diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cf652f8..92827db 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gdk 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gdk-pixbuf 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gtk 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "time 0.1.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -420,6 +421,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.1.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc 0.2.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.37 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -496,6 +507,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum synstructure 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3a761d12e6d8dcb4dcf952a7a89b475e3a9d69e4a69307e01a470977642914bd"
 "checksum termion 1.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "689a3bdfaab439fd92bc87df5c4c78417d3cbe537487274e9b0b2dce76e92096"
 "checksum textwrap 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c0b59b6b4b44d867f1370ef1bd91bfb262bf07bf0ae65c202ea2fbc16153b693"
+"checksum time 0.1.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d825be0eb33fda1a7e68012d51e9c7f451dc1a69391e7fdc197060bb8c56667b"
 "checksum unicode-width 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bf3a113775714a22dcb774d8ea3655c53a32debae63a063acc00a91cc586245f"
 "checksum unicode-xid 0.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8c1f860d7d29cf02cb2f3f359fd35991af3d30bac52c57d265a3c461074cb4dc"
 "checksum vec_map 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "05c78687fb1a80548ae3250346c3db86a80a7cdd77bda190189f2d0a0987c81a"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83c0da4..11a068f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ failure = "0.1.1"
 gdk = "0.8.0"
 gdk-pixbuf = "0.4.0"
 gtk = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["v3_16"] }
+time = "0.1.40"
diff --git a/src/capture.rs b/src/capture.rs
index a738a52..625b1ce 100644
--- a/src/capture.rs
+++ b/src/capture.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use gdk::prelude::*;
 use gdk::{ContextExt, Display, DisplayExt, Screen, ScreenExt, Window as GdkWindow, WindowExt};
 use gdk_pixbuf::Pixbuf;
 use gtk::{Clipboard, ClipboardExt};
+use time;
 
 use errors::ScreenshotError;
 use options::{Options, Region};
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ pub fn capture(options: Options) -> Result<(), Error> {
         Some(window_) => window = window_,
         None => bail!("Failed to locate root window."),
     }
+    window.process_updates(true);
 
     // take a screenshot of it
     let width: i32 = window.get_width();
@@ -61,7 +63,10 @@ pub fn capture(options: Options) -> Result<(), Error> {
     ctx.paint();
 
     // write surface to file
-    let mut file = File::create(options.outfile)?;
+
+    let now = time::now();
+    let path = time::strftime(&options.outfile.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap(), &now)?;
+    let mut file = File::create(path)?;
     surface.write_to_png(&mut file)?;
 
     if options.clip {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2daec18..03d869a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ extern crate failure;
 extern crate gdk;
 extern crate gdk_pixbuf;
 extern crate gtk;
+extern crate time;
 
 mod capture;
 mod errors;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
         "select" | "selection" => Region::Selection,
         _ => bail!("Please choose a valid region [fullscreen|active|select]"),
     };
-    let path = PathBuf::from(app.value_of("output").unwrap());
+    let path = String::from(app.value_of("output").unwrap());
     let clip = app.is_present("clip");
     let options = Options::new(region, path, clip)?;
 
diff --git a/src/options.rs b/src/options.rs
index 31e7052..0774a2e 100644
--- a/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/options.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub struct Options {
 }
 
 impl Options {
-    pub fn new(region: Region, outfile: PathBuf, clip: bool) -> Result<Options, Error> {
+    pub fn new(region: Region, outfile: String, clip: bool) -> Result<Options, Error> {
         OpenOptions::new().create(true).write(true).open(&outfile)?;
         let outfile = canonicalize(&outfile)?;
         Ok(Options {