diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6f0a8f9..f83aa8ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.12.5] - 2023-09-26
+### Added
+- Utility Groot: Add test cases.
+### Fixed
+- Tree Exporter: `tree_to_pillow` function to reference online font file instead of relative path.
+
 ## [0.12.4] - 2023-09-25
 ### Added
 - Utility Groot: Add groot utility functions.
@@ -327,6 +333,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Utility Iterator: Tree traversal methods.
 - Workflow To Do App: Tree use case with to-do list implementation.
 
+[0.12.5]: https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/compare/0.12.4...0.12.5
 [0.12.4]: https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/compare/0.12.3...0.12.4
 [0.12.3]: https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/compare/0.12.2...0.12.3
 [0.12.2]: https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/compare/0.12.1...0.12.2
diff --git a/bigtree/__init__.py b/bigtree/__init__.py
index 26902c1e..800e68b9 100644
--- a/bigtree/__init__.py
+++ b/bigtree/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.12.4"
+__version__ = "0.12.5"
 
 from bigtree.binarytree.construct import list_to_binarytree
 from bigtree.dag.construct import dataframe_to_dag, dict_to_dag, list_to_dag
diff --git a/bigtree/tree/export.py b/bigtree/tree/export.py
index 366cce11..796884ef 100644
--- a/bigtree/tree/export.py
+++ b/bigtree/tree/export.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import collections
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
+from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 from bigtree.node.node import Node
 from bigtree.tree.search import find_path
@@ -772,7 +773,7 @@ def tree_to_pillow(
     width: int = 0,
     height: int = 0,
     start_pos: Tuple[int, int] = (10, 10),
-    font_family: str = "assets/DejaVuSans.ttf",
+    font_family: str = "",
     font_size: int = 12,
     font_colour: Union[Tuple[int, int, int], str] = "black",
     bg_colour: Union[Tuple[int, int, int], str] = "white",
@@ -808,7 +809,15 @@ def tree_to_pillow(
         (PIL.Image.Image)
     """
     # Initialize font
-    font = ImageFont.truetype(font_family, font_size)
+    if not font_family:
+        dejavusans_url = "https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/raw/master/assets/DejaVuSans.ttf?raw=true"
+        font_family = urlopen(dejavusans_url)
+    try:
+        font = ImageFont.truetype(font_family, font_size)
+    except OSError:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Font file {font_family} is not found, set `font_family` parameter to point to a valid .ttf file."
+        )
 
     # Initialize text
     image_text = []
diff --git a/tests/constants.py b/tests/constants.py
index fd376cc8..2801a395 100644
--- a/tests/constants.py
+++ b/tests/constants.py
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ class Constants:
     ERROR_NODE_EXPORT_PRINT_INVALID_PATH = (
         "Node name or path {node_name_or_path} not found"
     )
+    ERROR_NODE_EXPORT_PILLOW_FONT_FAMILY = "Font file {font_family} is not found, set `font_family` parameter to point to a valid .ttf file."
 
     ERROR_NODE_EXPORT_PRINT_INVALID_STYLE = "Choose one of "
 
diff --git a/tests/tree/test_export.py b/tests/tree/test_export.py
index dc6094ab..b8a1cfd5 100644
--- a/tests/tree/test_export.py
+++ b/tests/tree/test_export.py
@@ -979,3 +979,14 @@ def test_tree_to_pillow_kwargs(tree_node):
         pillow_image = tree_to_pillow(tree_node, max_depth=2, style="const_bold")
         if LOCAL:
             pillow_image.save("tests/tree_pillow_style.png")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_tree_to_pillow_font_family(tree_node):
+        font_family = "invalid.ttf"
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc_info:
+            tree_to_pillow(tree_node, font_family=font_family)
+        assert str(
+            exc_info.value
+        ) == Constants.ERROR_NODE_EXPORT_PILLOW_FONT_FAMILY.format(
+            font_family=font_family
+        )
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_groot.py b/tests/utils/test_groot.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09229f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/test_groot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import pytest
+
+from bigtree.utils.groot import speak_like_groot, whoami
+
+
+def test_whoami():
+    assert whoami() == "I am Groot!"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["sentence", "expected_output"],
+    [("Hi!", "I am Groot!"), ("Hi there!", "I am Groot! I am Groot!")],
+)
+def test_speak_like_groot(sentence, expected_output):
+    assert speak_like_groot(sentence) == expected_output