diff --git a/src/resume/components/resume.py b/src/resume/components/resume.py
index 00b7c90..3f960f4 100755
--- a/src/resume/components/resume.py
+++ b/src/resume/components/resume.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ class Resume:
     def __init__(self, author):
         self.author = author
 
-    def build(self, filename: str, output_dir: str):
-        with open(output_dir + filename, "w") as file:
+    def build(self, filename: str):
+        with open(filename, "w") as file:
             file.write(str(self))
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
diff --git a/src/resume/utils.py b/src/resume/utils.py
index 77adeaa..408bc67 100644
--- a/src/resume/utils.py
+++ b/src/resume/utils.py
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@ def xp_fmt(name: str, address: str, spec: str, date: str) -> str:
 
 
 def md_to_pdf(
-    md_file: str,
-    pdf_file: str,
+    filename: str,
     html_template: str = "./src/template/resume.html",
     css_template: str = "./src/template/resume.css",
 ) -> None:
     subprocess.run(
         [
             "pandoc",
-            md_file,
+            f"{filename}.md",
             "-t",
             "html",
             f"--template={html_template}",
@@ -43,18 +42,31 @@ def md_to_pdf(
             "margin-left=0",
             "--pdf-engine-opt=--enable-local-file-access",
             "-o",
-            pdf_file,
+            f"{filename}.pdf",
         ]
     )
 
 
+def pdf_to_png(
+    filename: str,
+) -> None:
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["pdftoppm", "-png", "-singlefile", f"{filename}.pdf", filename]
+    )
+
+
 def generate_resume(author, output_dir: str) -> Resume:
-    # generate resume and output to file and standard output
+    # generate resume and output to markdown file
     resume: Resume = Resume(author)
-    filename = f"Resume_{resume.author.name.replace(' ', '_')}"
-    resume.build(f"{filename}.md", output_dir)
-    md_to_pdf(
-        f"{output_dir.rstrip('/')}/{filename}.md",
-        f"{output_dir.rstrip('/')}/{filename}.pdf",
+    filename = (
+        output_dir.rstrip("/")
+        + "/"
+        + f"Resume_{resume.author.name.replace(' ', '_')}"
     )
+    resume.build(f"{filename}.md")
+
+    # convert markdown to pdf and generate png image
+    md_to_pdf(filename)
+    pdf_to_png(filename)
+
     return resume