diff --git a/src/assets.rs b/src/assets.rs
index fc78488..3b9341e 100644
--- a/src/assets.rs
+++ b/src/assets.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use plist;
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+use image::GenericImageView;
 use image::DynamicImage;
 
 /// "{1,2}" -> `(1, 2)`
@@ -195,11 +196,9 @@ pub fn load_animations(path: &str) -> Animations {
 }
 
 /// Trims out a sprite from an image according to a .plist spritesheet.
-pub fn get_sprite(spritesheet: Spritesheet, img: DynamicImage, key: String) -> Option<(DynamicImage, Sprite)> {
+pub fn get_sprite(spritesheet: Spritesheet, img: &DynamicImage, key: String) -> Option<(DynamicImage, Sprite)> {
     let sprite = spritesheet.sprites.get(&key);
 
-    let mut canvas = img;
-
     if sprite.is_none() {
         return None;
     }
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ pub fn get_sprite(spritesheet: Spritesheet, img: DynamicImage, key: String) -> O
             (left, top, width, height) = (left, top, height, width);
         }
         
-        canvas = canvas.crop(left as u32, top as u32, width as u32, height as u32);
+        let mut canvas: DynamicImage = image::DynamicImage::ImageRgba8(img.view(left as u32, top as u32, width as u32, height as u32).to_image());
 
         if sprite.rotated {
             canvas = canvas.rotate270();
@@ -225,8 +224,7 @@ pub fn get_sprite(spritesheet: Spritesheet, img: DynamicImage, key: String) -> O
 }
 
 /// Trims out a sprite from an image according to a LoadedSpritesheet object.
-pub fn get_sprite_from_loaded(spritesheet: LoadedSpritesheet, key: String) -> Option<(DynamicImage, Sprite)> {
-    let texture = spritesheet.texture;
-    let sprite = get_sprite(spritesheet.spritesheet, texture, key);
+pub fn get_sprite_from_loaded(spritesheet: &LoadedSpritesheet, key: String) -> Option<(DynamicImage, Sprite)> {
+    let sprite = get_sprite(spritesheet.spritesheet.clone(), &spritesheet.texture, key);
     return sprite;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/renderer.rs b/src/renderer.rs
index 4eb8139..bc0421f 100644
--- a/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer.rs
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ pub fn render_normal(basename: String, col1: [f32; 3], col2: [f32; 3], glow: boo
 
     let layers = vec![
         (if glow || (is_black(col1) && is_black(col2)) {
-            assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(game_sheet_glow, format!("{}_glow_001.png", basename))
+            assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(&game_sheet_glow, format!("{}_glow_001.png", basename))
         } else {
             None
         }),
-        assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(game_sheet_02.clone(), format!("{}_2_001.png", basename)),
-        assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(game_sheet_02.clone(), format!("{}_3_001.png", basename)),
-        assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(game_sheet_02.clone(), format!("{}_001.png", basename)),
-        assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(game_sheet_02, format!("{}_extra_001.png", basename))
+        assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(&game_sheet_02, format!("{}_2_001.png", basename)),
+        assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(&game_sheet_02, format!("{}_3_001.png", basename)),
+        assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(&game_sheet_02, format!("{}_001.png", basename)),
+        assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(&game_sheet_02, format!("{}_extra_001.png", basename))
     ];
 
     let colors: Vec<Option<[f32; 3]>> = vec![
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ pub fn render_zany(basename: String, col1: [f32; 3], col2: [f32; 3], glow: bool,
 
         layers.extend(names.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, v)| {
             (
-                assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(game_sheet_02.clone(), v.clone()),
+                assets::get_sprite_from_loaded(&game_sheet_02, v.clone()),
                 a.position,
                 flip(a.scale, a.flipped),
                 a.rotation,