diff --git a/vlib/gg/gg.v b/vlib/gg/gg.v
index c195e0aeb2..8b7dcb411d 100644
--- a/vlib/gg/gg.v
+++ b/vlib/gg/gg.v
@@ -272,6 +272,23 @@ pub fn create_image(file string) Image {
 	return img
 }
 
+pub fn create_image_from_memory(buf byteptr, bufsize int) Image {
+	stb_img := stbi.load_from_memory(buf, bufsize)
+	mut img := Image{
+		width: stb_img.width
+		height: stb_img.height
+		nr_channels: stb_img.nr_channels
+		ok: stb_img.ok
+		data: stb_img.data
+		ext: stb_img.ext
+	}
+	return img
+}
+
+pub fn create_image_from_byte_array(b []byte) Image {
+	return create_image_from_memory(b.data, b.len)
+}
+
 pub fn (mut img Image) init_sokol_image() &Image {
 	mut img_desc := C.sg_image_desc{
 		width: img.width
@@ -291,13 +308,6 @@ pub fn (mut img Image) init_sokol_image() &Image {
 	return img
 }
 
-pub fn create_image_from_memory(buf byteptr) u32 {
-	// texture := gl.gen_texture()
-	// img := stbi.load_from_memory(buf)
-	// img.free()
-	return 0 // texture
-}
-
 pub fn (gg &Context) begin() {
 	if gg.render_text && gg.font_inited {
 		gg.ft.flush()
diff --git a/vlib/stbi/stbi.v b/vlib/stbi/stbi.v
index 4bc4412b76..ff5fd01a02 100644
--- a/vlib/stbi/stbi.v
+++ b/vlib/stbi/stbi.v
@@ -38,23 +38,20 @@ pub fn load(path string) Image {
 	flag := if ext == 'png' { C.STBI_rgb_alpha } else { 0 }
 	res.data = C.stbi_load(path.str, &res.width, &res.height,	&res.nr_channels, flag)
 	if isnil(res.data) {
-		println('stbi image failed to load')
-		exit(1)
+		panic('stbi image failed to load')
 	}
 	return res
 }
 
-//pub fn load_from_memory(buf []byte) Image {
-pub fn load_from_memory(buf byteptr) Image {
+pub fn load_from_memory(buf byteptr, bufsize int) Image {
 	mut res := Image {
 		ok: true
 		data: 0
 	}
 	flag := C.STBI_rgb_alpha
-	res.data = C.stbi_load_from_memory(buf, 3812, &res.width, &res.height,	&res.nr_channels, flag)
+	res.data = C.stbi_load_from_memory(buf, bufsize, &res.width, &res.height, &res.nr_channels, flag)
 	if isnil(res.data) {
-		println('stbi image failed to load from memory')
-		exit(1)
+		panic('stbi image failed to load from memory')
 	}
 	return res
 }