diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
index f38c1bbd..9b7cd8bd 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
@@ -242,12 +242,10 @@ class Image
      */
     private function initEmpty($width, $height, $bgcolor = null)
     {
+        // define width + height
         $this->width = is_numeric($width) ? intval($width) : 1;
         $this->height = is_numeric($height) ? intval($height) : 1;
 
-        $this->original['width'] = $this->width;
-        $this->original['height'] = $this->height;
-
         // create empty image
         $this->resource = imagecreatetruecolor($this->width, $this->height);
 
@@ -259,8 +257,11 @@ class Image
             $bgcolor = $this->parseColor($bgcolor);
         }
 
+        // fill with background color
         imagefill($this->resource, 0, 0, $bgcolor);
-        $this->original['bgcolor'] = $bgcolor;
+
+        // save current state as original
+        $this->backup();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1385,6 +1386,16 @@ class Image
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set current image as original (reset will return to this)
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function backup()
+    {
+        $this->original = $this->cloneResource($this->resource);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reset to original image resource
      *
@@ -1392,13 +1403,8 @@ class Image
      */
     public function reset()
     {
-        if (is_null($this->dirname) && is_null($this->basename)) {
-
-            $this->initEmpty($this->original['width'], $this->original['height'], $this->original['bgcolor']);
-
-        } else {
-
-            $this->initFromPath($this->dirname .'/'. $this->basename);
+        if ($this->isImageResource($this->original)) {
+            $this->initFromResource($this->original);
         }
 
         return $this;
@@ -1744,6 +1750,19 @@ class Image
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clones and returns cloned image resource
+     *
+     * @param  Resource $resource
+     * @return Resource
+     */
+    private function cloneResource($resource)
+    {
+        ob_start();
+        imagegd2($resource);
+        return imagecreatefromstring(ob_get_clean());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set file info from image path in filesystem
      *
@@ -1799,6 +1818,9 @@ class Image
                 );
                 break;
         }
+
+        // save current state as original
+        $this->backup();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1811,8 +1833,9 @@ class Image
         $this->resource = $resource;
         $this->width = imagesx($this->resource);
         $this->height = imagesy($this->resource);
-        $this->original['width'] = $this->width;
-        $this->original['height'] = $this->height;
+
+        // save current state as original
+        $this->backup();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1836,8 +1859,9 @@ class Image
         $this->mime = finfo_buffer(finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE), $string);
         $this->width = imagesx($this->resource);
         $this->height = imagesy($this->resource);
-        $this->original['width'] = $this->width;
-        $this->original['height'] = $this->height;
+
+        // save current state as original
+        $this->backup();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/ImageTest.php b/tests/ImageTest.php
index 7e60d538..aaab3d72 100644
--- a/tests/ImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/ImageTest.php
@@ -1338,13 +1338,28 @@ class ImageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase
 
     public function testResetEmptyImage()
     {
-        $img = new Image(null, 800, 600);
+        $img = new Image(null, 800, 600, '#0000ff');
         $img->resize(300, 200);
+        $img->fill('#00ff00');
         $img->reset();
         $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
         $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
         $this->assertEquals($img->width, 800);
         $this->assertEquals($img->height, 600);
+        $this->assertEquals('#0000ff', $img->pickColor(0, 0, 'hex'));
+    }
+
+    public function testBackup()
+    {
+        $img = new Image(null, 800, 600, '#0000ff');
+        $img->fill('#00ff00');
+        $img->backup();
+        $img->reset();
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 800);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 600);
+        $this->assertEquals('#00ff00', $img->pickColor(0, 0, 'hex'));
     }
 
     public function testLimitColors()