diff --git a/compressionoptions.go b/compressionoptions.go
index 5f2d881..b85b8f1 100644
--- a/compressionoptions.go
+++ b/compressionoptions.go
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ const (
 	zstdCompression
 )
 
-//TODO: implement decompress for each type of Options
+//TODO: implement for each type of Options
 type CompressionOptions interface {
 	Decompress(*io.SectionReader, int) ([]byte, error)
 	DecompressCopy(*io.Reader, *io.Writer) (int, error)
 	Compress(*io.SectionReader, int) ([]byte, error)
 	CompressCopy(*io.Reader, *io.Writer) (int, error)
+	Reader(io.Reader) (*io.ReadCloser, error)
 }
 
 //TODO: Allow creation of options for compression.
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ type gzipOptionsRaw struct {
 
 //GzipOptions is the options used for gzip compression. Backed by the raw format, with strategies parsed.
 type GzipOptions struct {
-	CompressionOptions       //TODO: remove
+	CompressionOptions
 	raw                      *gzipOptionsRaw
 	DefaultStrategy          bool
 	FilteredStrategy         bool
@@ -41,9 +42,54 @@ type GzipOptions struct {
 	FixedStretegy            bool
 }
 
-func NewGzipOptions(raw gzipOptionsRaw) GzipOptions {
+type byteWriterReader struct {
+	byts   []byte
+	offset int
+}
+
+func newByteReadWrite(length int) *byteWriterReader {
+	return &byteWriterReader{
+		byts:   make([]byte, length),
+		offset: 0,
+	}
+}
+
+func newByteReadWriteFromBytes(byts []byte) *byteWriterReader {
+	return &byteWriterReader{
+		byts:   byts,
+		offset: 0,
+	}
+}
+
+func (bwr *byteWriterReader) getBytes() []byte {
+	return bwr.byts
+}
+
+//Read reads the bytes.
+func (bwr *byteWriterReader) Read(byt []byte) (int, error) {
+	if len(bwr.byts) < bwr.offset+len(byt) {
+		bytesWritten := len(bwr.byts) - bwr.offset
+		for i := 0; i < bytesWritten; i++ {
+			byt[i] = bwr.byts[i+bwr.offset]
+		}
+		return bytesWritten, io.EOF
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(byt); i++ {
+		byt[i] = bwr.byts[bwr.offset+i]
+	}
+	bwr.offset += len(byt)
+	return len(byt), nil
+}
+
+//Write writes to the bytes. WILL expand to accept the incoming bytes.
+func (bwr *byteWriterReader) Write(byts []byte) (int, error) {
+	bwr.byts = append(bwr.byts, byts...)
+	return len(byts), nil
+}
+
+func NewGzipOptions(raw gzipOptionsRaw) *GzipOptions {
 	//TODO: parse strategies
-	return GzipOptions{
+	return &GzipOptions{
 		raw: &raw,
 	}
 }
@@ -54,21 +100,12 @@ func (gzipOp *GzipOptions) Decompress(rdr *io.SectionReader, blockSize int) ([]b
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	out := make([]byte, 0)
-	var tmp []byte
-	read := blockSize
-	for read == blockSize {
-		tmp = make([]byte, blockSize)
-		read, err = zlibRdr.Read(tmp)
-		if err != io.EOF {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if read < blockSize {
-			tmp = tmp[:read]
-		}
-		out = append(out, tmp...)
+	bytrw := newByteReadWrite(0)
+	_, err = io.Copy(bytrw, zlibRdr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return bytrw.byts, err
 	}
-	return out, nil
+	return bytrw.byts, nil
 }
 
 func (gzipOp *GzipOptions) DecompressCopy(rdr *io.Reader, wrt *io.Writer) (int, error) {
@@ -82,16 +119,26 @@ func (gzipOp *GzipOptions) DecompressCopy(rdr *io.Reader, wrt *io.Writer) (int,
 }
 
 func (gzipOp *GzipOptions) Compress(rdr *io.SectionReader, blockSize int) ([]byte, error) {
-
+	bytWrt := newByteReadWrite(0)
+	zlibWrt := zlib.NewWriter(bytWrt) //TODO: allow setting level
+	defer zlibWrt.Close()
+	_, err := io.Copy(zlibWrt, rdr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return bytWrt.byts, err
+	}
+	return bytWrt.byts, nil
 }
 
 func (gzipOp *GzipOptions) CompressCopy(rdr *io.Reader, wrt *io.Writer) (int, error) {
-	zlibWrt, err := zlib.NewWriter(*wrt) //TODO: allow setting level
+	zlibWrt := zlib.NewWriter(*wrt) //TODO: allow setting level
 	defer zlibWrt.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
+	n, err := io.Copy(zlibWrt, *rdr)
+	return int(n), err
+}
 
+func (gzipOp *GzipOptions) Reader(rdr io.Reader) (*io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	read, err := zlib.NewReader(rdr)
+	return &read, err
 }
 
 type xzOptionsRaw struct {
diff --git a/internal/inode/inode.go b/internal/inode/inode.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08b7906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/inode/inode.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package inode
+
+type CommonHeader struct {
+	InodeType    uint16
+	Permissions  uint16
+	UID          uint16
+	GID          uint16
+	ModifiedTime uint32
+	Number       uint32
+}
+
+type BasicDirectory struct {
+	DirectoryIndex    uint32
+	HardLinks         uint32
+	DirectorySize     uint16
+	DirectoryOffset   uint16
+	ParentInodeNumber uint32
+}
+
+type ExtendedDirectoryInit struct {
+	HardLinks         uint32
+	DirectorySize     uint32
+	DirectoryIndex    uint32
+	ParentInodeNumber uint32
+	IndexCount        uint16 //one less then directory indexes following structure
+	DirectoryOffset   uint16
+	XattrIndex        uint32
+}
+
+type ExtendedDirectory struct {
+	ExtendedDirectoryInit
+	//TODO indexes []DirectoryIndex
+}
+
+type BasicFile struct {
+	BlockStart     uint32
+	FragmentIndex  uint32
+	FragmentOffset uint32
+	Size           uint32
+	BlockSizes     []uint32
+}
+
+type ExtendedFile struct {
+	BlockStart     uint32
+	Size           uint32
+	Sparse         uint64
+	HardLinks      uint32
+	FragmentIndex  uint32
+	FragmentOffset uint32
+	XattrIndex     uint32
+	BlockSizes     []uint32
+}
+
+type BasicSymlinkInit struct {
+	HardLinks      uint32
+	TargetPathSize uint32
+}
+
+type BasicSymlink struct {
+	BasicSymlinkInit
+	targetPath []byte //len is TargetPathSize
+}
+
+type ExtendedSymlinkInit struct {
+	HardLinks      uint32
+	TargetPathSize uint32
+}
+
+type ExtendedSymlink struct {
+	targetPath []byte
+	XattrIndex uint32
+}
+
+type BasicDevice struct {
+	HardLinks uint32
+	Device    uint32
+}
+
+type ExtendedDevice struct {
+	BasicDevice
+	XattrIndex uint32
+}
+
+type BasicIPC struct {
+	HardLink uint32
+}
+
+type ExtendedIPC struct {
+	BasicIPC
+	XattrIndex uint32
+}
diff --git a/squashfs.go b/squashfs.go
index 9729626..a677a4d 100644
--- a/squashfs.go
+++ b/squashfs.go
@@ -33,28 +33,32 @@ func NewSquashfs(reader io.ReaderAt) (*Squashfs, error) {
 	}
 	flags := superblock.GetFlags()
 	var compressionOptions CompressionOptions
-	if flags.CompressorOptions {
-		switch superblock.Compression {
-		case zlibCompression:
+	switch superblock.Compression {
+	case zlibCompression:
+		if flags.CompressorOptions {
 			var gzipOpRaw gzipOptionsRaw
 			err = binary.Read(&rdr, binary.LittleEndian, &gzipOpRaw)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			compressionOptions = NewGzipOptions(gzipOpRaw)
-			break
-		case xzCompression:
+		} else {
+			compressionOptions = NewGzipOptions(gzipOptionsRaw{})
+		}
+	case xzCompression:
+		if flags.CompressorOptions {
 			var xzOpRaw xzOptionsRaw
 			err = binary.Read(&rdr, binary.LittleEndian, xzOpRaw)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			compressionOptions = NewXzOption(xzOpRaw)
-			break
-		default:
-			//TODO: all the compression options
-			return nil, errors.New("This type of compression isn't supported yet")
+		} else {
+			compressionOptions = NewXzOption(xzOptionsRaw{})
 		}
+	default:
+		//TODO: all the compression options
+		return nil, errors.New("This type of compression isn't supported yet")
 	}
 	//TODO: parse more info
 	return &Squashfs{
@@ -70,14 +74,21 @@ func (s *Squashfs) GetFlags() SuperblockFlags {
 	return s.super.GetFlags()
 }
 
-//Metadata is a parsed metadata block
-type Metadata struct {
+//metadata is a parsed metadata block
+type metadata struct {
 	Compressed bool
 	Size       uint16
-	Data       *io.SectionReader
+	Data       io.Reader
 }
 
-func (s *Squashfs) parseNextMetadata() (*Metadata, error) {
+func (m *metadata) close() {
+	switch m.Data.(type) {
+	case io.ReadCloser:
+		m.Data.(io.ReadCloser).Close()
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Squashfs) parseNextMetadata() (*metadata, error) {
 	var metaHeader uint16
 	err := binary.Read(s.rdr, binary.LittleEndian, metaHeader)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -85,12 +96,38 @@ func (s *Squashfs) parseNextMetadata() (*Metadata, error) {
 	}
 	if metaHeader&0x8000 == 0x8000 {
 		metaHeader = metaHeader &^ 0x8000
-		//TODO: read compressed metadata
-		return nil, errors.New("Metadata is compressed, which is not implemented yet")
+		compressRead, err := s.compressionOptions.Reader(io.NewSectionReader(s.rdr, s.rdr.offset, int64(metaHeader)))
+		return &metadata{
+			Compressed: true,
+			Size:       metaHeader,
+			Data:       *compressRead,
+		}, err
 	}
-	return &Metadata{
+	return &metadata{
 		Compressed: false,
 		Size:       metaHeader,
-		//TODO: Data:       io.NewSectionReader(s.rdr, , metaHeader),
+		Data:       io.NewSectionReader(s.rdr, s.rdr.offset, int64(metaHeader)),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Squashfs) parseMetadataAt(offset int64) (*metadata, error) {
+	var metaHeader uint16
+	err := binary.Read(s.rdr, binary.LittleEndian, metaHeader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if metaHeader&0x8000 == 0x8000 {
+		metaHeader = metaHeader &^ 0x8000
+		compressRead, err := s.compressionOptions.Reader(io.NewSectionReader(s.rdr, offset, int64(metaHeader)))
+		return &metadata{
+			Compressed: true,
+			Size:       metaHeader,
+			Data:       *compressRead,
+		}, err
+	}
+	return &metadata{
+		Compressed: false,
+		Size:       metaHeader,
+		Data:       io.NewSectionReader(s.rdr, offset, int64(metaHeader)),
 	}, nil
 }