diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c4071f5b..79f56b260 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ Cargo.lock
 .idea
 snapshot_before.png
 snapshot_after.png
-documents_example
\ No newline at end of file
+documents_example
+bacon.toml
diff --git a/crates/testing/src/test_handler.rs b/crates/testing/src/test_handler.rs
index 3b4876622..e778182a6 100644
--- a/crates/testing/src/test_handler.rs
+++ b/crates/testing/src/test_handler.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use freya_core::prelude::{
 use freya_engine::prelude::{
     raster_n32_premul,
     Color,
+    Data,
     EncodedImageFormat,
     FontCollection,
     FontMgr,
@@ -299,8 +300,8 @@ impl TestingHandler {
         self.utils.sdom()
     }
 
-    /// Render the app into a canvas and save it into a file.
-    pub fn save_snapshot(&mut self, snapshot_path: impl Into<PathBuf>) {
+    /// Render the app into a canvas and make a snapshot of it.
+    pub fn create_snapshot(&mut self) -> Data {
         let fdom = self.utils.sdom.get();
         let (width, height) = self.config.size.to_i32().to_tuple();
 
@@ -341,16 +342,19 @@ impl TestingHandler {
         // Capture snapshot
         let image = surface.image_snapshot();
         let mut context = surface.direct_context();
-        let snapshot_data = image
+        image
             .encode(context.as_mut(), EncodedImageFormat::PNG, None)
-            .expect("Failed to encode the snapshot.");
+            .expect("Failed to encode the snapshot.")
+    }
 
-        // Save snapshot
+    /// Render the app into a canvas and save it into a file.
+    pub fn save_snapshot(&mut self, snapshot_path: impl Into<PathBuf>) {
         let mut snapshot_file =
             File::create(snapshot_path.into()).expect("Failed to create the snapshot file.");
-        let snapshot_bytes = snapshot_data.as_bytes();
+        let snapshot_data = self.create_snapshot();
+
         snapshot_file
-            .write_all(snapshot_bytes)
+            .write_all(&snapshot_data)
             .expect("Failed to save the snapshot file.");
     }