diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad0306f..2a2be18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 /target
 Cargo.lock
+
 examples/assets/downloads/*
 !examples/assets/downloads/.tracked
+examples/headless/outputs/*
+!examples/headless/outputs/.tracked
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d0ded0e..bf92017 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = [
     "integrations/vello_svg",
 
+    "examples/headless",
     "examples/with_winit",
     "examples/with_bevy",
     "examples/run_wasm",
diff --git a/examples/headless/Cargo.toml b/examples/headless/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b310eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "headless"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+vello = { path = "../../" }
+clap = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/examples/headless/outputs/.tracked b/examples/headless/outputs/.tracked
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/headless/src/main.rs b/examples/headless/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a11a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 30f3bc8..4116f49 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl Renderer {
                 return Err("channel was closed".into());
             }
             let mapped = buf_slice.get_mapped_range();
-            println!("{:?}", bytemuck::cast_slice::<_, u32>(&mapped));
+            // println!("{:?}", bytemuck::cast_slice::<_, u32>(&mapped));
         }
         // TODO: apply logic to determine whether we need to rerun coarse, and also
         // allocate the blend stack as needed.