diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 679e1270..d573e946 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,19 @@ const {
 const console = require("console");
 const canvas = createCanvas(width, height);
 const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
-
+//add noise to the images randomly
+const drawNoise = (ctx, width, height, opacity) => {
+  const imageData = ctx.createImageData(width, height);
+  const data = imageData.data;
+  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 4) {
+      const value = Math.random() * 255;
+      data[i] = value;
+      data[i + 1] = value;
+      data[i + 2] = value;
+      data[i + 3] = opacity * 255;
+  }
+  ctx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);
+};
 // saves the generated image to the output folder, using the edition count as the name
 const saveImage = (_editionCount) => {
   fs.writeFileSync(
@@ -217,7 +229,7 @@ const startCreating = async () => {
 
     // elements are loaded asynchronously
     // -> await for all to be available before drawing the image
-    await Promise.all(loadedElements).then((elementArray) => {
+    await Promise.all(loadedElements).then(async (elementArray) => {
       // create empty image
       ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
       // draw a random background color
@@ -228,7 +240,11 @@ const startCreating = async () => {
       elementArray.forEach((element) => {
         drawElement(element);
         attributesList.push(getAttributeForElement(element));
+        drawElement(element);
       });
+      if(applyNoise){
+        drawNoise(ctx,width,height,0.1)
+    }
       // add an image signature as the edition count to the top left of the image
       signImage(`#${editionCount}`);
       // write the image to the output directory