diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 89bd31396..2c117bdca 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ add_library(libslic3r STATIC ${LIBDIR}/libslic3r/BoundingBox.cpp
                         ${LIBDIR}/libslic3r/BridgeDetector.cpp
                         ${LIBDIR}/libslic3r/Extruder.cpp
                         ${LIBDIR}/libslic3r/GCodeSender.cpp
+                        ${LIBDIR}/libslic3r/IO.cpp
                         ${LIBDIR}/libslic3r/Line.cpp
                         ${LIBDIR}/libslic3r/PlaceholderParser.cpp
                         ${LIBDIR}/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
diff --git a/src/slic3r.cpp b/src/slic3r.cpp
index 7e39ae0e3..a7e640f2a 100644
--- a/src/slic3r.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
-
+#include "Model.hpp"
+#include "IO.hpp"
 #include "TriangleMesh.hpp"
 #include "SVGExport.hpp"
 #include "libslic3r.h"
@@ -13,29 +13,20 @@ using namespace Slic3r;
 
 void confess_at(const char *file, int line, const char *func, const char *pat, ...){}
 
-void exportSVG(const char* stlname, const char* svgname, float layerheight=0.2, float initialheight=0., float scale=1.0, float rotate=0.){
-    TriangleMesh t;
-    std::string outname;
-    if(strlen(svgname)==0){
-        outname=outname+stlname+".svg";
-    }else{
-        outname=outname+svgname;
-    }
-    t.ReadSTLFile(const_cast<char *>(stlname));
-    t.repair();
-    t.scale(scale);
-    t.rotate_z(rotate);
-    t.mirror_x();
-    t.align_to_origin();
-    SVGExport e(t,layerheight,initialheight);
-    const char* svgfilename=outname.data();
-    e.writeSVG(svgfilename);
-    printf("writing: %s\n",svgfilename);
+void exportSVG(const Model &model, const std::string &outfile, float layerheight=0.2, float initialheight=0., float scale=1.0, float rotate=0.){
+    TriangleMesh mesh = model.mesh();
+    mesh.scale(scale);
+    mesh.rotate_z(rotate);
+    mesh.mirror_x();
+    mesh.align_to_origin();
+    SVGExport e(mesh, layerheight, initialheight);
+    e.writeSVG(outfile);
+    printf("writing: %s\n", outfile.c_str());
 }
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv){
     
-    try{
+    try {
         TCLAP::CmdLine cmd("Rudimentary commandline slic3r, currently only supports STL to SVG slice export.", ' ', SLIC3R_VERSION);
         TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> outputArg("o","output","File to output results to",false,"","output file name");
         cmd.add( outputArg );
@@ -48,18 +39,41 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv){
         TCLAP::ValueArg<float> lhArg("","layer-height","Layer height in mm (default: 0.2)",false,0.2,"float");
         cmd.add( lhArg );
         TCLAP::SwitchArg expsvg("","export-svg","Export a SVG file containing slices", cmd, false);
+        TCLAP::SwitchArg expobj("","export-obj","Export the input file as OBJ", cmd, false);
         
         TCLAP::UnlabeledValueArg<std::string> input("inputfile","Input STL file name", true, "", "input file name");
         cmd.add(input);
         cmd.parse(argc,argv);
-        if(expsvg.getValue()){
-            exportSVG(input.getValue().data(),outputArg.getValue().data(),lhArg.getValue(),flhArg.getValue(),scaleArg.getValue(),rotArg.getValue());
-        }else{
-            std::cerr << "error: only svg export currently supported"<< std::endl;
+        
+        // read input file if any (TODO: read multiple)
+        Model model;
+        if (!input.getValue().empty()) {
+            Slic3r::IO::STL::read(input.getValue(), &model);
+            model.add_default_instances();
+        }
+        
+        if (expobj.getValue()) {
+            std::string outfile = outputArg.getValue();
+            if (outfile.empty()) outfile = input.getValue() + ".obj";
+            
+            TriangleMesh mesh = model.mesh();
+            printf("mesh has %zu facets\n", mesh.facets_count());
+            Slic3r::IO::OBJ::write(mesh, outfile);
+            printf("File exported to %s\n", outfile.c_str());
+        } else if (expsvg.getValue()) {
+            std::string outfile = outputArg.getValue();
+            if (outfile.empty()) outfile = input.getValue() + ".svg";
+            
+            exportSVG(model, outfile, lhArg.getValue(), flhArg.getValue(), scaleArg.getValue(), rotArg.getValue());
+        } else {
+            std::cerr << "error: only --export-svg and --export-obj are currently supported"<< std::endl;
             return 1;
         }
         
-    }catch (TCLAP::ArgException &e) 
-	{ std::cerr << "error: " << e.error() << " for arg " << e.argId() << std::endl; }
+    } catch (TCLAP::ArgException &e) {
+        std::cerr << "error: " << e.error() << " for arg " << e.argId() << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
     
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
index 81ac8a127..7bd42cea5 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 namespace Slic3r { namespace IO {
 
 bool
-STL::read_file(std::string input_file, Model* model)
+STL::read(std::string input_file, Model* model)
 {
     // TODO: encode file name
     // TODO: check that file exists
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.hpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.hpp
index 248f3be54..0c3cd991f 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.hpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.hpp
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ namespace Slic3r { namespace IO {
 class STL
 {
     public:
-    bool read_file(std::string input_file, Model* model);
-    bool write(TriangleMesh& mesh, std::string output_file, bool binary = true);
+    static bool read(std::string input_file, Model* model);
+    static bool write(TriangleMesh& mesh, std::string output_file, bool binary = true);
 };
 
 class OBJ
 {
     public:
-    bool write(TriangleMesh& mesh, std::string output_file);
+    static bool write(TriangleMesh& mesh, std::string output_file);
 };
 
 } }
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/SVGExport.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/SVGExport.cpp
index 2fb1b0cf5..ead30a04e 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/SVGExport.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/SVGExport.cpp
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ SVGExport::SVGExport(TriangleMesh &t, float layerheight, float firstlayerheight)
 
 //<g id="layer0" slic3r:z="0.1"> <path...> <path...> </g>
 
-void SVGExport::writeSVG(const char* outputfile){
+void SVGExport::writeSVG(const std::string &outputfile){
     if(sliced){
-        FILE* f = fopen(outputfile, "w");
+        FILE* f = fopen(outputfile.c_str(), "w");
         fprintf(f,
         "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n"
         "<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd\">\n"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void SVGExport::writeSVG(const char* outputfile){
         "<!-- Generated using Slic3r %s http://slic3r.org/ -->\n"
         ,t->stl.stats.max.x*10,t->stl.stats.max.y*10,SLIC3R_VERSION);
         for (int i=0;i<heights.size();i++){
-            fprintf(f,"\t<g id=\"layer%d\" slic3r:z=\"%0.4f\">",i,heights[i]);
+            fprintf(f,"\t<g id=\"layer%d\" slic3r:z=\"%0.4f\">\n",i,heights[i]);
             for (ExPolygons::const_iterator it = layers[i].begin(); it != layers[i].end(); ++it){
                 std::string pd;
                 Polygons pp = *it;
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/SVGExport.hpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/SVGExport.hpp
index 554e627b6..3d5f2b127 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/SVGExport.hpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/SVGExport.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class SVGExport
 {
     public:
     SVGExport(TriangleMesh &t, float layerheight, float firstlayerheight=0.0);
-    void writeSVG(const char* outputfile);
+    void writeSVG(const std::string &outputfile);
     private:
     TriangleMesh *t;
     std::vector<ExPolygons> layers;