diff --git a/image.h b/image.h
index 05a8612..df02955 100644
--- a/image.h
+++ b/image.h
@@ -6,16 +6,39 @@
 
 class Image 
 {
+private:
+
+    ssize_t bufferSize = -1;
+
 public:
+
+    enum {
+        FORMAT_RGB,
+        FORMAT_JPEG,
+        FORMAT_YUYV
+    } typedef format_t;
+
     std::shared_ptr<unsigned char> data = nullptr;
     uint32_t width;
     uint32_t height;
     uint8_t channels;
-    const uint32_t size()
+    format_t format = FORMAT_RGB;
+
+    const size_t size() const
     {
-        return width*height*channels;
+        return bufferSize < 0 ? width*height*channels : bufferSize;
     }
-    void save(const char* filename)
+    void setSize(size_t size)
+    {
+        bufferSize = size;
+    }
+    void setBuffer(std::shared_ptr<unsigned char> buffer, size_t size, format_t inFormat = FORMAT_RGB)
+    {
+        data = buffer;
+        bufferSize = size;
+        format = inFormat;
+    }
+    void save(const char* filename) const
     {
         std::ofstream outfile(filename);
         outfile.write((char *) data.get(), size());
diff --git a/jpeg_img.cpp b/jpeg_img.cpp
index 26ae2fd..0615343 100644
--- a/jpeg_img.cpp
+++ b/jpeg_img.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Image decompressJpegImage(const unsigned char* buffer, size_t size)
     image.channels = info.num_components; // 3 = RGB, 4 = RGBA
 
     // read RGB(A) scanlines one at a time into jdata[]
-    image.data = std::shared_ptr<unsigned char>(new unsigned char[image.size()]);
+    image.data = std::shared_ptr<unsigned char>(new unsigned char[image.size()], std::default_delete<int[]>());
     unsigned char* rowptr;
     while(info.output_scanline < image.height)
     {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Image decompressJpegImage(FILE *file)
     image.channels = info.num_components; // 3 = RGB, 4 = RGBA
 
     // read RGB(A) scanlines one at a time into jdata[]
-    image.data = std::shared_ptr<unsigned char>(new unsigned char[image.size()]);
+    image.data = std::shared_ptr<unsigned char>(new unsigned char[image.size()], std::default_delete<int[]>());
     unsigned char* rowptr;
     while ( info.output_scanline < image.height )
     {
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 0d7bc1c..897c6c6 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     Config config;
     argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, 0, &config);
 
+    bool passthough = config.mjpeg && config.overlay.empty();
+
     std::cout<<"UVOS webcam sender v0.1\n";
     
-    Webcam webcam(config.device, config.Xres, config.Yres, config.mjpeg);
+    Webcam webcam(config.device, config.Xres, config.Yres, config.mjpeg, passthough);
     
     std::stringstream ss;
     ss<<"nc "<<config.url<<' '<<config.port<<'\n';
@@ -68,7 +70,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         Image frame = webcam.frame(10);
         if(!config.overlay.empty())
             overlayImage(frame, overlay);
-        compressJpegImage(netcat, &frame);
+        if(!passthough)
+            compressJpegImage(netcat, &frame);
+        else
+            fwrite(frame.data.get(), frame.size(), 1, netcat);
         fflush(netcat);
     }
     
diff --git a/webcam.cpp b/webcam.cpp
index 8c0a415..9817d30 100644
--- a/webcam.cpp
+++ b/webcam.cpp
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ static void v4lconvert_yuyv_to_rgb24(const unsigned char *src,
     }
 }
 
-Webcam::Webcam(const string& device, int width, int height, bool mjpeg) :
+Webcam::Webcam(const string& device, int width, int height, bool mjpeg, bool passthrough) :
                         device(device),
                         xres(width),
                         yres(height),
+                        passthrough_format(passthrough),
                         format(mjpeg ? V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG : V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV)
 {
     open_device();
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ Webcam::Webcam(const string& device, int width, int height, bool mjpeg) :
     rgb_frame.width = xres;
     rgb_frame.height = yres;
     rgb_frame.channels = 3;
-    rgb_frame.data = std::shared_ptr<unsigned char>(new unsigned char[rgb_frame.size()]);
+    rgb_frame.data = std::shared_ptr<unsigned char>(new unsigned char[rgb_frame.size()], std::default_delete<int[]>());
 
     start_capturing();
 }
@@ -138,21 +139,42 @@ const Image& Webcam::frame(int timeout)
         }
         int idx = read_frame();
         if (idx != -1) {
-            if (format == V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV)
+            if(!passthrough_format)
             {
-                v4lconvert_yuyv_to_rgb24((unsigned char *) buffers[idx].data,
-                                     rgb_frame.data.get(),
-                                     xres,
-                                     yres,
-                                     stride);
-            }
-            else if(format == V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG)
-            {
-                rgb_frame = decompressJpegImage((unsigned char *) buffers[idx].data, buffers[idx].size);
+                if (format == V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV)
+                {
+                    v4lconvert_yuyv_to_rgb24((unsigned char *) buffers[idx].data,
+                                        rgb_frame.data.get(),
+                                        xres,
+                                        yres,
+                                        stride);
+                }
+                else if(format == V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG)
+                {
+                    rgb_frame = decompressJpegImage((unsigned char *) buffers[idx].data, buffers[idx].size);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    assert(false);
+                }
             }
             else
             {
-                assert(false);
+                if(format == V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV)
+                {
+                    rgb_frame.setBuffer(std::shared_ptr<unsigned char>(new unsigned char[buffers[idx].size], std::default_delete<int[]>()),
+                                        buffers[idx].size, Image::FORMAT_YUYV);
+                }
+                else if(format == V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG)
+                {
+                    rgb_frame.setBuffer(std::shared_ptr<unsigned char>(new unsigned char[buffers[idx].size], std::default_delete<int[]>()),
+                                        buffers[idx].size, Image::FORMAT_RGB);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    assert(false);
+                }
+                memcpy(rgb_frame.data.get(), buffers[idx].data, buffers[idx].size);
             }
             return rgb_frame;
         }
diff --git a/webcam.h b/webcam.h
index 09f2fdb..bc8c0ef 100644
--- a/webcam.h
+++ b/webcam.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Webcam {
 public:
     Webcam(const std::string& device = "/dev/video0", 
            int width = 640, 
-           int height = 480, bool mjpeg = false);
+           int height = 480, bool mjpeg = false, bool passthrough = false);
 
     ~Webcam();
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ private:
     size_t stride;
 
     bool force_format = true;
+    bool passthrough_format;
     uint32_t format;
 };