diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3e65e8d..9ac79ed 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ enum Message {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 struct State {
-    image: Option<RgbaImage>,
     image_display: Option<widget::image::Allocation>,
     image_filter: widget::image::FilterMethod,
 
@@ -168,8 +167,7 @@ impl State {
             if image.dimensions() < (100, 100) {
                 self.image_filter = widget::image::FilterMethod::Nearest;
             }
-            self.image = Some(image);
-            self.allocate_image()
+            self.allocate_image(image)
         })
     }
     fn pick_and_load_image(&mut self) -> Result<Task<Message>, String> {
@@ -180,16 +178,11 @@ impl State {
         self.error = utils::save_image(self.image.as_ref()).err();
     }
 
-    fn allocate_image(&self) -> Task<Message> {
-        let Some(image) = self.image.as_ref() else {
-            eprintln!("no image to allocate");
-            return Task::none();
-        };
-
+    fn allocate_image(&self, image: RgbaImage) -> Task<Message> {
         widget::image::allocate(widget::image::Handle::from_rgba(
             image.width(),
             image.height(),
-            unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<&[u8], &'static [u8]>(image.as_bytes()) },
+            image.into_vec(),
         ))
         .map(Message::ImageDisplayReady)
     }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index dafd1f2..c59c7e7 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ use iced::widget;
 use image::{DynamicImage, ImageDecoder, ImageReader, ImageResult, RgbaImage};
 use rfd::FileDialog;
 
+pub fn image_from_handle(handle: widget::image::Handle) -> RgbaImage {
+    match handle {
+        widget::image::Handle::Rgba {
+            id,
+            width,
+            height,
+            pixels,
+        } => RgbaImage::from_raw(width, height, pixels.as_ref()).unwrap(),
+        _ => panic!("handle should always hold rgba data"),
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn load_image(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<RgbaImage, String> {
     _load_image(path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
 }