diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 8e4ca8e..cc505a5 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@ authors = ["Benjamin Lungwitz <benj.lung@googlemail.com> and contributors"]
 version = "0.1.2"
 
 [deps]
+CSV = "336ed68f-0bac-5ca0-87d4-7b16caf5d00b"
 DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
 HypertextLiteral = "ac1192a8-f4b3-4bfe-ba22-af5b92cd3ab2"
+JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
 Tables = "bd369af6-aec1-5ad0-b16a-f7cc5008161c"
+URIs = "5c2747f8-b7ea-4ff2-ba2e-563bfd36b1d4"
 
 [compat]
+CSV = "0.10.15"
 DataFrames = "1"
 HypertextLiteral = "0.9"
+JSON = "0.21.4"
 Tables = "1"
+URIs = "1.5.1"
 julia = "1"
 
 [extras]
diff --git a/src/PlutoGrid.jl b/src/PlutoGrid.jl
index ac6c868..43da04c 100644
--- a/src/PlutoGrid.jl
+++ b/src/PlutoGrid.jl
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ using HypertextLiteral: @htl, JavaScript
 using Tables
 using DataFrames
 
+##Custom packages required for the pluto notebook
+using CSV, JSON, URIs
+
 export readonly_table, editable_table, create_dataframe
 
 const MODIFIED_COL_INDICATOR = "modified_column_"
@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ function numberParser(params) {
 	return Number(params.newValue);
 };
 
+
 var div = currentScript.parentElement;
 // set default output value
 div.value = null;
@@ -257,6 +261,11 @@ function _make_col_defs(df; filterable=true, editable_cols=String[])
 			col_dict["type"] = "numericColumn"
 			filterable && (col_dict["filter"] = "agNumberColumnFilter")
 			col_is_editable && (col_dict["valueParser"] = JavaScript("numberParser"))
+
+		elseif eltype(df[!, c]) <: URI
+			col_dict["cellRenderer"] = JavaScript(raw"""params => {
+				return `<img src="${params.value}" style="width: 50px; height: 50px; object-fit: cover;" />`;
+			}""")
 		end
 		# ToDo: add type / filter for dates