diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index ed642a2..1809d15 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ func (c *client) Visit(url string) {
 // +++ Begin Protocol Handlers +++
 
 func (c *client) handleGopher(u Url) {
-	if u.DownloadOnly {
+	if u.DownloadOnly || (c.Options["showimages"] == "false" && (u.Mime == "I" || u.Mime == "g")) {
 		nameSplit := strings.Split(u.Resource, "/")
 		filename := nameSplit[len(nameSplit)-1]
 		filename = strings.Trim(filename, " \t\r\n\v\f\a")
@@ -947,6 +947,11 @@ func (c *client) handleGopher(u Url) {
 			return
 		}
 		pg := MakePage(u, content, links)
+		if u.Mime == "I" || u.Mime == "g" {
+			pg.FileType = "image"
+		} else {
+			pg.FileType = "text"
+		}
 		pg.WrapContent(c.Width-1, (c.Options["theme"] == "color"))
 		c.PageState.Add(pg)
 		c.SetPercentRead()
@@ -968,8 +973,9 @@ func (c *client) handleGemini(u Url) {
 	case 1:
 		c.search("", u.Full, capsule.Content)
 	case 2:
-		if capsule.MimeMaj == "text" {
+		if capsule.MimeMaj == "text" || (c.Options["showimages"] == "true" && capsule.MimeMaj == "image") {
 			pg := MakePage(u, capsule.Content, capsule.Links)
+			pg.FileType = capsule.MimeMaj
 			pg.WrapContent(c.Width-1, (c.Options["theme"] == "color"))
 			c.PageState.Add(pg)
 			c.SetPercentRead()
diff --git a/defaults.go b/defaults.go
index 1c0a230..58ff0c4 100644
--- a/defaults.go
+++ b/defaults.go
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ var defaultOptions = map[string]string{
 	// the "configlocation" as follows:
 	// "configlocation": xdgConfigPath()
 
+	"configlocation": xdgConfigPath(),
+	"defaultscheme":  "gopher", // "gopher", "gemini", "http", "https"
 	"homeurl":        "gopher://bombadillo.colorfield.space:70/1/user-guide.map",
+	"showimages":     "false",
 	"savelocation":   homePath(),
 	"searchengine":   "gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/7/v2/vs",
 	"telnetcommand":  "telnet",
-	"configlocation": xdgConfigPath(),
-	"defaultscheme":  "gopher", // "gopher", "gemini", "http", "https"
 	"theme":          "normal", // "normal", "inverted", "color"
 	"tlscertificate": "",
 	"tlskey":         "",
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1362e78..53918f7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func validateOpt(opt, val string) bool {
 		"webmode":       []string{"none", "gui", "lynx", "w3m", "elinks"},
 		"theme":         []string{"normal", "inverse", "color"},
 		"defaultscheme": []string{"gopher", "gemini", "http", "https"},
+		"showimages":    []string{"true", "false"},
 	}
 
 	opt = strings.ToLower(opt)
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func validateOpt(opt, val string) bool {
 
 func lowerCaseOpt(opt, val string) string {
 	switch opt {
-	case "webmode", "theme", "defaultscheme":
+	case "webmode", "theme", "defaultscheme", "showimages":
 		return strings.ToLower(val)
 	default:
 		return val
diff --git a/page.go b/page.go
index 08e75fb..ba9258b 100644
--- a/page.go
+++ b/page.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+
+	"tildegit.org/sloum/bombadillo/tdiv"
 )
 
 //------------------------------------------------\\
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ type Page struct {
 	FoundLinkLines []int
 	SearchTerm     string
 	SearchIndex    int
+	FileType       string
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------\\
@@ -47,11 +50,23 @@ func (p *Page) ScrollPositionRange(termHeight int) (int, int) {
 	return p.ScrollPosition, end
 }
 
+func (p *Page) RenderImage(width int) {
+	w := (width - 5) * 2
+	if w > 300 {
+		w = 300
+	}
+	p.WrappedContent = tdiv.Render([]byte(p.RawContent), w)
+}
+
 // WrapContent performs a hard wrap to the requested
 // width and updates the WrappedContent
 // of the Page struct width a string slice
 // of the wrapped data
 func (p *Page) WrapContent(width int, color bool) {
+	if p.FileType == "image" {
+		p.RenderImage(width)
+		return
+	}
 	counter := 0
 	var content strings.Builder
 	var esc strings.Builder
@@ -165,6 +180,6 @@ func (p *Page) FindText() {
 
 // MakePage returns a Page struct with default values
 func MakePage(url Url, content string, links []string) Page {
-	p := Page{make([]string, 0), content, links, url, 0, make([]int, 0), "", 0}
+	p := Page{make([]string, 0), content, links, url, 0, make([]int, 0), "", 0, ""}
 	return p
 }
diff --git a/tdiv/tdiv.go b/tdiv/tdiv.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce3e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tdiv/tdiv.go
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+package tdiv
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"image/gif"
+	"image/jpeg"
+	"image/png"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func getBraille(pattern string) (rune, error) {
+	switch pattern {
+	case "000000":
+		return ' ', nil
+	case "100000":
+		return '⠁', nil
+	case "001000":
+		return '⠂', nil
+	case "101000":
+		return '⠃', nil
+	case "000010":
+		return '⠄', nil
+	case "100010":
+		return '⠅', nil
+	case "001010":
+		return '⠆', nil
+	case "101010":
+		return '⠇', nil
+	case "010000":
+		return '⠈', nil
+	case "110000":
+		return '⠉', nil
+	case "011000":
+		return '⠊', nil
+	case "111000":
+		return '⠋', nil
+	case "010010":
+		return '⠌', nil
+	case "110010":
+		return '⠍', nil
+	case "011010":
+		return '⠎', nil
+	case "111010":
+		return '⠏', nil
+	case "000100":
+		return '⠐', nil
+	case "100100":
+		return '⠑', nil
+	case "001100":
+		return '⠒', nil
+	case "101100":
+		return '⠓', nil
+	case "000110":
+		return '⠔', nil
+	case "100110":
+		return '⠕', nil
+	case "001110":
+		return '⠖', nil
+	case "101110":
+		return '⠗', nil
+	case "010100":
+		return '⠘', nil
+	case "110100":
+		return '⠙', nil
+	case "011100":
+		return '⠚', nil
+	case "111100":
+		return '⠛', nil
+	case "010110":
+		return '⠜', nil
+	case "110110":
+		return '⠝', nil
+	case "011110":
+		return '⠞', nil
+	case "111110":
+		return '⠟', nil
+	case "000001":
+		return '⠠', nil
+	case "100001":
+		return '⠡', nil
+	case "001001":
+		return '⠢', nil
+	case "101001":
+		return '⠣', nil
+	case "000011":
+		return '⠤', nil
+	case "100011":
+		return '⠥', nil
+	case "001011":
+		return '⠦', nil
+	case "101011":
+		return '⠧', nil
+	case "010001":
+		return '⠨', nil
+	case "110001":
+		return '⠩', nil
+	case "011001":
+		return '⠪', nil
+	case "111001":
+		return '⠫', nil
+	case "010011":
+		return '⠬', nil
+	case "110011":
+		return '⠭', nil
+	case "011011":
+		return '⠮', nil
+	case "111011":
+		return '⠯', nil
+	case "000101":
+		return '⠰', nil
+	case "100101":
+		return '⠱', nil
+	case "001101":
+		return '⠲', nil
+	case "101101":
+		return '⠳', nil
+	case "000111":
+		return '⠴', nil
+	case "100111":
+		return '⠵', nil
+	case "001111":
+		return '⠶', nil
+	case "101111":
+		return '⠷', nil
+	case "010101":
+		return '⠸', nil
+	case "110101":
+		return '⠹', nil
+	case "011101":
+		return '⠺', nil
+	case "111101":
+		return '⠻', nil
+	case "010111":
+		return '⠼', nil
+	case "110111":
+		return '⠽', nil
+	case "011111":
+		return '⠾', nil
+	case "111111":
+		return '⠿', nil
+	default:
+		return '!', fmt.Errorf("Invalid character entry")
+	}
+}
+
+// scaleImage loads and scales an image and returns a 2d pixel-int slice
+//
+// Adapted from:
+// http://tech-algorithm.com/articles/nearest-neighbor-image-scaling/
+func scaleImage(file io.Reader, newWidth int) (int, int, [][]int, error) {
+	img, _, err := image.Decode(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, nil, err
+	}
+
+	bounds := img.Bounds()
+	width, height := bounds.Max.X, bounds.Max.Y
+	newHeight := int(float64(newWidth) * (float64(height) / float64(width)))
+
+	out := make([][]int, newHeight)
+	for i := range out {
+		out[i] = make([]int, newWidth)
+	}
+
+	xRatio := float64(width) / float64(newWidth)
+	yRatio := float64(height) / float64(newHeight)
+	var px, py int
+	for i := 0; i < newHeight; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < newWidth; j++ {
+			px = int(float64(j) * xRatio)
+			py = int(float64(i) * yRatio)
+			out[i][j] = rgbaToGray(img.At(px, py).RGBA())
+		}
+	}
+	return newWidth, newHeight, out, nil
+}
+
+// Get the bi-dimensional pixel array
+func getPixels(file io.Reader) (int, int, [][]int, error) {
+	img, _, err := image.Decode(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, nil, err
+	}
+
+	bounds := img.Bounds()
+	width, height := bounds.Max.X, bounds.Max.Y
+
+	var pixels [][]int
+	for y := 0; y < height; y++ {
+		var row []int
+		for x := 0; x < width; x++ {
+			row = append(row, rgbaToGray(img.At(x, y).RGBA()))
+		}
+		pixels = append(pixels, row)
+	}
+
+	return width, height, pixels, nil
+}
+
+func errorDither(w, h int, p [][]int) [][]int {
+	mv := [4][2]int{
+		[2]int{0, 1},
+		[2]int{1, 1},
+		[2]int{1, 0},
+		[2]int{1, -1},
+	}
+	per := [4]float64{0.4375, 0.0625, 0.3125, 0.1875}
+	var res, diff int
+	for y := 0; y < h; y++ {
+		for x := 0; x < w; x++ {
+			cur := p[y][x]
+			if cur > 128 {
+				res = 1
+				diff = -(255 - cur)
+			} else {
+				res = 0
+				diff = cur // TODO see why this was abs() in the py version
+			}
+			for i, v := range mv {
+				if y+v[0] >= h || x+v[1] >= w || x+v[1] <= 0 {
+					continue
+				}
+				px := p[y+v[0]][x+v[1]]
+				px = int(float64(diff)*per[i] + float64(px))
+				if px < 0 {
+					px = 0
+				} else if px > 255 {
+					px = 255
+				}
+				p[y+v[0]][x+v[1]] = px
+				p[y][x] = res
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+func toBraille(p [][]int) []rune {
+	w := len(p[0]) // TODO this is unsafe
+	h := len(p)
+	rows := h / 3
+	cols := w / 2
+	out := make([]rune, rows*(cols+1))
+	counter := 0
+	for y := 0; y < h-3; y += 4 {
+		for x := 0; x < w-1; x += 2 {
+			str := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"%d%d%d%d%d%d",
+				p[y][x], p[y][x+1],
+				p[y+1][x], p[y+1][x+1],
+				p[y+2][x], p[y+2][x+1])
+			b, err := getBraille(str)
+			if err != nil {
+				out[counter] = ' '
+			} else {
+				out[counter] = b
+			}
+			counter++
+		}
+		out[counter] = '\n'
+		counter++
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func rgbaToGray(r uint32, g uint32, b uint32, a uint32) int {
+	rf := float64(r/257) * 0.92126
+	gf := float64(g/257) * 0.97152
+	bf := float64(b/257) * 0.90722
+	grey := int((rf + gf + bf) / 3)
+	return grey
+}
+
+func Render(in []byte, width int) []string {
+	image.RegisterFormat("jpeg", "jpeg", jpeg.Decode, jpeg.DecodeConfig)
+	image.RegisterFormat("png", "png", png.Decode, png.DecodeConfig)
+	image.RegisterFormat("gif", "gif", gif.Decode, gif.DecodeConfig)
+	w, h, p, err := scaleImage(bytes.NewReader(in), width)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return []string{"Unable to render image.", "Please download using:", "", "   :w ."}
+	}
+	px := errorDither(w, h, p)
+	b := toBraille(px)
+	out := strings.SplitN(string(b), "\n", -1)
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/url.go b/url.go
index a6823fa..0831411 100644
--- a/url.go
+++ b/url.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func MakeUrl(u string) (Url, error) {
 			out.Mime = "1"
 		}
 		switch out.Mime {
-		case "1", "0", "h", "7":
+		case "1", "0", "h", "7", "I", "g":
 			out.DownloadOnly = false
 		default:
 			out.DownloadOnly = true