diff --git a/files/clip2img b/files/clip2img
index 28f910d..31138fa 100755
--- a/files/clip2img
+++ b/files/clip2img
@@ -1,33 +1,24 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import pygtk,gtk,os,sys
-pygtk.require('2.0')
-from argparse import ArgumentParser 
+#!/bin/bash
 
+function usage {
+echo -e ' Copy clipboard to image
 
-def write_image(f):
-    
-    clipboard = gtk.clipboard_get()
-    image = clipboard.wait_for_image()
-    if image==None:
-        sys.stderr.write("No image in clipboard!\n")
-        sys.exit(1)
-    image.save(f, type_str(f))
+Usage:   clip2img path-to-image
+'
+}
 
-def type_str(f):
-    filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(f.lower())
-    file_extension=file_extension[1:]
-    if file_extension=="jpg":
-        return 'jpeg'
-    if file_extension=="tif":
-        return 'tiff'
-   
-    return file_extension
+while getopts h opt
+do  case "$opt" in
+    h)
+        usage
+        exit
+    ;;
+    esac
+done
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  usage
+  exit
+fi
 
-parser=ArgumentParser(description="Write image from clipboard to image file. Extension jpg/png/tif/ico/bmp.")
-parser.add_argument('image', action="store")
-opts=parser.parse_args()
+xclip -selection clipboard -o | convert - "$1"
 
-if (os.path.exists(opts.image)):
-    sys.stderr.write("Image already exists!\n")
-    sys.exit(1)
-write_image(opts.image);
diff --git a/files/img2clip b/files/img2clip
index b8d891e..b429820 100755
--- a/files/img2clip
+++ b/files/img2clip
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import pygtk,gtk,os,sys
-pygtk.require('2.0')
-from argparse import ArgumentParser 
+#!/bin/bash
 
+function usage {
+echo -e ' Copy image to clipboard
 
-def copy_image(f):
-    assert os.path.exists(f), "file does not exist"
-    image = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(f)
+Usage:   img2clip path-to-image
+'
+}
 
-    clipboard = gtk.clipboard_get()
-    clipboard.set_image(image)
-    clipboard.store()
+while getopts h opt
+do  case "$opt" in
+    h)
+        usage
+        exit
+    ;;
+    esac
+done
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  usage
+  exit
+fi
 
-parser=ArgumentParser(description="Copy image to clipboard.")
-parser.add_argument('image', action="store")
-opts=parser.parse_args()
+mime=$( file -b --mime-type "$1" )
+xclip -selection primary -t "$mime" -i "$1"
+xclip -selection clipboard -t "$mime" -i "$1"
 
-
-copy_image(opts.image);