diff --git a/src/libppm.cpp b/src/libppm.cpp
index 32c1702..9268f79 100644
--- a/src/libppm.cpp
+++ b/src/libppm.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct image_t* read_ppm_file(char* path_to_input_file)
 		
 		// get pixel values
 		val = skip_blanks_comments_while_reading(&read_stream);		
-		/*for(int i = 0; i < image->height; i++)
+		for(int i = 0; i < image->height; i++)
 		{
 			for(int j = 0; j < image->width; j++)
 			{
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ struct image_t* read_ppm_file(char* path_to_input_file)
 					val = read_stream.get(); //assuming maxval of <=255
 				}
 			}
-		}*/
-		read_stream.seekg(-1, ios_base::cur);
-		read_stream.read(((char*)image->image_pixels), image->height * image->width * 3); //assuming maxval of <=255
+		}
+		//read_stream.seekg(-1, ios_base::cur);
+		//read_stream.read(((char*)image->image_pixels), image->height * image->width * 3); //assuming maxval of <=255
 		
 		read_stream.close();
 		
@@ -123,7 +123,17 @@ void write_ppm_file(char * path_to_output_file, struct image_t* image)
 		//cout << "height = " << height_string << "\n";
 		write_stream.write(height_string.c_str(), height_string.length());
 		write_stream.write("\n255\n", 5);
-		write_stream.write(((char*)image->image_pixels), image->height * image->width * 3);
+		for(int i = 0; i < image->height; i++)
+		{
+			for(int j = 0; j < image->width; j++)
+			{
+				for(int k = 0; k < 3; k++)
+				{
+					write_stream.put(image->image_pixels[i][j][k]); //assuming maxval of <=255
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		//write_stream.write(((char*)image->image_pixels), image->height * image->width * 3);
 		write_stream.close();
 	}
 	else