diff --git a/build/html2canvas.js b/build/html2canvas.js
index 3316a01..6b109ea 100644
--- a/build/html2canvas.js
+++ b/build/html2canvas.js
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ function html2canvas(el, userOptions) {
     this.needReorder = false;
     this.blockElements = new RegExp("(BR|PARAM)");
     this.pageOrigin = window.location.protocol + window.location.host;
+    this.queue = [];
 
     this.ignoreRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
     
@@ -687,7 +688,9 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el,parentStack){
     var cssPosition = this.getCSS(el,"position");
     parentStack = parentStack || {};
 
-    var zindex = this.formatZ(this.getCSS(el,"zIndex"),cssPosition,parentStack.zIndex,el.parentNode);
+    //var zindex = this.formatZ(this.getCSS(el,"zIndex"),cssPosition,parentStack.zIndex,el.parentNode);
+    
+    var zindex = this.setZ(this.getCSS(el,"zIndex"),cssPosition,parentStack.zIndex,el.parentNode);
     
     //console.log(el.nodeName+":"+zindex+":"+this.getCSS(el,"position")+":"+this.numDraws+":"+this.getCSS(el,"z-index"))
     
@@ -700,6 +703,8 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el,parentStack){
         opacity: opacity*parentStack.opacity,
         cssPosition: cssPosition
     };
+    
+    
  
     // TODO correct overflow for absolute content residing under a static position
     if (parentStack.clip){
@@ -719,11 +724,16 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el,parentStack){
 
 
     }   
-       
+     /*  
     var stackLength =  this.contextStacks.push(stack);
         
     var ctx = this.contextStacks[stackLength-1].ctx; 
+*/
 
+    var stackLength =  zindex.children.push(stack);
+        
+    var ctx = zindex.children[stackLength-1].ctx; 
+    
     this.setContextVariable(ctx,"globalAlpha",stack.opacity);  
 
     // draw element borders
@@ -837,8 +847,8 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el,parentStack){
     
          
 
-    return this.contextStacks[stackLength-1];
-
+   // return this.contextStacks[stackLength-1];
+   return zindex.children[stackLength-1];
 			
 				
 }
@@ -1315,10 +1325,15 @@ html2canvas.prototype.canvasRenderStorage = function(queue,parentctx){
     }
 }
 
+
+
 html2canvas.prototype.canvasRenderer = function(queue){
     var _ = this;
+    this.sortZ(this.zStack);
+    queue = this.queue;
+    //console.log(queue);
 
-    queue = this.sortQueue(queue);
+    //queue = this.sortQueue(queue);
     
     
     
@@ -1835,13 +1850,80 @@ html2canvas.prototype.extendObj = function(options,defaults){
     return defaults;           
 }
 
-
+/*
+ *todo remove this function
 html2canvas.prototype.leadingZero = function(num,size){
     
     var s = "000000000" + num;
     return s.substr(s.length-size);    
 }    
+*/
+
+html2canvas.prototype.zContext = function(zindex){
+    return {
+        zindex: zindex,
+        children: []
+    }
     
+}
+
+html2canvas.prototype.setZ = function(zindex,position,parentZ,parentNode){
+    // TODO fix static elements overlapping relative/absolute elements under same stack, if they are defined after them
+    if (!parentZ){
+        this.zStack = new this.zContext(0);
+        return this.zStack;
+    }
+    
+    if (zindex!="auto"){
+        this.needReorder = true;
+        var newContext = new this.zContext(zindex);
+        parentZ.children.push(newContext);
+        
+        return newContext;
+        
+    }else {
+        return parentZ;
+    }
+    
+}
+
+html2canvas.prototype.sortZ = function(zStack){
+    var subStacks = [];
+    var stackValues = [];
+    var _ = this;
+
+    this.each(zStack.children, function(i,stackChild){
+        if (stackChild.children && stackChild.children.length > 0){
+            subStacks.push(stackChild);
+            stackValues.push(stackChild.zindex);
+        }else{         
+            _.queue.push(stackChild);
+        }
+        
+    });
+    
+   
+    
+    stackValues.sort(function(a,b){return a - b});
+    
+    this.each(stackValues, function(i,zValue){
+          for (var s = 0;s<=subStacks.length;s++){
+              if (subStacks[s].zindex == zValue){
+                  var stackChild = subStacks.splice(s,1);
+                  _.sortZ(stackChild[0]);
+                  break;
+                  
+              }
+          }
+
+    });
+ 
+    
+}
+
+/*
+ *todo remove this function
+
 html2canvas.prototype.formatZ = function(zindex,position,parentZ,parentNode){
     
     if (!parentZ){
@@ -1859,9 +1941,9 @@ html2canvas.prototype.formatZ = function(zindex,position,parentZ,parentNode){
         if (parentPosition!="static" && typeof parentPosition != "undefined"){
             zindex = 0;
         }
-    /*else{
+    else{
             return parentZ;
-        }*/
+        }
     }
     
     var b = this.leadingZero(this.numDraws,9);  
@@ -1875,6 +1957,9 @@ html2canvas.prototype.formatZ = function(zindex,position,parentZ,parentNode){
     
     
 }
+    */
+    
+    
     
 /*
  * Get element childNodes
diff --git a/build/html2canvas.min.js b/build/html2canvas.min.js
index cd30029..d15f5be 100644
--- a/build/html2canvas.min.js
+++ b/build/html2canvas.min.js
@@ -7,26 +7,26 @@
  */
 
 function html2canvas(a,b){this.opts=this.extendObj(b||{},{logging:!1,ready:function(a){document.body.appendChild(a.canvas)},storageReady:function(a){a.Renderer(a.contextStacks)},iframeDefault:"default",flashCanvasPath:"http://html2canvas.hertzen.com/external/flashcanvas/flashcanvas.js",renderViewport:!1,reorderZ:!0,throttle:!0,letterRendering:!1,proxyUrl:null,logger:function(a){window.console&&window.console.log?window.console.log(a):alert(a)},canvasWidth:0,canvasHeight:0,useOverflow:!0,renderOrder:"canvas flash html"});
-this.element=a;this.imagesLoaded=0;this.images=[];this.fontData=[];this.numDraws=0;this.contextStacks=[];this.ignoreElements="IFRAME|OBJECT|PARAM";this.needReorder=!1;this.blockElements=/(BR|PARAM)/;this.pageOrigin=window.location.protocol+window.location.host;this.ignoreRe=RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");this.support={rangeBounds:!1};if(document.createRange){var c=document.createRange();if(c.getBoundingClientRect){var d=document.createElement("boundtest");d.style.height="123px";d.style.display=
-"block";document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(d);c.selectNode(d);if(c.getBoundingClientRect().height==123)this.support.rangeBounds=!0;document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].removeChild(d)}}this.init();return this}
+this.element=a;this.imagesLoaded=0;this.images=[];this.fontData=[];this.numDraws=0;this.contextStacks=[];this.ignoreElements="IFRAME|OBJECT|PARAM";this.needReorder=!1;this.blockElements=/(BR|PARAM)/;this.pageOrigin=window.location.protocol+window.location.host;this.queue=[];this.ignoreRe=RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");this.support={rangeBounds:!1};if(document.createRange){var c=document.createRange();if(c.getBoundingClientRect){var d=document.createElement("boundtest");d.style.height="123px";
+d.style.display="block";document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(d);c.selectNode(d);if(c.getBoundingClientRect().height==123)this.support.rangeBounds=!0;document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].removeChild(d)}}this.init();return this}
 html2canvas.prototype.init=function(){var a=this;this.log("Finding background-images");this.images.push("start");this.getImages(this.element);this.log("Finding images");this.each(this.element.ownerDocument.images,function(b,c){a.preloadImage(a.getAttr(c,"src"))});this.images.splice(0,1);this.images.length==0&&this.start()};
 html2canvas.prototype.start=function(){if(this.images.length==0||this.imagesLoaded==this.images.length/2){this.log("Finished loading "+this.imagesLoaded+" images, Started parsing");this.bodyOverflow=document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].style.overflow;document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].style.overflow="hidden";var a=new this.storageContext($(document).width(),$(document).height());a.opacity=this.getCSS(this.element,"opacity");this.parseElement(this.element,this.newElement(this.element,a))}};
 html2canvas.prototype.stackingContext=function(a){this.canvas=document.createElement("canvas");this.canvas.width=a;this.canvas.height=a;if(this.canvas.getContext)this.ctx=this.canvas.getContext("2d");this.ctx.textBaseline="bottom";return this.ctx};
-html2canvas.prototype.storageContext=function(a,b){this.storage=[];this.width=a;this.height=b;this.fillRect=function(a,b,e,f){this.storage.push({type:"function",name:"fillRect",arguments:[a,b,e,f]})};this.drawImage=function(a,b,e,f,h,i,g,j,k){this.storage.push({type:"function",name:"drawImage",arguments:[a,b,e,f,h,i,g,j,k]})};this.fillText=function(a,b,e){this.storage.push({type:"function",name:"fillText",arguments:[a,b,e]})};return this};
+html2canvas.prototype.storageContext=function(a,b){this.storage=[];this.width=a;this.height=b;this.fillRect=function(a,b,e,f){this.storage.push({type:"function",name:"fillRect",arguments:[a,b,e,f]})};this.drawImage=function(a,b,e,f,g,i,h,j,l){this.storage.push({type:"function",name:"drawImage",arguments:[a,b,e,f,g,i,h,j,l]})};this.fillText=function(a,b,e){this.storage.push({type:"function",name:"fillText",arguments:[a,b,e]})};return this};
 html2canvas.prototype.finish=function(){this.log("Finished rendering");document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].style.overflow=this.bodyOverflow;this.opts.ready(this)};
 html2canvas.prototype.drawBackground=function(a,b,c){var d=this.getCSS(a,"background-image"),e=this.getCSS(a,"background-repeat");if(typeof d!="undefined"&&/^(1|none)$/.test(d)==!1&&/^(-webkit|-moz|linear-gradient|-o-)/.test(d)==!1){var d=this.backgroundImageUrl(d),f=this.loadImage(d),a=this.getBackgroundPosition(a,b,f);if(f)switch(e){case "repeat-x":this.drawbackgroundRepeatX(c,f,a,b.left,b.top,b.width,b.height);break;case "repeat-y":this.drawbackgroundRepeatY(c,f,a,b.left,b.top,b.width,b.height);
-break;case "no-repeat":var d=b.width-a.left,e=b.height-a.top,h=a.left,i=a.top,g=a.left+b.left,j=a.top+b.top;h<0?(h=Math.abs(h),g+=h,d=Math.min(b.width,f.width-h)):(d=Math.min(d,f.width),h=0);i<0?(i=Math.abs(i),j+=i,e=Math.min(b.height,f.height-i)):(e=Math.min(e,f.height),i=0);if(e>0&&d>0){this.drawImage(c,f,h,i,d,e,g,j,d,e);break}default:a.top-=Math.ceil(a.top/f.height)*f.height;for(d=b.top+a.top;d<b.height+b.top;)e=Math.min(f.height,b.height+b.top-d),e=Math.floor(d+f.height)>e+d?e+d-d:f.height,d<
-b.top?(h=b.top-d,d=b.top):h=0,this.drawbackgroundRepeatX(c,f,a,b.left,d,b.width,e),h>0&&(a.top+=h),d=Math.floor(d+f.height)-h}else this.log("Error loading background:"+d)}};html2canvas.prototype.backgroundImageUrl=function(a){a.substr(0,5)=='url("'?(a=a.substr(5),a=a.substr(0,a.length-2)):(a=a.substr(4),a=a.substr(0,a.length-1));return a};
+break;case "no-repeat":var d=b.width-a.left,e=b.height-a.top,g=a.left,i=a.top,h=a.left+b.left,j=a.top+b.top;g<0?(g=Math.abs(g),h+=g,d=Math.min(b.width,f.width-g)):(d=Math.min(d,f.width),g=0);i<0?(i=Math.abs(i),j+=i,e=Math.min(b.height,f.height-i)):(e=Math.min(e,f.height),i=0);if(e>0&&d>0){this.drawImage(c,f,g,i,d,e,h,j,d,e);break}default:a.top-=Math.ceil(a.top/f.height)*f.height;for(d=b.top+a.top;d<b.height+b.top;)e=Math.min(f.height,b.height+b.top-d),e=Math.floor(d+f.height)>e+d?e+d-d:f.height,d<
+b.top?(g=b.top-d,d=b.top):g=0,this.drawbackgroundRepeatX(c,f,a,b.left,d,b.width,e),g>0&&(a.top+=g),d=Math.floor(d+f.height)-g}else this.log("Error loading background:"+d)}};html2canvas.prototype.backgroundImageUrl=function(a){a.substr(0,5)=='url("'?(a=a.substr(5),a=a.substr(0,a.length-2)):(a=a.substr(4),a=a.substr(0,a.length-1));return a};
 html2canvas.prototype.getBackgroundPosition=function(a,b,c){var d=(this.getCSS(a,"backgroundPosition")||"0 0").split(" "),e;d.length==1&&(a=d,d=[],d[0]=a,d[1]=a);d[0].toString().indexOf("%")!=-1?(e=parseFloat(d[0])/100,a=b.width*e-c.width*e):a=parseInt(d[0],10);d[1].toString().indexOf("%")!=-1?(e=parseFloat(d[1])/100,b=b.height*e-c.height*e):b=parseInt(d[1],10);c={};c.top=b;c.left=a;return c};
-html2canvas.prototype.drawbackgroundRepeatY=function(a,b,c,d,e,f,h){var i=Math.min(b.width,f),g;c.top-=Math.ceil(c.top/b.height)*b.height;for(g=e+c.top;g<h+e;)f=Math.floor(g+b.height)>h+e?h+e-g:b.height,this.drawBackgroundRepeat(a,b,d+c.left,g,i,f,d,e),g=Math.floor(g+b.height)};
-html2canvas.prototype.drawbackgroundRepeatX=function(a,b,c,d,e,f,h){var h=Math.min(b.height,h),i,g;c.left-=Math.ceil(c.left/b.width)*b.width;for(g=d+c.left;g<f+d;)i=Math.floor(g+b.width)>f+d?f+d-g:b.width,this.drawBackgroundRepeat(a,b,g,e+c.top,i,h,d,e),g=Math.floor(g+b.width)};html2canvas.prototype.drawBackgroundRepeat=function(a,b,c,d,e,f,h,i){var g=0,j=0;h-c>0&&(g=h-c);i-d>0&&(j=i-d);this.drawImage(a,b,g,j,e-g,f-j,c+g,d+j,e-g,f-j)};
+html2canvas.prototype.drawbackgroundRepeatY=function(a,b,c,d,e,f,g){var i=Math.min(b.width,f),h;c.top-=Math.ceil(c.top/b.height)*b.height;for(h=e+c.top;h<g+e;)f=Math.floor(h+b.height)>g+e?g+e-h:b.height,this.drawBackgroundRepeat(a,b,d+c.left,h,i,f,d,e),h=Math.floor(h+b.height)};
+html2canvas.prototype.drawbackgroundRepeatX=function(a,b,c,d,e,f,g){var g=Math.min(b.height,g),i,h;c.left-=Math.ceil(c.left/b.width)*b.width;for(h=d+c.left;h<f+d;)i=Math.floor(h+b.width)>f+d?f+d-h:b.width,this.drawBackgroundRepeat(a,b,h,e+c.top,i,g,d,e),h=Math.floor(h+b.width)};html2canvas.prototype.drawBackgroundRepeat=function(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,i){var h=0,j=0;g-c>0&&(h=g-c);i-d>0&&(j=i-d);this.drawImage(a,b,h,j,e-h,f-j,c+h,d+j,e-h,f-j)};
 html2canvas.prototype.getBorderData=function(a){var b=[],c=this;this.each(["top","right","bottom","left"],function(d,e){b.push({width:parseInt(c.getCSS(a,"border-"+e+"-width"),10),color:c.getCSS(a,"border-"+e+"-color")})});return b};
-html2canvas.prototype.drawBorders=function(a,b,c,d){var e=c.left,f=c.top,h=c.width,i=c.height,g=this.getBorderData(a),j=this;this.each(g,function(a,c){if(c.width>0){var n=e,o=f,m=h,p=i-g[2].width;switch(a){case 0:p=g[0].width;break;case 1:n=e+h-g[1].width;m=g[1].width;break;case 2:o=o+i-g[2].width;p=g[2].width;break;case 3:m=g[3].width}m={left:n,top:o,width:m,height:p};d&&(m=j.clipBounds(m,d));m.width>0&&m.height>0&&j.newRect(b,n,o,m.width,m.height,c.color)}});return g};
-html2canvas.prototype.newElement=function(a,b){var c=this.getBounds(a),d=c.left,e=c.top,f=c.width,h=c.height,i;i=this.getCSS(a,"background-color");var g=this.getCSS(a,"position"),b=b||{},j=this.formatZ(this.getCSS(a,"zIndex"),g,b.zIndex,a.parentNode),k=this.getCSS(a,"opacity"),l={ctx:new this.storageContext,zIndex:j,opacity:k*b.opacity,cssPosition:g};if(b.clip)l.clip=$.extend({},b.clip),l.clip.height-=b.borders[2].width;if(this.opts.useOverflow&&/(hidden|scroll|auto)/.test(this.getCSS(a,"overflow"))&&
-!/(BODY)/i.test(a.nodeName))l.clip=l.clip?this.clipBounds(l.clip,c):c;g=this.contextStacks.push(l);j=this.contextStacks[g-1].ctx;this.setContextVariable(j,"globalAlpha",l.opacity);k=this.drawBorders(a,j,c);l.borders=k;this.ignoreRe.test(a.nodeName)&&this.opts.iframeDefault!="transparent"&&(i=this.opts.iframeDefault=="default"?"#efefef":this.opts.iframeDefault);f={left:d+k[3].width,top:e+k[0].width,width:f-(k[1].width+k[3].width),height:h-(k[0].width+k[2].width)};l.clip&&(f=this.clipBounds(f,l.clip));
-f.height>0&&f.width>0&&(this.newRect(j,f.left,f.top,f.width,f.height,i),this.drawBackground(a,f,j));switch(a.nodeName){case "IMG":(i=this.loadImage(this.getAttr(a,"src")))?this.drawImage(j,i,0,0,i.width,i.height,d+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-left"),10)+k[3].width,e+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-top"),10)+k[0].width,c.width-(k[1].width+k[3].width+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-left"),10)+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-right"),10)),c.height-(k[0].width+k[2].width+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-top"),
-10)+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-bottom"),10))):this.log("Error loading <img>:"+this.getAttr(a,"src"));break;case "INPUT":/^(text|url|email|submit|button|reset)$/.test(a.type)&&a.value.length>0&&this.renderFormValue(a,c,l);break;case "TEXTAREA":a.value.length>0&&this.renderFormValue(a,c,l);break;case "SELECT":a.options.length>0&&this.renderFormValue(a,c,l)}return this.contextStacks[g-1]};html2canvas.prototype.printText=function(a,b,c,d){this.trim(a).length>0&&(d.fillText(a,b,c),this.numDraws++)};
-html2canvas.prototype.newRect=function(a,b,c,d,e,f){f!="transparent"&&(this.setContextVariable(a,"fillStyle",f),a.fillRect(b,c,d,e),this.numDraws++)};html2canvas.prototype.drawImage=function(a,b,c,d,e,f,h,i,g,j){a.drawImage(b,c,d,e,f,h,i,g,j);this.numDraws++};
+html2canvas.prototype.drawBorders=function(a,b,c,d){var e=c.left,f=c.top,g=c.width,i=c.height,h=this.getBorderData(a),j=this;this.each(h,function(a,c){if(c.width>0){var k=e,o=f,n=g,p=i-h[2].width;switch(a){case 0:p=h[0].width;break;case 1:k=e+g-h[1].width;n=h[1].width;break;case 2:o=o+i-h[2].width;p=h[2].width;break;case 3:n=h[3].width}n={left:k,top:o,width:n,height:p};d&&(n=j.clipBounds(n,d));n.width>0&&n.height>0&&j.newRect(b,k,o,n.width,n.height,c.color)}});return h};
+html2canvas.prototype.newElement=function(a,b){var c=this.getBounds(a),d=c.left,e=c.top,f=c.width,g=c.height,i;i=this.getCSS(a,"background-color");var h=this.getCSS(a,"position"),b=b||{},j=this.setZ(this.getCSS(a,"zIndex"),h,b.zIndex,a.parentNode),l=this.getCSS(a,"opacity"),m={ctx:new this.storageContext,zIndex:j,opacity:l*b.opacity,cssPosition:h};if(b.clip)m.clip=$.extend({},b.clip),m.clip.height-=b.borders[2].width;if(this.opts.useOverflow&&/(hidden|scroll|auto)/.test(this.getCSS(a,"overflow"))&&
+!/(BODY)/i.test(a.nodeName))m.clip=m.clip?this.clipBounds(m.clip,c):c;h=j.children.push(m);l=j.children[h-1].ctx;this.setContextVariable(l,"globalAlpha",m.opacity);var k=this.drawBorders(a,l,c);m.borders=k;this.ignoreRe.test(a.nodeName)&&this.opts.iframeDefault!="transparent"&&(i=this.opts.iframeDefault=="default"?"#efefef":this.opts.iframeDefault);f={left:d+k[3].width,top:e+k[0].width,width:f-(k[1].width+k[3].width),height:g-(k[0].width+k[2].width)};m.clip&&(f=this.clipBounds(f,m.clip));f.height>
+0&&f.width>0&&(this.newRect(l,f.left,f.top,f.width,f.height,i),this.drawBackground(a,f,l));switch(a.nodeName){case "IMG":(i=this.loadImage(this.getAttr(a,"src")))?this.drawImage(l,i,0,0,i.width,i.height,d+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-left"),10)+k[3].width,e+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-top"),10)+k[0].width,c.width-(k[1].width+k[3].width+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-left"),10)+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-right"),10)),c.height-(k[0].width+k[2].width+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-top"),
+10)+parseInt(this.getCSS(a,"padding-bottom"),10))):this.log("Error loading <img>:"+this.getAttr(a,"src"));break;case "INPUT":/^(text|url|email|submit|button|reset)$/.test(a.type)&&a.value.length>0&&this.renderFormValue(a,c,m);break;case "TEXTAREA":a.value.length>0&&this.renderFormValue(a,c,m);break;case "SELECT":a.options.length>0&&this.renderFormValue(a,c,m)}return j.children[h-1]};html2canvas.prototype.printText=function(a,b,c,d){this.trim(a).length>0&&(d.fillText(a,b,c),this.numDraws++)};
+html2canvas.prototype.newRect=function(a,b,c,d,e,f){f!="transparent"&&(this.setContextVariable(a,"fillStyle",f),a.fillRect(b,c,d,e),this.numDraws++)};html2canvas.prototype.drawImage=function(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,i,h,j){a.drawImage(b,c,d,e,f,g,i,h,j);this.numDraws++};
 html2canvas.prototype.renderFormValue=function(a,b,c){var d=document.createElement("valuewrap"),e=this;this.each(["lineHeight","textAlign","fontFamily","color","fontSize","paddingLeft","paddingTop","width","height","border","borderLeftWidth","borderTopWidth"],function(b,c){d.style[c]=e.getCSS(a,c)});d.style.borderColor="black";d.style.borderStyle="solid";d.style.display="block";d.style.position="absolute";if(/^(submit|reset|button|text|password)$/.test(a.type)||a.nodeName=="SELECT")d.style.lineHeight=
 e.getCSS(a,"height");d.style.top=b.top+"px";d.style.left=b.left+"px";b=document.createTextNode(a.nodeName=="SELECT"?a.options[a.selectedIndex].text:a.value);d.appendChild(b);$("body").append(d);this.newText(a,b,c);$(d).remove()};
 html2canvas.prototype.getImages=function(a){var b=this;this.ignoreRe.test(a.nodeName)||this.each($(a).contents(),function(a,d){RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")").test(d.nodeName)||b.getImages(d)});if(a.nodeType==1||typeof a.nodeType=="undefined")(a=this.getCSS(a,"background-image"))&&a!="1"&&a!="none"&&a.substring(0,7)!="-webkit"&&a.substring(0,3)!="-o-"&&a.substring(0,4)!="-moz"&&this.preloadImage(this.backgroundImageUrl(a))};
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ html2canvas.prototype.proxyGetImage=function(a,b){var c=this,d=document.createEl
 html2canvas.prototype.Renderer=function(a){var b=this;this.log("Renderer initiated");this.each(this.opts.renderOrder.split(" "),function(c,d){switch(d){case "canvas":b.canvas=document.createElement("canvas");if(b.canvas.getContext)return b.canvasRenderer(a),b.log("Using canvas renderer"),!1;break;case "html":return b.log("Using HTML renderer"),!1}});return this};html2canvas.prototype.throttler=function(){};
 html2canvas.prototype.canvasRenderContext=function(a,b){b.textBaseline="bottom";var c=this;a.clip&&(b.save(),b.beginPath(),b.rect(a.clip.left,a.clip.top,a.clip.width,a.clip.height),b.clip());a.ctx.storage&&c.each(a.ctx.storage,function(a,e){switch(e.type){case "variable":b[e.name]=e.arguments;break;case "function":e.name=="fillRect"?b.fillRect(e.arguments[0],e.arguments[1],e.arguments[2],e.arguments[3]):e.name=="fillText"?b.fillText(e.arguments[0],e.arguments[1],e.arguments[2]):e.name=="drawImage"?
 e.arguments[8]>0&&e.arguments[7]&&b.drawImage(e.arguments[0],e.arguments[1],e.arguments[2],e.arguments[3],e.arguments[4],e.arguments[5],e.arguments[6],e.arguments[7],e.arguments[8]):c.log(e)}});a.clip&&b.restore()};html2canvas.prototype.canvasRenderStorage=function(a,b){for(;0<a.length;){var c=a.splice(0,1)[0];c.canvasPosition=c.canvasPosition||{};this.canvasRenderContext(c,b)}};
-html2canvas.prototype.canvasRenderer=function(a){a=this.sortQueue(a);this.canvas.width=Math.max($(document).width(),this.opts.canvasWidth);this.canvas.height=Math.max($(document).height(),this.opts.canvasHeight);this.ctx=this.canvas.getContext("2d");this.canvasRenderStorage(a,this.ctx)};
+html2canvas.prototype.canvasRenderer=function(a){this.sortZ(this.zStack);a=this.queue;this.canvas.width=Math.max($(document).width(),this.opts.canvasWidth);this.canvas.height=Math.max($(document).height(),this.opts.canvasHeight);this.ctx=this.canvas.getContext("2d");this.canvasRenderStorage(a,this.ctx)};
 html2canvas.prototype.sortQueue=function(a){if(!this.opts.reorderZ||!this.needReorder)return a;var b=0;this.each(a,function(a,c){if(b<c.zIndex.length)b=c.zIndex.length});var c=0;this.each(a,function(d,e){for(var f=a.length.toString().length-c.toString().length;b>e.zIndex.length;)e.zIndex+="0";for(e.zIndex+=c;b+f+c.toString().length>e.zIndex.length;)e.zIndex+="0";c++});return a=a.sort(function(a,b){return a.zIndex<b.zIndex?-1:a.zIndex>b.zIndex?1:0})};
 html2canvas.prototype.setContextVariable=function(a,b,c){a.storage?a.storage.push({type:"variable",name:b,arguments:c}):a[b]=c};
-html2canvas.prototype.newText=function(a,b,c){var c=c.ctx,d=this.getCSS(a,"font-family"),e=this.getCSS(a,"font-size"),f=this.getCSS(a,"color"),h=this.getCSS(a,"font-weight"),i=this.getCSS(a,"font-style"),g=this.getCSS(a,"font-variant"),j=this.getCSS(a,"text-decoration"),k=this.getCSS(a,"text-align"),l=this.getCSS(a,"letter-spacing");b.nodeValue=this.textTransform(b.nodeValue,this.getCSS(a,"text-transform"));if(this.trim(b.nodeValue).length>0){switch(h){case 401:h="bold";break;case 400:h="normal"}if(j!=
-"none")var n=this.fontMetrics(d,e);d=g+" "+h+" "+i+" "+e+" "+d;k=k.replace(["-webkit-auto"],["auto"]);a=this.opts.letterRendering==!1&&/^(left|right|justify|auto)$/.test(k)&&/^(normal|none)$/.test(l)?b.nodeValue.split(/(\b| )/):b.nodeValue.split("");this.setContextVariable(c,"fillStyle",f);this.setContextVariable(c,"font",d);for(k=0;k<a.length;k++){l=b.splitText(a[k].length);if(j!="none"||this.trim(b.nodeValue).length!=0)switch(this.support.rangeBounds?(document.createRange?(d=document.createRange(),
-d.selectNode(b)):d=document.body.createTextRange(),d=d.getBoundingClientRect()?d.getBoundingClientRect():{}):(e=b.parentNode,h=document.createElement("wrapper"),i=b.cloneNode(!0),h.appendChild(b.cloneNode(!0)),e.replaceChild(h,b),d=this.getBounds(h),e.replaceChild(i,h)),this.printText(b.nodeValue,d.left,d.bottom,c),j){case "underline":this.newRect(c,d.left,Math.round(d.top+n.baseline+n.lineWidth),d.width,1,f);break;case "overline":this.newRect(c,d.left,d.top,d.width,1,f);break;case "line-through":this.newRect(c,
-d.left,Math.ceil(d.top+n.middle+n.lineWidth),d.width,1,f)}b=l}}};
+html2canvas.prototype.newText=function(a,b,c){var c=c.ctx,d=this.getCSS(a,"font-family"),e=this.getCSS(a,"font-size"),f=this.getCSS(a,"color"),g=this.getCSS(a,"font-weight"),i=this.getCSS(a,"font-style"),h=this.getCSS(a,"font-variant"),j=this.getCSS(a,"text-decoration"),l=this.getCSS(a,"text-align"),m=this.getCSS(a,"letter-spacing");b.nodeValue=this.textTransform(b.nodeValue,this.getCSS(a,"text-transform"));if(this.trim(b.nodeValue).length>0){switch(g){case 401:g="bold";break;case 400:g="normal"}if(j!=
+"none")var k=this.fontMetrics(d,e);d=h+" "+g+" "+i+" "+e+" "+d;l=l.replace(["-webkit-auto"],["auto"]);a=this.opts.letterRendering==!1&&/^(left|right|justify|auto)$/.test(l)&&/^(normal|none)$/.test(m)?b.nodeValue.split(/(\b| )/):b.nodeValue.split("");this.setContextVariable(c,"fillStyle",f);this.setContextVariable(c,"font",d);for(l=0;l<a.length;l++){m=b.splitText(a[l].length);if(j!="none"||this.trim(b.nodeValue).length!=0)switch(this.support.rangeBounds?(document.createRange?(d=document.createRange(),
+d.selectNode(b)):d=document.body.createTextRange(),d=d.getBoundingClientRect()?d.getBoundingClientRect():{}):(e=b.parentNode,g=document.createElement("wrapper"),i=b.cloneNode(!0),g.appendChild(b.cloneNode(!0)),e.replaceChild(g,b),d=this.getBounds(g),e.replaceChild(i,g)),this.printText(b.nodeValue,d.left,d.bottom,c),j){case "underline":this.newRect(c,d.left,Math.round(d.top+k.baseline+k.lineWidth),d.width,1,f);break;case "overline":this.newRect(c,d.left,d.top,d.width,1,f);break;case "line-through":this.newRect(c,
+d.left,Math.ceil(d.top+k.middle+k.lineWidth),d.width,1,f)}b=m}}};
 html2canvas.prototype.fontMetrics=function(a,b){var c=this.fontData.indexOf(a+"-"+b);if(c>-1)return this.fontData[c+1];c=document.createElement("div");document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(c);$(c).css({visibility:"hidden",fontFamily:a,fontSize:b,margin:0,padding:0});var d=document.createElement("img");d.src="http://html2canvas.hertzen.com/images/8.jpg";d.width=1;d.height=1;$(d).css({margin:0,padding:0});var e=document.createElement("span");$(e).css({fontFamily:a,fontSize:b,margin:0,
 padding:0});e.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Hidden Text"));c.appendChild(e);c.appendChild(d);var f=d.offsetTop-e.offsetTop+1;c.removeChild(e);c.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Hidden Text"));$(c).css("line-height","normal");$(d).css("vertical-align","super");d={baseline:f,lineWidth:1,middle:d.offsetTop-c.offsetTop+1};this.fontData.push(a+"-"+b);this.fontData.push(d);$(c).remove();return d};
 html2canvas.prototype.textTransform=function(a,b){switch(b){case "lowercase":return a.toLowerCase();case "capitalize":return a.replace(/(^|\s|:|-|\(|\))([a-z])/g,function(a,b,e){return b+e.toUpperCase()});case "uppercase":return a.toUpperCase();default:return a}};html2canvas.prototype.trim=function(a){return a.replace(/^\s*/,"").replace(/\s*$/,"")};
 html2canvas.prototype.parseElement=function(a,b){var c=this;this.each(a.children,function(a,e){c.parsing(e,b)});this.log("Render queue stored");this.opts.storageReady(this);this.finish()};html2canvas.prototype.parsing=function(a,b){if(this.getCSS(a,"display")!="none"&&this.getCSS(a,"visibility")!="hidden"){var c=this,b=this.newElement(a,b)||b;this.ignoreRe.test(a.nodeName)||this.each(this.contentsInZ(a),function(d,e){e.nodeType==1?c.parsing(e,b):e.nodeType==3&&c.newText(a,e,b)})}};
 html2canvas.prototype.log=function(a){this.opts.logging&&this.opts.logger(a)};html2canvas.prototype.withinBounds=function(a,b){return!a?!0:(a.left<=b.left||b.left+b.width<a.left)&&(a.top<=b.top||b.top+b.height<a.top)};html2canvas.prototype.clipBounds=function(a,b){var c=Math.max(a.left,b.left),d=Math.max(a.top,b.top);return{left:c,top:d,width:Math.min(a.left+a.width,b.left+b.width)-c,height:Math.min(a.top+a.height,b.top+b.height)-d}};
 html2canvas.prototype.getBounds=function(a){window.scroll(0,0);if(a.getBoundingClientRect){var a=a.getBoundingClientRect(),b={};b.top=a.top;b.left=a.left;b.width=a.width;b.height=a.height;return b}else return b=$(a).offset(),{left:b.left+this.getCSS(a,"border-left-width",!0),top:b.top+this.getCSS(a,"border-top-width",!0),width:$(a).innerWidth(),height:$(a).innerHeight()}};html2canvas.prototype.each=function(a,b){for(var b=b||function(){},c=0;c<a.length;c++)if(b(c,a[c])===!1)break};
-html2canvas.prototype.contentsInZ=function(a){return $(a).contents()};html2canvas.prototype.getAttr=function(a,b){return a.getAttribute(b)};html2canvas.prototype.extendObj=function(a,b){for(var c in a)b[c]=a[c];return b};html2canvas.prototype.leadingZero=function(a,b){var c="000000000"+a;return c.substr(c.length-b)};
-html2canvas.prototype.formatZ=function(a,b,c,d){c||(c="0");if(b!="static"&&c.charAt(0)=="0")this.needReorder=!0,c="1"+c.slice(1);a=="auto"&&(b=this.getCSS(d,"position"),b!="static"&&typeof b!="undefined"&&(a=0));b=this.leadingZero(this.numDraws,9);a=this.leadingZero(a+1,9);return c+""+a+""+b};html2canvas.prototype.getContents=function(a){return a.nodeName=="iframe"?a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document:a.childNodes};
+html2canvas.prototype.contentsInZ=function(a){return $(a).contents()};html2canvas.prototype.getAttr=function(a,b){return a.getAttribute(b)};html2canvas.prototype.extendObj=function(a,b){for(var c in a)b[c]=a[c];return b};html2canvas.prototype.zContext=function(a){return{zindex:a,children:[]}};html2canvas.prototype.setZ=function(a,b,c){return!c?this.zStack=new this.zContext(0):a!="auto"?(this.needReorder=!0,a=new this.zContext(a),c.children.push(a),a):c};
+html2canvas.prototype.sortZ=function(a){var b=[],c=[],d=this;this.each(a.children,function(a,f){f.children&&f.children.length>0?(b.push(f),c.push(f.zindex)):d.queue.push(f)});c.sort(function(a,b){return a-b});this.each(c,function(a,c){for(var g=0;g<=b.length;g++)if(b[g].zindex==c){g=b.splice(g,1);d.sortZ(g[0]);break}})};html2canvas.prototype.getContents=function(a){return a.nodeName=="iframe"?a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document:a.childNodes};
 html2canvas.prototype.getCSS=function(a,b,c){return c?parseInt($(a).css(b),10):$(a).css(b)};html2canvas.prototype.getIndex=function(a,b){if(a.indexOf)return a.indexOf(b);else{for(var c=0;c<a.length;c++)if(this[c]==b)return c;return-1}};html2canvas.prototype.isSameOrigin=function(a){var b=document.createElement("a");b.href=a;return b.protocol+b.host==this.pageOrigin};
diff --git a/screenshots.html b/screenshots.html
index 0ec3c72..bf54bc8 100644
--- a/screenshots.html
+++ b/screenshots.html
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         </style>
 
         <script type="text/javascript" src="external/jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script>
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="build/html2canvas.js?22"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="build/html2canvas.js?221"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="build/jquery.plugin.html2canvas.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.hertzen.com/js/ganalytics-heatmap.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript"> 
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
             timeoutTimer,
             timer;
             
+            var proxyUrl = "http://html2canvas.appspot.com";
+            
             function addRow(table,field,val){
                 var tr = $('<tr />').appendTo( $(table));
                
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@
                             url:urlParts.href
                             
                         },
-                        url: "http://html2canvas.appspot.com",
+                        url: proxyUrl,
                         dataType: "jsonp",
                         success: function(html){
                             
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@
                                     canvasHeight: d.body.scrollHeight,
                                     canvasWidth: d.body.scrollWidth,
                                     logging:true,
-                                    proxyUrl: "http://html2canvas.appspot.com",
+                                    proxyUrl: proxyUrl,
                                     logger:function(msg){
                                         $('#logger').val(function(e,i){
                                             return i+"\n"+msg;
diff --git a/src/Core.js b/src/Core.js
index ee27fa9..1e8cc4f 100644
--- a/src/Core.js
+++ b/src/Core.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ function html2canvas(el, userOptions) {
     this.needReorder = false;
     this.blockElements = new RegExp("(BR|PARAM)");
     this.pageOrigin = window.location.protocol + window.location.host;
+    this.queue = [];
 
     this.ignoreRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
     
diff --git a/src/Draw.js b/src/Draw.js
index d89a810..65be0fc 100644
--- a/src/Draw.js
+++ b/src/Draw.js
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el,parentStack){
     var cssPosition = this.getCSS(el,"position");
     parentStack = parentStack || {};
 
-    var zindex = this.formatZ(this.getCSS(el,"zIndex"),cssPosition,parentStack.zIndex,el.parentNode);
+    //var zindex = this.formatZ(this.getCSS(el,"zIndex"),cssPosition,parentStack.zIndex,el.parentNode);
+    
+    var zindex = this.setZ(this.getCSS(el,"zIndex"),cssPosition,parentStack.zIndex,el.parentNode);
     
     //console.log(el.nodeName+":"+zindex+":"+this.getCSS(el,"position")+":"+this.numDraws+":"+this.getCSS(el,"z-index"))
     
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el,parentStack){
         opacity: opacity*parentStack.opacity,
         cssPosition: cssPosition
     };
+    
+    
  
     // TODO correct overflow for absolute content residing under a static position
     if (parentStack.clip){
@@ -45,11 +49,16 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el,parentStack){
 
 
     }   
-       
+     /*  
     var stackLength =  this.contextStacks.push(stack);
         
     var ctx = this.contextStacks[stackLength-1].ctx; 
+*/
 
+    var stackLength =  zindex.children.push(stack);
+        
+    var ctx = zindex.children[stackLength-1].ctx; 
+    
     this.setContextVariable(ctx,"globalAlpha",stack.opacity);  
 
     // draw element borders
@@ -163,8 +172,8 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el,parentStack){
     
          
 
-    return this.contextStacks[stackLength-1];
-
+   // return this.contextStacks[stackLength-1];
+   return zindex.children[stackLength-1];
 			
 				
 }
diff --git a/src/Renderer.js b/src/Renderer.js
index 9bff521..835f238 100644
--- a/src/Renderer.js
+++ b/src/Renderer.js
@@ -260,10 +260,15 @@ html2canvas.prototype.canvasRenderStorage = function(queue,parentctx){
     }
 }
 
+
+
 html2canvas.prototype.canvasRenderer = function(queue){
     var _ = this;
+    this.sortZ(this.zStack);
+    queue = this.queue;
+    //console.log(queue);
 
-    queue = this.sortQueue(queue);
+    //queue = this.sortQueue(queue);
     
     
     
diff --git a/src/Util.js b/src/Util.js
index b9c6e80..8cfbf53 100644
--- a/src/Util.js
+++ b/src/Util.js
@@ -121,13 +121,80 @@ html2canvas.prototype.extendObj = function(options,defaults){
     return defaults;           
 }
 
-
+/*
+ *todo remove this function
 html2canvas.prototype.leadingZero = function(num,size){
     
     var s = "000000000" + num;
     return s.substr(s.length-size);    
 }    
+*/
+
+html2canvas.prototype.zContext = function(zindex){
+    return {
+        zindex: zindex,
+        children: []
+    }
     
+}
+
+html2canvas.prototype.setZ = function(zindex,position,parentZ,parentNode){
+    // TODO fix static elements overlapping relative/absolute elements under same stack, if they are defined after them
+    if (!parentZ){
+        this.zStack = new this.zContext(0);
+        return this.zStack;
+    }
+    
+    if (zindex!="auto"){
+        this.needReorder = true;
+        var newContext = new this.zContext(zindex);
+        parentZ.children.push(newContext);
+        
+        return newContext;
+        
+    }else {
+        return parentZ;
+    }
+    
+}
+
+html2canvas.prototype.sortZ = function(zStack){
+    var subStacks = [];
+    var stackValues = [];
+    var _ = this;
+
+    this.each(zStack.children, function(i,stackChild){
+        if (stackChild.children && stackChild.children.length > 0){
+            subStacks.push(stackChild);
+            stackValues.push(stackChild.zindex);
+        }else{         
+            _.queue.push(stackChild);
+        }
+        
+    });
+    
+   
+    
+    stackValues.sort(function(a,b){return a - b});
+    
+    this.each(stackValues, function(i,zValue){
+          for (var s = 0;s<=subStacks.length;s++){
+              if (subStacks[s].zindex == zValue){
+                  var stackChild = subStacks.splice(s,1);
+                  _.sortZ(stackChild[0]);
+                  break;
+                  
+              }
+          }
+
+    });
+ 
+    
+}
+
+/*
+ *todo remove this function
+
 html2canvas.prototype.formatZ = function(zindex,position,parentZ,parentNode){
     
     if (!parentZ){
@@ -145,9 +212,9 @@ html2canvas.prototype.formatZ = function(zindex,position,parentZ,parentNode){
         if (parentPosition!="static" && typeof parentPosition != "undefined"){
             zindex = 0;
         }
-    /*else{
+    else{
             return parentZ;
-        }*/
+        }
     }
     
     var b = this.leadingZero(this.numDraws,9);  
@@ -161,6 +228,9 @@ html2canvas.prototype.formatZ = function(zindex,position,parentZ,parentNode){
     
     
 }
+    */
+    
+    
     
 /*
  * Get element childNodes
diff --git a/tests/z-index1.html b/tests/z-index1.html
index ceaef64..2b26f75 100644
--- a/tests/z-index1.html
+++ b/tests/z-index1.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
         <link href="#" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"> 
         <script type="text/javascript" src="../external/jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script>
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="../build/html2canvas.js"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../build/html2canvas.js?12"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="../build/jquery.plugin.html2canvas.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript">
             $(window).ready(function() {