diff --git a/.github/workflows/provision-darwin.sh b/.github/workflows/provision-darwin.sh
index 9b37a68a7..22a07c8a8 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/provision-darwin.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/provision-darwin.sh
@@ -66,5 +66,17 @@ tar -xf "wasmtime-v${wasmtime_version}-x86_64-macos.tar.xz" --directory "${HOME}
 mv "${HOME}/bin/wasmtime-v${wasmtime_version}-x86_64-macos/wasmtime" "${HOME}/bin/wasmtime"
 rm "wasmtime-v${wasmtime_version}-x86_64-macos.tar.xz"
 
+# Install wasi2ic
+git clone https://github.com/wasm-forge/wasi2ic
+cargo install --path wasi2ic --root "${HOME}"
+
+# Install wasm-opt
+version=117
+curl -fsSLO "https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/releases/download/version_117/binaryen-version_${version}-x86_64-macos.tar.gz" 
+mkdir -p "${HOME}/bin"
+tar -xzf "binaryen-version_${version}-x86_64-macos.tar.gz" --directory "${HOME}/bin/"
+mv "${HOME}/bin/binaryen-version_${version}/bin/wasm-opt" "${HOME}/bin"
+rm "binaryen-version_${version}-x86_64-macos.tar.gz"
+
 # Exit temporary directory.
 popd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/provision-linux.sh b/.github/workflows/provision-linux.sh
index 1ec2ece00..c92e8094d 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/provision-linux.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/provision-linux.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ tar -xf "wasmtime-v${wasmtime_version}-x86_64-linux.tar.xz" --directory "${HOME}
 mv "${HOME}/bin/wasmtime-v${wasmtime_version}-x86_64-linux/wasmtime" "${HOME}/bin/wasmtime"
 rm "wasmtime-v${wasmtime_version}-x86_64-linux.tar.xz"
 
+# Install wasi2ic
+git clone https://github.com/wasm-forge/wasi2ic
+cargo install --path wasi2ic --root "${HOME}"
+
+# Install wasm-opt
+version=117
+curl -fsSLO "https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/releases/download/version_117/binaryen-version_${version}-x86_64-linux.tar.gz" 
+mkdir -p "${HOME}/bin"
+tar -xzf "binaryen-version_${version}-x86_64-linux.tar.gz" --directory "${HOME}/bin/"
+mv "${HOME}/bin/binaryen-version_${version}/bin/wasm-opt" "${HOME}/bin"
+rm "binaryen-version_${version}-x86_64-linux.tar.gz"
+
 # Set environment variables.
 echo "$HOME/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-image-classification-example.yaml b/.github/workflows/rust-image-classification-example.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f33a25f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-image-classification-example.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: rust-image-classification
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - rust/image-classification/**
+      - .github/workflows/provision-darwin.sh
+      - .github/workflows/provision-linux.sh
+      - .github/workflows/rust-image-classification-example.yaml
+      - .ic-commit
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+jobs:
+  rust-image-classification-example-darwin:
+    runs-on: macos-12
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Provision Darwin
+        run: DFX_VERSION="0.20.2-beta.0" bash .github/workflows/provision-darwin.sh
+      - name: Remove networks.json
+        run: rm -f ~/.config/dfx/networks.json
+      - name: Rust Image Classification Darwin
+        run: |
+          dfx start --background
+          pushd rust/image-classification
+          make test
+          popd
+  rust-image-classification-example-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Provision Linux
+        run: DFX_VERSION="0.20.2-beta.0" bash .github/workflows/provision-linux.sh
+      - name: Remove networks.json
+        run: rm -f ~/.config/dfx/networks.json
+      - name: Rust Image Classification Linux
+        run: |
+          dfx start --background
+          pushd rust/image-classification
+          make test
+          popd
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/.cargo/config.toml b/rust/image-classification/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..067cfd27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/image-classification/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[build]
+target = ["wasm32-wasi"]
+
+[target.wasm32-wasi]
+rustflags = ["-Ctarget-feature=+simd128"]
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/.gitignore b/rust/image-classification/.gitignore
index 39b6eb4d0..6273b8366 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/.gitignore
+++ b/rust/image-classification/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ _MACOSX
 target/
 *.old.did
 .idea
+src/backend/assets/mobilenetv2-7.onnx
+.env
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/Cargo.lock b/rust/image-classification/Cargo.lock
index 9eb2ebdef..87b2265e5 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/image-classification/Cargo.lock
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2969dcb958b36655471fc61f7e416fa76033bdd4bfed0678d8fee1e2d07a1f0"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.81"
+version = "1.0.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0952808a6c2afd1aa8947271f3a60f1a6763c7b912d210184c5149b5cf147247"
+checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anymap2"
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ checksum = "23b62fc65de8e4e7f52534fb52b0f3ed04746ae267519eef2a83941e8085068b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+checksum = "0c4b4d0bd25bd0b74681c0ad21497610ce1b7c91b1022cd21c80c6fbdd9476b0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backend"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "candid",
  "colorgrad",
- "ic-cdk",
+ "ic-cdk 0.14.0",
  "ic-stable-structures",
  "ic-wasi-polyfill",
  "image",
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.4.2"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed570934406eb16438a4e976b1b4500774099c13b8cb96eec99f620f05090ddf"
+checksum = "cf4b9d6a944f767f8e5e0db018570623c85f3d925ac718db4e06d0187adb21c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
-version = "1.15.0"
+version = "1.16.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d6d68c57235a3a081186990eca2867354726650f42f7516ca50c28d6281fd15"
+checksum = "b236fc92302c97ed75b38da1f4917b5cdda4984745740f153a5d3059e48d725e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
@@ -144,15 +144,15 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2bd12c1caf447e69cd4528f47f94d203fd2582878ecb9e9465484c4148a8223"
+checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid"
-version = "0.10.5"
+version = "0.10.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "088c2e3d22a0fb1ada78b968946b0f7b96027ac8669973fe7c0815a98e8d13ef"
+checksum = "dd5902d37352dffd8bd9177a2daa6444ce3cd0279c91763fb0171c053aa04335"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "binread",
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.52",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.90"
+version = "1.0.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8cd6604a82acf3039f1144f54b8eb34e91ffba622051189e71b781822d5ee1f5"
+checksum = "96c51067fd44124faa7f870b4b1c969379ad32b2ba805aa959430ceaa384f695"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -222,12 +222,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "half",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "color_quant"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d7b894f5411737b7867f4827955924d7c254fc9f4d91a6aad6b097804b1018b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "colorgrad"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -248,9 +242,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3855a8a784b474f333699ef2bbca9db2c4a1f6d9088a90a2d25b1eb53111eaa"
+checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
@@ -307,9 +301,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e962a19be5cfc3f3bf6dd8f61eb50107f356ad6270fbb3ed41476571db78be5"
+checksum = "e8566979429cf69b49a5c740c60791108e86440e8be149bbea4fe54d2c32d6e2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
@@ -349,9 +343,9 @@ checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "downcast-rs"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ea835d29036a4087793836fa931b08837ad5e957da9e23886b29586fb9b6650"
+checksum = "75b325c5dbd37f80359721ad39aca5a29fb04c89279657cffdda8736d0c0b9d2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
@@ -367,15 +361,15 @@ checksum = "a650a461c6a8ff1ef205ed9a2ad56579309853fecefc2423f73dced342f92258"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
-version = "1.10.0"
+version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11157ac094ffbdde99aa67b23417ebdd801842852b500e395a45a9c0aac03e4a"
+checksum = "3dca9240753cf90908d7e4aac30f630662b02aebaa1b58a3cadabdb23385b58b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a258e46cdc063eb8519c00b9fc845fc47bcfca4130e2f08e88665ceda8474245"
+checksum = "534c5cf6194dfab3db3242765c03bbe257cf92f22b38f6bc0c58d59108a820ba"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "windows-sys",
@@ -404,9 +398,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
-version = "1.0.28"
+version = "1.0.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "46303f565772937ffe1d394a4fac6f411c6013172fadde9dcdb1e147a086940e"
+checksum = "5f54427cfd1c7829e2a139fcefea601bf088ebca651d2bf53ebc600eac295dae"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
  "miniz_oxide",
@@ -439,9 +433,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.12"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "190092ea657667030ac6a35e305e62fc4dd69fd98ac98631e5d3a2b1575a12b5"
+checksum = "c4567c8db10ae91089c99af84c68c38da3ec2f087c3f82960bcdbf3656b6f4d7"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -450,9 +444,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "half"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b5eceaaeec696539ddaf7b333340f1af35a5aa87ae3e4f3ead0532f72affab2e"
+checksum = "6dd08c532ae367adf81c312a4580bc67f1d0fe8bc9c460520283f4c0ff277888"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "crunchy",
@@ -461,9 +455,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
+checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
 ]
@@ -476,47 +470,75 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic-cdk"
-version = "0.12.1"
+version = "0.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f3d204af0b11c45715169c997858edb58fa8407d08f4fae78a6b415dd39a362"
+checksum = "f8859bc2b863a77750acf199e1fb7e3fc403e1b475855ba13f59cb4e4036d238"
 dependencies = [
  "candid",
- "ic-cdk-macros",
- "ic0",
+ "ic-cdk-macros 0.13.2",
+ "ic0 0.21.1",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_bytes",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ic-cdk"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff384f182459bec490a7f50a58bbdf8f7a6934de4dcc259e30c70641bcbcb917"
+dependencies = [
+ "candid",
+ "ic-cdk-macros 0.14.0",
+ "ic0 0.23.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic-cdk-macros"
-version = "0.8.4"
+version = "0.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a5a618e4020cea88e933d8d2f8c7f86d570ec06213506a80d4f2c520a9bba512"
+checksum = "a45800053d80a6df839a71aaea5797e723188c0b992618208ca3b941350c7355"
 dependencies = [
  "candid",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde",
- "serde_tokenstream",
+ "serde_tokenstream 0.1.7",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ic-cdk-macros"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "01dc6bc425ec048d6ac4137c7c0f2cfbd6f8b0be8efc568feae2b265f566117c"
+dependencies = [
+ "candid",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_tokenstream 0.2.1",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ic-stable-structures"
-version = "0.6.4"
+version = "0.6.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "07e2282054c8ddf0cb2a7abf5c174c373917b4345c9a096ae4aa7f7185cdcdc7"
+checksum = "03f3044466a69802de74e710dc0300b706a05696a0531c942ca856751a13b0db"
 dependencies = [
  "ic_principal",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic-wasi-polyfill"
-version = "0.3.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/wasm-forge/ic-wasi-polyfill#870e2cd0b533c03a45dbd3a516176a1fe261cea6"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1617b3be6bc1a4c854fbd86dc97dea3ff4461f70b5c4e95cf895dbc089dac51b"
 dependencies = [
  "function_name",
- "ic-cdk",
+ "ic-cdk 0.13.2",
  "ic-stable-structures",
  "rand",
  "stable-fs",
@@ -528,6 +550,12 @@ version = "0.21.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a54b5297861c651551676e8c43df805dad175cc33bc97dbd992edbbb85dcbcdf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ic0"
+version = "0.23.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8de254dd67bbd58073e23dc1c8553ba12fa1dc610a19de94ad2bbcd0460c067f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ic_principal"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -543,13 +571,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
-version = "0.24.9"
+version = "0.25.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5690139d2f55868e080017335e4b94cb7414274c74f1669c84fb5feba2c9f69d"
+checksum = "fd54d660e773627692c524beaad361aca785a4f9f5730ce91f42aabe5bce3d11"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "byteorder",
- "color_quant",
  "num-traits",
  "png",
 ]
@@ -574,9 +601,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
-version = "1.0.10"
+version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
+checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kstring"
@@ -602,9 +629,9 @@ checksum = "884e2677b40cc8c339eaefcb701c32ef1fd2493d71118dc0ca4b6a736c93bd67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.153"
+version = "0.2.155"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
+checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
@@ -614,15 +641,15 @@ checksum = "4ec2a862134d2a7d32d7983ddcdd1c4923530833c9f2ea1a44fc5fa473989058"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.4.13"
+version = "0.4.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "01cda141df6706de531b6c46c3a33ecca755538219bd484262fa09410c13539c"
+checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "liquid"
-version = "0.26.4"
+version = "0.26.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "69f68ae1011499ae2ef879f631891f21c78e309755f4a5e483c4a8f12e10b609"
+checksum = "10929f201279ba14da3297b957dcda1e0bf7a6f3bb5115688be684aa8864e9cc"
 dependencies = [
  "doc-comment",
  "liquid-core",
@@ -633,12 +660,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "liquid-core"
-version = "0.26.4"
+version = "0.26.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79e0724dfcaad5cfb7965ea0f178ca0870b8d7315178f4a7179f5696f7f04d5f"
+checksum = "3aef4b2160791f456eb880c990a97746f693746f92302ef5f1d06111cf14b768"
 dependencies = [
  "anymap2",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "kstring",
  "liquid-derive",
  "num-traits",
@@ -651,22 +678,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "liquid-derive"
-version = "0.26.4"
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+version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32b752e52a2da0ddfbdbcc6fceadfeede4c939ed16d13e648833a61dfb611ed8"
+checksum = "bec47e5bfd1bff0eeaf6d8b485cc1074891a197ab4225d504cb7a1ab88b02bf0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
@@ -1692,20 +1737,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.7.32"
+version = "0.7.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74d4d3961e53fa4c9a25a8637fc2bfaf2595b3d3ae34875568a5cf64787716be"
+checksum = "ae87e3fcd617500e5d106f0380cf7b77f3c6092aae37191433159dda23cfb087"
 dependencies = [
  "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.7.32"
+version = "0.7.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ce1b18ccd8e73a9321186f97e46f9f04b778851177567b1975109d26a08d2a6"
+checksum = "15e934569e47891f7d9411f1a451d947a60e000ab3bd24fbb970f000387d1b3b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.52",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/Makefile b/rust/image-classification/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d95355123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/image-classification/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+.PHONY: all
+all: build
+
+.PHONY: download_model
+.SILENT: download_model
+download_model:
+	bash ./download_model.sh
+
+.PHONY: node_modules
+.SILENT: node_modules
+node_modules:
+	npm install
+
+.PHONY: build
+.SILENT: build
+build: node_modules download_model
+	dfx canister create --all
+	dfx build
+
+.PHONY: install
+.SILENT: install
+install: build
+	dfx deploy --yes
+
+.PHONY: upgrade
+.SILENT: upgrade
+upgrade: build
+	dfx canister install --all --mode=upgrade
+
+.PHONY: test
+.SILENT: test
+test: install
+	dfx canister call backend run | grep -w 'tractor' && echo 'PASS'
+
+.PHONY: clean
+.SILENT: clean
+clean:
+	rm -fr .dfx
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/build.sh b/rust/image-classification/build.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e685f813a..d3a858bb7
--- a/rust/image-classification/build.sh
+++ b/rust/image-classification/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
 export RUSTFLAGS=$RUSTFLAGS' -C target-feature=+simd128'
 cargo build --release --target=wasm32-wasi
 wasi2ic ./target/wasm32-wasi/release/backend.wasm ./target/wasm32-wasi/release/backend-ic.wasm
-wasm-opt -Os -o ./target/wasm32-wasi/release/backend-ic.wasm ./target/wasm32-wasi/release/backend-ic.wasm
+which wasm-opt \
+    && wasm-opt -Os -o ./target/wasm32-wasi/release/backend-ic.wasm \
+        ./target/wasm32-wasi/release/backend-ic.wasm
+exit 0
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/dfx.json b/rust/image-classification/dfx.json
index 4dcae4122..e5ee40ef0 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/dfx.json
+++ b/rust/image-classification/dfx.json
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 {
   "canisters": {
     "backend": {
+      "metadata": [
+        {
+          "name": "candid:service"
+        }
+      ],
       "candid": "src/backend/backend.did",
       "package": "backend",
       "type": "custom",
@@ -29,4 +34,4 @@
   },
   "output_env_file": ".env",
   "version": 1
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/download_model.sh b/rust/image-classification/download_model.sh
index d72cb0f12..2c9d32ccb 100755
--- a/rust/image-classification/download_model.sh
+++ b/rust/image-classification/download_model.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
 URL="https://github.com/onnx/models/raw/main/validated/vision/classification/mobilenet/model/mobilenetv2-7.onnx?download=:"
 TGT="src/backend/assets/mobilenetv2-7.onnx"
-if which wget >/dev/null ; then
-  wget $URL -O $TGT
-elif which curl >/dev/null ; then
-  curl -vL $URL -o $TGT
+
+echo "Downloading ${TGT}..."
+if [ -s "${TGT}" ]; then
+    echo "    (cached)"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if which wget >/dev/null; then
+    wget $URL -O $TGT
+elif which curl >/dev/null; then
+    curl -vL $URL -o $TGT
 else
-  echo "Couldn't find wget or curl."
-  echo "Please download manually from \"$URL\" and save the file in $TGT."
+    echo "Couldn't find wget or curl."
+    echo "Please download manually from \"$URL\" and save the file in $TGT."
 fi
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust/image-classification/rust-toolchain.toml
index 3fbeaec6f..0ecadb670 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust/image-classification/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.75"
-targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown"]
+channel = "1.79"
+targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown", "wasm32-wasi"]
 components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/Cargo.toml b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/Cargo.toml
index 03a44b316..e9aae8482 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
+bytes = "1.5.0"
 candid = "0.10"
 colorgrad = "0.6"
-ic-cdk = "0.12"
-bytes = "1.5.0"
+ic-cdk = "0.14.0"
+ic-stable-structures = "0.6"
+ic-wasi-polyfill = "0.4.1"
+image = { version = "0.25.1", features = ["png"], default-features = false }
 prost = "0.11.0"
 prost-types = "0.11.0"
-image = { version = "0.24", features = ["png"], default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tract-onnx = { git = "https://github.com/sonos/tract", rev = "2a2914ac29390cc08963301c9f3d437b52dd321a" }
-ic-stable-structures = "0.6"
-ic-wasi-polyfill = { git = "https://github.com/wasm-forge/ic-wasi-polyfill", version = "0.3.17" }
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/assets/man_on_ferrari_1975.png b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/assets/man_on_ferrari_1975.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a533bffc8
Binary files /dev/null and b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/assets/man_on_ferrari_1975.png differ
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/backend.did b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/backend.did
index 6fa4eda83..c9c4b2949 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/backend.did
+++ b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/backend.did
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ type ClassificationResult = variant {
 service : {
     "classify": (image: blob) -> (ClassificationResult);
     "classify_query": (image: blob) -> (ClassificationResult) query;
+    "run": () -> (ClassificationResult) query;
 }
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/src/lib.rs b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/src/lib.rs
index 9f5d8e8ea..73f52fed3 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -69,3 +69,25 @@ fn post_upgrade() {
     ic_wasi_polyfill::init_with_memory(&[0u8; 32], &[], wasi_memory);
     onnx::setup().unwrap();
 }
+
+const IMAGE: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("../assets/man_on_ferrari_1975.png");
+
+/// Formats thousands for the specified `u64` integer (helper function).
+fn fmt(n: u64) -> String {
+    n.to_string()
+        .as_bytes()
+        .rchunks(3)
+        .rev()
+        .map(std::str::from_utf8)
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<&str>, _>>()
+        .unwrap()
+        .join("_")
+}
+
+#[ic_cdk::query]
+fn run() -> ClassificationResult {
+    let result = classify(IMAGE.into());
+    let instructions = ic_cdk::api::performance_counter(0);
+    ic_cdk::println!("Executed instructions: {}", fmt(instructions));
+    result
+}
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/src/onnx.rs b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/src/onnx.rs
index 8fb5c275c..ee182cda6 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/src/backend/src/onnx.rs
+++ b/rust/image-classification/src/backend/src/onnx.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-use std::cell::RefCell;
-
+use crate::Classification;
 use prost::Message;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 use tract_onnx::prelude::*;
 
-use crate::Classification;
-
 type Model = SimplePlan<TypedFact, Box<dyn TypedOp>, Graph<TypedFact, Box<dyn TypedOp>>>;
 
 thread_local! {
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did b/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did
index 6fa4eda83..c9c4b2949 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did
+++ b/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ type ClassificationResult = variant {
 service : {
     "classify": (image: blob) -> (ClassificationResult);
     "classify_query": (image: blob) -> (ClassificationResult) query;
+    "run": () -> (ClassificationResult) query;
 }
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did.d.ts b/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did.d.ts
index 418d8e98b..586f72b78 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did.d.ts
+++ b/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did.d.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type ClassificationResult = { 'Ok' : Array<Classification> } |
 export interface _SERVICE {
   'classify' : ActorMethod<[Uint8Array | number[]], ClassificationResult>,
   'classify_query' : ActorMethod<[Uint8Array | number[]], ClassificationResult>,
+  'run' : ActorMethod<[], ClassificationResult>,
 }
 export declare const idlFactory: IDL.InterfaceFactory;
 export declare const init: (args: { IDL: typeof IDL }) => IDL.Type[];
diff --git a/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did.js b/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did.js
index d6ab35a3a..5d8252d85 100644
--- a/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did.js
+++ b/rust/image-classification/src/declarations/backend/backend.did.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const idlFactory = ({ IDL }) => {
         [ClassificationResult],
         ['query'],
       ),
+    'run' : IDL.Func([], [ClassificationResult], ['query']),
   });
 };
 export const init = ({ IDL }) => { return []; };