diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index bda0cfc..ee02adc 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -124,8 +124,143 @@ function calculateDisorder(imgdata: ImageData) {
   return res / (total === 0 ? 1 : total);
 }
 
+/*
+ * decide if a pixel is closer to black than to white.
+ * return 0 for white, 1 for black
+ */
+function pxlBlackOrWhite(r: number, g: number, b: number) {
+  return (r + g + b > 384) ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get bordering pixels of transparent areas (the outline of the circles)
+ * and return their coordinates with the neighboring color.
+ */
+function getBoundries(imgdata: ImageData) {
+  const data = imgdata.data;
+  const width = imgdata.width;
+
+  let i = data.length - 1;
+  let cl = 0;
+  let cr = 0;
+  const chkArray = [];
+  let opq = true;
+  while (i > 0) {
+    // alpha channel above 128 is assumed opaque
+    const a = data[i] > 128;
+    if (a !== opq) {
+      if ((data[i - 4] > 128) === opq) {
+        // ignore just 1-width areas
+        i -= 4;
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (a) {
+        /* transparent pixel to its right */
+        /*
+                // set to color blue (for debugging)
+                data[i + 4] = 255;
+                data[i + 3] = 255;
+                data[i + 2] = 0;
+                data[i + 1] = 0;
+                */
+        const pos = (i + 1) / 4;
+        const x = pos % width;
+        const y = (pos - x) / width;
+        // 1: black, 0: white
+        const clr = pxlBlackOrWhite(data[i - 1], data[i - 2], data[i - 3]);
+        chkArray.push([x, y, clr]);
+        cr += 1;
+      } else {
+        /* opaque pixel to its right */
+        /*
+                // set to color red (for debugging)
+                data[i] = 255;
+                data[i - 1] = 0;
+                data[i - 2] = 0;
+                data[i - 3] = 255;
+                */
+        const pos = (i - 3) / 4;
+        const x = pos % width;
+        const y = (pos - x) / width;
+        // 1: black, 0: white
+        const clr = pxlBlackOrWhite(data[i + 1], data[i + 2], data[i + 3]);
+        chkArray.push([x, y, clr]);
+        cl += 1;
+      }
+      opq = a;
+    }
+    i -= 4;
+  }
+  return chkArray;
+}
+/*
+ * slide the background image and compare the colors of the border pixels in
+ * chkArray, the position with the most matches wins
+ * Return in slider-percentage.
+ */
+function getBestPos(bgdata: ImageData, chkArray: number[][], slideWidth: number) {
+  const data = bgdata.data;
+  const width = bgdata.width;
+  let bestSimilarity = 0;
+  let bestPos = 0;
+
+  for (let s = 0; s <= slideWidth; s += 1) {
+    let similarity = 0;
+    const amount = chkArray.length;
+    for (let p = 0; p < amount; p += 1) {
+      const chk = chkArray[p];
+      const x = chk[0] + s;
+      const y = chk[1];
+      const clr = chk[2];
+      const off = (y * width + x) * 4;
+      const bgclr = pxlBlackOrWhite(data[off], data[off + 1], data[off + 2]);
+      if (bgclr === clr) {
+        similarity += 1;
+      }
+    }
+    if (similarity > bestSimilarity) {
+      bestSimilarity = similarity;
+      bestPos = s;
+    }
+  }
+  return bestPos / slideWidth * 100;
+}
+
+async function getImageDataFromURI(uri: string) {
+  const image = await imageFromUri(uri);
+  if (!image)
+    throw new Error("No image");
+  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+  canvas.width = image.width;
+  canvas.height = image.height;
+  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')!;
+  ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
+  return ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+}
+
+async function slideCaptcha(tfgElement: HTMLElement, tbgElement: HTMLElement, sliderElement: HTMLInputElement) {
+  // get data uris for captcha back- and foreground
+  const tbgUri = tbgElement.style.backgroundImage.slice(5, -2);
+  const tfgUri = tfgElement.style.backgroundImage.slice(5, -2);
+
+  // load foreground (image with holes)
+  const igd = await getImageDataFromURI(tfgUri);
+  // get array with pixels of foreground
+  // that we compare to background
+  const chkArray = getBoundries(igd);
+  // load background (image that gets slid)
+  const sigd = await getImageDataFromURI(tbgUri);
+  const slideWidth = sigd.width - igd.width;
+  // slide, compare and get best matching position
+  const sliderPos = getBestPos(sigd, chkArray, slideWidth);
+  // slide in the UI
+  sliderElement.value = '' + sliderPos;
+  (sliderElement as any).dispatchEvent(new Event('input'), { bubbles: true });
+  return 0 - (sliderPos / 2);
+}
+
 // returns ImageData from captcha's background image, foreground image, and offset (ranging from 0 to -50)
-function imageFromCanvas(img: HTMLImageElement, bg: HTMLImageElement, off: number) {
+async function imageFromCanvas(img: HTMLImageElement, bg: HTMLImageElement, off: number | null) {
   const h = img.height;
   const w = img.width;
   const th = 80;
@@ -163,44 +298,11 @@ function imageFromCanvas(img: HTMLImageElement, bg: HTMLImageElement, off: numbe
     ctx.drawImage(img, -w / 2, -h / 2, w, h);
   };
 
-  // if off is not specified and background image is present, try to figure out
-  // the best offset automatically; select the offset that has smallest value of
-  // calculateDisorder for the resulting image
   if (bg && off == null) {
-    let bestDisorder = 999;
-    let bestImagedata: ImageData | null = null;
-    let bestOff = -1;
-
-    for (let off = 0; off >= -50; off--) {
-      draw(off);
-
-      let imgdata = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-      const disorder = calculateDisorder(imgdata);
-
-      if (disorder < bestDisorder) {
-        bestDisorder = disorder;
-        draw(off);
-        imgdata = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-        bestImagedata = imgdata;
-        bestOff = off;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // not the best idea to do this here
-    setTimeout(function () {
-      const bg = document.getElementById('t-bg');
-      const slider = document.getElementById('t-slider') as HTMLInputElement;
-      if (!bg || !slider) return;
-
-      slider.value = '' + (-bestOff * 2);
-      bg.style.backgroundPositionX = bestOff + 'px';
-    }, 1);
-    draw(bestOff);
-    return bestImagedata;
-  } else {
-    draw(off);
-    return ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+    off = await slideCaptcha(document.getElementById('t-fg')!, document.getElementById('t-bg')!, document.getElementById('t-slider') as HTMLInputElement);
   }
+  draw(off || 0);
+  return ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
 }
 
 // for debugging purposes
@@ -306,7 +408,7 @@ async function predict(img: HTMLImageElement, bg: HTMLImageElement, off: number)
   if (!model) {
     model = await load();
   }
-  const image = imageFromCanvas(img, bg, off);
+  const image = await imageFromCanvas(img, bg, off);
   if (!image)
     throw new Error("Failed to gen image");
   const mono = toMonochrome(image.data);