diff --git a/__pycache__/cat.cpython-39.pyc b/__pycache__/cat.cpython-39.pyc
index 34c7db4..3b21e8a 100644
Binary files a/__pycache__/cat.cpython-39.pyc and b/__pycache__/cat.cpython-39.pyc differ
diff --git a/cat.py b/cat.py
index 63e448b..0a1f0ef 100755
--- a/cat.py
+++ b/cat.py
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ from PIL import Image
 import urllib.request
 from io import BytesIO
 
-def cat(h, w):
+def cat(w, h):
     url = f'https://cataas.com/cat?width={w}&height={h}'
     resp = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
     im_data = resp.read()
     im = Image.open(BytesIO(im_data))
-    im.show()
     return im
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/pixelflut.py b/pixelflut.py
index 114e80a..c918225 100755
--- a/pixelflut.py
+++ b/pixelflut.py
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ import numpy as np
 from PIL import Image
 from cat import cat
 
-# open image to be sent
-image = sys.argv[1]
-im = Image.open(image)
-
-pixels = list(im.getdata())
-width, height = im.size
-pixels = [pixels[i * width:(i + 1) * width] for i in range(0,height)]
 
 HOST, PORT = "px.oeinf.de", 1234
 
@@ -36,6 +29,17 @@ with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
     received = str(sock.recv(1024), "utf-8")
     sizew = int(received.split(" ")[1])
     sizeh = int(received.split(" ")[2])
+
+    # open image to be sent or query a cat image
+    if sys.argv[1] == 'cat':
+        im = cat(sizew,sizeh) 
+    else:
+        image = sys.argv[1]
+        im = Image.open(image)
+
+    pixels = list(im.getdata())
+    width, height = im.size
+    pixels = [pixels[i * width:(i + 1) * width] for i in range(0,height)]
     
     # create list of stuff and shuffle if requested
     widthlist = list(range(0 + startw,min(int(sizew),(width+startw))))