diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0728872b..63cb621b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,16 +31,17 @@ OBJ+=convolutional_kernels.o deconvolutional_kernels.o activation_kernels.o im2c
 endif
 
 OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR), $(OBJ))
+DEPS = $(wildcard src/*.h) Makefile
 
 all: $(EXEC)
 
 $(EXEC): $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(COMMON) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
 
-$(OBJDIR)%.o: %.c 
+$(OBJDIR)%.o: %.c $(DEPS)
 	$(CC) $(COMMON) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
-$(OBJDIR)%.o: %.cu 
+$(OBJDIR)%.o: %.cu $(DEPS)
 	$(NVCC) $(ARCH) $(COMMON) --compiler-options "$(CFLAGS)" -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: clean
diff --git a/src/connected_layer.c b/src/connected_layer.c
index 4c40fc08..bdab6d84 100644
--- a/src/connected_layer.c
+++ b/src/connected_layer.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ connected_layer *make_connected_layer(int batch, int inputs, int outputs, ACTIVA
 
     float scale = 1./sqrt(inputs);
     for(i = 0; i < inputs*outputs; ++i){
-        //layer->weights[i] = scale*rand_normal();
+        layer->weights[i] = 2*scale*rand_uniform() - scale;
     }
 
     for(i = 0; i < outputs; ++i){
diff --git a/src/convolutional_layer.c b/src/convolutional_layer.c
index ade2ac1d..cd357d39 100644
--- a/src/convolutional_layer.c
+++ b/src/convolutional_layer.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ convolutional_layer *make_convolutional_layer(int batch, int h, int w, int c, in
     layer->biases = calloc(n, sizeof(float));
     layer->bias_updates = calloc(n, sizeof(float));
     float scale = 1./sqrt(size*size*c);
-    for(i = 0; i < c*n*size*size; ++i) layer->filters[i] = scale*rand_normal();
+    for(i = 0; i < c*n*size*size; ++i) layer->filters[i] = 2*scale*rand_uniform() - scale;
     for(i = 0; i < n; ++i){
         layer->biases[i] = scale;
     }
diff --git a/src/crop_layer.c b/src/crop_layer.c
index 819b7547..bc131514 100644
--- a/src/crop_layer.c
+++ b/src/crop_layer.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ image get_crop_image(crop_layer layer)
     return float_to_image(w,h,c,layer.output);
 }
 
-crop_layer *make_crop_layer(int batch, int h, int w, int c, int crop_height, int crop_width, int flip)
+crop_layer *make_crop_layer(int batch, int h, int w, int c, int crop_height, int crop_width, int flip, float angle)
 {
     fprintf(stderr, "Crop Layer: %d x %d -> %d x %d x %d image\n", h,w,crop_height,crop_width,c);
     crop_layer *layer = calloc(1, sizeof(crop_layer));
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ crop_layer *make_crop_layer(int batch, int h, int w, int c, int crop_height, int
     layer->w = w;
     layer->c = c;
     layer->flip = flip;
+    layer->angle = angle;
     layer->crop_width = crop_width;
     layer->crop_height = crop_height;
     layer->output = calloc(crop_width*crop_height * c*batch, sizeof(float));
diff --git a/src/crop_layer.h b/src/crop_layer.h
index 05a511b3..a320f0e4 100644
--- a/src/crop_layer.h
+++ b/src/crop_layer.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int crop_width;
     int crop_height;
     int flip;
+    float angle;
     float *output;
 #ifdef GPU
     float *output_gpu;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } crop_layer;
 
 image get_crop_image(crop_layer layer);
-crop_layer *make_crop_layer(int batch, int h, int w, int c, int crop_height, int crop_width, int flip);
+crop_layer *make_crop_layer(int batch, int h, int w, int c, int crop_height, int crop_width, int flip, float angle);
 void forward_crop_layer(const crop_layer layer, network_state state);
 
 #ifdef GPU
diff --git a/src/crop_layer_kernels.cu b/src/crop_layer_kernels.cu
index ca6bb20e..1d20d786 100644
--- a/src/crop_layer_kernels.cu
+++ b/src/crop_layer_kernels.cu
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ extern "C" void forward_crop_layer_gpu(crop_layer layer, network_state state)
     int flip = (layer.flip && rand()%2);
     int dh = rand()%(layer.h - layer.crop_height + 1);
     int dw = rand()%(layer.w - layer.crop_width + 1);
-    float angle = rand_uniform() - .5;
+    float radians = layer.angle*3.14159/180.;
+    float angle = 2*radians*rand_uniform() - radians;
     if(!state.train){
         angle = 0;
         flip = 0;
@@ -76,5 +77,12 @@ extern "C" void forward_crop_layer_gpu(crop_layer layer, network_state state)
     forward_crop_layer_kernel<<<cuda_gridsize(size), BLOCK>>>(state.input, size, layer.c, layer.h, layer.w,
                         layer.crop_height, layer.crop_width, dh, dw, flip, angle, layer.output_gpu);
     check_error(cudaPeekAtLastError());
+
+/*
+    cuda_pull_array(layer.output_gpu, layer.output, size);
+    image im = float_to_image(layer.crop_width, layer.crop_height, layer.c, layer.output + 14*(size/layer.batch));
+    show_image(im, "cropped");
+    cvWaitKey(0);
+    */
 }
 
diff --git a/src/darknet.c b/src/darknet.c
index 0cd6153e..cca5473a 100644
--- a/src/darknet.c
+++ b/src/darknet.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ void visualize(char *cfgfile, char *weightfile)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    //test_resize(argv[1]);
     //test_convolutional_layer();
     if(argc < 2){
         fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <function>\n", argv[0]);
@@ -114,6 +113,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         run_imagenet(argc, argv);
     } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[1], "detection")){
         run_detection(argc, argv);
+    } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[1], "test")){
+        test_resize(argv[2]);
     } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[1], "captcha")){
         run_captcha(argc, argv);
     } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[1], "change")){
diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 1ef2c403..5a6a6022 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ data load_data_detection_jitter_random(int n, char **paths, int m, int classes,
     d.y = make_matrix(n, k);
     for(i = 0; i < n; ++i){
         image orig = load_image_color(random_paths[i], 0, 0);
+        translate_image(orig, -128);
+        scale_image(orig, 1./128);
         int oh = orig.h;
         int ow = orig.w;
 
@@ -310,6 +312,13 @@ data load_data_detection_jitter_random(int n, char **paths, int m, int classes,
 
         float sx = (float)swidth  / ow;
         float sy = (float)sheight / oh;
+        
+        /*
+        float angle = rand_uniform()*.1 - .05;
+        image rot = rotate_image(orig, angle);
+        free_image(orig);
+        orig = rot;
+        */
 
         int flip = rand()%2;
         image cropped = crop_image(orig, pleft, ptop, swidth, sheight);
@@ -333,8 +342,6 @@ void *load_detection_thread(void *ptr)
     printf("Loading data: %d\n", rand());
     struct load_args a = *(struct load_args*)ptr;
     *a.d = load_data_detection_jitter_random(a.n, a.paths, a.m, a.classes, a.w, a.h, a.num_boxes, a.background);
-    translate_data_rows(*a.d, -128);
-    scale_data_rows(*a.d, 1./128);
     free(ptr);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -435,7 +442,7 @@ data load_cifar10_data(char *filename)
             X.vals[i][j] = (double)bytes[j+1];
         }
     }
-    translate_data_rows(d, -144);
+    translate_data_rows(d, -128);
     scale_data_rows(d, 1./128);
     //normalize_data_rows(d);
     fclose(fp);
@@ -491,7 +498,7 @@ data load_all_cifar10()
         fclose(fp);
     }
     //normalize_data_rows(d);
-    translate_data_rows(d, -144);
+    translate_data_rows(d, -128);
     scale_data_rows(d, 1./128);
     return d;
 }
diff --git a/src/detection.c b/src/detection.c
index 1cf9ef08..fec39803 100644
--- a/src/detection.c
+++ b/src/detection.c
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ void train_detection(char *cfgfile, char *weightfile)
         load_thread = load_data_detection_thread(imgs, paths, plist->size, classes, net.w, net.h, side, side, background, &buffer);
 
 /*
-           image im = float_to_image(im_dim, im_dim, 3, train.X.vals[114]);
+           image im = float_to_image(net.w, net.h, 3, train.X.vals[114]);
            draw_detection(im, train.y.vals[114], 7);
-*/
+           */
 
         printf("Loaded: %lf seconds\n", sec(clock()-time));
         time=clock();
diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
index 49d46477..d3fb61ef 100644
--- a/src/image.c
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ image copy_image(image p)
     return copy;
 }
 
-
 void show_image(image p, char *name)
 {
     int x,y,k;
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ image crop_image(image im, int dx, int dy, int w, int h)
             for(i = 0; i < w; ++i){
                 int r = j + dy;
                 int c = i + dx;
-                float val = 128;
+                float val = 0;
                 if (r >= 0 && r < im.h && c >= 0 && c < im.w) {
                     val = get_pixel(im, c, r, k);
                 }
@@ -328,6 +327,54 @@ image crop_image(image im, int dx, int dy, int w, int h)
     return cropped;
 }
 
+image grayscale_image(image im)
+{
+    assert(im.c == 3);
+    int i, j, k;
+    image gray = make_image(im.w, im.h, im.c);
+    float scale[] = {0.114, 0.587, 0.299};
+    for(k = 0; k < im.c; ++k){
+        for(j = 0; j < im.h; ++j){
+            for(i = 0; i < im.w; ++i){
+                gray.data[i+im.w*j] += scale[k]*get_pixel(im, i, j, k);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    memcpy(gray.data + im.w*im.h*1, gray.data, sizeof(float)*im.w*im.h);
+    memcpy(gray.data + im.w*im.h*2, gray.data, sizeof(float)*im.w*im.h);
+    return gray;
+}
+
+image blend_image(image fore, image back, float alpha)
+{
+    assert(fore.w == back.w && fore.h == back.h && fore.c == back.c);
+    image blend = make_image(fore.w, fore.h, fore.c);
+    int i, j, k;
+    for(k = 0; k < fore.c; ++k){
+        for(j = 0; j < fore.h; ++j){
+            for(i = 0; i < fore.w; ++i){
+                float val = alpha * get_pixel(fore, i, j, k) + 
+                            (1 - alpha)* get_pixel(back, i, j, k);
+                set_pixel(blend, i, j, k, val);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return blend;
+}
+
+image saturate_image(image im, float sat)
+{
+    image gray = grayscale_image(im);
+    image blend = blend_image(im, gray, sat);
+    free_image(gray);
+    return blend;
+}
+
+image brightness_image(image im, float b)
+{
+    image bright = make_image(im.w, im.h, im.c);
+}
+
 float billinear_interpolate(image im, float x, float y, int c)
 {
     int ix = (int) floorf(x);
@@ -337,9 +384,9 @@ float billinear_interpolate(image im, float x, float y, int c)
     float dy = y - iy;
 
     float val = (1-dy) * (1-dx) * get_pixel_extend(im, ix, iy, c) + 
-                dy     * (1-dx) * get_pixel_extend(im, ix, iy+1, c) + 
-                (1-dy) *   dx   * get_pixel_extend(im, ix+1, iy, c) +
-                dy     *   dx   * get_pixel_extend(im, ix+1, iy+1, c);
+        dy     * (1-dx) * get_pixel_extend(im, ix, iy+1, c) + 
+        (1-dy) *   dx   * get_pixel_extend(im, ix+1, iy, c) +
+        dy     *   dx   * get_pixel_extend(im, ix+1, iy+1, c);
     return val;
 }
 
@@ -374,14 +421,22 @@ void test_resize(char *filename)
     image rot = rotate_image(big, .02);
     image rot2 = rotate_image(big, 3.14159265/2.);
     image test = rotate_image(im, .6);
+    image gray = grayscale_image(im);
+    image sat = saturate_image(im, 2);
+    image sat2 = saturate_image(im, .5);
     show_image(im, "original");
-    show_image(small, "smaller");
-    show_image(big, "bigger");
-    show_image(crop, "crop");
-    show_image(crop2, "crop2");
-    show_image(rot, "rot");
-    show_image(rot2, "rot2");
-    show_image(test, "test");
+    show_image(gray, "gray");
+    show_image(sat, "sat");
+    show_image(sat2, "sat2");
+    /*
+       show_image(small, "smaller");
+       show_image(big, "bigger");
+       show_image(crop, "crop");
+       show_image(crop2, "crop2");
+       show_image(rot, "rot");
+       show_image(rot2, "rot2");
+       show_image(test, "test");
+     */
     cvWaitKey(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index e4ee17e4..08e0ea12 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ crop_layer *parse_crop(list *options, size_params params)
     int crop_height = option_find_int(options, "crop_height",1);
     int crop_width = option_find_int(options, "crop_width",1);
     int flip = option_find_int(options, "flip",0);
+    float angle = option_find_float(options, "angle",0);
 
     int batch,h,w,c;
     h = params.h;
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ crop_layer *parse_crop(list *options, size_params params)
     batch=params.batch;
     if(!(h && w && c)) error("Layer before crop layer must output image.");
 
-    crop_layer *layer = make_crop_layer(batch,h,w,c,crop_height,crop_width,flip);
+    crop_layer *layer = make_crop_layer(batch,h,w,c,crop_height,crop_width,flip, angle);
     option_unused(options);
     return layer;
 }