diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 554dcde..12a9cca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
+BASE_DIR=../
+include Makefile.wasm.inc
+
 # SOD does not generally require a Makefile to build. Just drop sod.c and its accompanying
 # header files on your source tree and you are done.
-CC = clang
-CFLAGS = -lm -Ofast -march=native -Wall -std=c99
+NCC = clang
+NCFLAGS = -I. -DCPU_FREQ=3600 -O3 -lm -DSOD_DISABLE_CNN -DLIBCOX_DISABLE_DISK_IO
+WCFLAGS = -DWASM -I. -DSOD_DISABLE_CNN -lm -DLIBCOX_DISABLE_DISK_IO
 
 #sod: sod.c
 #	$(CC) sod.c samples/cnn_face_detection.c -o sod_face_detect -I. $(CFLAGS)
 
 EXT = out
+WEXT = wout
 
 SAMPLES = resize_image \
 	  license_plate_detection
@@ -36,8 +41,14 @@ SAMPLES = resize_image \
 #		sobel_operator_img
 
 SAMPLESOUT = $(SAMPLES:%=%.$(EXT))
+SAMPLESWOUT = $(SAMPLES:%=%.$(WEXT))
+
+all: clean dir copy
 
-all: clean dir copy samples
+native: samples
+wasm: samples.wasm
+#	samples.wasm
+#      	samples
 
 dir:
 	mkdir -p bin/
@@ -48,8 +59,15 @@ copy:
 
 samples: $(SAMPLESOUT)
 
+samples.wasm: $(SAMPLESWOUT)
+
 %.$(EXT):
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -I. -lm sod.c samples/$(@:%.$(EXT)=%.c) -o bin/$@
+	$(NCC) $(NCFLAGS) sod.c samples/$(@:%.$(EXT)=%.c) -o bin/$@
+
+%.$(WEXT):
+	$(WASMCC) $(WCFLAGS) $(WASMCFLAGS) $(OPTFLAGS) sod.c samples/$(@:%.$(WEXT)=%.c) $(DUMMY) -o bin/$(@:%.$(WEXT)=%.wasm)
+	$(SFCC) bin/$(@:%.$(WEXT)=%.wasm) -o bin/$(@:%.$(WEXT)=%.bc)
+	$(CC) ${CFLAGS} ${EXTRA_CFLAGS} $(OPTFLAGS) -D$(USE_MEM) bin/$(@:%.$(WEXT)=%.bc) $(RT_LIBC) $(RT_RT) ${MEMC} -o bin/$@
 
 clean:
 	rm -f bin/*
diff --git a/Makefile.wasm.inc b/Makefile.wasm.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb3894e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.wasm.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+BASE=awsm
+SFCC=silverfish
+CC=clang
+WASMCC=wasm32-unknown-unknown-wasm-clang
+
+OPTFLAGS=-O3 -flto
+# same stack-size for all
+WASMLINKFLAGS=-Wl,-z,stack-size=524288,--allow-undefined,--no-threads,--stack-first,--no-entry,--export-all,--export=main,--export=dummy
+WASMCFLAGS=${WASMLINKFLAGS} -nostartfiles
+
+MEMC_64=64bit_nix.c
+MEMC_NO=no_protection.c
+MEMC_GEN=generic.c
+MEMC_MPX=mpx.c
+MEMC_SEG=segmented.c
+
+# for silverfish
+RT_DIR=${BASE_DIR}/runtime/
+RT_MEM=${RT_DIR}/memory/
+RT_LIBC=${RT_DIR}/libc/libc_backing.c
+RT_RT=${RT_DIR}/runtime.c
+
+MEMC=${RT_MEM}/${MEMC_64}
+DUMMY=${BASE_DIR}/code_benches/dummy.c
+
+# for awsm
+ABASE_DIR=${BASE_DIR}/../
+ART_DIR=${ABASE_DIR}/runtime/
+ART_INC=${ART_DIR}/include/
+
+USE_MEM=USE_MEM_VM
+ifeq ($(USE_MEM),USE_MEM_VM)
+AMEMC=${ART_DIR}/compiletime/memory/${MEMC_64}
+endif
+WASMISA=${ART_DIR}/compiletime/instr.c
+
+ABIN_DIR=${ART_DIR}/bin/
+TMP_DIR=tmp/
diff --git a/get_time.h b/get_time.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89e5d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get_time.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#ifndef GET_TIME_H
+#define GET_TIME_H
+
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#ifndef WASM
+#ifndef CPU_FREQ
+#define CPU_FREQ 1000
+#endif
+#endif
+
+static unsigned long long
+get_time()
+{
+#if 0
+  unsigned long long int ret = 0;
+  unsigned int cycles_lo;
+  unsigned int cycles_hi;
+  __asm__ volatile ("RDTSC" : "=a" (cycles_lo), "=d" (cycles_hi));
+  ret = (unsigned long long int)cycles_hi << 32 | cycles_lo;
+
+  return ret;
+#else
+    struct timeval Tp;
+    int stat;
+    stat = gettimeofday (&Tp, NULL);
+    if (stat != 0)
+      printf ("Error return from gettimeofday: %d", stat);
+    return (Tp.tv_sec * 1000000 + Tp.tv_usec);
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void
+print_time(unsigned long long s, unsigned long long e)
+{
+#if 0
+	printf("%llu cycs, %llu us\n", e - s, (e - s) / CPU_FREQ);
+#else
+	printf("%llu us\n", e - s);
+#endif
+}
+
+#endif /* GET_TIME_H */
diff --git a/samples/license_plate_detection.c b/samples/license_plate_detection.c
index 3952bcf..d052036 100644
--- a/samples/license_plate_detection.c
+++ b/samples/license_plate_detection.c
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@
 *  https://sod.pixlab.io/api.html
 */
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "sod.h"
+#include "get_time.h"
 /*
 * Frontal License Plate detection without deep-learning. Only image processing code.
 */
@@ -45,12 +51,35 @@ static int filter_cb(int width, int height)
 }
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	struct stat stbf;
+	unsigned char *zInpbuf = NULL;
+	unsigned long long s = get_time(), e;
 	/* Input image (pass a path or use the test image shipped with the samples ZIP archive) */
 	const char *zInput = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "./plate.jpg";
 	/* Processed output image path */
-	const char *zOut = argc > 2 ? argv[2] : "./out_plate.png";
+	const char *zOut = argc > 2 ? argv[2] : "./out_plate.jpg";
+	int r = stat(zInput, &stbf);
+	if (r < 0) {
+		perror("stat");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	zInpbuf = malloc(stbf.st_size);
+	//memset(zInpbuf, 0, stbf.st_size);
+	int zIfd = open(zInput, O_RDONLY);
+	if (zIfd < 0) {
+		perror("open");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	r = read(zIfd, zInpbuf, stbf.st_size);
+	if (r < stbf.st_size) {
+		perror("read");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	close(zIfd);
+
 	/* Load the input image in the grayscale colorspace */
-	sod_img imgIn = sod_img_load_grayscale(zInput);
+	//sod_img imgIn = sod_img_load_grayscale(zInput);
+	sod_img imgIn = sod_img_load_from_mem(zInpbuf, stbf.st_size, SOD_IMG_GRAYSCALE);
 	if (imgIn.data == 0) {
 		/* Invalid path, unsupported format, memory failure, etc. */
 		puts("Cannot load input image..exiting");
@@ -59,7 +88,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* A full color copy of the input image so we can draw rose boxes
 	 * marking the plate in question if any.
 	 */
-	sod_img imgCopy = sod_img_load_color(zInput);
+	//sod_img imgCopy = sod_img_load_color(zInput);
+	sod_img imgCopy = sod_img_load_from_mem(zInpbuf, stbf.st_size, SOD_IMG_COLOR);
 	/* Obtain a binary image first */
 	sod_img binImg = sod_threshold_image(imgIn, 0.5);
 	/* 
@@ -85,12 +115,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 	sod_image_blob_boxes_release(box);
 	/* Finally save the output image to the specified path */
-	sod_img_save_as_png(imgCopy, zOut);
+	sod_img_save_as_jpeg(imgCopy, zOut, 0);
 	/* Cleanup */
 	sod_free_image(imgIn);
 	sod_free_image(cannyImg);
 	sod_free_image(binImg);
 	sod_free_image(dilImg);
 	sod_free_image(imgCopy);
+	e = get_time();
+	print_time(s, e);
 	return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/samples/resize_image.c b/samples/resize_image.c
index 52afa42..c910aa6 100644
--- a/samples/resize_image.c
+++ b/samples/resize_image.c
@@ -24,18 +24,47 @@
 *  https://sod.pixlab.io/api.html
 */
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "sod.h"
+#include "get_time.h"
 /*
 * Resize an image (Minify) to half its original size.
 */
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	struct stat stbf;
+	unsigned char *zInpbuf = NULL;
+	unsigned long long s = get_time(), e;
 	/* Input image (pass a path or use the test image shipped with the samples ZIP archive) */
 	const char *zInput = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "./flower.jpg";
 	/* Processed output image path */
 	const char *zOut = argc > 2 ? argv[2] : "./out_rz.png";
 	/* Load the input image in full color */
-	sod_img imgIn = sod_img_load_from_file(zInput, SOD_IMG_COLOR /* full color channels */);
+	int r = stat(zInput, &stbf);
+	if (r < 0) {
+		perror("stat");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	zInpbuf = malloc(stbf.st_size);
+	//memset(zInpbuf, 0, stbf.st_size);
+	int zIfd = open(zInput, O_RDONLY);
+	if (zIfd < 0) {
+		perror("open");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	r = read(zIfd, zInpbuf, stbf.st_size);
+	if (r < stbf.st_size) {
+		perror("read");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	close(zIfd);
+
+//	sod_img imgIn = sod_img_load_from_file(zInput, SOD_IMG_COLOR /* full color channels */);
+	sod_img imgIn = sod_img_load_from_mem(zInpbuf, stbf.st_size, SOD_IMG_COLOR /* full color channels */);
 	if (imgIn.data == 0) {
 		/* Invalid path, unsupported format, memory failure, etc. */
 		puts("Cannot load input image..exiting");
@@ -48,8 +77,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	sod_img rz = sod_resize_image(imgIn, newWidth, newHeight);
 	/* Save the resized image to the specified path */
 	sod_img_save_as_png(rz, zOut);
+	//sod_img_save_as_jpeg(rz, zOut, 0);
 	/* Cleanup */
 	sod_free_image(imgIn);
 	sod_free_image(rz);
+	e = get_time();
+	print_time(s, e);
 	return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}