diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36ad5e0..042526f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "test": "test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "canvas": "^2.9.0",
     "contentstream": "^1.0.0",
     "gif-encoder": "~0.4.1",
     "jpeg-js": "^0.4.3",
diff --git a/save-pixels.js b/save-pixels.js
index 9efce4d..8fe46d8 100644
--- a/save-pixels.js
+++ b/save-pixels.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var PNG = require('pngjs-nozlib').PNG
 var ndarray = require('ndarray')
 var ops = require('ndarray-ops')
 var through = require('through')
+var createCanvas = require('canvas').createCanvas
 
 function handleData (array, data, frame) {
   var i, j, ptr = 0, c
@@ -124,10 +125,8 @@ module.exports = function savePixels (array, type, options) {
       return png.pack()
 
     case 'CANVAS':
-      var canvas = document.createElement('canvas')
+      var canvas = createCanvas(array.shape[0], array.shape[1]);
       var context = canvas.getContext('2d')
-      canvas.width = array.shape[0]
-      canvas.height = array.shape[1]
       var imageData = context.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
       var data = imageData.data
       data = handleData(array, data)