diff --git a/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/document.coffee b/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/document.coffee
index c0db7268..0493d95f 100644
--- a/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/document.coffee
+++ b/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/document.coffee
@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@ class PDFDocument extends stream.Readable
     return this
 
   _refEnd: (ref) ->
+    console.log(ref.id)
+    console.log(@_offsets)
     @_offsets[ref.id - 1] = ref.offset
     if --@_waiting is 0 and @_ended
-      @_finalize()
+      console.log("finalize") ; @_finalize()
       @_ended = false
 
   write: (filename, fn) ->
@@ -171,26 +173,34 @@ class PDFDocument extends stream.Readable
     '
 
   end: ->
+    console.log("start document end")
+    console.log(@_offsets)
     @flushPages()
     @_info = @ref()
     for key, val of @info
       if typeof val is 'string'
         val = new String val
-
       @_info.data[key] = val
 
+    console.log(@_offsets)
     @_info.end()
 
     for name, font of @_fontFamilies
       font.finalize()
 
+    console.log(@_offsets)
+
     @_root.end()
+    console.log(@_offsets)
+
     @_root.data.Pages.end()
 
+    console.log(@_offsets)
     if @_waiting is 0
-      @_finalize()
+      console.log(@_offsets.length)
+      console.log("finalize2") ; @_finalize()
     else
-      @_ended = true
+      console.log("ended is true") ; @_ended = true
 
   _finalize: (fn) ->
     # generate xref
diff --git a/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/reference.coffee b/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/reference.coffee
index 0f0d4acb..b4295faf 100644
--- a/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/reference.coffee
+++ b/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/reference.coffee
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ class PDFReference extends stream.Writable
     @deflate = zlib.createDeflate()
 
     @deflate.on 'data', (chunk) =>
-      console.log("got data event for ref " + @id + " from " + this.toString())
+      # console.log("got data event for ref " + @id + " from " + this.toString())
       @chunks.push chunk
       @data.Length += chunk.length
       
     @deflate.on 'end', () => 
-      console.log("got end event for ref " + @id + " from " + this.toString())
+      #console.log("got end event for ref " + @id + " from " + this.toString())
       @finalize()
     
   _write: (chunk, encoding, callback) ->
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class PDFReference extends stream.Writable
     super
     
     console.log("end! " + @id)
-    console.log(@chunks)
+    # console.log(@chunks)
     if @deflate
       @deflate.end()
     else
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ class PDFReference extends stream.Writable
   finalize: =>
 
 
-    console.log("finalize! " + @id)
-    console.log(@chunks)
+    #console.log("finalize! " + @id)
+    #console.log(@chunks)
 
     @offset = @document._offset
     
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class PDFReference extends stream.Writable
       @document._write '\nendstream'
       
     @document._write 'endobj'
+    console.log(@id)
     @document._refEnd(this)
     
   toString: ->
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/document.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/document.rkt
index 44c19700..e8a8de96 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/document.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/document.rkt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
    end)
 
   (for ([(key val) (in-hash (hash-ref options 'info (hash)))]) ; if no 'info key, nothing will be copied from (hash)
-       (hash-set! info key val))
+    (hash-set! info key val))
 
   ;; Write the header
   (write this (format "%PDF-~a" pdf-version)) ;  PDF version
@@ -127,10 +127,8 @@
 
 (define/contract (_refEnd this ref)
   ((is-a?/c PDFReference) . ->m . void?)
-  (hash-set! (· this _offsets) (· ref id) (· ref offset))
-  (if (and (not (offsets-missing? this)) (· this _ended))
-      (· this _finalize)
-      (set-field! _ended this #f)))
+  (report* (· ref id) (· this _offsets))
+  (hash-set! (· this _offsets) (· ref id) (· ref offset)))
 
 
 (define/contract (pipe this port)
@@ -140,48 +138,54 @@
 
 (define/contract (end this) ; called from source file to finish doc
   (->m void?)
+  (report* 'start-end)
+  (report* (· this _offsets))
+
   (flushPages this)
   (define _info (ref this))
   (for ([(key val) (in-hash (· this info))])
-       ;; upgrade string literal to String struct
-       (hash-set! (· _info payload) key (if (string? val) (String val) val)))
+    ;; upgrade string literal to String struct
+    (hash-set! (· _info payload) key (if (string? val) (String val) val)))
+
+  (report* (· this _offsets))
   (· _info end)
 
   (for ([font (in-hash-values (· this _fontFamilies))])
-       (· font finalize))
+    (· font finalize))
+
+  (report* (· this _offsets))
 
   (· this _root end)
+  (report* (· this _offsets))
   (· this _root payload Pages end)
-
-  (cond
-    [(offsets-missing? this) (set-field! _ended this #t)]
-    [else
-     ;; generate xref
-     (define xref-offset (· this _offset))
-     (with-method ([this-write (this write)])
-       (define this-offsets (map cdr (sort (hash->list (· this _offsets)) < #:key car))) ; sort by refid
-       (this-write "xref")
-       (this-write (format "0 ~a" (add1 (length this-offsets))))
-       (this-write "0000000000 65535 f ")
-       (for ([offset (in-list this-offsets)])
-            (this-write @string-append{@(~r offset #:min-width 10 #:pad-string "0") 00000 n }))
-       (this-write "trailer") ;; trailer
-       (this-write (convert
-                    (mhash 'Size (add1 (length this-offsets))
-                           'Root (· this _root)
-                           'Info _info)))
-       (this-write "startxref")
-       (this-write (number xref-offset))
-       (this-write "%%EOF"))
+  (report* (· this _offsets))
+
+  ;; generate xref
+  (define xref-offset (· this _offset))
+  (with-method ([this-write (this write)])
+    (define this-offsets (map cdr (sort (hash->list (· this _offsets)) < #:key car))) ; sort by refid
+    (this-write "xref")
+    (this-write (format "0 ~a" (add1 (length this-offsets))))
+    (this-write "0000000000 65535 f ")
+    (for ([offset (in-list this-offsets)])
+      (this-write @string-append{@(~r offset #:min-width 10 #:pad-string "0") 00000 n }))
+    (this-write "trailer") ;; trailer
+    (this-write (convert
+                 (mhash 'Size (add1 (length this-offsets))
+                        'Root (· this _root)
+                        'Info _info)))
+    (this-write "startxref")
+    (this-write (number xref-offset))
+    (this-write "%%EOF"))
      
-     ;; end the stream
-     ;; in node you (@push null) which signals to the stream
-     ;; to copy to its output port
-     ;; here we'll do it manually
-     (define this-output-port (· this output-port))
-     (copy-port (open-input-bytes
-                 (apply bytes-append (reverse (· this byte-strings)))) this-output-port)
-     (close-output-port this-output-port)]))
+  ;; end the stream
+  ;; in node you (@push null) which signals to the stream
+  ;; to copy to its output port
+  ;; here we'll do it manually
+  (define this-output-port (· this output-port))
+  (copy-port (open-input-bytes
+              (apply bytes-append (reverse (· this byte-strings)))) this-output-port)
+  (close-output-port this-output-port))
 
 
 
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/png.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/png.rkt
index 602276e0..a86758b7 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/png.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/png.rkt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
          [document #f]) ; for `embed`
 
   (as-methods
-   embed))
+   embed
+   finalize))
 
 
 (define png-grayscale 1)
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
                 (send (· this document) ref
                       (mhash 'Type "XObject"
                              'Subtype "Image"
-                             'BitsPerComponent: (· this image get-depth)
+                             'BitsPerComponent (· this image get-depth)
                              'Width (· this width)
                              'Height (· this height)
                              'Filter "FlateDecode")))
@@ -35,9 +36,7 @@
     (define params (mhash))
     (unless (· this image has-alpha-channel?)
       (set! params (send (· this document) ref (mhash 'Predictor 15
-                                                      'Colors (· this image get-depth)
-                                                      ;; or maybe
-                                                      #;(if (· this image is-color?)
+                                                      'Colors (if (· this image is-color?)
                                                             png-color
                                                             png-grayscale)
                                                       'BitsPerComponent (· this image get-depth)
@@ -47,8 +46,14 @@
     (hash-set! (· this obj payload) 'DecodeParms params)
     (send params end)
 
+    (send this finalize)
+
     #;(error 'stop-in-png:embed)))
 
+(define (finalize this)
+  ;; add the actual image data
+  (send (· this obj) end (· this imgData)))
+
 #;(module+ test
     (define data (file->bytes "test/assets/test.png"))
     (define bm (make-object bitmap% (open-input-bytes data) 'png))
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/reference.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/reference.rkt
index 4258b77e..9860a38a 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/reference.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/reference.rkt
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@
 
 (define got-byte-strings? pair?)
 
-(define/contract (end this)
-  (->m void?)
+(define/contract (end this [chunk #f])
+  (() ((or/c string? isBuffer?)) . ->*m . void?)
+  (when chunk
+    (send this write chunk))
 
+  (report* 'end! (· this id))
   (define bstrs-to-write
     (let ([current-bstrs (reverse (· this byte-strings))])
-      (if (and (compress-streams?)
-               (not (hash-ref (· this payload) 'Filter #f))
+      (if (and (or (compress-streams?)
+               (equal? (hash-ref (· this payload) 'Filter #f) "FlateDecode"))
                (got-byte-strings? current-bstrs))
           (let ([deflated-chunk (deflate (apply bytes-append current-bstrs))])
             (hash-set! (· this payload) 'Filter "FlateDecode")
@@ -49,7 +52,8 @@
         (doc_write bstr))
       (doc_write "\nendstream"))
     (doc_write "endobj"))
-  
+
+  (report (· this id))
   (send this-doc _refEnd this))
 
 
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/death.png b/pitfall/pitfall/test/death.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8b528a5
Binary files /dev/null and b/pitfall/pitfall/test/death.png differ
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.coffee b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.coffee
index 494cfea0..0ab93a18 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.coffee
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.coffee
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@ make = (doc) ->
     doc.font('Times-Italic')
        .fontSize(25)
        .text('Some text with an embedded font!', 100, 100, lineBreak: no)
-       .image('assets/test.png', 100, 160, width: 412)
-       .image('assets/test.jpeg', 190, 400, height: 300)
-       
+       .image('death.png', 100, 160, width: 412)
+
     doc.end()
 
 doc = new PDFDocument({compress: no})
 doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test5.pdf'))
 make doc
 
-doc = new PDFDocument({compress: yes})
-doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test5c.pdf'))
-make doc
+#doc = new PDFDocument({compress: yes})
+#doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test5c.pdf'))
+#make doc
 
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.pdf b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.pdf
index 6e8756d0..042173e5 100644
Binary files a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.pdf and b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.pdf differ
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.rkt
index fbba2af5..0e754ff3 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5.rkt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   [font "Times-Italic"]
   [fontSize 25]
   [text "Some text with an embedded font!" 100 100 (hash 'lineBreak #f)]
-  [image "assets/test.png" 100 160 (hash 'width 412)]
+  [image "death.png" 100 160 (hash 'width 412)]
   #;[image "assets/test.jpeg" 190 400 (hash 'height 300)]))
 
 (define-runtime-path this "test5rkt.pdf")
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5c.pdf b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5c.pdf
index 2457db90..b332743f 100644
Binary files a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5c.pdf and b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5c.pdf differ
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5rkt.pdf b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5rkt.pdf
index e69de29b..b3a70dc3 100644
Binary files a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5rkt.pdf and b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test5rkt.pdf differ