diff --git a/src/play_clj/core.clj b/src/play_clj/core.clj
index 5a84b9a..213bb0f 100644
--- a/src/play_clj/core.clj
+++ b/src/play_clj/core.clj
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
             InputMultiplexer InputProcessor Net Screen]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.audio Sound]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.assets AssetManager]
-           [com.badlogic.gdx.files FileHandle]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.graphics Camera Color GL20 OrthographicCamera
             PerspectiveCamera Pixmap Pixmap$Format PixmapIO Texture VertexAttributes$Usage]
            [com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d SpriteBatch]
diff --git a/src/play_clj/core_utils.clj b/src/play_clj/core_utils.clj
index fec49e1..5fa3c1d 100644
--- a/src/play_clj/core_utils.clj
+++ b/src/play_clj/core_utils.clj
@@ -7,34 +7,29 @@
   [& body]
   `(app! :post-runnable (fn [] ~@body)))
 
-(defn new-file!
-  "Creates a new [File](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html)"
-  ([name extension]
-     (new-file! "./" name extension))
-  ([path name extension]
-      (java.io.File. (str path name extension))))
-
-(defn capture-screen!
-  "Returns a [Pixmap](http://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/nightlies/docs/api/com/badlogic/gdx/graphics/Pixmap.html) that contains a capture of the current screen.
-   Note that you must call [dispose](http://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/nightlies/docs/api/com/badlogic/gdx/graphics/Pixmap.html#dispose) on the Pixmap or you will cause a memory leak on the native heap.
-   screenshot! captures and disposes the Pixmap automatically."
-  []
-  (let [pixmap (Pixmap. (game :width) (game :height) (Pixmap$Format/RGBA8888))
-        pixel-data (ScreenUtils/getFrameBufferPixels true)
-        pixels (.getPixels pixmap)]
-    (doto pixels
-      (.clear)
-      (.put pixel-data)
-      (.position))
-    pixmap))
-
 (defn screenshot!
-  "Captures a screenshot and writes it to disk."
-  []
-  (let [pixmap (capture-screen!)
-        handle (FileHandle. (new-file! (str (System/currentTimeMillis)) ".png"))]
-    (do (PixmapIO/writePNG handle pixmap)
-        (.dispose pixmap))))
+  "Captures a screenshot and either returns it as a `pixmap` or saves it to the
+specified path.
+
+    (screenshot!)
+    (screenshot! \"out.png\")
+    (screenshot! (files! :external \"out.png\"))"
+  ([]
+    (let [pic (Pixmap. (game :width) (game :height) (Pixmap$Format/RGBA8888))
+          pixel-data (ScreenUtils/getFrameBufferPixels true)
+          pixels (.getPixels pic)]
+      (doto pixels
+        (.clear)
+        (.put pixel-data)
+        (.position))
+      pic))
+  ([path]
+    (let [pic (screenshot!)
+          handle (if (string? path)
+                   (files! :local path)
+                   path)]
+      (PixmapIO/writePNG handle pic)
+      (.dispose pic))))
 
 ; static fields