diff --git a/texturecrafter.cpp b/texturecrafter.cpp
index 5665c83..67044a8 100644
--- a/texturecrafter.cpp
+++ b/texturecrafter.cpp
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ TextureCrafter::TextureCrafter(QObject *parent)
 {}
 
 void TextureCrafter::packChannels(QVector<QUrl> imagePaths) {
+
     QVector<QImage> sourceImages;
     int width = 0, height = 0;
     QImage::Format format = QImage::Format_RGB888;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < imagePaths.length(); i++) {
         // if the ui layer did its job this will always be a file:// url
-        QString rawPath = imagePaths[i].path();
+        QString rawPath = imagePaths[i].toLocalFile();
         QImage newImage(rawPath); // would this cause a use after free idk
 
         // we just use the first image's dimensions and force the others to conform hehe
@@ -49,9 +50,17 @@ void TextureCrafter::packChannels(QVector<QUrl> imagePaths) {
         QString outFileName = outDir.path();
         outFileName.append("/out.png");
 
-        outImage.save(outFileName);
+        printf("wrote to %s\n", outFileName.toLatin1().data());
+
+	//TODO: use libpng and do progressive write to update the progress bar
+        if (outImage.save(outFileName)) {
+            printf("cool ^-^\n");
+        } else {
+            //TODO: return some error value to show the user
+            printf("that dream is fucked it is fucking fucked\n");
+        }
     } else {
-        // chat its so over
+        printf("chat its so over\n");
     }
 
     //do we need to close these??? idk lets hope qt handles it