diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 31989d87..8b72a25e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "thiserror",
+ "tinybmp",
+ "yansi-term",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -885,6 +887,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinybmp"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "781e52493917138f60c3b98b95e39967eafd28d3c470d0d35ae020b47f011b5d"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "0.2.20"
@@ -1042,3 +1053,12 @@ checksum = "244c3741f4240ef46274860397c7c74e50eb23624996930e484c16679633a54c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "yansi-term"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fe5c30ade05e61656247b2e334a031dfd0cc466fadef865bdcdea8d537951bf1"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
diff --git a/aura/Cargo.toml b/aura/Cargo.toml
index 95f418e8..cc8dedd5 100644
--- a/aura/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aura/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ dbus = { version = "^0.8.2" }
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 thiserror = "^1.0.15"
+yansi-term = "0.1.2"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tinybmp = "0.2.3"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aura/examples/animatrix.rs b/aura/examples/animatrix.rs
index daa15451..fdcac245 100644
--- a/aura/examples/animatrix.rs
+++ b/aura/examples/animatrix.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,39 @@
-use rog_aura::{AniMeDbusWriter, AniMeMatrix, AniMePacketType};
+use rog_aura::{AniMeDbusWriter, AniMeMatrix, AniMePacketType, HEIGHT, WIDTH};
+use tinybmp::{Bmp, Pixel};
 
 fn main() {
     let mut writer = AniMeDbusWriter::new().unwrap();
 
-    // loop {
-    //     for brightness in 0xFE..0xFF {
-    //         let mut matrix = AniMeMatrix::new();
-    //         matrix.fill_with(brightness);
-
-    //         let mut matrix: AniMePacketType = AniMePacketType::from(matrix);
-    //         // println!("{:?}", matrix[0].to_vec());
-    //         // println!("{:?}", matrix[1].to_vec());
-
-    //         writer.write_image(&mut matrix).unwrap();
-    //     }
-    //     break;
-    // }
+    let bmp = Bmp::from_slice(include_bytes!("test.bmp")).expect("Failed to parse BMP image");
+    let pixels: Vec<Pixel> = bmp.into_iter().collect();
+    //assert_eq!(pixels.len(), 56 * 56);
 
     // Try an outline, top and right
     let mut matrix = AniMeMatrix::new();
-    {
-        let tmp = matrix.get_mut();
-        for row in tmp.iter_mut() {
-            row[row.len() - 1] = 0xff;
+
+    // Aligned left
+    for px in pixels {
+        if (px.x as usize) < WIDTH {
+            matrix.get_mut()[px.y as usize][px.x as usize] = px.color as u8;
         }
     }
 
+    // Throw an alignment border up
+    // {
+    //     let tmp = matrix.get_mut();
+    //     for x in tmp[0].iter_mut() {
+    //         *x = 0xff;
+    //     }
+    //     for row in tmp.iter_mut() {
+    //         row[row.len() - 1] = 0xff;
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    matrix.debug_print();
+
     let mut matrix: AniMePacketType = AniMePacketType::from(matrix);
-    println!("{:?}", matrix[0].to_vec());
-    println!("{:?}", matrix[1].to_vec());
+    // println!("{:?}", matrix[0].to_vec());
+    // println!("{:?}", matrix[1].to_vec());
 
     writer.write_image(&mut matrix).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/aura/examples/rust.bmp b/aura/examples/rust.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a079736b
Binary files /dev/null and b/aura/examples/rust.bmp differ
diff --git a/aura/examples/test-skinny-45deg.bmp b/aura/examples/test-skinny-45deg.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e6cf9f3
Binary files /dev/null and b/aura/examples/test-skinny-45deg.bmp differ
diff --git a/aura/examples/test.bmp b/aura/examples/test.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d5824d6
Binary files /dev/null and b/aura/examples/test.bmp differ
diff --git a/aura/src/anime_matrix.rs b/aura/src/anime_matrix.rs
index 5f34359c..de4ecabf 100644
--- a/aura/src/anime_matrix.rs
+++ b/aura/src/anime_matrix.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub type AniMeBufferType = [[u8; WIDTH]; HEIGHT];
 pub type AniMePacketType = [[u8; 640]; 2];
 const BLOCK_START: usize = 7;
 const BLOCK_END: usize = 634;
+use yansi_term::Colour::RGB;
 
 pub struct AniMeMatrix(AniMeBufferType);
 
@@ -27,6 +28,60 @@ impl AniMeMatrix {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn debug_print(&self) {
+        // this is the index from right. It is used to progressively shorten rows
+        let mut prog_row_len = WIDTH - 2;
+
+        for (count, row) in self.0.iter().enumerate() {
+            // Write the top block of LEDs (first 7 rows)
+            if count < 6 {
+                if count % 2 != 0 {
+                    print!("     ");
+                } else if count == 0 {
+                    print!("  ");
+                } else {
+                    print!("  ");
+                }
+                let tmp = if count == 0 || count == 1 || count == 3 || count == 5 {
+                    row[1..].iter()
+                } else {
+                    row.iter()
+                };
+                for x in tmp {
+                    print!(" {}", RGB(*x, *x, *x).paint(&format!("{:#04X}", x)));
+                }
+
+                print!("\n");
+            } else {
+                // Switch to next block (looks like )
+                if count % 2 != 0 {
+                    // Row after 6 is only 1 less, then rows after 7 follow pattern
+                    if count == 7 {
+                        prog_row_len -= 1;
+                    } else {
+                        prog_row_len -= 2;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    prog_row_len += 1; // if count 6, 0
+                }
+
+                let index = row.len() - prog_row_len;
+
+                if count % 2 == 0 {
+                    print!("   ");
+                }
+                for (i, x) in row.iter().enumerate() {
+                    if i >= index {
+                        print!(" {}", RGB(*x, *x, *x).paint(&format!("{:#04X}", x)));
+                    } else {
+                        print!("     ");
+                    }
+                }
+                print!("\n");
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<AniMeMatrix> for AniMePacketType {
@@ -39,32 +94,38 @@ impl From<AniMeMatrix> for AniMePacketType {
         let mut write_index = BLOCK_START;
         let mut write_block = &mut buffers[0];
         let mut block1_done = false;
-        let mut phys_row_len = WIDTH - 1; // not taking in to account starting at 0
+
+        // this is the index from right. It is used to progressively shorten rows
+        let mut prog_row_len = WIDTH - 2;
 
         for (count, row) in anime.0.iter().enumerate() {
             // Write the top block of LEDs (first 7 rows)
             if count < 6 {
-                for x in row.iter() {
-                    write_block[write_index] = *x;
+                for (i, x) in row.iter().enumerate() {
+                    // Rows 0, 1, 3, 5 are short and misaligned
+                    if count == 0 || count == 1 || count == 3 || count == 5 {
+                        if i > 0 {
+                            write_block[write_index - 1] = *x;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        write_block[write_index] = *x;
+                    }
                     write_index += 1;
                 }
             } else {
-                // Two offsets to correct the below with
-                if count == 6 {
-                    phys_row_len -= 1;
-                }
-                if count == 7 {
-                    phys_row_len += 1;
-                }
-
                 // Switch to next block (looks like )
                 if count % 2 != 0 {
-                    phys_row_len -= 2; // if count 7, -= 1
+                    // Row after 6 is only 1 less, then rows after 7 follow pattern
+                    if count == 7 {
+                        prog_row_len -= 1;
+                    } else {
+                        prog_row_len -= 2;
+                    }
                 } else {
-                    phys_row_len += 1; // if count 6, 0
+                    prog_row_len += 1; // if count 6, 0
                 }
 
-                let index = row.len() - phys_row_len;
+                let index = row.len() - prog_row_len;
                 for n in index..row.len() {
                     // Require a special case to catch the correct end-of-packet which is
                     // 6 bytes from the end
@@ -83,3 +144,87 @@ impl From<AniMeMatrix> for AniMePacketType {
         buffers
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::{AniMeMatrix, AniMePacketType};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn check_data_alignment() {
+        let mut matrix = AniMeMatrix::new();
+        {
+            let tmp = matrix.get_mut();
+            for row in tmp.iter_mut() {
+                row[row.len() - 1] = 0xff;
+            }
+        }
+
+        let matrix: AniMePacketType = AniMePacketType::from(matrix);
+
+        // The bytes at the right of the initial AniMeMatrix should always end up aligned in the
+        // same place after conversion to data packets
+
+        // Check against manually worked out right align
+        assert_eq!(
+            matrix[0].to_vec(),
+            [
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
+            ]
+            .to_vec()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            matrix[1].to_vec(),
+            [
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0
+            ]
+            .to_vec()
+        );
+    }
+}