diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 999d6f0..2bf2751 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/partial && apt-get update -o Acquire::CompressionT
   texlive-latex-recommended \
   ffmpeg \
   graphicsmagick \
-  ghostscript
+  ghostscript \
+  libvips-tools
 
 COPY --from=install /temp/prod/node_modules node_modules
 # COPY --from=prerelease /app/src/index.tsx /app/src/
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 4f5fd0f..29e86be 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2bfac22..21c8976 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
     "@elysiajs/jwt": "^1.0.2",
     "@elysiajs/static": "^1.0.3",
     "@picocss/pico": "^2.0.6",
-    "elysia": "^1.0.22",
-    "sharp": "^0.33.4"
+    "elysia": "^1.0.22"
   },
   "module": "src/index.tsx",
   "bun-create": {
diff --git a/src/components/header.tsx b/src/components/header.tsx
index 21aab6a..d81b0b1 100644
--- a/src/components/header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/header.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export const Header = ({ loggedIn }: { loggedIn?: boolean }) => {
     rightNav = (
       <ul>
         <li>
-          <a href="/test">History</a>
+          <a href="/history">History</a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="/logoff">Logout</a>
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ export const Header = ({ loggedIn }: { loggedIn?: boolean }) => {
                 style={{
                   textDecoration: "none",
                   color: "inherit",
-                }}
-              >
+                }}>
                 ConvertX
               </a>
             </strong>
diff --git a/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts b/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
index 212f4d2..874d2ea 100644
--- a/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -809,8 +809,7 @@ export async function convert(
 
   return exec(command, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
     if (error) {
-      console.error(`exec error: ${error}`);
-      return;
+      return error;
     }
 
     if (stdout) {
diff --git a/src/converters/graphicsmagick.ts b/src/converters/graphicsmagick.ts
index 67f6b9d..c4f292d 100644
--- a/src/converters/graphicsmagick.ts
+++ b/src/converters/graphicsmagick.ts
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ export function convert(
     `gm convert "${filePath}" "${targetPath}"`,
     (error, stdout, stderr) => {
       if (error) {
-        console.error(`exec error: ${error}`);
-        return;
+        return error;
       }
+
       if (stdout) {
         console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
       }
diff --git a/src/converters/main.ts b/src/converters/main.ts
index 114787e..3245841 100644
--- a/src/converters/main.ts
+++ b/src/converters/main.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
-import {
-  properties as propertiesImage,
-  convert as convertImage,
-} from "./sharp";
+import { convert as convertImage, properties as propertiesImage } from "./vips";
 
 import {
-  properties as propertiesPandoc,
   convert as convertPandoc,
+  properties as propertiesPandoc,
 } from "./pandoc";
 
 import {
-  properties as propertiesFFmpeg,
   convert as convertFFmpeg,
+  properties as propertiesFFmpeg,
 } from "./ffmpeg";
 
 import {
-  properties as propertiesGraphicsmagick,
   convert as convertGraphicsmagick,
+  properties as propertiesGraphicsmagick,
 } from "./graphicsmagick";
 
+import { normalizeFiletype } from "../helpers/normalizeFiletype";
+
 // This should probably be reconstructed so that the functions are not imported instead the functions hook into this to make the converters more modular
 
 const properties: {
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ const properties: {
     converter: (
       filePath: string,
       fileType: string,
-      // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
-      convertTo: any,
+      convertTo: string,
       targetPath: string,
       // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
       options?: any,
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ const properties: {
     ) => any;
   };
 } = {
-  sharp: {
+  vips: {
     properties: propertiesImage,
     converter: convertImage,
   },
@@ -65,8 +63,6 @@ const properties: {
   },
 };
 
-import { normalizeFiletype } from "../helpers/normalizeFiletype";
-
 export async function mainConverter(
   inputFilePath: string,
   fileTypeOriginal: string,
@@ -112,7 +108,7 @@ export async function mainConverter(
     console.log(
       `No available converter supports converting from ${fileType} to ${convertTo}.`,
     );
-    return;
+    return "File type not supported"
   }
 
   try {
@@ -123,14 +119,17 @@ export async function mainConverter(
       targetPath,
       options,
     );
+
     console.log(
       `Converted ${inputFilePath} from ${fileType} to ${convertTo} successfully using ${converterName}.`,
     );
+    return "Done"
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(
       `Failed to convert ${inputFilePath} from ${fileType} to ${convertTo} using ${converterName}.`,
       error,
     );
+    return "Failed, check logs"
   }
 }
 
@@ -256,4 +255,4 @@ export const getAllInputs = (converter: string) => {
 // }
 
 // // print the number of unique Inputs and Outputs
-// console.log(`Unique Formats: ${uniqueFormats.size}`);
\ No newline at end of file
+// console.log(`Unique Formats: ${uniqueFormats.size}`);
diff --git a/src/converters/pandoc.ts b/src/converters/pandoc.ts
index 0f1c56e..e874e32 100644
--- a/src/converters/pandoc.ts
+++ b/src/converters/pandoc.ts
@@ -131,11 +131,16 @@ export function convert(
     `pandoc "${filePath}" -f ${fileType} -t ${convertTo} -o "${targetPath}"`,
     (error, stdout, stderr) => {
       if (error) {
-        console.error(`exec error: ${error}`);
-        return;
+        return error;
+      }
+
+      if (stdout) {
+        console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
+      }
+
+      if (stderr) {
+        console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
       }
-      console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
-      console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
     },
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/converters/sharp.ts b/src/converters/sharp.ts
index 6c00a39..afacd45 100644
--- a/src/converters/sharp.ts
+++ b/src/converters/sharp.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,82 @@ import type { FormatEnum } from "sharp";
 
 // declare possible conversions
 export const properties = {
-  from: { images: ["jpeg", "png", "webp", "gif", "avif", "tiff", "svg"] },
-  to: { images: ["jpeg", "png", "webp", "gif", "avif", "tiff"] },
+  from: {
+    images: [
+      "avif",
+      "bif",
+      "csv",
+      "exr",
+      "fits",
+      "gif",
+      "hdr.gz",
+      "hdr",
+      "heic",
+      "heif",
+      "img.gz",
+      "img",
+      "j2c",
+      "j2k",
+      "jp2",
+      "jpeg",
+      "jpx",
+      "jxl",
+      "mat",
+      "mrxs",
+      "ndpi",
+      "nia.gz",
+      "nia",
+      "nii.gz",
+      "nii",
+      "pdf",
+      "pfm",
+      "pgm",
+      "pic",
+      "png",
+      "ppm",
+      "raw",
+      "scn",
+      "svg",
+      "svs",
+      "svslide",
+      "szi",
+      "tif",
+      "tiff",
+      "v",
+      "vips",
+      "vms",
+      "vmu",
+      "webp",
+      "zip",
+    ],
+  },
+  to: {
+    images: [
+      "avif",
+      "dzi",
+      "fits",
+      "gif",
+      "hdr.gz",
+      "heic",
+      "heif",
+      "img.gz",
+      "j2c",
+      "j2k",
+      "jp2",
+      "jpeg",
+      "jpx",
+      "jxl",
+      "mat",
+      "nia.gz",
+      "nia",
+      "nii.gz",
+      "nii",
+      "png",
+      "tiff",
+      "vips",
+      "webp",
+    ],
+  },
   options: {
     svg: {
       scale: {
diff --git a/src/converters/vips.ts b/src/converters/vips.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8708317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/converters/vips.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import { exec } from "node:child_process";
+
+// declare possible conversions
+export const properties = {
+  from: {
+    images: [
+      "avif",
+      "bif",
+      "csv",
+      "exr",
+      "fits",
+      "gif",
+      "hdr.gz",
+      "hdr",
+      "heic",
+      "heif",
+      "img.gz",
+      "img",
+      "j2c",
+      "j2k",
+      "jp2",
+      "jpeg",
+      "jpx",
+      "jxl",
+      "mat",
+      "mrxs",
+      "ndpi",
+      "nia.gz",
+      "nia",
+      "nii.gz",
+      "nii",
+      "pdf",
+      "pfm",
+      "pgm",
+      "pic",
+      "png",
+      "ppm",
+      "raw",
+      "scn",
+      "svg",
+      "svs",
+      "svslide",
+      "szi",
+      "tif",
+      "tiff",
+      "v",
+      "vips",
+      "vms",
+      "vmu",
+      "webp",
+      "zip",
+    ],
+  },
+  to: {
+    images: [
+      "avif",
+      "dzi",
+      "fits",
+      "gif",
+      "hdr.gz",
+      "heic",
+      "heif",
+      "img.gz",
+      "j2c",
+      "j2k",
+      "jp2",
+      "jpeg",
+      "jpx",
+      "jxl",
+      "mat",
+      "nia.gz",
+      "nia",
+      "nii.gz",
+      "nii",
+      "png",
+      "tiff",
+      "vips",
+      "webp",
+    ],
+  },
+  options: {
+    svg: {
+      scale: {
+        description: "Scale the image up or down",
+        type: "number",
+        default: 1,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+export function convert(
+  filePath: string,
+  fileType: string,
+  convertTo: string,
+  targetPath: string,
+  // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
+  options?: any,
+) {
+  // if (fileType === "svg") {
+  //   const scale = options.scale || 1;
+  //   const metadata = await sharp(filePath).metadata();
+
+  //   if (!metadata || !metadata.width || !metadata.height) {
+  //     throw new Error("Could not get metadata from image");
+  //   }
+
+  //   const newWidth = Math.round(metadata.width * scale);
+  //   const newHeight = Math.round(metadata.height * scale);
+
+  //   return await sharp(filePath)
+  //     .resize(newWidth, newHeight)
+  //     .toFormat(convertTo)
+  //     .toFile(targetPath);
+  // }
+
+  return exec(
+    `vips copy ${filePath} ${targetPath}`,
+    (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+      if (error) {
+        return error;
+      }
+
+      if (stdout) {
+        console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
+      }
+
+      if (stderr) {
+        console.error(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
+      }
+    },
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 89f851b..e11cdb8 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
+import { Database } from "bun:sqlite";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { rmSync } from "node:fs";
 import { mkdir, unlink } from "node:fs/promises";
 import cookie from "@elysiajs/cookie";
 import { html } from "@elysiajs/html";
 import { jwt } from "@elysiajs/jwt";
 import { staticPlugin } from "@elysiajs/static";
-import { Database } from "bun:sqlite";
 import { Elysia, t } from "elysia";
 import { BaseHtml } from "./components/base";
 import { Header } from "./components/header";
 import {
-  mainConverter,
-  getPossibleTargets,
-  getPossibleInputs,
-  getAllTargets,
   getAllInputs,
+  getAllTargets,
+  getPossibleTargets,
+  mainConverter,
 } from "./converters/main";
 import {
   normalizeFiletype,
   normalizeOutputFiletype,
 } from "./helpers/normalizeFiletype";
-import { rmSync } from "node:fs";
 
 const db = new Database("./data/mydb.sqlite", { create: true });
 const uploadsDir = "./data/uploads/";
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS file_names (
   job_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
   file_name TEXT NOT NULL,
   output_file_name TEXT NOT NULL,
+  status TEXT DEFAULT 'not started',
   FOREIGN KEY (job_id) REFERENCES jobs(id)
 );
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS jobs (
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS jobs (
   FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES users(id)
 );`);
 
+const dbVersion = (
+  db.query("PRAGMA user_version").get() as { user_version?: number }
+).user_version;
+if (dbVersion === 0) {
+  db.exec("ALTER TABLE file_names ADD COLUMN status TEXT DEFAULT 'not started';");
+  db.exec("PRAGMA user_version = 1;");
+}
+
 let FIRST_RUN = db.query("SELECT * FROM users").get() === null || false;
 
 interface IUser {
@@ -69,6 +77,7 @@ interface IFileNames {
   job_id: number;
   file_name: string;
   output_file_name: string;
+  status: string;
 }
 
 interface IJobs {
@@ -204,27 +213,27 @@ const app = new Elysia()
         };
       }
       const savedPassword = await Bun.password.hash(body.password);
-
+  
       db.query("INSERT INTO users (email, password) VALUES (?, ?)").run(
         body.email,
         savedPassword,
       );
-
+  
       const user = (await db
         .query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = ?")
         .get(body.email)) as IUser;
-
+  
       const accessToken = await jwt.sign({
         id: String(user.id),
       });
-
+  
       if (!auth) {
         set.status = 500;
         return {
           message: "No auth cookie, perhaps your browser is blocking cookies.",
         };
       }
-
+  
       // set cookie
       auth.set({
         value: accessToken,
@@ -233,8 +242,8 @@ const app = new Elysia()
         maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7,
         sameSite: "strict",
       });
-
-      redirect("/");
+  
+      return redirect("/");
     },
     { body: t.Object({ email: t.String(), password: t.String() }) },
   )
@@ -408,6 +417,8 @@ const app = new Elysia()
       sameSite: "strict",
     });
 
+    console.log("jobId set to:", id);
+
     return (
       <BaseHtml>
         <Header loggedIn />
@@ -610,7 +621,7 @@ const app = new Elysia()
       );
 
       const query = db.query(
-        "INSERT INTO file_names (job_id, file_name, output_file_name) VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
+        "INSERT INTO file_names (job_id, file_name, output_file_name, status) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
       );
 
       // Start the conversion process in the background
@@ -623,7 +634,7 @@ const app = new Elysia()
           const newFileName = fileName.replace(fileTypeOrig, newFileExt);
           const targetPath = `${userOutputDir}${newFileName}`;
 
-          await mainConverter(
+          const result = await mainConverter(
             filePath,
             fileType,
             convertTo,
@@ -631,7 +642,8 @@ const app = new Elysia()
             {},
             converterName,
           );
-          query.run(jobId.value, fileName, newFileName);
+
+          query.run(jobId.value, fileName, newFileName, result);
         }),
       )
         .then(() => {
@@ -642,7 +654,7 @@ const app = new Elysia()
           );
 
           // delete all uploaded files in userUploadsDir
-          rmSync(userUploadsDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+          // rmSync(userUploadsDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
         })
         .catch((error) => {
           console.error("Error in conversion process:", error);
@@ -658,7 +670,7 @@ const app = new Elysia()
       }),
     },
   )
-  .get("/test", async ({ jwt, redirect, cookie: { auth } }) => {
+  .get("/history", async ({ jwt, redirect, cookie: { auth } }) => {
     if (!auth?.value) {
       return redirect("/login");
     }
@@ -775,6 +787,7 @@ const app = new Elysia()
                 <thead>
                   <tr>
                     <th>Converted File Name</th>
+                    <th>Status</th>
                     <th>View</th>
                     <th>Download</th>
                   </tr>
@@ -784,6 +797,7 @@ const app = new Elysia()
                     // biome-ignore lint/correctness/useJsxKeyInIterable: <explanation>
                     <tr>
                       <td>{file.output_file_name}</td>
+                      <td>{file.status}</td>
                       <td>
                         <a
                           href={`/download/${outputPath}${file.output_file_name}`}>
@@ -1021,16 +1035,11 @@ const clearJobs = () => {
   const jobs = db
     .query("SELECT * FROM jobs WHERE date_created < ?")
     .all(new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()) as IJobs[];
-  
-  for (const job of jobs) {
-    const files = db
-      .query("SELECT * FROM file_names WHERE job_id = ?")
-      .all(job.id) as IFileNames[];
 
-    for (const file of files) {
-      // delete the file
-      unlink(`${outputDir}${job.user_id}/${job.id}/${file.output_file_name}`);
-    }
+  for (const job of jobs) {
+    // delete the directories
+    rmSync(`${outputDir}${job.user_id}/${job.id}`, { recursive: true });
+    rmSync(`${uploadsDir}${job.user_id}/${job.id}`, { recursive: true });
 
     // delete the job
     db.query("DELETE FROM jobs WHERE id = ?").run(job.id);
@@ -1038,5 +1047,5 @@ const clearJobs = () => {
 
   // run every 24 hours
   setTimeout(clearJobs, 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
-}
-clearJobs();
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+clearJobs();