diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b013fdf..251677c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(stgen3  util.cpp darkhttpd.c duktape/src/duktape.c markdown.cpp
 
 
 target_include_directories(stgen3 PRIVATE include duktape/src lib/mtex2MML/src itexToMML/itex-src
-    lib/lasem/src lib/cpp-base64)
+    lib/lasem/src lib/cpp-base64 lib/gtkmathview-0.8.0/insdir/include )
 
+target_include_directories(stgen3 PRIVATE /usr/include/libxml2)
 # Horrible Horrible headers for lasem
 target_include_directories(stgen3 PRIVATE ${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} /usr/include/cairo /usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 /usr/include/pango-1.0 /usr/include/harfbuzz/)
 
@@ -73,11 +74,23 @@ add_custom_command(
 
 add_definitions(${GLIB_CFLAGS_OTHER})
 
+
+target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/gtkmathview-0.8.0/insdir/lib/libmathmlsvg.a)
+target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/gtkmathview-0.8.0/insdir/lib/libmathmlsvg.a)
+target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/gtkmathview-0.8.0/insdir/lib/libmathview_frontend_libxml2.a)
+target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/gtkmathview-0.8.0/insdir/lib/libmathview_backend_svg.a)
+target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/gtkmathview-0.8.0/insdir/lib/libmathview.a)
+
+target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE tinyxml2)
+target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE xml2)
+
+
+
 target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/MultiMarkdown/build/libMultiMarkdown.a)
 target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/itexToMML/itex-src/libitex2MML.a)
 target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/mtex2MML/build/libmtex2MML.a)
 target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE tinyxml2)
-target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE lexbor )
+target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE lexbor)
 target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/src-highlite/build/b/lib/libsource-highlight.a)
 target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE boost_regex)
 target_link_libraries(stgen3 PRIVATE
diff --git a/SimpleSvg.hh b/SimpleSvg.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4d44bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SimpleSvg.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <gtkmathview/MathView/SmartPtr.hh>
+#include <gtkmathview/MathView/Length.hh>
+#include <gtkmathview/MathView/AbstractLogger.hh>
+#include <gtkmathview/MathView/defs.h>
+#include <gtkmathview/MathView/libxml2_MathView.hh>
+
+typedef libxml2_MathView MathView;
+
+class SimpleSVG {
+
+    double width = 21;
+    double height = 29.7;
+    Length::Unit unitId = Length::CM_UNIT;
+    double xMargin = 2;
+    double yMargin = 2;
+    double fontSize = DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
+    char* configPath = 0;
+
+    SmartPtr<AbstractLogger> logger;
+    SmartPtr<MathView> view;
+
+    struct Pair {
+        const std::string key;
+        const std::string val;
+    };
+
+    std::vector<struct Pair> defaultConfiguration {
+        {"math-engine-configuration/version", "0.8.0"},
+        {"svg-backend/null-shaper/enabled", "true"},
+        {"svg-backend/null-shaper/priority", "0"},
+        {"svg-backend/space-shaper/enabled", "true"},
+        {"svg-backend/space-shaper/priority", "1"},
+        {"svg-backend/type1-computer-modern-shaper/enabled", "false"},
+        {"svg-backend/type1-computer-modern-shaper/priority", "1"},
+        {"svg-backend/ttf-computer-modern-shaper/enabled", "true"},
+        {"svg-backend/ttf-computer-modern-shaper/priority", "1"},
+        {"svg-backend/ttf-computer-modern-shaper/post-shaping", "always"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmr10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmmi10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmex10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmex10"},
+
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmr10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmb10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmbx10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmbxti10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmti10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmss10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmssi10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmssbx10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmtt10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmsy10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmbsy10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmmi10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmex10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "msam10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "msbm10"},
+        {"fonts/computer-modern/font-name", "cmmib10"} 
+    };                                                 
+    
+
+    public:
+
+    SimpleSVG(); 
+
+    std::string 
+    process_mathml(const std::string &buffer) ;
+
+    std::vector<std::string> 
+    process_mathml(const std::vector<std::string> &mathmlsrcbufs) ;
+
+
+};
+
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index e86853d..e817b80 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ They are provided by the lyx-fonts package in fedora, and the ttf-lyx package in
 
 #include "itex2MML.h"
 #include "mtex2MML.h"
+#include "SimpleSvg.hh"
 
 namespace lex {
 extern "C" {
@@ -508,6 +509,7 @@ class builder {
     std::unordered_map<fs::path, time_t, pathHash> last_build;
     gnu_highlighter shl {};
     imtex::Imtex imtx {};
+    SimpleSVG mathRenderer{} ;
 
 
     const std::set<std::string> apply_templates_exts {"md","html", "txt", "markdown", "xml", "atom", "rss"};
diff --git a/notes/math.md b/notes/math.md
index efaa290..3dfbaa3 100644
--- a/notes/math.md
+++ b/notes/math.md
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ curl -LO http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/ttf/cmex10.ttf \
 ```
 
 source: https://github.com/gjtorikian/mathematical
+
+azip of all t3 fonts: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/CTAN/fonts/cm/ps-type3.zip