diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f3d36b5..f9155ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ codepage-437 = "0.1.0"
 rxing-one-d-proc-derive = "0.3.0"
 #rxing-one-d-proc-derive = {path ="../rxing-one-d-proc-derive"}
 num = "0.4.0"
+svg = {version = "0.13", optional = true}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 java-properties = "1.4.1"
 java-rand = "0.2.0"
 
 [features]
-default = ["image"]
+default = ["image", "svg_write"]
 image = ["dep:image", "dep:imageproc"]
 allow_forced_iso_ied_18004_compliance = []
+svg_write = ["dep:svg"]
diff --git a/src/common/bit_matrix.rs b/src/common/bit_matrix.rs
index dcfe994..1861671 100644
--- a/src/common/bit_matrix.rs
+++ b/src/common/bit_matrix.rs
@@ -679,30 +679,44 @@ impl From<&BitMatrix> for image::DynamicImage {
     fn from(value: &BitMatrix) -> Self {
         let mut pixels = image::ImageBuffer::new(value.width, value.height);
 
-        for y in 0..value.height {
-            for x in 0..value.width {
-                let pixel_value = if value.get(x, y) { u8::MIN } else { u8::MAX };
-                let pixel_intrior = [pixel_value, pixel_value, pixel_value];
-                let pixel = image::Rgb(pixel_intrior);
-                pixels.put_pixel(x, y, pixel);
-            }
+        for (x, y, pixel) in pixels.enumerate_pixels_mut() {
+            let new_pixel = if value.get(x as u32, y as u32) {
+                image::Rgb([0, 0, 0])
+            } else {
+                image::Rgb([u8::MAX, u8::MAX, u8::MAX])
+            };
+            *pixel = new_pixel
         }
+
         pixels.into()
     }
 }
 
-// impl From<BitMatrix> for Vec<u8> {
-//     fn from(value: BitMatrix) -> Self {
-//         let mut output_vector = Vec::new();
-//         for y in 0..value.getHeight() {
-//             for col in (0..value.getWidth()).step_by(8) {
-//                 let mut byte = 0_u8;
-//                 for x in 0..8 {
-//                     byte |= u8::from(value.get(col+x, y)) << x
-//                 }
-//                 output_vector.push(byte);
-//             }
-//         }
-//         output_vector
-//     }
-// }
+#[cfg(feature = "svg_write")]
+impl From<&BitMatrix> for svg::Document {
+    fn from(value: &BitMatrix) -> Self {
+        let block_size = 1;
+        let mut document = svg::Document::new().set(
+            "viewBox",
+            (
+                0,
+                0,
+                value.width as u32 * block_size,
+                value.height as u32 * block_size,
+            ),
+        );
+        for x in 0..value.width {
+            for y in 0..value.height {
+                if value.get(x, y) {
+                    let block = svg::node::element::Rectangle::new()
+                        .set("x", x * block_size)
+                        .set("y", y * block_size)
+                        .set("width", block_size)
+                        .set("height", block_size);
+                    document = document.add(block);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        document
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers.rs b/src/helpers.rs
index b1c2232..b84f45e 100644
--- a/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::{
     collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
+    io::Write,
+    path::PathBuf,
     rc::Rc,
 };
 
@@ -152,3 +154,50 @@ pub fn save_image(file_name: &str, bit_matrix: &BitMatrix) -> Result<(), Excepti
         )))),
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "svg_write")]
+pub fn save_svg(file_name: &str, bit_matrix: &BitMatrix) -> Result<(), Exceptions> {
+    let svg: svg::Document = bit_matrix.into();
+
+    match svg::save(file_name, &svg) {
+        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) => Err(Exceptions::IllegalArgumentException(Some(format!(
+            "could not save file '{}': {}",
+            file_name, err
+        )))),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn save_file(file_name: &str, bit_matrix: &BitMatrix) -> Result<(), Exceptions> {
+    let path = PathBuf::from(file_name);
+
+    let ext: String = if let Some(e) = path.extension() {
+        e.to_string_lossy().to_string()
+    } else {
+        String::default()
+    };
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "svg_write")]
+    if ext == "svg" {
+        return save_svg(file_name, bit_matrix);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "image")]
+    if !ext.is_empty() && ext != "txt" {
+        return save_image(file_name, bit_matrix);
+    }
+
+    match || -> std::io::Result<_> {
+        let file = std::fs::File::create(path)?;
+        let mut output = std::io::BufWriter::new(file);
+        output.write_all(bit_matrix.to_string().as_bytes())?;
+        output.flush()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }() {
+        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+        Err(_) => Err(Exceptions::IllegalArgumentException(Some(format!(
+            "could not write to '{}'",
+            file_name
+        )))),
+    }
+}