diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4da39ef..8a63543 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ optional-dependencies.test = {file = ["requirements-test.txt"]}
 where = ["src"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"*" = ["*.json", '*.yml', '*.xml', '*.xsd']
+"*" = ["*.json", '*.yml', '*.xml', '*.xsd', '*.ttf']
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true
diff --git a/src/eynollah/Charis-Regular.ttf b/src/eynollah/Charis-Regular.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4e75a4
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/eynollah/Charis-Regular.ttf differ
diff --git a/src/eynollah/eynollah.py b/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
index e954ada..20954a0 100644
--- a/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
+++ b/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 document layout analysis (segmentation) with output in PAGE-XML
 """
 
+# cannot use importlib.resources until we move to 3.9+ forimportlib.resources.files
+import sys
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    import importlib_resources
+else:
+    import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
+
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher as sq
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import math
@@ -5638,8 +5645,10 @@ class Eynollah_ocr:
                 
                 if dir_out_image_text:
                     
-                    font_path = "Charis-7.000/Charis-Regular.ttf"  # Make sure this file exists!
-                    font = ImageFont.truetype(font_path, 40)
+                    #font_path = "Charis-7.000/Charis-Regular.ttf"  # Make sure this file exists!
+                    font = importlib_resources.files(__package__) / "Charis-Regular.ttf"
+                    with importlib_resources.as_file(font) as font:
+                        font = ImageFont.truetype(font=font, size=40)
                     
                     for indexer_text, bb_ind in enumerate(total_bb_coordinates):
                         
@@ -5649,7 +5658,7 @@ class Eynollah_ocr:
                         w_bb = bb_ind[2]
                         h_bb = bb_ind[3]
                         
-                        font = fit_text_single_line(draw, extracted_texts_merged[indexer_text], font_path, w_bb, int(h_bb*0.4) )
+                        font = fit_text_single_line(draw, extracted_texts_merged[indexer_text], font.path, w_bb, int(h_bb*0.4) )
                         
                         ##draw.rectangle([x_bb, y_bb, x_bb + w_bb, y_bb + h_bb], outline="red", width=2)
                         
@@ -6135,8 +6144,10 @@ class Eynollah_ocr:
                     
                     if dir_out_image_text:
                         
-                        font_path = "Charis-7.000/Charis-Regular.ttf"  # Make sure this file exists!
-                        font = ImageFont.truetype(font_path, 40)
+                        #font_path = "Charis-7.000/Charis-Regular.ttf"  # Make sure this file exists!
+                        font = importlib_resources.files(__package__) / "Charis-Regular.ttf"
+                        with importlib_resources.as_file(font) as font:
+                            font = ImageFont.truetype(font=font, size=40)
                         
                         for indexer_text, bb_ind in enumerate(total_bb_coordinates):
                             
@@ -6146,7 +6157,7 @@ class Eynollah_ocr:
                             w_bb = bb_ind[2]
                             h_bb = bb_ind[3]
                             
-                            font = fit_text_single_line(draw, extracted_texts_merged[indexer_text], font_path, w_bb, int(h_bb*0.4) )
+                            font = fit_text_single_line(draw, extracted_texts_merged[indexer_text], font.path, w_bb, int(h_bb*0.4) )
                             
                             ##draw.rectangle([x_bb, y_bb, x_bb + w_bb, y_bb + h_bb], outline="red", width=2)
                             
diff --git a/tests/test_run.py b/tests/test_run.py
index aea5808..d42bc0f 100644
--- a/tests/test_run.py
+++ b/tests/test_run.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def test_run_eynollah_mbreorder_directory(tmp_path, subtests, pytestconfig, capl
 def test_run_eynollah_ocr_filename(tmp_path, subtests, pytestconfig, caplog):
     infile = testdir.joinpath('resources/kant_aufklaerung_1784_0020.tif')
     outfile = tmp_path.joinpath('kant_aufklaerung_1784_0020.xml')
-    outrenderfile = tmp_path.joinpath('render').joinpath('kant_aufklaerung_1784_0020.xml')
+    outrenderfile = tmp_path.joinpath('render').joinpath('kant_aufklaerung_1784_0020.png')
     outrenderfile.parent.mkdir()
     args = [
         '-m', MODELS_OCR,