + 2 .. entry_pidx];
+                    const idx = std.fmt.parseInt(usize, idx_str, 10) catch |err| {
+                        break :blk {};
+                    };
+
+                    if (idx > max) max = idx;
+                },
+                else => {},
+            }
+        }
+
+        const out_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(self.allocator, "{}_g{}{}", starts_with, max + 1, extension);
+        std.debug.warn("out path: {}\n", out_path);
+    }
+
+    fn runCommand(self: *Runner, cmd: *lang.Command) !void {
+        return switch (cmd.command) {
+            .Noop => {},
+            .Load => blk: {
+                var path = cmd.args.at(0);
+                try self.loadCmd(path);
+                break :blk;
+            },
+
+            .Quicksave => try self.quicksaveCmd(),
+            else => blk: {
+                std.debug.warn("Unknown command: {}\n", cmd.command);
+                break :blk RunError.UnknownCommand;
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// Run a list of commands.
+    pub fn runCommands(
+        self: *Runner,
+        cmds: lang.CommandList,
+        debug_flag: bool,
+    ) !void {
+        var it = cmds.iterator();
+
+        while (it.next()) |cmd| {
+            if (debug_flag) cmd.print();
+            try self.runCommand(cmd);
+        }
+    }
+};