# Can I create a new artifact from an mender based sdimg? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [February 21, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/can-i-create-a-new-artifact-from-an-mender-based-sdimg/1741 "2020-02-21T13:29:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qfine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ba8739/32.png) [@Qfine](https://hub.mender.io/u/Qfine)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/can-i-create-a-new-artifact-from-an-mender-based-sdimg/1741/1 "2020-02-21T13:29:02Z")
I’ve a stupid question - can I create a new artifact from an mender based sdimg? Because I did a lot of changes on my SDIMG with mender and I want to write them back for a new artifact Any chance? thank you in advance, cheers Qfine ---
**Author:** ![drewmoseley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/drewmoseley/32/47_2.png) [@drewmoseley](https://hub.mender.io/u/drewmoseley)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/can-i-create-a-new-artifact-from-an-mender-based-sdimg/1741/2 "2020-02-21T21:29:42Z")
I have not tried it but if it doesn’t work, it certainly could be made to work. @mirzak any idea if the 2.3 beta supports this? ---
**Author:** ![kacf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/kacf/32/146_2.png) [@kacf](https://hub.mender.io/u/kacf)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/can-i-create-a-new-artifact-from-an-mender-based-sdimg/1741/3 "2020-02-24T07:42:54Z")
The beta supports it! Try getting the beta [from here](https://docs.mender.io/2.3/downloads#mender-client) and use the snapshotting functionality. You can read more about how to use the feature [in our documentation](https://docs.mender.io/2.3/artifacts/snapshots).