diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
index fb3a7f968..9828a797d 100644
--- a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
+++ b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
     {
       "name": "Mac",
       "includePath": [
-        "${workspaceFolder}/**",
+        "${workspaceFolder}/packages/image-process/src/**",
         "/usr/local/include/**",
-        "${env:chaxus}/.conan2/p/b/libvic605da2cdc04b/b/build-release/libvips/include",
-        "${env:chaxus}/.conan2/p/b/libvic605da2cdc04b/b/src/libvips/include",
-        "${env:chaxus}/.conan2/p/libvi6bda2a423e65b/s/src/libvips/include"
+        "${env:chaxus}/.conan2/p/b/**"
       ],
       "defines": [],
       "macFrameworkPath": ["/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks"],
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index c418b880d..bf0b7c11e 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@
     "vips.h": "c",
     "stdio.h": "c",
     "gmodule.h": "c",
-    "glib.h": "c"
+    "glib.h": "c",
+    "image_processing.h": "c"
   },
   "cmake.ignoreCMakeListsMissing": true
 }
diff --git a/packages/image-process/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/image-process/CMakeLists.txt
index 514bfdc49..ff41b4945 100644
--- a/packages/image-process/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/image-process/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ project(image-process)
 # Set directory for Conan's generated files
 set(CONAN_CMAKE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan)
 
+# Glob all .c and .h files in the src directory
+file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCE_FILES src/*.c src/*.h)
+
 # Add your project files
-add_executable(image-process main.c)
+add_executable(image-process main.c ${SOURCE_FILES})
 
 # Find and link Conan dependencies
 find_package(libvips REQUIRED)
diff --git a/packages/image-process/main.c b/packages/image-process/main.c
index 872dcbc8e..a8d409caa 100644
--- a/packages/image-process/main.c
+++ b/packages/image-process/main.c
@@ -1,38 +1,19 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <vips/vips.h>
+#include "image_processing.h"
 
-int
-main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    VipsImage *in;
-    double mean;
-    VipsImage *out;
-
-    if (VIPS_INIT(argv[0]))
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    if (VIPS_INIT(argv[0])) {
         vips_error_exit(NULL);
+    }
 
-    if (argc != 3)
+    if (argc != 3) {
         vips_error_exit("usage: %s infile outfile", argv[0]);
+    }
 
-    if (!(in = vips_image_new_from_file(argv[1], NULL)))
-        vips_error_exit(NULL);
-
-    printf("image width = %d\n", vips_image_get_width(in));
-
-    if (vips_avg(in, &mean, NULL))
-        vips_error_exit(NULL);
-
-    printf("mean pixel value = %g\n", mean);
-
-    if (vips_invert(in, &out, NULL))
-        vips_error_exit(NULL);
-
-    g_object_unref(in);
-
-    if (vips_image_write_to_file(out, argv[2], NULL))
-        vips_error_exit(NULL);
-
-    g_object_unref(out);
+    if (process_image(argv[1], argv[2]) != 0) {
+        vips_error_exit("Failed to process image");
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/packages/image-process/src/image_processing.c b/packages/image-process/src/image_processing.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..445e979e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/image-process/src/image_processing.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// image_processing.c
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <vips/vips.h>
+#include "image_processing.h"
+
+int process_image(const char *infile, const char *outfile) {
+    VipsImage *in;
+    double mean;
+    VipsImage *out;
+
+    if (!(in = vips_image_new_from_file(infile, NULL))) {
+        vips_error_exit(NULL);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    printf("image width = %d\n", vips_image_get_width(in));
+
+    if (vips_avg(in, &mean, NULL)) {
+        vips_error_exit(NULL);
+        g_object_unref(in);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    printf("mean pixel value = %g\n", mean);
+
+    if (vips_invert(in, &out, NULL)) {
+        vips_error_exit(NULL);
+        g_object_unref(in);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    g_object_unref(in);
+
+    if (vips_image_write_to_file(out, outfile, NULL)) {
+        vips_error_exit(NULL);
+        g_object_unref(out);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    g_object_unref(out);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/packages/image-process/src/image_processing.h b/packages/image-process/src/image_processing.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fd89cb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/image-process/src/image_processing.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// image_processing.h
+#ifndef IMAGE_PROCESSING_H
+#define IMAGE_PROCESSING_H
+
+#include <vips/vips.h>
+
+int process_image(const char *infile, const char *outfile);
+
+#endif // IMAGE_PROCESSING_H