diff --git a/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/ImageContent.java b/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/ImageContent.java
index 2921cdf..da9e1cb 100644
--- a/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/ImageContent.java
+++ b/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/ImageContent.java
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 package de.muehlencord.shared.pdf;
 
 import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.image.LosslessFactory;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.image.PDImageXObject;
 
 /**
@@ -13,29 +21,79 @@ public class ImageContent extends Content {
 
     @Expose
     private Float scale = null;
-
-    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document) {
+    @Expose
+    private String base64CodedImage = null;
+    
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, String contentString) throws IOException {
         super(document);
+        this.base64CodedImage = contentString;
+    }
+    
+
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, File file) throws IOException {
+        super(document);
+        this.base64CodedImage = getEncodedString(ImageIO.read(file));
     }
 
-    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, Float x, Float y) {
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, BufferedImage img) throws IOException {
+        super(document);
+        this.base64CodedImage = getEncodedString(img);
+    }
+    
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, Float x, Float y, String contentString) throws IOException {
         super(document, x, y);
+        this.base64CodedImage = contentString;
+    }    
+
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, Float x, Float y, File file) throws IOException {
+        super(document, x, y);
+        this.base64CodedImage = getEncodedString(ImageIO.read(file));
     }
 
-    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, Float x, Float y, Float scale) {
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, Float x, Float y, BufferedImage img) throws IOException {
+        super(document, x, y);
+        this.base64CodedImage = getEncodedString(img);
+    }
+    
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, Float x, Float y, Float scale, String contentString) throws IOException {
         super(document, x, y);
         this.scale = scale;
+        this.base64CodedImage = contentString;
+    }    
+
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, Float x, Float y, Float scale, File file) throws IOException {
+        super(document, x, y);
+        this.scale = scale;
+        this.base64CodedImage = getEncodedString(ImageIO.read(file));
+    }
+
+    public ImageContent(PDFDocument document, Float x, Float y, Float scale, BufferedImage img) throws IOException {
+        super(document, x, y);
+        this.scale = scale;
+        this.base64CodedImage = getEncodedString(img);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected Coordinate addContentToPdf(PDPageContentStream cos) throws IOException, ConfigurationException {
-        PDImageXObject pdImage = PDImageXObject.createFromFile("c:/temp/logo-verkehrsverein-hoevelh.jpg", document.getPdDocument());
+        BufferedImage image = getImage();
+        PDImageXObject pdImage = LosslessFactory.createFromImage(document.getPdDocument(), image);
+
         float height = pdImage.getHeight() * getScale();
         float width = pdImage.getWidth() * getScale();
         cos.drawImage(pdImage, x, y, width, height);
         return new Coordinate(x, y - height);
     }
 
+    private String getEncodedString(BufferedImage img) throws IOException {
+        final ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        ImageIO.write(img, "png", Base64.getEncoder().wrap(os));
+        return os.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+    }
+
+    private BufferedImage getImage() throws IOException {
+        return ImageIO.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.getDecoder().decode(this.base64CodedImage)));
+    }
+
     /* *** getter / setter */
     public Float getScale() {
         if (scale == null) {
@@ -44,5 +102,4 @@ public class ImageContent extends Content {
             return scale;
         }
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFDocumentTest.java b/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFDocumentTest.java
index d30cc15..9c4d221 100644
--- a/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFDocumentTest.java
+++ b/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFDocumentTest.java
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package de.muehlencord.shared.pdf;
 import freemarker.template.Configuration;
 import freemarker.template.Template;
 import freemarker.template.TemplateExceptionHandler;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Date;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.junit.FixMethodOrder;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -32,9 +34,12 @@ public class PDFDocumentTest {
                 .addLine("Musterstraße 123")
                 .addLine("12345 Musterhausen");
         doc.addContent(addressContent);
-        
-        ImageContent logoContent = new ImageContent (doc, 400F,700F, 0.6F);
-        doc.addContent (logoContent);
+
+        String fileName = "c:/temp/logo-verkehrsverein-hoevelh.jpg";
+        BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new File(fileName));
+        ImageContent logoContent = new ImageContent(doc, 400F, 700F, 0.6F, image);
+        doc.addContent(logoContent);
+
 
         TextContent informationContent = new TextContent(doc, 400F, 662F);
         informationContent.addLine("Anzeigenabrechnung", "bold");