diff --git a/src/components/ContentEditor/ContentEditor.module.css b/src/components/ContentEditor/ContentEditor.module.css
index 2d15c010..c38a0f63 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentEditor/ContentEditor.module.css
+++ b/src/components/ContentEditor/ContentEditor.module.css
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .BackgroundMenu {
   z-index: 3;
   position: absolute;
-  right: 8em;
+  right: 19em;
   bottom: 3em;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/ContentEditor/ContentEditor.tsx b/src/components/ContentEditor/ContentEditor.tsx
index 5bc985c0..837672a4 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentEditor/ContentEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContentEditor/ContentEditor.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { createRef, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { AppReducerState } from '../../reducers/AppReducer';
-import { IMG_URI, loadImage, obscureOverlay, renderImage, setupOverlayCanvas, selectOverlay, storeOverlay, clearOverlaySelection, getCanvas, initOverlay} from '../../utils/drawing';
+import { IMG_URI, loadImage, obscureOverlay, renderImage, setupOverlayCanvas, selectOverlay, storeOverlay, clearOverlaySelection, getCanvas, initOverlay, revealOverlay} from '../../utils/drawing';
 import { MouseStateMachine } from '../../utils/mousestatemachine';
 import { setCallback } from '../../utils/statemachine';
 import styles from './ContentEditor.module.css';
@@ -40,6 +40,21 @@ const ContentEditor = () => {
     }, 'image/png', 1);
   }
 
+  const reveal = (x1: number, y1: number, x2: number, y2: number) => {
+    let overlayStuff = getCanvas(overlayCanvasRef, true);
+    if (!overlayStuff) return;
+    let { cnvs, ctx } = overlayStuff;
+
+    revealOverlay.bind(ctx)(x1, y1, x2, y2);
+    overlayCanvasRef.current?.toBlob((blob: Blob | null) => {
+      if (!blob) {
+        // TODO SIGNAL ERROR
+        return;
+      }
+      dispatch({type: 'content/overlay', payload: blob})
+    }, 'image/png', 1);
+  }
+
   const keyPress = (key: string) => {
     if (key.toLowerCase() == 'enter') {
       let url: URL | null= null;
@@ -107,7 +122,11 @@ const ContentEditor = () => {
     setCallback(sm, 'obscure', () => {
       obscure(sm.x1(), sm.y1(), sm.x2(), sm.y2());
       sm.transition('wait');
-    })
+    });
+    setCallback(sm, 'reveal', () => {
+      reveal(sm.x1(), sm.y1(), sm.x2(), sm.y2());
+      sm.transition('wait');
+    });
     sm.setMoveCallback(selectOverlay.bind(overlayCtx));
     sm.setStartCallback(storeOverlay.bind(overlayCtx));
     setCallback(sm, 'push', () => dispatch({type: 'content/push'}));
@@ -203,7 +222,9 @@ const ContentEditor = () => {
         <button disabled={!canObscure} onClick={() => {
           sm.transition('obscure')
         }}>Obscure</button>
-        <button disabled={!canObscure}>Reveal</button>
+        <button disabled={!canObscure} onClick={() => {
+          sm.transition('reveal');
+        }}>Reveal</button>
         <button onClick={() => sm.transition('push')}>Update</button>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/utils/drawing.ts b/src/utils/drawing.ts
index 948e88f9..e216834f 100644
--- a/src/utils/drawing.ts
+++ b/src/utils/drawing.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ export function loadImage(uri: string): Promise<HTMLImageElement> {
   const img = new Image();
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     img.onload = function() { resolve(this as HTMLImageElement); }
-    img.onerror = function() { reject('Image load failed'); }
-    img.src = uri;
-    // TODO MICAH get rid of this. This is a hack to stop an exception:
+    img.onerror = function(error) { reject(error); }
+    // Anonymous only works if the server cors are setup... Setting it avoids the
+    // error:
     //
     //    The canvas has been tainted by cross-origin data.
     //
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export function loadImage(uri: string): Promise<HTMLImageElement> {
     // originates from the fact that our frontend in dev is on localhost:4200 and
     // I don't think cross-origin is setup properly for static data on the nose
     // server
-    // img.crossOrigin = 'Anonymous';
+    img.crossOrigin = 'Anonymous';
+    img.src = uri;
   });
 }
 /*export function loadImage(data: Blob): Promise<HTMLImageElement>;
@@ -102,6 +103,14 @@ export function obscureOverlay(this: CanvasRenderingContext2D, x1: number, y1: n
   baseData = this.getImageData(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
 }
 
+export function revealOverlay(this: CanvasRenderingContext2D, x1: number, y1: number, x2: number, y2: number) {
+  if (baseData === null) return;
+  this.putImageData(baseData, 0, 0);
+  this.clearRect(x1,y1,x2-x1,y2-y1);
+  baseData = this.getImageData(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Store off the default overlay image data. When using this method, you must
  * bind the context to it because "this" is expected to be a 2D context.
diff --git a/src/utils/mousestatemachine.ts b/src/utils/mousestatemachine.ts
index a38b66e5..20bb9c1e 100644
--- a/src/utils/mousestatemachine.ts
+++ b/src/utils/mousestatemachine.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ export class MouseStateMachine implements StateMachine {
       'complete': { // done recording - box selected
         'down': 'record_mouse',
         'obscure': 'obscure',
+        'reveal': 'reveal',
         'background': 'background_select',
       },
       'obscure': {
         'wait': 'wait',
       },
+      'reveal': {
+        'wait': 'wait',
+      },
       'background_select': {
         'link': 'background_link',
         'upload': 'background_upload',