diff --git a/demos/image/js/image.js b/demos/image/js/image.js
index 1e3516b1..4b403d81 100644
--- a/demos/image/js/image.js
+++ b/demos/image/js/image.js
@@ -5,23 +5,60 @@ Ox.load('Image', function() {
     Ox.Image('png/Lenna.png', function(image) {
         var body = Ox.element('body'),
             select = Ox.element('<select>').appendTo(body);
-        ['Filter...', 'blur', 'channel', 'contour', 'invert', 'edges', 'emboss', 'motionBlur', 'posterize', 'sharpen', 'solarize'].forEach(function(filter) {
+        [
+            'Method...', 'blur(1)', 'blur(2)', 'blur(3)',
+            'channel("r")', 'channel("g")', 'channel("b")', 
+            'channel("h")', 'channel("s")', 'channel("l")',
+            'contour()', 'edges()', 'emboss()',
+            'encode("some secret stuff")', 'decode()',
+            'encode("some secret stuff", true)', 'decode(true)',
+            'encode("some secret stuff", 1)', 'decode(1)',
+            'encode("some secret stuff", 127)', 'decode(127)',
+            'hue(0)', 'hue(120)', 'hue(240)',
+            'invert()',
+            'lightness(-0.5)', 'lightness(0.5)',
+            'motionBlur()', 'posterize()',
+            'saturation(-0.5)', 'saturation(0.5)',
+            'sharpen()', 'solarize()', 'src("png/Lenna.png")'
+        ].forEach(function(filter) {
             Ox.element('<option>').html(filter).appendTo(select);
         });
         select[0].onchange = function() {
             if (select[0].value[0] == select[0].value[0].toLowerCase()) {
-                Ox.element('#filter').attr({
-                    src: image[select[0].value]().url()
-                });
+                var split = select[0].value.split('('),
+                    fn = split[0],
+                    args = split[1].length == 1 ? []
+                        : split[1].split(')')[0].split(', ').map(function(v) {
+                            return v == 'true' ? true
+                                : v == 'false'? false
+                                : v[0] == '"' ? v.split('"')[1]
+                                : parseFloat(v);
+                        });
+                if (fn == 'encode' || fn == 'src') {
+                    image[fn].apply(null, Ox.merge(args, function(image) {
+                        Ox.element('#filter').attr({
+                            src: image.src()
+                        });
+                    }));
+                } else if (fn == 'decode') {
+                    image[fn].apply(null, Ox.merge(args, function(str) {
+                        alert(str);
+                    }));
+                } else {
+                    Ox.element('#filter').attr({
+                        src: image[fn].apply(null, args).src()
+                    });
+                }
+                select[0].selectedIndex = 0;
             }
         }
         Ox.element('<br>').appendTo(body);
         Ox.element('<img>').attr({
-            src: image.url()
+            src: image.src()
         }).appendTo(body);
         Ox.element('<img>').attr({
             id: 'filter',
-            src: image.url()
+            src: image.src()
         }).appendTo(body);        
         //Ox.element('<img>').attr({src: image.saturation(0.5).blur().url()}).appendTo(Ox.element('body'));
     });
diff --git a/demos/image/png/Lenna.png b/demos/image/png/Lenna.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37b0d61a
Binary files /dev/null and b/demos/image/png/Lenna.png differ
diff --git a/source/Ox.Image/Ox.Image.js b/source/Ox.Image/Ox.Image.js
index a1e63e6f..c8f45ecd 100644
--- a/source/Ox.Image/Ox.Image.js
+++ b/source/Ox.Image/Ox.Image.js
@@ -5,17 +5,43 @@ Ox.load.Image = function(options, callback) {
         var self = {},
             that = {};
 
+        self.callback = arguments[arguments.length - 1];
         if (arguments.length == 2) {
             self.src = arguments[0];
-            self.callback = arguments[1];
+            self.image = new Image();
+            self.image.onload = init;
+            self.image.src = self.src;
         } else {
             self.width = arguments[0];
             self.height = arguments[1];
-            self.callback = arguments[2];
+            self.background = arguments.length == 4 ? arguments[2] : [0, 0, 0, 0];
+            init();
         }
 
-        function getIndex(x, y) {
-            return (Ox.mod(x, self.width) + Ox.mod(y * self.width, self.width * self.height)) * 4;
+        function error(mode) {
+            throw new RangeError('PNG codec can\'t ' + mode + ' ' + (
+                mode == 'encode' ? 'data' : 'image'
+            ));
+        }
+
+        function getCapacity(bpb) {
+            var capacity = 0;
+            that.forEach(function(rgba) {
+                capacity += rgba[3] == 255 ? bpb / 8 : 0;
+            });
+            return capacity;
+        }
+
+        function getIndex() {
+            if (arguments.length == 1) {
+                xy = arguments[0];
+            } else {
+                xy = [arguments[0], arguments[1]];
+            }
+            return (
+                Ox.mod(xy[0], self.width)
+                + Ox.mod(xy[1] * self.width, self.width * self.height)
+            ) * 4;
         }
 
         function getXY(index) {
@@ -23,67 +49,39 @@ Ox.load.Image = function(options, callback) {
             return [index % self.width, Math.floor(index / self.width)];
         }
 
-        self.filter = function(filter, bias) {
-            bias = bias || 0;
-            var filterSize = Math.sqrt(filter.length),
-                d = (filterSize - 1) / 2,
-                imageData = self.context.getImageData(0, 0, self.width, self.height),
-                imageDataNew = self.context.createImageData(self.width, self.height),
-                data = [],
-                n = imageData.data.length,
-                xy, filterIndex, pixelIndex;
-            for (var i = 0; i < n; i += 4) {
-                for (var c = 0; c < 3; c++) {
-                    data[i + c] = 0;
-                }
-                filterIndex = 0;
-                xy = getXY(i);
-                for (var x = -d; x <= d; x++) {
-                    for (var y = -d; y <= d; y++) {
-                        pixelIndex = getIndex(xy[0] + x, xy[1] + y);
-                        for (var c = 0; c < 3; c++) {
-                            data[i + c] += imageData.data[pixelIndex + c] * filter[filterIndex];
-                        }
-                        filterIndex++;
-                    }
-                }
+        function init() {
+            if (self.image) {
+                self.width = self.image.width;
+                self.height = self.image.height;
             }
-            for (var i = 0; i < n; i += 4) {
-                for (var c = 0; c < 3; c++) {
-                    imageDataNew.data[i + c] = Ox.limit(Math.round(data[i + c] + bias), 0, 255)
-                }
-                imageDataNew.data[i + 3] = 255;
+            self.canvas = Ox.element('<canvas>').attr({
+                width: self.width,
+                height: self.height
+            });
+            self.context = self.canvas[0].getContext('2d');
+            if (self.image) {
+                self.context.drawImage(self.image, 0, 0);
+            } else if (Ox.sum(self.background)) {
+                that.fillStyle(self.background);
+                that.fillRect(0, 0, self.width, self.height);
             }
-            self.context.putImageData(imageDataNew, 0, 0);
-        };
+            self.imageData = self.context.getImageData(0, 0, self.width, self.height);
+            self.data = self.imageData.data;
+            self.callback(that);
+        }
 
-        self.map = function(fn) {
-            var imageData = self.context.getImageData(0, 0, self.width, self.height),
-                i, n = imageData.data.length, c;
-            for (i = 0; i < n; i += 4) {
-                var data = fn([
-                    imageData.data[i], imageData.data[i + 1],
-                    imageData.data[i + 2], imageData.data[i + 3]
-                ], getXY(i));
-                for (c = 0; c < 4; c++) {
-                    imageData.data[i + c] = data[c];
-                };
-            }
-            self.context.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);
-        };
-
-        self.setSL = function(sl, d) {
-            var c = sl == 'saturation' ? 1 : 2;
-            self.map(function(rgba) {
+        function setSL(sl, d) {
+            var c = sl == 's' ? 1 : 2;
+            return that.map(function(rgba) {
                 var hsl = Ox.hsl([rgba[0], rgba[1], rgba[2]]), rgb;
                 hsl[c] = d < 0 ? hsl[c] * (d + 1) : hsl[c] + (1 - hsl[c]) * d;
                 rgb = Ox.rgb(hsl);
-                return [rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2], rgba[3]];
+                return Ox.merge(rgb, rgba[3]);
             });
         }
 
         that.blur = function(val) {
-            self.filter(val == 1 ? [
+            return that.filter(val == 1 ? [
                 0.0, 0.2, 0.0,
                 0.2, 0.2, 0.2,
                 0.0, 0.2, 0.0
@@ -102,83 +100,320 @@ Ox.load.Image = function(options, callback) {
                 0.00, 1/37, 1/37, 1/37, 1/37, 1/37, 0.00,
                 0.00, 0.00, 1/37, 1/37, 1/37, 0.00, 0.00
             ]);
-            return that;
         };
 
-        that.brightness = function(val) {
-            self.setSL('brightness', val);
-            return that;
-        };
-
-        that.channel = function(channel) {
-            self.map(function(rgba) {
-                var hue = Ox.hsl([rgba[0], rgba[1], rgba[2]])[0],
-                    rgb = Ox.rgb([hue, 1, 0.5]);
-                return [rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2], rgba[3]];
+        that.channel = function(c) {
+            c = c.toLowerCase();
+            return that.map(function(rgba) {
+                var i = ['r', 'g', 'b'].indexOf(c), rgb, val;
+                if (i > -1) {
+                    return Ox.map(rgba, function(v, c) {
+                        return c == i || c == 3 ? v : 0;
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    i = ['h', 's', 'l'].indexOf(c);
+                    val = Ox.hsl([rgba[0], rgba[1], rgba[2]])[i];
+                    rgb = i == 0 
+                        ? Ox.rgb([val, 1, 0.5])
+                        : Ox.map(Ox.range(3), function(v) {
+                            return parseInt(val * 255);
+                        });
+                    return Ox.merge(rgb, rgba[3]);
+                }
             });
-            return that;
         }
 
         that.contour = function(val) {
-            self.filter([
+            return that.filter([
                 +1, +1, +1,
                 +1, -7, +1,
                 +1, +1, +1
             ]);
-            return that;
         };
 
         that.edges = function(val) {
-            self.filter([
+            return that.filter([
                 -1, -1, -1,
                 -1, +8, -1,
                 -1, -1, -1
-            ]);
-            that.saturation(-1);
-            return that;
+            ]).saturation(-1);
         };
 
         that.emboss = function(val) {
-            self.filter([
+            return that.filter([
                 -1, -1, +0,
                 -1, +0, +1,
                 +0, +1, +1
-            ], 128);
-            that.saturation(-1);
+            ], 128).saturation(-1);
+        };
+
+        that.decode = function() {
+            var callback = arguments[arguments.length - 1],
+                deflate = Ox.isBoolean(arguments[0]) ? arguments[0]
+                    : Ox.isBoolean(arguments[1]) ? arguments[1] : false,
+                mode = Ox.isNumber(arguments[0]) ? arguments[0]
+                    : Ox.isNumber(arguments[1]) ? arguments[1] : 0,
+                bin = '',
+                bits = mode < 1 ? [-mode] : Ox.map(Ox.range(8), function(b) {
+                    return mode & 1 << b ? b : null;
+                }),
+                done = 0; len = 4, str = '';
+            that.forEach(function(rgba, xy) {
+                if (rgba[3] == 255) {
+                    var index = getIndex(xy);
+                    Ox.loop(3, function(c) {
+                        var i = index + c;
+                        Ox.forEach(bits, function(bit) {
+                            if (mode < 1) {
+                                bin += Ox.sum(Ox.range(8).map(function(b) {
+                                    return self.data[i] & 1 << b;
+                                })) % 2;
+                            } else {
+                                bin += +!!(self.data[i] & i << bit);
+                            }
+                            /*mode > 0 &&*/ Ox.print(bin)
+                            if (bin.length == 8) {
+                                str += Ox.char(parseInt(bin, 2));
+                                bin = '';
+                                if (str.length == len) {
+                                    if (++done == 1) {
+                                        len = Ox.decodeBase256(str);
+                                        Ox.print("LEN", len)
+                                        if (len + 4 > getCapacity(1)) {
+                                            error('decode');
+                                        }
+                                        str = '';
+                                    } else {
+                                        return false;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        });
+                    });
+                    if (done == 2) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            try {
+                Ox.print("STR", str, str.length, str.charCodeAt(0));
+                if (deflate) {
+                    Ox.decodeDeflate(str, callback);
+                } else {
+                    callback(Ox.decodeUTF8(str));
+                    return str;
+                }
+            } catch (e) {
+                error('decode');
+            }
+        }
+
+        that.encode = function(str) {
+            var callback = arguments[arguments.length - 1],
+                deflate = Ox.isBoolean(arguments[1]) ? arguments[1]
+                    : Ox.isBoolean(arguments[2]) ? arguments[2] : false,
+                mode = Ox.isNumber(arguments[1]) ? arguments[1]
+                    : Ox.isNumber(arguments[2]) ? arguments[2] : 0,
+                b = 0, bin,
+                bits = mode < 1 ? [-mode] : Ox.map(Ox.range(8), function(bit) {
+                    return mode & 1 << bit ? bit : null;
+                }),
+                cap = getCapacity(bits.length), len;
+            Ox.print("CAPACITY", cap);
+            // Compress the string
+            str = Ox[deflate ? 'encodeDeflate' : 'encodeUTF8'](str);
+            Ox.print("STR", str, str.length, str.charCodeAt(0));
+            len = str.length;
+            // Prefix the string with its length, as a four-byte value
+            str = Ox.pad(Ox.encodeBase256(len), 4, Ox.char(0)) + str;
+            str.length > cap && error('encode');
+            while (str.length < cap) {
+                str += str.substr(4, len);
+            }
+            str = str.substr(0, Math.ceil(cap));
+            // Create an array of bit values
+            bin = Ox.flatten(Ox.map(str, function(chr) {
+                return Ox.map(Ox.range(8), function(i) {
+                    return chr.charCodeAt(0) >> 7 - i & 1;
+                });
+            }));
+            b = 0;
+            that.forEach(function(rgba, xy) {
+                if (rgba[3] == 255) {
+                    var index = getIndex(xy);
+                    Ox.loop(3, function(c) {
+                        var i = index + c;
+                        Ox.forEach(bits, function(bit) {
+                            if ((
+                                mode < 1 
+                                ? Ox.sum(Ox.range(8).map(function(bit) {
+                                    return self.data[i] & 1 << bit;
+                                })) % 2
+                                : self.data[i] & 1 << bit
+                            ) != bin[b++]) {
+                                self.data[i] ^= 1 << bit;
+                            }
+                        })
+                        /*
+                        if (mode < 1) {
+                            if (Ox.sum(Ox.range(8).map(function(bit) {
+                                return self.data[i] & 1 << bit;
+                            })) % 2 != bin[b++]) {
+                                // If the number of bits set to one, modulo 2,
+                                // is not equal to the data bit, flip one bit
+                                self.data[i] ^= 1 << bits[0];
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            Ox.forEach(bits, function(bit) {
+                                if (self.data[i] & 1 << bit != bin[b++]) {
+                                    // If the bit is not equal to the data bit,
+                                    // flip it
+                                    self.data[i] ^= 1 << bit;
+                                }
+                            });
+                        }
+                        */
+                    });
+                }
+            });
+            self.context.putImageData(self.imageData, 0, 0);
+            callback(that);
+        };
+
+        that.fillRect = function(x, y, w, h) {
+            self.context.fillRect(x, y, w, h);
             return that;
         };
 
+        that.fillStyle = function() {
+            if (arguments.length == 0) {
+                return self.context.fillStyle;
+            } else {
+                self.context.fillStyle = arguments[0];
+                return that;
+            }
+        };
+
+        that.filter = function(filter, bias) {
+            bias = bias || 0;
+            var filterSize = Math.sqrt(filter.length),
+                d = (filterSize - 1) / 2,
+                imageData = self.context.createImageData(self.width, self.height),
+                data = [];
+            self.imageData = self.context.getImageData(0, 0, self.width, self.height);
+            self.data = self.imageData.data;
+            Ox.loop(0, self.data.length, 4, function(i) {
+                var filterIndex = 0,
+                    xy = getXY(i);
+                Ox.loop(3, function(c) {
+                    data[i + c] = 0;
+                });
+                Ox.loop(-d, d + 1, function(x) {
+                    Ox.loop(-d, d + 1, function(y) {
+                        var pixelIndex = getIndex(xy[0] + x, xy[1] + y);
+                        Ox.loop(3, function(c) {
+                            data[i + c] += self.data[pixelIndex + c] * filter[filterIndex];
+                        });
+                        filterIndex++;
+                    });
+                });
+            });
+            Ox.loop(0, self.data.length, 4, function(i) {
+                Ox.loop(4, function(c) {
+                    imageData.data[i + c] = c < 3
+                        ? Ox.limit(Math.round(data[i + c] + bias), 0, 255)
+                        : self.data[i + c];
+                });
+            });
+            self.context.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);
+            self.imageData = imageData;
+            self.data = data;
+            return that;
+        };
+
+        /*@
+        forEach <f> Pixel-wise forEach function
+        (fn) -> <o> The image object
+        fn <f> Iterator function
+            rgba <[n]> RGBA values
+            xy <[n]> XY coordinates
+        @*/
+        that.forEach = function(fn) {
+            Ox.loop(0, self.data.length, 4, function(i) {
+                return fn([
+                    self.data[i], self.data[i + 1],
+                    self.data[i + 2], self.data[i + 3]
+                ], getXY(i));
+            })
+            return that;            
+        };
+
         that.hue = function(val) {
-            self.map(function(rgba) {
+            return that.map(function(rgba) {
                 var hsl = Ox.hsl([rgba[0], rgba[1], rgba[2]]), rgb;
                 hsl[0] = (hsl[0] + val) % 360;
                 rgb = Ox.rgb(hsl);
-                return [rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2], rgba[3]];
+                return Ox.merge(rgb, rgba[3]);
             });
-            return that;
         };
 
         that.invert = function() {
-            self.map(function(rgba) {
+            return that.map(function(rgba) {
                 return [255 - rgba[0], 255 - rgba[1], 255 - rgba[2], rgba[3]];
             });
+        };
+
+        that.lightness = function(val) {
+            return setSL('l', val);
+        };
+
+        /*@
+        map <f> Pixel-wise map function
+        (fn) -> <o> The image object
+        fn <f> Iterator function
+            rgba <[n]> RGBA values
+            xy <[n]> XY coordinates
+        @*/
+        that.map = function(fn) {
+            self.imageData = self.context.getImageData(0, 0, self.width, self.height);
+            self.data = self.imageData.data;
+            Ox.loop(0, self.data.length, 4, function(i) {
+                fn([
+                    self.data[i], self.data[i + 1],
+                    self.data[i + 2], self.data[i + 3]
+                ], getXY(i)).forEach(function(val, c) {
+                    self.data[i + c] = val;
+                });
+            })
+            self.context.putImageData(self.imageData, 0, 0);
             return that;
         };
 
         that.motionBlur = function() {
-            self.filter([
+            return that.filter([
                 0.2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
                 0.0, 0.2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
                 0.0, 0.0, 0.2, 0.0, 0.0,
                 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.2, 0.0,
                 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.2
             ]);
-            return that;
         };
 
+        that.pixel = function(x, y, val) {
+            var index = getIndex(x, y);
+            if (!val) {
+                return Ox.range(4).map(function(c) {
+                    return self.data[i + c];
+                });
+            } else {
+                val.forEach(function(v, c) {
+                   self.data[i + c] = v;
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
         that.posterize = function() {
-            that.blur(3);
-            self.map(function(rgba) {
+            return that.blur(3).map(function(rgba) {
                 return [
                     Math.floor(rgba[0] / 64) * 64,
                     Math.floor(rgba[1] / 64) * 64,
@@ -186,35 +421,8 @@ Ox.load.Image = function(options, callback) {
                     rgba[3]
                 ];
             });
-            return that;
         };
 
-        that.saturation = function(val) {
-            self.setSL('saturation', val);
-            return that;
-        };
-
-        that.sharpen = function(val) {
-            self.filter([
-                -1, -1, -1,
-                -1, +9, -1,
-                -1, -1, -1
-            ]);
-            return that;
-        };
-
-        that.solarize = function() {
-            self.map(function(rgba) {
-                return [
-                    rgba[0] < 128 ? rgba[0] : 255 - rgba[0],
-                    rgba[1] < 128 ? rgba[1] : 255 - rgba[1],
-                    rgba[2] < 128 ? rgba[2] : 255 - rgba[2],
-                    rgba[3]
-                ];
-            });
-            return that;
-        }
-
         that.resize = function(width, height) {
             self.canvas.attr({
                 width: width,
@@ -223,34 +431,54 @@ Ox.load.Image = function(options, callback) {
             return that;
         }
 
-        that.url = function() {
-            return self.canvas[0].toDataURL();
-            return that;
+        that.saturation = function(val) {
+            return setSL('s', val);
         };
 
-        if (self.src) {
-            self.image = new Image();
-            self.image.onload = init;
-            self.image.src = self.src;
-        } else {
-            init();
+        that.sharpen = function(val) {
+            return that.filter([
+                -1, -1, -1,
+                -1, +9, -1,
+                -1, -1, -1
+            ]);
+        };
+
+        that.solarize = function() {
+            return that.map(function(rgba) {
+                return [
+                    rgba[0] < 128 ? rgba[0] : 255 - rgba[0],
+                    rgba[1] < 128 ? rgba[1] : 255 - rgba[1],
+                    rgba[2] < 128 ? rgba[2] : 255 - rgba[2],
+                    rgba[3]
+                ];
+            });
         }
 
-        function init() {
-            if (self.image) {
-                self.width = self.image.width;
-                self.height = self.image.height;
+        that.src = function() {
+            if (arguments.length == 0) {
+                return self.canvas[0].toDataURL();
+            } else {
+                var callback = arguments[1];
+                self.src = arguments[0];
+                self.image = new Image();
+                self.image.onload = function() {
+                    self.width = self.image.width;
+                    self.height = self.image.height;
+                    self.canvas.attr({
+                        width: self.width,
+                        height: self.height
+                    });
+                    self.context.drawImage(self.image, 0, 0);
+                    self.imageData = self.context.getImageData(0, 0, self.width, self.height);
+                    self.data = self.imageData.data;
+                    callback && callback(that);
+                }
+                self.image.src = self.src;
+                return that;
             }
-            self.canvas = Ox.element('<canvas>').attr({
-                width: self.width,
-                height: self.height
-            });
-            self.context = self.canvas[0].getContext('2d');
-            if (self.image) {
-                self.context.drawImage(self.image, 0, 0);
-            }
-            self.callback(that);
-        }
+        };
+
+        that.toDataURL = that.src;
 
     };
 
diff --git a/source/Ox.js b/source/Ox.js
index a2708cb8..caff6e4d 100644
--- a/source/Ox.js
+++ b/source/Ox.js
@@ -309,12 +309,15 @@ Ox.flatten = function(arr) {
 Ox.merge <f> Merges an array with one or more other arrays
     > Ox.merge([1], [2, 3, 2], [1])
     [1, 2, 3, 2, 1]
+    > Ox.merge(1, [2, 3, 2], 1)
+    [1, 2, 3, 2, 1]
 @*/
 Ox.merge = function(arr) {
+    arr = Ox.isArray(arr) ? arr : [arr];
     Ox.forEach(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1), function(arg) {
-        Ox.forEach(arg, function(val) {
+        Ox.isArray(arg) ? Ox.forEach(arg, function(val) {
             arr.push(val);
-        });
+        }) : arr.push(arg);
     });
     return arr;
 };
@@ -2082,14 +2085,15 @@ Ox.element = function(str) {
         head, tail and chunk names are removed.
         (str) -> <s> The encoded string
             str <s> The string to be encoded
+        # Test with: Ox.decodeDeflate(Ox.encodeDeflate('foo'), alert)
     @*/
     
-    Ox.encodeDeflate = function(str) {
+    Ox.encodeDeflate = function(str, callback) {
         // Make sure we can encode the full unicode range of characters.
         str = Ox.encodeUTF8(str);
         // We can only safely write to RGB, so we need 1 pixel for 3 bytes.
         var len = str.length, c = Ox.canvas(Math.ceil((4 + len) / 3), 1),
-            data = '', idat, ihdr;
+            data = '', idat;
         // Prefix the string with its length, left-padded with 0-bytes to
         // length of 4 bytes, and right-pad the result with non-0-bytes to a
         // length that is a multiple of 3.
@@ -2105,7 +2109,7 @@ Ox.element = function(str) {
         // The first 16 and the last 12 bytes of a PNG are always the same and
         // can be discarded, the first 17 remaining bytes are part of the IHDR
         // chunk, and the rest are IDAT chunks.
-        ihdr = Ox.sub(str, 16, 33); idat = Ox.sub(str, 33, -12);
+        data = Ox.sub(str, 16, 33); idat = Ox.sub(str, 33, -12);
         while (idat) {
             // Each IDAT chunk consists of 4 bytes length, 4 bytes "IDAT" and
             // length bytes data, so we can optimize by removing each "IDAT".
@@ -2113,7 +2117,8 @@ Ox.element = function(str) {
             data += len + idat.substr(8, 12 + (len = Ox.decodeBase256(len)));
             idat = idat.substr(12 + len);
         }
-        return ihdr + data;
+        callback && callback(data);
+        return data;
     }
 
     /*@
@@ -2127,7 +2132,6 @@ Ox.element = function(str) {
             str <s> The string to be decoded
             callback <f> Callback function
                 str <s> The decoded string
-        # Test with: Ox.decodeDeflate(Ox.encodeDeflate('foo'), alert)
     @*/
 
     Ox.decodeDeflate = function(str, callback) {