diff --git a/bhv/visualization.py b/bhv/visualization.py
index 7d7af01..7393c66 100644
--- a/bhv/visualization.py
+++ b/bhv/visualization.py
@@ -52,3 +52,9 @@ def pbm(self, file: 'IO[Any]', binary=False):
             for hv in self.hvs:
                 file.write(hv.bitstring())
                 file.write('\n')
+    def gif(self, binary=False, H=100, W=100):
+        if binary:
+            return [b"P4\n" + bytes(str(W), "ascii") + b" " + bytes(str(H), "ascii") + b"\n" + hv.to_bytes() for hv in self.hvs]
+
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/examples/gol.py b/examples/gol.py
index 81d210e..4a6f60f 100644
--- a/examples/gol.py
+++ b/examples/gol.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # from bhv.native import NativePackedBHV as BHV
 from bhv.np import NumPyPacked64BHV as BHV
 from time import sleep, time_ns
+import io
+from PIL import Image as PImage
 
 
 init = [
@@ -166,8 +168,21 @@ def export(initial_viz: list[str], generations: int, filename: str):
     for _ in range(generations):
         petri_dish_history.append(step(petri_dish_history[-1]))
 
-    with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
-        Image(petri_dish_history).pbm(f, binary=True)
+    # with open(f"{filename}.pbm", 'wb') as f:
+    #     Image(petri_dish_history).pbm(f, binary=True)
+
+    t = Image(petri_dish_history).gif(binary=True, H=H, W=W)
+    frames = [PImage.open(io.BytesIO(frame)).convert('L') for frame in t]
+
+    frames[0].save(
+        f"{filename}.gif",
+        save_all=True,
+        append_images=frames[1:],
+        duration=100,  # Adjust the frame duration as needed
+        loop=0
+    )
+
+
 
 
 def benchmark():
@@ -190,5 +205,5 @@ def benchmark():
 
 
 # run(init, 50)
-benchmark()
-# export(init, 8191, "../bhv/cnative/gol8192.pbm")
+# benchmark()
+export(init, 8191, "../bhv/cnative/gol8192.pbm")