diff --git a/src/dorkbox/util/ImageUtil.java b/src/dorkbox/util/ImageUtil.java
index 688ac51..7eb3cc8 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/util/ImageUtil.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/util/ImageUtil.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Image;
 import java.awt.RenderingHints;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -305,6 +306,18 @@ class ImageUtil {
         return bimage;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts an image to a byte array
+     *
+     * @return the PNG File output the created buffered image, as a byte array
+     */
+    public static
+    byte[] toBytes(final BufferedImage image) throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", byteArrayOutputStream);
+        return byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reads the image size information from the specified file, without loading the entire file.
      *