diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a8d58e0..1eface9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gd-icon-renderer"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "image",
  "imageproc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8ddccef..da116fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gd-icon-renderer"
 description = "A tool to render Geometry Dash icons."
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
 repository = "https://git.reidlab.online/reidlab/gd-icon-renderer"
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 9792140..621708d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -42,7 +42,5 @@ Provide your `GJ_GameSheet02-uhd`, `GJ_GameSheetGlow-uhd`, `Robot_AnimDesc2`, an
 ## Todo
 
 - Add examples to the repo.
-- Swap to a custom `plist` parser. Current one is kinda slow.
-- Stop the fucking cloning. Majority of speed lost from cloning is @ [`./src/renderer.rs:178`](./src/renderer.rs) 
 - Trim extra alpha space on the final result.
 - I think theres some weird shifting and offsets going on, please investigate 🥺. Really big on `spider_16` for some reason?? Related issue on the inspired project [here](https://github.com/oatmealine/gd-icon-renderer/issues/2).
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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;
 }
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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,