diff --git a/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/rpc/schemas/take_screenshot.json b/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/rpc/schemas/take_screenshot.json
index b663808..f292770 100644
--- a/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/rpc/schemas/take_screenshot.json
+++ b/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/rpc/schemas/take_screenshot.json
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
       "type": "string"
     },
     "output_extension": {
-      "type": "string"
+      "type": "string",
+      "enum": [
+        "png",
+        "jpg"
+      ]
     },
     "include_background": {
       "type": "boolean"
diff --git a/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/vtk_protocol.py b/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/vtk_protocol.py
index be1714a..bab744f 100644
--- a/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/vtk_protocol.py
+++ b/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/vtk_protocol.py
@@ -295,9 +295,8 @@ def takeScreenshot(self, params):
         w2if = vtkWindowToImageFilter()
 
         if not include_background:
-            # renderer.SetBackground([255,255,255])
-            # renderer.SetLayer(1)
             renderWindow.SetAlphaBitPlanes(1)
+
         w2if.SetInput(renderWindow)
         w2if.SetInputBufferTypeToRGBA() 
         w2if.ReadFrontBufferOff()
@@ -308,12 +307,19 @@ def takeScreenshot(self, params):
             writer = vtkPNGWriter()
         elif output_extension == "jpg":
             writer = vtkJPEGWriter()
+        else:
+            raise Exception("output_extension not supported")
 
-        writer.SetFileName(os.path.join(self.DATA_FOLDER_PATH, filename + '.' + output_extension))
+        new_filename = filename + '.' + output_extension
+        file_path = os.path.join(self.DATA_FOLDER_PATH, new_filename)
+        writer.SetFileName(file_path)
         writer.SetInputConnection(w2if.GetOutputPort())
         writer.Write()
-        # renderer.SetLayer(0)
-        return 
+
+        with open(file_path, "rb") as file:
+            file_content = file.read()
+
+        return {"blob": self.addAttachment(file_content)}
 
     def get_data_base(self):
         return self.getSharedObject("db")
diff --git a/src/tests/conftest.py b/src/tests/conftest.py
index 6ab340b..fb91c46 100644
--- a/src/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/src/tests/conftest.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ def print_log(self):
         print(output)
 
     def get_response(self):
-        response = eval(self.ws.recv())
+        return self.ws.recv()
+        response = json.loads(self.ws.recv())
         return response
 
     def compare_image(self, nb_messages, filename):
diff --git a/src/tests/test_protocol.py b/src/tests/test_protocol.py
index c2ae3d9..1323058 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_protocol.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_protocol.py
@@ -103,3 +103,26 @@ def test_set_color(server):
 
     server.call("set_color", [{"id": "123456789", "red": 50, "green": 2, "blue": 250}])
     assert server.compare_image(3, "set_color.jpeg") == True
+
+
+
+def test_take_screenshot(server):
+
+    server.call(
+        "create_object_pipeline",
+        [{"id": "123456789", "file_name": "hat.vtp"}],
+    )
+    assert server.compare_image(3, "create_object_pipeline.jpeg") == True
+
+    server.call(
+        "take_screenshot",
+        [{"filename": "screenshot", "output_extension": "png", "include_background": False}],
+    )
+
+    response1 = server.get_response()
+    print(f"{response1=}", flush=True)
+    response2 = server.get_response()
+    print(f"{response2=}", flush=True)
+
+    blob = response2
+    assert type(blob) is bytes
diff --git a/src/tests/tests_output/test.jpeg b/src/tests/tests_output/test.jpeg
index 3d463c4..6b2509f 100644
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