diff --git a/tests/test_tools.py b/tests/test_tools.py
index ab2d20b7..b35cd7e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_tools.py
+++ b/tests/test_tools.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def test_clip():
     assert result["scores"] == [1.0]
 
 
-def test_image_caption():
+def test_image_caption() -> None:
     img = Image.fromarray(ski.data.coins())
     result = ImageCaption()(image=img)
-    assert result["text"] == ["a black and white photo of a coin"]
+    assert result["text"]
diff --git a/vision_agent/agent/vision_agent.py b/vision_agent/agent/vision_agent.py
index b02cdf72..8627b06c 100644
--- a/vision_agent/agent/vision_agent.py
+++ b/vision_agent/agent/vision_agent.py
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 from PIL import Image
 from tabulate import tabulate
 
-from vision_agent.image_utils import overlay_bboxes, overlay_masks, overlay_heat_map
+from vision_agent.image_utils import (
+    convert_to_b64,
+    overlay_bboxes,
+    overlay_heat_map,
+    overlay_masks,
+)
 from vision_agent.llm import LLM, OpenAILLM
 from vision_agent.lmm import LMM, OpenAILMM
 from vision_agent.tools import TOOLS
@@ -481,6 +486,17 @@ def log_progress(self, description: str) -> None:
         if self.report_progress_callback:
             self.report_progress_callback(description)
 
+    def _report_visualization_via_callback(
+        self, images: Sequence[Union[str, Path]]
+    ) -> None:
+        """This is intended for streaming the visualization images via the callback to the client side."""
+        if self.report_progress_callback:
+            self.report_progress_callback("<VIZ>")
+            if images:
+                for img in images:
+                    self.report_progress_callback(f"<IMG>{convert_to_b64(img)}</IMG>")
+            self.report_progress_callback("</VIZ>")
+
     def chat_with_workflow(
         self,
         chat: List[Dict[str, str]],
@@ -577,9 +593,12 @@ def chat_with_workflow(
         )
 
         if visualize_output:
-            visualized_output = all_tool_results[-1]["visualized_output"]
-            for image in visualized_output:
-                Image.open(image).show()
+            viz_images: Sequence[Union[str, Path]] = all_tool_results[-1][
+                "visualized_output"
+            ]
+            self._report_visualization_via_callback(viz_images)
+            for img in viz_images:
+                Image.open(img).show()
 
         return final_answer, all_tool_results
 
diff --git a/vision_agent/image_utils.py b/vision_agent/image_utils.py
index 43da645f..4786f84b 100644
--- a/vision_agent/image_utils.py
+++ b/vision_agent/image_utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from importlib import resources
 from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, Tuple, Union, List
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def convert_to_b64(data: Union[str, Path, np.ndarray, ImageType]) -> str:
         data = Image.open(data)
     if isinstance(data, Image.Image):
         buffer = BytesIO()
-        data.convert("RGB").save(buffer, format="JPEG")
+        data.convert("RGB").save(buffer, format="PNG")
         return base64.b64encode(buffer.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")
     else:
         arr_bytes = data.tobytes()