diff --git a/src/Canvas/Canvas.php b/src/Canvas/Canvas.php
index 4ec543f..0d5217c 100644
--- a/src/Canvas/Canvas.php
+++ b/src/Canvas/Canvas.php
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace StaticMapLite\Canvas;
 
+use Imagine\Image\ImageInterface;
+
 class Canvas implements CanvasInterface
 {
+    /** @var ImageInterface $image */
     protected $image = null;
 
     /** @var int $tileSize */
@@ -34,10 +37,12 @@ class Canvas implements CanvasInterface
         $this->centerX = $centerX;
         $this->centerY = $centerY;
 
-        $this->image = imagecreatetruecolor($this->width, $this->height);
+        $imagine = new \Imagine\Gd\Imagine();
+        $size = new \Imagine\Image\Box($this->width, $this->height);
+        $this->image = $imagine->create($size);
     }
 
-    public function getImage()
+    public function getImage(): ImageInterface
     {
         return $this->image;
     }
diff --git a/src/ElementPrinter/Marker/ExtraMarkerPrinter.php b/src/ElementPrinter/Marker/ExtraMarkerPrinter.php
index decb6e1..78522eb 100644
--- a/src/ElementPrinter/Marker/ExtraMarkerPrinter.php
+++ b/src/ElementPrinter/Marker/ExtraMarkerPrinter.php
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace StaticMapLite\ElementPrinter\Marker;
 
+use Imagine\Gd\Font;
+use Imagine\Image\Box;
+use Imagine\Image\FontInterface;
+use Imagine\Image\ImageInterface;
+use Imagine\Image\ImagineInterface;
+use Imagine\Image\Point;
 use StaticMapLite\Canvas\Canvas;
 use StaticMapLite\Element\Marker\AbstractMarker;
 use StaticMapLite\Element\Marker\ExtraMarker;
@@ -9,6 +15,9 @@ use StaticMapLite\Util;
 
 class ExtraMarkerPrinter
 {
+    /** @var ImagineInterface $imagine */
+    protected $imagine;
+
     /** @var ExtraMarker $marker */
     protected $marker = null;
 
@@ -29,7 +38,7 @@ class ExtraMarkerPrinter
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-
+        $this->imagine = new \Imagine\Gd\Imagine();
     }
 
     public function setMarkerSize(float $markerSize): ExtraMarkerPrinter
@@ -61,60 +70,38 @@ class ExtraMarkerPrinter
         $destX = floor(($canvas->getWidth() / 2) - $canvas->getTileSize() * ($canvas->getCenterX() - Util::lonToTile($this->marker->getLongitude(), $canvas->getZoom())));
         $destY = floor(($canvas->getHeight() / 2) - $canvas->getTileSize() * ($canvas->getCenterY() - Util::latToTile($this->marker->getLatitude(), $canvas->getZoom())));
 
-        $markerWidth = imagesx($markerImage);
-        $markerHeight = imagesy($markerImage);
+        $destX -= $markerImage->getSize()->getWidth() * $this->markerSize / 2;
+        $destY -= $markerImage->getSize()->getHeight() * $this->markerSize;
 
-        $destX -= $markerWidth * $this->markerSize / 2;
-        $destY -= $markerHeight * $this->markerSize;
+        $point = new Point($destX, $destY);
 
-        imagecopyresampled(
-            $canvas->getImage(),
-            $markerImage,
-            $destX,
-            $destY,
-            0,
-            0,
-            $markerWidth * $this->markerSize,
-            $markerHeight * $this->markerSize,
-            $markerWidth,
-            $markerHeight
-        );
+        $markerImage->paste($canvas->getImage(), $point);
 
         return $this;
     }
 
-    protected function createMarker()
+    protected function createMarker(): ImageInterface
     {
-        $extramarkersImgUrl = __DIR__.'/../../../images/extramarkers.png';
-        $extramarkers = imagecreatefrompng($extramarkersImgUrl);
-
-        $markerImage = imagecreatetruecolor($this->baseMarkerWidth, $this->baseMarkerHeight);
-        $transparentColor = imagecolorallocatealpha($markerImage, 0, 0, 0, 127);
-        imagefill($markerImage, 0, 0, $transparentColor);
+        $extramarkers = $this
+            ->imagine
+            ->open(__DIR__.'/../../../images/extramarkers.png')
+        ;
 
         $sourceX = $this->baseMarkerWidth * $this->marker->getColor();
         $sourceY = $this->baseMarkerHeight * $this->marker->getShape();
 
-        imagecopy(
-            $markerImage,
-            $extramarkers,
-            0,
-            0,
-            $sourceX,
-            $sourceY,
-            $this->baseMarkerWidth,
-            $this->baseMarkerHeight
-        );
+        $point = new Point($sourceX, $sourceY);
+        $box = new Box($this->baseMarkerWidth, $this->baseMarkerHeight);
 
-        $this->writeMarker($markerImage);
+        $markerImage = $extramarkers->crop($point, $box);
+
+        //$this->writeMarker($markerImage);
 
         return $markerImage;
     }
 
-    protected function writeMarker($markerImage)
+    protected function writeMarker(ImageInterface $markerImage): ExtraMarkerPrinter
     {
-        $fontSize = 20;
-        $fontFile = __DIR__.'/../../../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf';
         $text = json_decode(sprintf('"&#x%s;"', $this->marker->getAwesome()));
 
         $bbox = imagettfbbox($fontSize, 0, $fontFile, $text);
@@ -122,8 +109,21 @@ class ExtraMarkerPrinter
         $x = $bbox[0] + (imagesx($markerImage) / 2) - ($bbox[4] / 2) + 3;
         $y = 42;
 
-        $white = imagecolorallocate($markerImage, 255, 255, 255);
+
         imagettftext($markerImage, $fontSize, 0, $x, $y, $white, $fontFile, $text);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    protected function getFont(ImageInterface $markerImage): FontInterface
+    {
+        $fontColor = $markerImage->palette()->color('white');
+        $fontSize = 20;
+        $fontFilename = __DIR__.'/../../../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf';
+
+        $font = new Font($fontFilename, $fontSize, $fontColor);
+
+        return $font;
     }
 
     protected function paintShadow(Canvas $canvas): ExtraMarkerPrinter
diff --git a/src/MapCache/MapCache.php b/src/MapCache/MapCache.php
index 2fed3cc..87702b0 100644
--- a/src/MapCache/MapCache.php
+++ b/src/MapCache/MapCache.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class MapCache
 
     public function checkMapCache(): bool
     {
+        return false;
         $this->mapCacheID = md5($this->serializeParams());
 
         $filename = $this->getFilename();