diff --git a/apps/plugins/pictureflow.c b/apps/plugins/pictureflow.c
index 5613ce8..e695e8a 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/pictureflow.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/pictureflow.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "pluginbitmaps/pictureflow_logo.h"
 #include "lib/grey.h"
 #include "lib/feature_wrappers.h"
+#include "lib/buffer_alloc.h"
 
 PLUGIN_HEADER
 
@@ -1046,17 +1047,13 @@ int read_pfraw(char* filename)
     int size =  sizeof(struct bitmap) + sizeof( pix_t ) *
                 bmph.width * bmph.height;
 
-    int hid = rb->bufalloc(NULL, size, TYPE_BITMAP);
-    if (hid < 0) {
+    int hid = buf_alloc(size);
+    if (!hid) {
         rb->close( fh );
-        return -1;
+        return 0;
     }
 
-    struct bitmap *bm;
-    if (rb->bufgetdata(hid, 0, (void *)&bm) < size) {
-        rb->close( fh );
-        return -1;
-    }
+    struct bitmap *bm = buf_get_data(hid);
 
     bm->width = bmph.width;
     bm->height = bmph.height;
@@ -1087,7 +1084,7 @@ static inline bool load_and_prepare_surface(const int slide_index,
                  slide_index);
 
     int hid = read_pfraw(tmp_path_name);
-    if (hid < 0)
+    if (!hid)
         return false;
 
     cache[cache_index].hid = hid;
@@ -1121,9 +1118,9 @@ int load_surface(const int slide_index)
                 oldest_tick = cache[i].touched;
             }
         }
-        if (cache[oldest_slide].hid != empty_slide_hid) {
-            rb->bufclose(cache[oldest_slide].hid);
-            cache[oldest_slide].hid = -1;
+        if (cache[oldest_slide].hid && cache[oldest_slide].hid != empty_slide_hid) {
+            buf_free(cache[oldest_slide].hid);
+            cache[oldest_slide].hid = 0;
         }
         load_and_prepare_surface(slide_index, oldest_slide);
     }
@@ -1136,14 +1133,12 @@ int load_surface(const int slide_index)
  */
 static inline struct bitmap *get_slide(const int hid)
 {
-    if (hid < 0)
+    if (!hid)
         return NULL;
 
     struct bitmap *bmp;
 
-    ssize_t ret = rb->bufgetdata(hid, 0, (void *)&bmp);
-    if (ret < 0)
-        return NULL;
+    bmp = buf_get_data(hid);
 
     return bmp;
 }
@@ -1652,12 +1647,6 @@ void cleanup(void *parameter)
     /* Turn on backlight timeout (revert to settings) */
     backlight_use_settings(); /* backlight control in lib/helper.c */
 
-    int i;
-    for (i = 0; i < slide_cache_in_use; i++) {
-        rb->bufclose(cache[i].hid);
-    }
-    if ( empty_slide_hid != - 1)
-        rb->bufclose(empty_slide_hid);
 #ifdef USEGSLIB
     grey_release();
 #endif
@@ -1687,9 +1676,6 @@ int create_empty_slide(bool force)
             return false;
     }
 
-    empty_slide_hid = read_pfraw( EMPTY_SLIDE );
-    if (empty_slide_hid == -1 ) return false;
-
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -2095,23 +2081,35 @@ int main(void)
         return PLUGIN_ERROR;
     }
 
+#ifdef USEGSLIB
+    long grey_buf_used;
+    if (!grey_init(plugin_buf, plugin_buf_size, GREY_BUFFERED|GREY_ON_COP,
+                   LCD_WIDTH, LCD_HEIGHT, &grey_buf_used))
+        rb->splash(HZ, "Greylib init failed!");
+    grey_setfont(FONT_UI);
+    plugin_buf_size -= grey_buf_used;
+    plugin_buf = (void*)(grey_buf_used + (char*)plugin_buf);
+#endif
+    buf_init(plugin_buf, plugin_buf_size);
+    
+    empty_slide_hid = read_pfraw( EMPTY_SLIDE );
+    if (!(empty_slide_hid = read_pfraw( EMPTY_SLIDE ) ))
+    {
+	rb->splash(HZ, "Unable to load empty slide image");
+	return PLUGIN_ERROR;
+    }
+
     int i;
 
     /* initialize */
     int min_slide_cache = fmin(number_of_slides, SLIDE_CACHE_SIZE);
     for (i = 0; i < min_slide_cache; i++) {
-        cache[i].hid = -1;
+        cache[i].hid = 0;
         cache[i].touched = 0;
         slide_cache_stack[i] = SLIDE_CACHE_SIZE-i-1;
     }
     slide_cache_stack_index = min_slide_cache-1;
     slide_cache_in_use = 0;
-#ifdef USEGSLIB
-    if (!grey_init(plugin_buf, plugin_buf_size, GREY_BUFFERED|GREY_ON_COP,
-                   LCD_WIDTH, LCD_HEIGHT, NULL))
-        rb->splash(HZ, "Greylib init failed!");
-    grey_setfont(FONT_UI);
-#endif
     buffer = LCD_BUF;
 
     pf_state = pf_idle;