diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 845dbb4..ccba25d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -61,11 +61,23 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "ascii-gen"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "atty",
  "clap",
  "colored",
  "image",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -280,6 +292,15 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
 version = "0.24.9"
@@ -325,6 +346,12 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "03087c2bad5e1034e8cace5926dec053fb3790248370865f5117a7d0213354c8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.155"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.12"
@@ -487,6 +514,28 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "53a85b86a771b1c87058196170769dd264f66c0782acf1ae6cc51bfd64b39082"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 299a586..0133307 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+atty = "0.2.14"
 clap = { version = "4.5.8", features = ["derive"] }
 colored = "2.1.0"
 image = "0.24.9"
diff --git a/src/libs/args.rs b/src/libs/args.rs
index 84b6a0f..119549c 100644
--- a/src/libs/args.rs
+++ b/src/libs/args.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
 pub struct Args {
-    #[arg(short, long)]
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = String::from(""))]
     pub image: String,
 
     #[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
diff --git a/src/libs/image.rs b/src/libs/image.rs
index a3a67b9..ca46544 100644
--- a/src/libs/image.rs
+++ b/src/libs/image.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
+use image::io::Reader;
 use image;
 use image::GenericImageView;
+use std::io::{self, BufReader, BufRead, Cursor};
+use atty::Stream;
+
+pub fn load_image_from_stdin() -> Result<image::DynamicImage, image::ImageError> {
+    let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    let mut raw_reader: Box<dyn BufRead> = if atty::is(Stream::Stdin) {
+      eprintln!("Error: No image provided");
+      std::process::exit(1);
+    } else {  
+      Box::new(BufReader::new(io::stdin()))
+    };
+
+    raw_reader.read_to_end(&mut buffer).unwrap();
+    
+    let reader = Reader::new(Cursor::new(buffer))
+    .with_guessed_format()
+    .expect("Failed to read image format");
+
+    println!("Image loaded: stdin");
+
+    reader.decode()
+}
 
 pub fn load_image(file_name: &str) -> image::DynamicImage {
   let img = image::open(file_name).expect("File not found!");
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0f2a46a..8643616 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,20 @@ fn main() {
     println!("ASCII Generator\n----------------");
 
     let args = libs::args::Args::parse();
+    let path = args.image.clone();
+
+    let mut img = if !path.is_empty() {
+        libs::image::load_image(&path)
+    } else {
+        match libs::image::load_image_from_stdin() {
+            Ok(img) => img,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("Error: {e}");
+                std::process::exit(1);
+            }
+        }
+    };
 
-    let mut img = libs::image::load_image(&args.image);
     libs::image::print_size(&img);
 
     if !args.noresize {