diff --git a/src/components/CanvasBoard.vue b/src/components/CanvasBoard.vue
index ce484d8..a526153 100644
--- a/src/components/CanvasBoard.vue
+++ b/src/components/CanvasBoard.vue
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@
     servietteRules,
     evolve2d,
   } from "../modules/automata.js";
-  import { getRandomInt, sleep } from "../modules/common.js";
-  import { picToBoard, picToBlackAndWhite } from "../modules/picture.js";
+  import { getRandomInt } from "../modules/common.js";
+  import { boardToPic, picToBoard } from "../modules/picture.js";
 
   export default {
     name: "CanvasBoard",
     data() {
       return {
+        board: null,
         canvas: null,
         workCanvas: null,
         workCtx: null,
@@ -65,13 +66,13 @@
         boardWidth: "boardWidth",
         boardHeight: "boardHeight",
         selected2dRules: "selected2dRules",
+        picture: "picture",
       }),
       ...mapWritableState(globalStore, {
         lastBoard: "lastBoard",
         canvasWidth: "canvasWidth",
         canvasHeight: "canvasHeight",
         getReset: "reset",
-        picture: "picture",
       }),
       // used to determine the dimensions of the board
       max() {
@@ -120,21 +121,13 @@
       drawCanvas(board, width, height) {
         const d = this.cellProperties.size;
         // bool to RGBA colors
-        const img = board.flat().reduce((acc, cell, index) => {
-          const color = cell === 1 ? 0 : 255;
-          const i = index * 4;
-          acc.data[i] = color;
-          acc.data[i + 1] = color;
-          acc.data[i + 2] = color;
-          acc.data[i + 3] = 255;
-          return acc;
-        }, new ImageData(width, height));
+        const img = boardToPic(board, width, height);
         // rescale and draw
         this.ctx.save();
         this.ctx.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvasWidth, this.canvasHeight);
         this.workCtx.putImageData(img, 0, 0);
         this.ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = false;
-        if (this.getDraw2dPicture != true) this.ctx.scale(d, d);
+        this.ctx.scale(d, d);
         this.ctx.drawImage(
           this.workCanvas,
           0,
@@ -181,7 +174,6 @@
           const newBoard = evolve2d(board, this.selectedRules);
           this.draw2d(board);
           this.lastBoard = Object.freeze(newBoard);
-          /* await sleep(this.refreshRate) */
           return this.draw2dNext(newBoard);
         });
       },
@@ -189,7 +181,7 @@
       async draw2dNew() {
         if (!this.canDraw) return;
         const initialState = this.randomInitialState();
-        let board = evolve2d(initialState, conwayRules);
+        let board = evolve2d(initialState, this.selectRules);
         if (this.loop) return this.draw2dNext(board);
         else this.draw2d(board);
         this.toggleStop();
diff --git a/src/modules/picture.js b/src/modules/picture.js
index 6907a72..b3c9db1 100644
--- a/src/modules/picture.js
+++ b/src/modules/picture.js
@@ -35,5 +35,19 @@ export function picToBoard(pixels, width, height) {
     }
     return acc;
   }, []);
-  return toMatrix(flat, Math.max(width, height));
+
+  return toMatrix(flat, width, height);
+}
+
+// convert board to ImageData
+export function boardToPic(board, width, height) {
+  return board.flat().reduce((acc, cell, index) => {
+    const color = cell === 1 ? 0 : 255;
+    const i = index * 4;
+    acc.data[i] = color;
+    acc.data[i + 1] = color;
+    acc.data[i + 2] = color;
+    acc.data[i + 3] = 255;
+    return acc;
+  }, new ImageData(width, height));
 }