diff --git a/companion_software/images/get_endpoint.py b/companion_software/images/get_endpoint.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 713a0f3..0000000
--- a/companion_software/images/get_endpoint.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import json
-import robot_util
-
-url = '%s/v1/get_endpoint/jsmpeg_video_capture/%s' % ('https://api.robotstreamer.com', '4618')
-response = robot_util.getWithRetry(url)
-print(json.loads(response))
diff --git a/companion_software/images/robot_util.py b/companion_software/images/robot_util.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a558584..0000000
--- a/companion_software/images/robot_util.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import time
-import traceback
-import ssl
-import urllib.request
-import getpass
-import json
-import _thread
-
-
-ConfigFilename = "/home/pi/config_" + getpass.getuser() + ".json" #this is never used 
-
-KeepAlivePeriod = 6
-
-
-def times(lst, number):
-        return [x*number for x in lst]
-
-
-def getWithRetry(url, secure=True):
-
-    for retryNumber in range(2000):
-        try:
-            print("GET", url)
-            if secure:
-                object = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
-
-            else:
-                ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
-                ctx.check_hostname = False
-                ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
-                object = urllib.request.urlopen(url, context=ctx)
-
-
-
-            break
-        except:
-            print("could not open url", url)
-            traceback.print_exc()
-            time.sleep(2)
-
-    data = object.read()
-    encoding = object.info().get_content_charset('utf-8')
-    return data.decode(encoding)
-
-
-def getNoRetry(url, secure=True):
-    #socket test has retry
-        try:
-            print("GET", url)
-            if secure:
-                object = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
-
-            else:
-                ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
-                ctx.check_hostname = False
-                ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
-                object = urllib.request.urlopen(url, context=ctx)
-
-        except:
-            print("could not open url", url)
-            return
-
-        data = object.read()
-        encoding = object.info().get_content_charset('utf-8')
-        return data.decode(encoding)
-
-
-def sendSerialCommand(ser, command):
-
-
-    print(ser.name)         # check which port was really used
-    ser.nonblocking()
-
-    # loop to collect input
-    #s = "f"
-    #print "string:", s
-    print(str(command.lower()))
-    ser.write(command.lower() + "\r\n")     # write a string
-    #ser.write(s)
-    ser.flush()
-
-    #while ser.in_waiting > 0:
-    #    print "read:", ser.read()
-
-    #ser.close()
-
-
-
-def makePOST(url, data):
-
-    params = json.dumps(data).encode('utf8')
-    req = urllib.request.Request(url,
-                                 data=params,
-                                 headers={'content-type': 'application/json'})
-    response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
-    return response
-
-
-def sendCameraAliveMessage(apiServer, cameraID, streamKey):
-
-    print("sending camera alive message")
-    url = '%s/v1/set_camera_status' % (apiServer)
-    print("url", url)
-    try:
-            response = makePOST(url, {'camera_id': cameraID,
-                                      'camera_status': 'online',
-                                      'stream_key': streamKey,
-                                      'type': 'robot_git'}) 
-                                    #todo:send unified stream key here
-    except:
-            print("could not make post to", url)
-
-
-
-def aplayFile(filename):
-        for hardwareNumber in (2, 0, 1):
-                _thread.start_new_thread(os.system, ('aplay -D plughw:%d,0 %s' % (hardwareNumber, filename),))
-                        
-
-def handleSoundCommand(command, keyPosition):
-        print("command:", command, "key position:", keyPosition)
-        if len(command) >= 6:
-                if command[0:5] == "SOUND" and keyPosition == "down":
-                        number = int(command[5:])
-                        aplayFile('/home/pi/sound/SOUND%d.WAV' % number)
diff --git a/companion_software/main.py b/companion_software/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2635bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/companion_software/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
+
+def testScreen(x=1280, y=720, image=None):
+    if image == None:
+        image = Image.new("RGB", (x, y))
+
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
+
+
+    stripeList = ["red", "green", "blue", "orange", "purple"]
+    for i, stripe in enumerate(stripeList):
+        draw.rectangle((
+            (x/len(stripeList)) * i, 0,
+            (x/len(stripeList)) * (i + 1), x),
+            fill=stripe)
+
+    return image
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print('running')
+    testScreen().save('test_screen.png')