diff --git a/include/genimg/common.hh b/include/genimg/common.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7073a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/genimg/common.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef GENETIC_IMAGE_INCLUDE_GENIMG_COMMON_HH_
+#define GENETIC_IMAGE_INCLUDE_GENIMG_COMMON_HH_
+
+#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
+#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+
+std::tuple<cv::Mat, cv::Mat> init_image(const std::string &t_input_file);
+
+#endif /* GENETIC_IMAGE_INCLUDE_GENIMG_COMMON_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/parseargs.hh b/include/genimg/parseargs.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/parseargs.hh
rename to include/genimg/parseargs.hh
diff --git a/src/common.cc b/src/common.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89231c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "common.hh"
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+std::tuple<cv::Mat, cv::Mat> init_image(const std::string &t_input_file) {
+  cv::Mat input_image =
+      cv::imread(t_input_file, cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
+  if (!input_image.data) {
+    spdlog::critical("Could not open or find image!\n");
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+  spdlog::info("Image loaded!");
+  spdlog::info("Width:\t\t{}", input_image.size().width);
+  spdlog::info("Height:\t{}", input_image.size().height);
+  cv::Mat process_image(input_image.size().width, input_image.size().height,
+                        CV_8UC3, cv::Scalar(0, 0, 0));
+  return std::make_tuple(std::move(input_image), process_image);
+}
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 5a65942..e75b46f 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #include "parseargs.hh"
-#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
-#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
-#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
-#include <string>
+#include "common.hh"
 
 int main(int ac, char **av) {
   const auto [input_file, output_file, video_output, iterations] =
@@ -11,14 +8,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av) {
   spdlog::info("Output file:\t{}", output_file);
   spdlog::info("Video output:\t{}", video_output);
   spdlog::info("Iterations:\t{}", iterations);
-  cv::Mat image = cv::imread(input_file, cv::IMREAD_COLOR); // Read the file
-  if (!image.data) { // Check for invalid input
-    spdlog::critical("Could not open or find image!\n");
-    return -1;
-  }
-  spdlog::info("Image loaded!");
-  spdlog::info("Width:\t{}", image.size().width);
-  spdlog::info("Height:\t{}", image.size().height);
+  auto [input_image, process_image] = init_image(input_file);
 
   return 0;
 }