diff --git a/escher/Makefile b/escher/Makefile
index 8e6b0ff6c..1cb2e306d 100644
--- a/escher/Makefile
+++ b/escher/Makefile
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ objs += $(addprefix escher/src/,\
 
 INLINER := escher/image/inliner
 
-$(INLINER): escher/image/inliner.c
+$(INLINER): escher/image/inliner.c $(addprefix ion/src/external/lz4/, lz4.c lz4hc.c)
 	@echo "HOSTCC  $@"
-	$(Q) $(HOSTCC) -std=c99 `libpng-config --cflags` $< `libpng-config --ldflags` -o $@
+	$(Q) $(HOSTCC) -std=c99 `libpng-config --cflags` $^ `libpng-config --ldflags` -o $@
 
 %.h %.cpp : %.png $(INLINER)
 	@echo "INLINER $@"
diff --git a/escher/image/inliner.c b/escher/image/inliner.c
index 0b8a7806a..372ded8ea 100644
--- a/escher/image/inliner.c
+++ b/escher/image/inliner.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include "../../ion/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.h"
 
 #define ERROR_IF(cond, message) if (cond) { printf(message); return -1; };
 #define MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH 255
@@ -146,18 +147,13 @@ void generateHeaderFromImage(FILE * file, const char * guardian, const char * va
 }
 
 void generateImplementationFromImage(FILE * file, const char * header, const char * variable, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, png_bytep * pixelsRowPointers) {
-  fprintf(file, "// This file is auto-generated by Inliner. Do not edit manually.\n");
-  fprintf(file, "#include \"%s.h\"\n\n", header);
-  fprintf(file, "#define P(c) KDColor::RGB24(c)\n\n");
-  fprintf(file, "const KDColor pixels[] = {");
+
+  int sizeOfPixelBuffer = width*height*sizeof(uint16_t);
+  uint16_t * pixelBuffer = (uint16_t *)malloc(sizeOfPixelBuffer);
+
   for (int j=0; j<height; j++) {
     png_bytep pixelRow = pixelsRowPointers[j];
     for (int i=0; i<width; i++) {
-      if ((i+j*width) % 6 == 0) {
-        fprintf(file, "\n  ");
-      } else {
-        fprintf(file, " ");
-      }
       png_bytep pixel = &(pixelRow[i*4]);
       double red = pixel[0]/255.0;
       double green = pixel[1]/255.0;
@@ -167,13 +163,39 @@ void generateImplementationFromImage(FILE * file, const char * header, const cha
       double blendedRed = red*alpha + 1.0*(1.0-alpha);
       double blendedGreen = green*alpha + 1.0*(1.0-alpha);
       double blendedBlue = blue*alpha + 1.0*(1.0-alpha);
-      fprintf(file, "P(0x%02X%02X%02X)", (int)(blendedRed*0xFF), (int)(blendedGreen*0xFF), (int)(blendedBlue*0xFF));
-      if (i!=width-1 || j!= height-1) {
-        fprintf(file, ",");
-      }
+      uint8_t intRed = blendedRed*0xFF;
+      uint8_t intGreen = blendedGreen*0xFF;
+      uint8_t intBlue = blendedBlue*0xFF;
+      uint16_t rgb565value = (intRed>>3)<<11 | (intGreen>>2) << 5 | (intBlue>>3);
+      pixelBuffer[j*width+i] = rgb565value;
     }
   }
+
+  uint8_t * compressedPixelBuffer = malloc(sizeOfPixelBuffer);
+  int sizeOfCompressedPixelBuffer = LZ4_compress_HC(
+    pixelBuffer,
+    compressedPixelBuffer,
+    sizeOfPixelBuffer,
+    sizeOfCompressedPixelBuffer,
+    LZ4HC_CLEVEL_MAX
+  );
+
+  fprintf(file, "// This file is auto-generated by Inliner. Do not edit manually.\n");
+  fprintf(file, "#include \"%s.h\"\n\n", header);
+
+  fprintf(file, "// Compressed %d pixels into %d bytes (%.2f%% compression ratio)/\n", width*height, sizeOfCompressedPixelBuffer, 100.0*sizeOfCompressedPixelBuffer/sizeOfPixelBuffer);
+
+  fprintf(file, "const uint8_t compressedPixelData[%d] = {", sizeOfCompressedPixelBuffer);
+  for (int i=0; i<sizeOfCompressedPixelBuffer; i++) {
+    fprintf(file, "0x%04x, ", compressedPixelBuffer[i]);
+  }
+
+
+  free(compressedPixelBuffer);
+  free(pixelBuffer);
+
+
   fprintf(file, "\n};\n\n");
-  fprintf(file, "constexpr Image image = Image(%d, %d, pixels);\n\n", width, height);
+  fprintf(file, "constexpr Image image = Image(%d, %d, compressedPixelData, %d);\n\n", width, height, sizeOfCompressedPixelBuffer);
   fprintf(file, "const Image * ImageStore::%s = &image;\n", variable);
 }
diff --git a/escher/include/escher/image.h b/escher/include/escher/image.h
index 3f1a18855..d71e16b3e 100644
--- a/escher/include/escher/image.h
+++ b/escher/include/escher/image.h
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
 
 class Image {
 public:
-  constexpr Image(KDCoordinate width, KDCoordinate height, const KDColor * pixels) :
-    m_width(width), m_height(height), m_pixels(pixels) {}
+  constexpr Image(KDCoordinate width, KDCoordinate height, const uint8_t * compressedPixelData, uint16_t compressedPixelDataSize) :
+    m_width(width), m_height(height), m_compressedPixelData(compressedPixelData), m_compressedPixelDataSize(compressedPixelDataSize) {}
   KDCoordinate width() const { return m_width; }
   KDCoordinate height() const { return m_height; }
-  const KDColor * pixels() const { return m_pixels; }
+  const uint8_t * compressedPixelData() const { return m_compressedPixelData; }
+  uint16_t compressedPixelDataSize() const { return m_compressedPixelDataSize; }
 private:
   KDCoordinate m_width;
   KDCoordinate m_height;
-  const KDColor * m_pixels;
+  const uint8_t * m_compressedPixelData;
+  uint16_t m_compressedPixelDataSize;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/escher/src/image_view.cpp b/escher/src/image_view.cpp
index 6c076f899..5b5556549 100644
--- a/escher/src/image_view.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/image_view.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #include <assert.h>
 }
+#include <ion.h>
 
 ImageView::ImageView() :
   View(),
@@ -9,16 +10,30 @@ ImageView::ImageView() :
 {
 }
 
+constexpr static int maxPixelBufferSize = 4000;
+// Icon file is 55 x 56 = 3080
+// Boot logo file is 188 x 21 = 3948
+
 void ImageView::drawRect(KDContext * ctx, KDRect rect) const {
   if (m_image == nullptr) {
     return;
   }
   assert(bounds().width() == m_image->width());
   assert(bounds().height() == m_image->height());
-  ctx->fillRectWithPixels(bounds(), m_image->pixels(), nullptr);
 
-  // Image is 55*56 pixels 3K pixels = 6K bytes
+  KDColor pixelBuffer[maxPixelBufferSize];
+  int pixelBufferSize = m_image->width() * m_image->height();
+  // CAUTION: That's a VERY big buffer we're allocating on the stack
+  assert(pixelBufferSize <= maxPixelBufferSize);
 
+  Ion::decompress(
+    m_image->compressedPixelData(),
+    reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(pixelBuffer),
+    m_image->compressedPixelDataSize(),
+    pixelBufferSize * sizeof(KDColor)
+  );
+
+  ctx->fillRectWithPixels(bounds(), pixelBuffer, nullptr);
 }
 
 void ImageView::setImage(const Image * image) {
diff --git a/ion/Makefile b/ion/Makefile
index 2dc0d3f4c..02cc6af5a 100644
--- a/ion/Makefile
+++ b/ion/Makefile
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ objs += $(addprefix ion/src/shared/, \
   events.o \
   platform_info.o \
   storage.o \
+  decompress.o \
 )
 
+objs += ion/src/external/lz4/lz4.o
+
 tests += $(addprefix ion/test/,\
   crc32.cpp\
   events.cpp\
diff --git a/ion/include/ion.h b/ion/include/ion.h
index 3441619f5..a5b2b43a0 100644
--- a/ion/include/ion.h
+++ b/ion/include/ion.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ uint32_t crc32(const uint32_t * data, size_t length);
 // Provides a true random number
 uint32_t random();
 
+// Decompress data
+void decompress(const uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dst, int srcSize, int dstSize);
+
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4.c b/ion/src/external/lz4/lz4.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4.c
rename to ion/src/external/lz4/lz4.c
diff --git a/kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4.h b/ion/src/external/lz4/lz4.h
similarity index 100%
rename from kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4.h
rename to ion/src/external/lz4/lz4.h
diff --git a/kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.c b/ion/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.c
rename to ion/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.c
diff --git a/kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.h b/ion/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.h
similarity index 100%
rename from kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.h
rename to ion/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.h
diff --git a/ion/src/shared/decompress.cpp b/ion/src/shared/decompress.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f06c31105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ion/src/shared/decompress.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <ion.h>
+#include "../external/lz4/lz4.h"
+
+void Ion::decompress(const uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dst, int srcSize, int dstSize) {
+  int outputSize = LZ4_decompress_safe(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(src), reinterpret_cast<char *>(dst), srcSize, dstSize);
+  (void)outputSize; // Make the compiler happy if assertions are disabled
+  assert(outputSize == dstSize);
+}
diff --git a/kandinsky/Makefile b/kandinsky/Makefile
index dfa0cde24..5c23b1b64 100644
--- a/kandinsky/Makefile
+++ b/kandinsky/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ objs += $(addprefix kandinsky/src/,\
   rect.o\
 )
 
-objs += kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4.o
-
 tests += $(addprefix kandinsky/test/,\
   color.cpp\
   rect.cpp\
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ kandinsky/src/font_large.cpp: kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer
 	@echo "RASTER  $(large_font_files)"
 	$(Q) $< kandinsky/fonts/LargeSourcePixel.ttf 16 16 LargeFont $(large_font_files)
 
-kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer: kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer.c kandinsky/fonts/unicode_for_symbol.c kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4.c kandinsky/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.c
+kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer: kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer.c kandinsky/fonts/unicode_for_symbol.c $(addprefix ion/src/external/lz4/, lz4.c lz4hc.c)
 	@echo "HOSTCC  $@"
 	$(Q) $(HOSTCC) $(RASTERIZER_CFLAGS) $^ $(RASTERIZER_LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
diff --git a/kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer.c b/kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer.c
index 75edcc909..baafd3b4e 100644
--- a/kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer.c
+++ b/kandinsky/fonts/rasterizer.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
 
 #include "unicode_for_symbol.h"
-#include "../src/external/lz4/lz4hc.h"
+#include "../../ion/src/external/lz4/lz4hc.h"
 
 
 #define ENSURE(action, description...) { if (!(action)) { fprintf(stderr, "Error: "); fprintf(stderr, description); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); exit(-1);}}
diff --git a/kandinsky/src/font.cpp b/kandinsky/src/font.cpp
index 07ca8d4fd..f2242fc0f 100644
--- a/kandinsky/src/font.cpp
+++ b/kandinsky/src/font.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <kandinsky/font.h>
-#include "external/lz4/lz4.h"
+#include <ion.h>
 
 constexpr static int k_tabCharacterWidth = 4;
 
@@ -24,15 +24,12 @@ KDSize KDFont::stringSize(const char * text) const {
 }
 
 void KDFont::fetchGreyscaleGlyphForChar(char c, uint8_t * greyscaleBuffer) const {
-  //TODO: If debug, use LZ4_decompress_safe, otherwise LZ4_decompress_fast
-  int resultSize = LZ4_decompress_safe(
-    reinterpret_cast<const char *>(compressedGlyphData(c)),
-    reinterpret_cast<char *>(greyscaleBuffer),
+  Ion::decompress(
+    compressedGlyphData(c),
+    greyscaleBuffer,
     compressedGlyphDataSize(c),
     m_glyphSize.width() * m_glyphSize.height() * k_bitsPerPixel/8
   );
-  (void)resultSize; // Silence the "variable unused" warning if assertions are not enabled
-  assert(resultSize == m_glyphSize.width() * m_glyphSize.height() * k_bitsPerPixel/8);
 }
 
 void KDFont::fetchGlyphForChar(char c, const KDFont::RenderPalette * renderPalette, KDColor * pixelBuffer) const {