diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d981c6..f418d8d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 *~
 \#*
 .\#*
-*.swp
-*.vcf
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e4e6a59..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# VCF Compressor
-
-A simple bash script that compress images inside a vCard 3.0.
-
-
-## Requirements
-
-* bash
-* imagemagick
-
-
-## Further reading
-
-* [vCard on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard)
-* vCard 3.0: [RFC 2425](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2425) and [RFC 2426](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2426)
-* vCard 4.0: [RFC 6350](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350)
-* CardDAV: [RFC 6352](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6352)
diff --git a/vcf_compressor.sh b/vcf_compressor.sh
index 99ff3ae..3ddc164 100755
--- a/vcf_compressor.sh
+++ b/vcf_compressor.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ## Copyright (c) 2015 Rodolphe Breard
-##
+## 
 ## This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 ## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 ## (at your option) any later version.
-##
+## 
 ## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 ## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 ## GNU General Public License for more details.
-##
+## 
 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 ## along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ##
@@ -29,46 +29,21 @@ usage () {
     echo ""
     echo "Options:"
     echo "  -o, --output"
-    echo "  --version"
+    echo "  -v, --verbose"
+    echo "  -V, --version"
     echo "  -h, --help"
     exit "$exit_status"
 }
 
-raw_img () {
-    line="$1"
-
-    echo "$line" | cut -d ":" -f2 | base64 -d
-}
-
-compress_photo () {
-    line="$1"
-    max_width="300"
-    max_height="300"
-
-    prefix=$(echo "$line" | cut -d ":" -f1)
-    width=$(raw_img "$line" | identify -format '%w' -)
-    height=$(raw_img "$line" | identify -format '%h' -)
-    if [ "$width" -gt "$max_width" ] || [ "$height" -gt "$max_height" ] ; then
-        picture=$(raw_img "$line" | convert "-" -quality 50 -resize "${max_width}x${max_height}>" "-" | base64 -w0)
-        echo "$prefix:$picture"
-    else
-        echo "$line"
-    fi
-}
-
-process_line () {
-    line="$1"
-
-    echo "$line" | egrep "^PHOTO;" | grep ";ENCODING=b;" >/dev/null 2>&1
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        compress_photo "$line"
-    else
-        echo "$line"
+echo_verbose () {
+    if [ $verbose -gt 0 ]; then
+        echo "$@"
     fi
 }
 
 input_file=""
 output_file=""
+verbose=0
 
 while :; do
     test $# -gt 0 || break
@@ -82,7 +57,11 @@ while :; do
                 usage
             fi
             ;;
-        --version)
+        -v|--verbose)
+            verbose=1
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -V|--version)
             version
             ;;
         -h|--help)
@@ -100,19 +79,12 @@ while :; do
     esac
 done
 test -z "$input_file" && usage
-if [ ! -f "$input_file" ]; then
-    echo "$input_file: file not found"
-    exit 1
-fi
 if [ -z "$output_file" ]; then
     dir=$(dirname "$input_file")
     name=$(basename "$input_file" ".vcf")
     output_file="$dir/$name.new.vcf"
 fi
 
-echo -n > "$output_file"
-
-while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
-    line=$(process_line "$line")
-    echo "$line" >> "$output_file"
-done < "$input_file"
+echo "in:  $input_file"
+echo "out: $output_file"
+echo_verbose "verbose mode on"