diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.JIT.js b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.JIT.js
index fe5c34c2..d0d4c70c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.JIT.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.JIT.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Metamaps.JIT = {
         removeSynapse: 'Metamaps:JIT:events:removeSynapse', 
         pan: 'Metamaps:JIT:events:pan',
         zoom: 'Metamaps:JIT:events:zoom'
+        animationDone: 'Metamaps:JIT:events:animationDone',
     },
     vizData: [], // contains the visualization-compatible graph
     /**
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ Metamaps.JIT = {
             duration: 800,
             onComplete: function () {
                 Metamaps.Visualize.mGraph.busy = false;
+                $(document).trigger(Metamaps.JIT.events.animationDone, [event]);
             }
         },
         animateFDLayout: {
@@ -1679,4 +1681,4 @@ Metamaps.JIT = {
             });
         }
     }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/app/workers/grab_map_screenshot_worker.rb b/app/workers/grab_map_screenshot_worker.rb
index ed9b2709..730d4a7d 100644
--- a/app/workers/grab_map_screenshot_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/grab_map_screenshot_worker.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,15 @@ class GrabMapScreenshotWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
 
   def perform(map_id)
+    imgBase64 = ''
     Phantomjs.run('./script/phantomjs-save-screenshot.js', map_id.to_s) { |line|
+      imgBase64 << line
       puts line
     }
+
+    #this doesn't work yet
+    #map = Map.find(map_id)
+    #map.add_attachment(imgBase64)
+    #map.save!
   end
 end
diff --git a/script/phantomjs-save-screenshot.js b/script/phantomjs-save-screenshot.js
index 9fe0f4c7..f79a894e 100755
--- a/script/phantomjs-save-screenshot.js
+++ b/script/phantomjs-save-screenshot.js
@@ -9,16 +9,8 @@ if (args.length <= 1) {
 //configurable variables - CHANGE ME
 var mapID = args[1];
 var url = 'http://localhost:3000/maps/' + mapID;
-var width = 400;
-var height = 400;
-var thumbsDirRelative = 'app/assets/images/map_thumbnails';
-
-//set up writing to filesystem
-var fs = require('fs');
-var thumbsDirectory = fs.workingDirectory + '/' + thumbsDirRelative; 
-if (!fs.isDirectory(thumbsDirectory)) {
-  fs.makeDirectory(thumbsDirectory);
-}//if
+var width = 188;
+var height = 126;
 
 //set up page and the area we'll render as a PNG
 var page = require('webpage').create();
@@ -26,29 +18,30 @@ page.viewportSize = {
   width: width,
   height: height
 };
-page.clipRect = {
-  top: 32,
-  left: 32,
-  width: width - 32,
-  height: height - 32
-};
+
 page.open(url, function (status) {
   if (status === 'success') {
     //since this isn't evaluateAsync, it should also ensure the asynchronous
     //js stuff is loaded too, hopefully?
     page.evaluate(function() {
-      $(document).ready(function(){
-        $('.upperLeftUI, .upperRightUI, .mapControls, .infoAndHelp, #barometer_tab, .footer').hide();
-      });//document.ready
+      $(document).on(Metamaps.JIT.events.animationDone, function(){
+        $('.upperLeftUI, .upperRightUI, .mapControls, .infoAndHelp, #barometer_tab').hide();
+        Metamaps.Famous.logo.hide() 
+        Metamaps.JIT.zoomExtents();
+        console.log('got here');
+      });//document.on animationDone
     });//page.evaluate
 
-    //render page into map_thumbnails directory
-    var filename = thumbsDirectory + '/map' + mapID + '.png';
-    page.render(filename, 'PNG');
+    //pass to ruby
+    //console.log(page.renderBase64('PNG'));
+    
+    //render to the metamaps_gen002 directory for debug
+    page.render('map1.png', 'PNG');
 
   } else {
     //failed to load
   }//if
 
-  phantom.exit();
+  setTimeout(phantom.exit,5000);
+  //phantom.exit();
 });