diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f728ef..8b58fdb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-CFLAGS := -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -std=c99
+CFLAGS := -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -std=c99 -ggdb
 CLIBS := -lm
 INCLUDES := -Isrc
-OBJECTS := obj/stb_image.o
+OBJECTS := obj/stb_image.o obj/stb_image_resize.o \
+					 obj/colors.o obj/args.o obj/image.o \
+					 obj/mod_blocks.o
 
 all: lib asciify
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd87899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Why?
+I just wasn't happy with state of old project, so I thought about recreating it.
+
+# Anything new?
+Nothing.
+
+Oh wait. It's single binary now. Yay.
diff --git a/src/args.c b/src/args.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09c7989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/args.c
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+#include "args.h"
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+  int value;
+  char *strings[8];
+  char *description;
+} __option_t;
+
+int __find_value(const __option_t *options, char *option);
+void __print_options(const __option_t *options);
+
+const __option_t __mode_options[ASC_MOD_ENDL + 1] = {
+  { ASC_MOD_BLOCKS,
+    { "b", "blk", "blocks", NULL },
+    "Box-drawing characters (\342\226\204) (default)" },
+  { ASC_MOD_BRAILLE,
+    { "r", "brl", "braille", NULL },
+    "Braille characters (literally stolen from MineOS)" },
+  { ASC_MOD_GRADIENT,
+    { "g", "grd", "gradient", NULL },
+    "Gradient of characters. No matching at all" },
+  { ASC_MOD_BRUTEFORCE,
+    { "f", "guess", "bruteforce", NULL },
+    "Looking for best possible character" },
+  { -1, { NULL }, NULL }
+};
+
+const __option_t __style_options[ASC_STL_ENDL + 1] = {
+  { ASC_STL_BLACKWHITE,
+    { "1", "bw", "black-white", "1bit", NULL },
+    "1-bit black/white" },
+  { ASC_STL_ANSI_VGA,
+    { "vga", "ansi-vga", NULL },
+    "VGA palette" },
+  { ASC_STL_ANSI_XTERM,
+    { "xterm", "ansi-xterm", NULL },
+    "xTerm palette. A bit more rough, compared to VGA" },
+  { ASC_STL_ANSI_DISCORD,
+    { "discord", "ansi-discord", NULL },
+    "Palette in Discord ANSI highlight" },
+  { ASC_STL_256COLOR,
+    { "256", "pal256", "8bit", NULL },
+    "256-color palette (default)" },
+  { ASC_STL_TRUECOLOR,
+    { "true", "truecolor", "24bit", NULL },
+    "24-bit RGB (TrueColor)" },
+  { ASC_STL_PALETTE,
+    { "pal", "palette", "custom", NULL },
+    "Custom palette (specified via -P)" },
+  { -1, { NULL }, NULL }
+};
+
+const __option_t __format_options[ASC_FMT_ENDL + 1] = {
+  { ASC_FMT_ANSI,
+    { "ansi", "raw", NULL },
+    "Output, suitable for terminal (default)" },
+  { ASC_FMT_HTML,
+    { "html", NULL },
+    "Output as HTML table" },
+  { ASC_FMT_JSON,
+    { "json", NULL },
+    "Output as JSON 2D array of characters with properties" },
+  { -1, { NULL }, NULL }
+};
+
+void usage(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  (void)argc;
+  fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s ", *argv);
+  fprintf(stderr, "[-vhd] [-O FILE] [-W WIDTH] [-H HEIGHT] ");
+  fprintf(stderr, "[-M MODE] [-S STYLE] [-F FORMAT] [-P PALETTE] ");
+  fprintf(stderr, "FILE\n\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-v\t\tEnable verbose mode\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-h\t\tShow this help\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-d\t\tEnable dithering\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-O FILE\t\tOutput file. Default: - (stdout)\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-W WIDTH\tOutput width (in characters)\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-H HEIGHT\tOutput height (in characters)\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-M MODE\t\tOutput mode\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-S STYLE\tStyle (palette)\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-F FORMAT\tOutput format\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "-P PALETTE\tPath to palette file (when -S pal)\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "Options for MODE:\n");
+  __print_options(__mode_options);
+  fprintf(stderr, "Options for STYLE:\n");
+  __print_options(__style_options);
+  fprintf(stderr, "Options for FORMAT:\n");
+  __print_options(__format_options);
+}
+
+int parse_args(int argc, char **argv, asc_args_t *args)
+{
+  args->input_filename = NULL;
+  args->output_filename = "-";
+  args->palette_filename = NULL;
+  args->width = 80;
+  args->height = 24;
+  args->out_format = ASC_FMT_ANSI;
+  args->out_style = ASC_STL_256COLOR;
+  args->mode = ASC_MOD_BLOCKS;
+  args->dither = false;
+  args->verbose = false;
+  args->charset = " .'-*+$@";
+  int c;
+  while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "vhdW:H:M:S:F:P:O:")) != -1)
+  {
+    switch (c)
+    {
+      case 'v':
+        args->verbose = true;
+        break;
+      case 'h':
+        usage(argc, argv);
+        return 1;
+        break;
+      case 'd':
+        args->dither = true;
+        break;
+      case 'W':
+        if ((args->width = atoi(optarg)) < 0)
+        {
+          fprintf(stderr, "Error: WIDTH is invalid\n");
+          return -1;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'H':
+        if ((args->height = atoi(optarg)) < 0)
+        {
+          fprintf(stderr, "Error: HEIGHT is invalid\n");
+          return -1;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'M':
+        {
+          int val = __find_value(__mode_options, optarg);
+          if (val < 0)
+          {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid mode '%s'\n", optarg);
+            return -1;
+          }
+          args->mode = val;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'S':
+        {
+          int val = __find_value(__style_options, optarg);
+          if (val < 0)
+          {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid style '%s'\n", optarg);
+            return -1;
+          }
+          args->out_style = val;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'F':
+        {
+          int val = __find_value(__format_options, optarg);
+          if (val < 0)
+          {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid format '%s'\n", optarg);
+            return -1;
+          }
+          args->out_format = val;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'P':
+        args->palette_filename = optarg;
+        break;
+      case 'O':
+        args->output_filename = optarg;
+        break;
+      case '?':
+        if (optopt == 'O'
+            || optopt == 'W' || optopt == 'H'
+            || optopt == 'S' || optopt == 'M' || optopt == 'F')
+        {
+          fprintf(stderr, "Error: missing argument for -%c\n", optopt);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          fprintf(stderr, "Error: Unknown parameter -%c\n", optopt);
+        }
+        return -2;
+    }
+  }
+  if (args->out_style == ASC_STL_PALETTE && args->palette_filename == NULL)
+  {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: no palette file provided, but palette mode selected\n");
+    return -3;
+  }
+  if (argc <= optind || argc < 2)
+  {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: no image provided\n");
+    return -2;
+  }
+  args->input_filename = argv[optind];
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int prepare_state(int argc, char **argv, asc_args_t args, asc_state_t *state)
+{
+  (void)argc; (void)argv;
+  state->args = args;
+  
+  FILE *image_file;
+  if ((image_file = fopen(args.input_filename, "rb")) == NULL
+      || ferror(image_file) != 0)
+  {
+    int err = errno;
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to open file %s for reading: %d: %s\n",
+        args.input_filename, err, strerror(err));
+    return -100 - err;
+  }
+  
+  state->source_image = image_load(image_file);
+  fclose(image_file);
+  
+  state->out_file = stdout;
+  if (strcmp(args.output_filename, "-"))
+    state->out_file = fopen(args.output_filename, "wb");
+  if (state->out_file == NULL)
+  {
+    int err = errno;
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to open file %s for writing: %d: %s\n",
+            args.output_filename, err, strerror(err));
+    return -100 - err;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int __find_value(const __option_t *options, char *option)
+{
+  __option_t *opt;
+  while ((opt = (__option_t *)options++)->value >= 0)
+  {
+    char *str = opt->strings[0];
+    for (int i = 0; str != NULL; i++, str = opt->strings[i])
+    {
+      if (!strcmp(str, option)) return opt->value;
+    }
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+void __print_options(const __option_t *options)
+{
+  __option_t *opt;
+  while ((opt = (__option_t *)options++)->value >= 0)
+  {
+    fprintf(stderr, " - %s:\n\t", opt->description);
+    char *str = opt->strings[0];
+    for (int i = 0; str != NULL; i++, str = opt->strings[i])
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s ", str);
+    }
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/args.h b/src/args.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dc02e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/args.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#ifndef _ARGS_H_
+#define _ARGS_H_
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "image.h"
+
+typedef enum {
+  ASC_MOD_BLOCKS = 0,
+  ASC_MOD_BRAILLE = 1,
+  ASC_MOD_GRADIENT = 2,
+  ASC_MOD_BRUTEFORCE = 3,
+  ASC_MOD_ENDL = 4
+} asc_mode_t;
+
+typedef enum {
+  ASC_FMT_ANSI = 0,
+  ASC_FMT_HTML = 1,
+  ASC_FMT_JSON = 2,
+  ASC_FMT_ENDL = 3
+} asc_format_t;
+
+typedef enum {
+  ASC_STL_BLACKWHITE = 0,
+  ASC_STL_ANSI_VGA = 1,
+  ASC_STL_ANSI_XTERM = 2,
+  ASC_STL_ANSI_DISCORD = 3,
+  ASC_STL_256COLOR = 4,
+  ASC_STL_TRUECOLOR = 5,
+  ASC_STL_PALETTE = 6,
+  ASC_STL_ENDL = 7
+} asc_style_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+  char *input_filename;
+  char *output_filename;
+  char *palette_filename;
+  int width;
+  int height;
+  asc_format_t out_format;
+  asc_style_t out_style;
+  asc_mode_t mode;
+  bool dither;
+  bool verbose;
+  char *charset;
+} asc_args_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+  asc_args_t args;
+  image_t *source_image;
+  image_t *image;
+  palette_t *palette;
+  FILE *out_file;
+} asc_state_t;
+
+void usage(int argc, char **argv);
+int parse_args(int argc, char **argv, asc_args_t *args);
+int prepare_state(int argc, char **argv, asc_args_t args, asc_state_t *state);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/colors.c b/src/colors.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08f430b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/colors.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#include "colors.h"
+
+palette_t c_palette_ansi_discord = {
+  .n_colors = 8,
+  .palette = {
+    { 0x4f, 0x54, 0x5c, 0 },
+    { 0xd1, 0x31, 0x35, 0 },
+    { 0x85, 0x99, 0x00, 0 },
+    { 0xb5, 0x89, 0x00, 0 },
+    { 0x26, 0x8b, 0xd2, 0 },
+    { 0xd3, 0x36, 0x82, 0 },
+    { 0xd3, 0x36, 0x82, 0 },
+    { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0 },
+  }
+};
+
+palette_t c_palette_ansi_vga = {
+  .n_colors = 16,
+  .palette = {
+    {   0,   0,   0, 0 },
+    { 170,   0,   0, 0 },
+    {   0, 170,   0, 0 },
+    { 170,  85,   0, 0 },
+    {   0,   0, 170, 0 },
+    { 170,   0, 170, 0 },
+    {   0, 170, 170, 0 },
+    { 170, 170, 170, 0 },
+    {  85,  85,  85, 0 },
+    { 255,  85,  85, 0 },
+    {  85, 255,  85, 0 },
+    { 255, 255,  85, 0 },
+    {  85,  85, 255, 0 },
+    { 255,  85, 255, 0 },
+    {  85, 255, 255, 0 },
+    { 255, 255, 255, 0 }
+  }
+};
+
+palette_t c_palette_ansi_xterm = {
+  .n_colors = 16,
+  .palette = {
+    {   0,   0,   0, 0 },
+    { 205,   0,   0, 0 },
+    {   0, 205,   0, 0 },
+    { 205, 205,   0, 0 },
+    {   0,   0, 238, 0 },
+    { 205,   0, 205, 0 },
+    {   0, 205, 205, 0 },
+    { 229, 229, 229, 0 },
+    { 127, 127, 127, 0 },
+    { 255,   0,   0, 0 },
+    {   0, 255,   0, 0 },
+    { 255, 255,   0, 0 },
+    {   0,   0, 252, 0 },
+    { 255,   0, 255, 0 },
+    {   0, 255, 255, 0 },
+    { 255, 255, 255, 0 },
+  }
+};
+
+int closest_color(palette_t *pal, rgba8 color)
+{
+  int nearest = -1;
+  int32_t min_distance = 0x0fffffff;
+  for (int i = 0; i < pal->n_colors; i++)
+  {
+    rgba8 pal_color = pal->palette[i];
+    int16_t dr = pal_color.r - color.r;
+    int16_t dg = pal_color.g - color.g;
+    int16_t db = pal_color.b - color.b;
+    int32_t distance = dr * dr + dg * dg + db * db;
+    if (distance < min_distance)
+    {
+      min_distance = distance;
+      nearest = i;
+    }
+  }
+  return nearest;
+}
+
+void load_palette_gpl(palette_t *pal, FILE *fp)
+{
+  (void)pal; (void)fp;
+  // TODO: load GNU palette file
+}
+
+void load_palette_raw(palette_t *pal, FILE *fp)
+{
+  (void)pal; (void)fp;
+  // TODO: load raw palette file
+}
+
+void load_palette(palette_t *pal, FILE *fp)
+{
+  (void)pal; (void)fp;
+  // TODO: guess palette file type and load it
+}
+
diff --git a/src/colors.h b/src/colors.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae85314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/colors.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef _COLORS_H_
+#define _COLORS_H_
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+  uint8_t r, g, b, a;
+} rgba8;
+
+typedef struct {
+  int n_colors;
+  rgba8 palette[255];
+} palette_t;
+
+extern palette_t c_palette_ansi_discord;
+extern palette_t c_palette_ansi_vga;
+extern palette_t c_palette_ansi_xterm;
+
+int closest_color(palette_t *pal, rgba8 color);
+void load_palette_gpl(palette_t *pal, FILE *fp);
+void load_palette_raw(palette_t *pal, FILE *fp);
+void load_palette(palette_t *pal, FILE *fp);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e56cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include "image.h"
+#include "stb_image.h"
+#include "stb_image_resize.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+image_t *image_load(FILE *file)
+{
+  image_t *img = calloc(1, sizeof(image_t));
+  int n;
+  img->pixels = (rgba8 *)stbi_load_from_file(file,
+      &img->width, &img->height,
+      &n, STBI_rgb_alpha);
+  return img;
+}
+
+
+image_t *image_resize(image_t *img, int width, int height)
+{
+  image_t *res = calloc(1, sizeof(image_t));
+  res->width = width;
+  res->height = height;
+  res->pixels = calloc(width * height, sizeof(rgba8));
+  stbir_resize_uint8((const unsigned char *)img->pixels,
+      img->width, img->height, 0,
+      (unsigned char *)res->pixels,
+      res->width, res->height, 0, STBI_rgb_alpha);
+  return res;
+}
+
+void image_unload(image_t *img)
+{
+  free(img->pixels);
+  free(img);
+}
+
+void get_size_keep_aspect(int w, int h, int dw, int dh, int *ow, int *oh)
+{
+  *ow = dw;
+  *oh = dh;
+  float ratio = (float)w / (float)h;
+  float ratio_dst = (float)dw / (float)dh;
+  int tmp_1, tmp_2;
+  if (ratio_dst >= ratio)
+  {
+    tmp_1 = floor(dh * ratio);
+    tmp_2 = ceil(dh * ratio);
+    if (fabsf(ratio - (float)tmp_1 / dh) < fabsf(ratio - (float)tmp_1 / dh))
+      *ow = tmp_1 < 1 ? 1 : tmp_1;
+    else
+      *ow = tmp_2 < 1 ? 1 : tmp_2;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    tmp_1 = floor(dw / ratio);
+    tmp_2 = ceil(dw / ratio);
+    if (tmp_2 == 0 ||
+        fabs(ratio - (float)dw / tmp_1) < fabs(ratio - (float)dw / tmp_2))
+      (*oh) = tmp_1 < 1 ? 1 : tmp_1;
+    else
+      (*oh) = tmp_2 < 1 ? 1 : tmp_2;
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/image.h b/src/image.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e78dc18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef _IMAGE_H_
+#define _IMAGE_H_
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "colors.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+  int width;
+  int height;
+  int errno;
+  rgba8 *pixels;
+} image_t;
+
+image_t *image_load(FILE *file);
+image_t *image_resize(image_t *img, int width, int height);
+void image_unload(image_t *img);
+
+void get_size_keep_aspect(int w, int h, int dw, int dh, int *ow, int *oh);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8cb8cce..06b92f2 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "args.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  (void)argc;
-  (void)argv;
-  printf("ah shit, here we go again\n");
+  asc_args_t args;
+  int res = parse_args(argc, argv, &args);
+  if (res == 1) return 0;
+  if (res < 0) return -res;
+  
+  asc_state_t state;
+  res = prepare_state(argc, argv, args, &state);
+  if (res == 1) return 0;
+  if (res < 0) return -res;
+
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/mod_blocks.c b/src/mod_blocks.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a76368d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mod_blocks.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "mod_blocks.h"
+
+void mod_blocks_prepare(asc_state_t *state)
+{
+  (void)state;
+}
+
+void mod_blocks_main(asc_state_t state)
+{
+  (void)state;
+}
diff --git a/src/mod_blocks.h b/src/mod_blocks.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdbcd0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mod_blocks.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef _MOD_BLOCKS_
+#define _MOD_BLOCKS_
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "colors.h"
+#include "args.h"
+
+void mod_blocks_prepare(asc_state_t *state);
+void mod_blocks_main(asc_state_t state);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/stb_image_resize.c b/src/stb_image_resize.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2d4775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stb_image_resize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define STB_IMAGE_RESIZE_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include "stb_image_resize.h"
diff --git a/src/stb_image_resize.h b/src/stb_image_resize.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d413205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stb_image_resize.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "../thirdparty/stb/stb_image_resize.h"