diff --git a/src/bin/clean.rs b/src/bin/clean.rs
index 0b9aefd..f66d7f5 100644
--- a/src/bin/clean.rs
+++ b/src/bin/clean.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+/// Replaces meaningless `id`s given by inkscape with the `inkscape:label` of the elements
 fn main() {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
diff --git a/src/bin/rescale.rs b/src/bin/rescale.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5998237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/rescale.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::fmt::Write;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use xmltree::{Element, XMLNode};
+
+/// Scales everything (as best as it can) to a different user unit, without breaking the semantics
+fn main() {
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    if args.input == args.output {
+        println!("Warning: you should **not** set `output` to the same file as `input`, as this program may very well break your svg!");
+    }
+
+    let file = std::fs::File::open(&args.input).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        panic!("Error while reading {}: {}", args.input.display(), err);
+    });
+    let mut element = Element::parse(file).expect("Couldn't parse SVG!");
+
+    let view_box = get_viewbox(&element);
+
+    let scale = if let Some(width) = args.width {
+        width / view_box.2
+    } else if let Some(height) = args.height {
+        height / view_box.3
+    } else {
+        panic!("Expected either width or height as arguments");
+    };
+
+    rescale(&mut element, scale);
+
+    *element.attributes.get_mut("viewBox").unwrap() = format!(
+        "{} {} {} {}",
+        view_box.0 * scale,
+        view_box.1 * scale,
+        view_box.2 * scale,
+        view_box.3 * scale,
+    );
+
+    let mut s: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    element.write(&mut s).expect("Couldn't export SVG!");
+    std::fs::write(&args.output, s).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        panic!("Error while writing {}: {}", args.output.display(), err);
+    });
+}
+
+fn get_viewbox(element: &Element) -> (f64, f64, f64, f64) {
+    let view_box = element
+        .attributes
+        .get("viewBox")
+        .expect("missing viewBox attribute on svg");
+    let view_box: Vec<f64> = view_box
+        .split(" ")
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+        .map(|s| s.parse().unwrap())
+        .collect();
+
+    if view_box.len() != 4 {
+        panic!(
+            "Parse error: expected viewBox to be four space-separated numbers, got {} numbers",
+            view_box.len()
+        );
+    }
+
+    (view_box[0], view_box[1], view_box[2], view_box[3])
+}
+
+fn rescale(element: &mut Element, scale: f64) {
+    if element.name == "path" {
+        if let Some(path) = element.attributes.get_mut("d") {
+            let mut new_path = String::new();
+            for instruction in path.split_whitespace() {
+                if let [Ok(left), Ok(right)] = instruction
+                    .split(',')
+                    .map(|s| s.parse::<f64>())
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()[..]
+                {
+                    write!(&mut new_path, "{},{} ", left * scale, right * scale).unwrap();
+                } else if let Ok(number) = instruction.parse::<f64>() {
+                    write!(&mut new_path, "{} ", number * scale).unwrap();
+                } else {
+                    write!(&mut new_path, "{} ", instruction).unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+            *path = new_path;
+        }
+    } else if element.name == "image" {
+        if let Some(width) = element.attributes.get_mut("width") {
+            if let Ok(parsed) = width.parse::<f64>() {
+                *width = (parsed * scale).to_string();
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(height) = element.attributes.get_mut("height") {
+            if let Ok(parsed) = height.parse::<f64>() {
+                *height = (parsed * scale).to_string();
+            }
+        }
+    } else if element.name == "namedview" {
+        if let Some(units) = element.attributes.get_mut("document-units") {
+            *units = "px".to_string();
+        }
+    } else if element.name == "ellipse" || element.name == "radialGradient" || element.name == "linearGradient" {
+        const PROPS: [&'static str; 11] = [
+            "cx",
+            "cy",
+            "rx",
+            "ry",
+            "fx",
+            "fy",
+            "r",
+            "x1",
+            "x2",
+            "y1",
+            "y2"
+        ];
+
+        for prop in PROPS {
+            if let Some(attr) = element.attributes.get_mut(prop) {
+                if let Ok(parsed) = attr.parse::<f64>() {
+                    *attr = (parsed * scale).to_string();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(style) = element.attributes.get_mut("style") {
+        let mut new_style = String::new();
+        for instruction in style.split(';') {
+            match instruction.split(':').map(|x| x.trim()).collect::<Vec<_>>()[..] {
+                ["stroke-width", width] => {
+                    let (width, unit): (String, String) =
+                        width.chars().partition(|x| !x.is_ascii_alphabetic());
+                    let width = width.parse::<f64>().unwrap();
+
+                    write!(&mut new_style, "stroke-width: {}{};", width * scale, unit).unwrap();
+                }
+                ref any => write!(&mut new_style, "{};", any.join(":")).unwrap(),
+            }
+        }
+        *style = new_style;
+    }
+
+    // TODO: replace with Option::or if and when Polonius
+    // or another successor to the current borrow-checker gets merged
+    let mut transform = element.attributes.get_mut("transform");
+    if transform.is_none() {
+        transform = element.attributes.get_mut("gradientTransform");
+    }
+
+    if let Some(transform) = transform {
+        let mut new_transform = String::new();
+
+        for (instruction, args) in parse_transform(transform) {
+            match instruction.trim() {
+                "rotate" => {
+                    let parsed: Vec<f64> = args
+                        .split(|c| matches!(c, ' ' | ','))
+                        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                        .map(|x| x.parse().unwrap())
+                        .collect();
+                    if parsed.len() == 3 {
+                        write!(
+                            &mut new_transform,
+                            "rotate({} {} {})",
+                            parsed[0],
+                            parsed[1] * scale,
+                            parsed[2] * scale
+                        )
+                        .unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        write!(&mut new_transform, "rotate({})", args).unwrap();
+                    }
+                }
+                "translate" => {
+                    let parsed: Vec<f64> = args
+                        .split(|c| matches!(c, ' ' | ','))
+                        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                        .map(|x| x.parse().unwrap())
+                        .collect();
+                    if parsed.len() == 2 {
+                        write!(
+                            &mut new_transform,
+                            "translate({} {})",
+                            parsed[0] * scale,
+                            parsed[1] * scale
+                        )
+                        .unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        write!(&mut new_transform, "translate({})", args).unwrap();
+                    }
+                }
+                "matrix" => {
+                    let parsed: Vec<f64> = args
+                        .split(|c| matches!(c, ' ' | ','))
+                        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                        .map(|x| x.parse().unwrap())
+                        .collect();
+                    if parsed.len() == 6 {
+                        write!(
+                            &mut new_transform,
+                            "matrix({} {} {} {} {} {})",
+                            parsed[0],
+                            parsed[1],
+                            parsed[2],
+                            parsed[3],
+                            parsed[4] * scale,
+                            parsed[5] * scale,
+                        )
+                        .unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        write!(&mut new_transform, "matrix({})", args).unwrap();
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    write!(&mut new_transform, "{}({})", instruction, args).unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+            new_transform.push(' ');
+        }
+
+        // TODO: transform-origin
+
+        *transform = new_transform;
+    }
+
+    for child in element.children.iter_mut() {
+        if let XMLNode::Element(ref mut child) = child {
+            rescale(child, scale);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_transform(raw: &str) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+    let mut res: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+    let mut instruction = String::new();
+    let mut args = String::new();
+    let mut depth = 0;
+
+    for c in raw.chars() {
+        if c == '(' {
+            depth += 1;
+            if depth > 1 {
+                args.push(c);
+            }
+        } else if c == ')' {
+            depth -= 1;
+            assert!(depth >= 0);
+            if depth >= 1 {
+                args.push(c);
+            }
+        } else if c == ' ' {
+            if depth == 0 {
+                let instruction = std::mem::take(&mut instruction);
+                let args = std::mem::take(&mut args);
+                res.push((instruction, args));
+            } else {
+                args.push(c);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if depth == 0 {
+                instruction.push(c);
+            } else {
+                args.push(c);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    res.push((instruction, args));
+
+    res
+}
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[clap(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+struct Args {
+    #[clap(value_parser)]
+    input: PathBuf,
+
+    #[clap(value_parser)]
+    output: PathBuf,
+
+    #[clap(short, long, value_parser)]
+    width: Option<f64>,
+
+    #[clap(short, long, value_parser)]
+    height: Option<f64>,
+}