diff --git a/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/pom.xml b/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/pom.xml
index f1c0962a..92f81943 100644
--- a/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/pom.xml
+++ b/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.bytedeco</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javacv</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8</version>
+			<version>1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/src/example/java/JavaCvDriverExample.java b/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/src/example/java/JavaCvDriverExample.java
index d1779c1a..bba34cc9 100644
--- a/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/src/example/java/JavaCvDriverExample.java
+++ b/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/src/example/java/JavaCvDriverExample.java
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ public class JavaCvDriverExample {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		JFrame frame = new JFrame("JavaCV Webcam Capture Driver Example");
-		frame.add(new WebcamPanel(Webcam.getDefault()));
+
+		WebcamPanel panel = new WebcamPanel(Webcam.getDefault());
+		panel.setFPSDisplayed(true);
+		panel.setFitArea(true);
+		panel.setImageSizeDisplayed(true);
+
+		frame.add(panel);
 		frame.pack();
 		frame.setVisible(true);
 		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
diff --git a/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/src/main/java/com/github/sarxos/webcam/ds/javacv/JavaCvDevice.java b/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/src/main/java/com/github/sarxos/webcam/ds/javacv/JavaCvDevice.java
index 2d4e94b9..6d62c0ce 100644
--- a/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/src/main/java/com/github/sarxos/webcam/ds/javacv/JavaCvDevice.java
+++ b/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-javacv/src/main/java/com/github/sarxos/webcam/ds/javacv/JavaCvDevice.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 import java.io.File;
 
 import org.bytedeco.javacpp.videoInputLib.videoInput;
+import org.bytedeco.javacv.Frame;
 import org.bytedeco.javacv.FrameGrabber;
+import org.bytedeco.javacv.Java2DFrameConverter;
 
 import com.github.sarxos.webcam.WebcamDevice;
 import com.github.sarxos.webcam.WebcamException;
@@ -78,11 +80,18 @@ public BufferedImage getImage() {
 			throw new WebcamException("Cannot grab image - webcam device is not open");
 		}
 
+		Frame frame = null;
 		try {
-			return grabber.grab().getBufferedImage();
+			frame = grabber.grab();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new WebcamException("Cannot grab image...");
+			throw new WebcamException("OpenCV cannot grab image frame");
 		}
+		if (frame == null) {
+			throw new WebcamException("OpenCV image frame is null");
+		}
+
+		return new Java2DFrameConverter().getBufferedImage(frame);
+
 	}
 
 	private FrameGrabber buildGrabber() throws FrameGrabber.Exception {