diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad5dcea..1d1d493 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ required	:
 	make -C lib
 	make -C drivers
 	make -C memory
+	make -C filesystem
 
 $(ISO)		:	$(BINARY)
 	grub-mkrescue -o $@ isoroot
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ fclean		: clean
 	make -C lib fclean
 	make -C drivers fclean
 	make -C memory fclean
+	make -C filesystem fclean
 	rm -rf obj
 	rm -rf $(ISO)
 	rm -rf $(BINARY)
diff --git a/filesystem/Makefile b/filesystem/Makefile
index 344a2c9..68e494a 100644
--- a/filesystem/Makefile
+++ b/filesystem/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ MEM	= filesystem.a
 VFS_SRC = vfs/vfs.c 
 VFS_OBJ = vfs/vfs.o
 
+IRD_SRC = initrd/initrd.c 
+IRD_OBJ = initrd/initrd.o
+
 AR		= ../gcc_kfs/bin/i386-elf-ar rcs
 CC		= ../gcc_kfs/bin/i386-elf-gcc
 FLAGS	= -ffreestanding	\
@@ -13,17 +16,23 @@ FLAGS	= -ffreestanding	\
 
 all: $(MEM)
 
-$(MEM): $(VFS_OBJ)
+$(MEM): $(VFS_OBJ) $(IRD_OBJ)
 	$(AR) $@ $^
 
 vfs/%.o: vfs/%.c
 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) -c $^ -o $@
 
-vfs/%.o: vfs/%.s
+initrd/%.o: initrd/%.c
 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) -c $^ -o $@
 
+generator: filesystem_generator.c
+	gcc filesystem_generator.c -o filesystem_generator
+	./filesystem_generator
+	rm -rf filesystem_generator
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(VFS_OBJ)
+	rm -rf $(IRD_OBJ)
 
 fclean: clean
 	rm -rf $(MEM)
diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem_generator.c b/filesystem/filesystem_generator.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85cebb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem_generator.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+struct initrd_header {
+	uint8_t magic;
+	char name[64];
+	uint32_t offset;
+	uint32_t len;
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	int nheaders = (argc - 1) / 2;
+	struct initrd_header headers[64];
+	printf("size of headers: %ld\n", sizeof(struct initrd_header));
+	uint32_t off = sizeof(struct initrd_header) * 64 + sizeof(int);
+	size_t i;
+	for (i = 0; i < nheaders; i++) {
+		printf("writing file %s->%s at 0x%x\n", argv[i * 2 + 1], argv[i * 2 + 2], off);
+		strcpy(headers[i].name, argv[i * 2 + 2]);
+		headers[i].offset = off;
+		FILE* stream =fopen(argv[i * 2 + 1], "r");
+		if (!stream) {
+			printf("Error: file not found: %s\n", argv[i * 2 + 1]);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		fseek(stream, 0, SEEK_END);
+		headers[i].len = ftell(stream);
+		off += headers[i].len;
+		fclose(stream);
+		headers[i].magic = 0xBF;
+	}
+
+	FILE* wstream = fopen("./initrd.img", "w");
+	uint8_t* data = (uint8_t*)malloc(off);
+	fwrite(&nheaders, sizeof(uint32_t), 1, wstream);
+	fwrite(headers, sizeof(struct initrd_header), 64, wstream);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nheaders; i++) {
+		FILE* stream = fopen(argv[i * 2 + 1], "r");
+		uint8_t* buf = (uint8_t*)malloc(headers[i].len);
+		fread(buf, 1, headers[i].len, stream);
+		fwrite(buf, 1, headers[i].len, wstream);
+		fclose(stream);
+		free(buf);
+	}
+
+	fclose(wstream);
+	free(data);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/filesystem/initrd/initrd.c b/filesystem/initrd/initrd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b39cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filesystem/initrd/initrd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#include "initrd.h"
+
+initrd_header_t *initrd_header;     // The header.
+initrd_file_header_t *file_headers; // The list of file headers.
+fs_node_t *initrd_root;             // Our root directory node.
+fs_node_t *initrd_dev;              // We also add a directory node for /dev, so we can mount devfs later on.
+fs_node_t *root_nodes;              // List of file nodes.
+int nroot_nodes;                    // Number of file nodes.
+
+dir_entry_t dirent;
+
+static  uint32_t initrd_read(fs_node_t *node,  uint32_t offset,  uint32_t size,  uint8_t *buffer) {
+   initrd_file_header_t header = file_headers[node->inode];
+   if (offset > header.len) return 0;
+   if (offset+size > header.len) size = header.len - offset;
+   memcpy(buffer, (uint8_t*) (header.offset + offset), size);
+   return size;
+}
+
+static dir_entry_t *initrd_readdir(fs_node_t *node,  uint32_t index) {
+   if (node == initrd_root && index == 0)
+   {
+     strcpy(dirent.name, "dev");
+     dirent.name[3] = 0; // Make sure the string is NULL-terminated.
+     dirent.inode = 0;
+     return &dirent;
+   }
+
+   if (index - 1 >= nroot_nodes) return NULL;
+   strcpy(dirent.name, root_nodes[index-1].name);
+   dirent.name[strlen(root_nodes[index-1].name)] = 0; // Make sure the string is NULL-terminated.
+   dirent.inode = root_nodes[index-1].inode;
+   return &dirent;
+}
+
+static fs_node_t *initrd_finddir(fs_node_t *node, char *name) {
+   if (node == initrd_root && !strcmp(name, "dev")) return initrd_dev;
+   for (size_t i = 0; i < nroot_nodes; i++) {
+       if (!strcmp(name, root_nodes[i].name)) return &root_nodes[i];
+   }
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+fs_node_t *initialise_initrd( uint32_t location)
+{
+   // Initialise the main and file header pointers and populate the root directory.
+   initrd_header = (initrd_header_t *)location;
+   file_headers = (initrd_file_header_t *) (location+sizeof(initrd_header_t));
+   // Initialise the root directory.
+   initrd_root = (fs_node_t*)kmalloc(sizeof(fs_node_t));
+   strcpy(initrd_root->name, "initrd");
+   initrd_root->permissions = initrd_root->uid = initrd_root->gid = initrd_root->inode = initrd_root->len = 0;
+   initrd_root->flags = FS_DIRECTORY;
+   initrd_root->read = 0;
+   initrd_root->write = 0;
+   initrd_root->open = 0;
+   initrd_root->close = 0;
+   initrd_root->readdir = &initrd_readdir;
+   initrd_root->finddir = &initrd_finddir;
+   initrd_root->ptr = 0;
+   initrd_root->impl = 0;
+ // Initialise the /dev directory (required!)
+   initrd_dev = (fs_node_t*)kmalloc(sizeof(fs_node_t));
+   strcpy(initrd_dev->name, "dev");
+   initrd_dev->permissions = initrd_dev->uid = initrd_dev->gid = initrd_dev->inode = initrd_dev->len = 0;
+   initrd_dev->flags = FS_DIRECTORY;
+   initrd_dev->read = 0;
+   initrd_dev->write = 0;
+   initrd_dev->open = 0;
+   initrd_dev->close = 0;
+   initrd_dev->readdir = &initrd_readdir;
+   initrd_dev->finddir = &initrd_finddir;
+   initrd_dev->ptr = 0;
+   initrd_dev->impl = 0;
+// Allocate space for the files in the ramdisk
+   root_nodes = (fs_node_t*)kmalloc(sizeof(fs_node_t) * initrd_header->nfiles);
+   nroot_nodes = initrd_header->nfiles; 
+   // For every file...
+   int i;
+   for (i = 0; i < initrd_header->nfiles; i++)
+   {
+       // Edit the file's header - currently it holds the file offset
+       // relative to the start of the ramdisk. We want it relative to the start
+       // of memory.
+       file_headers[i].offset += location;
+       // Create a new file node.
+       strcpy(root_nodes[i].name, &file_headers[i].name);
+       root_nodes[i].permissions = root_nodes[i].uid = root_nodes[i].gid = 0;
+       root_nodes[i].len = file_headers[i].len;
+       root_nodes[i].inode = i;
+       root_nodes[i].flags = FS_FILE;
+       root_nodes[i].read = &initrd_read;
+       root_nodes[i].write = 0;
+       root_nodes[i].readdir = 0;
+       root_nodes[i].finddir = 0;
+       root_nodes[i].open = 0;
+       root_nodes[i].close = 0;
+       root_nodes[i].impl = 0;
+   }
+
+   return initrd_root;
+}
diff --git a/filesystem/initrd/initrd.h b/filesystem/initrd/initrd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3050bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filesystem/initrd/initrd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef INITRD_H
+#define INITRD_H
+
+#include "../vfs/vfs.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+	uint32_t nfiles;
+} initrd_header_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+	uint8_t magic;
+	char 	name[64];
+	uint32_t offset;
+	uint32_t len;
+} initrd_file_header_t;
+
+fs_node_t *initialise_initrd(uint32_t location);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/filesystem/vfs/vfs.c b/filesystem/vfs/vfs.c
index 00f1e99..2641ad1 100644
--- a/filesystem/vfs/vfs.c
+++ b/filesystem/vfs/vfs.c
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
 #include "vfs.h"
 
-fs_node_t   *fs_root = NULL;
-
-uint32_t        fs_write(fs_node_t* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint8_t* buffer) {
+struct fs_node_s   *fs_root = NULL;
 
+uint32_t        fs_write(struct fs_node_s* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint8_t* buffer) {
+	if (!node->write) return node->write(node, offset, size, buffer);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-uint32_t        fs_read(fs_node_t* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint8_t* buffer) {
-
+uint32_t        fs_read(struct fs_node_s* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint8_t* buffer) {
+	if (!node->read) return node->read(node, offset, size, buffer);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-void            fs_open(fs_node_t* node, uint8_t read, uint8_t write) {
-
+void            fs_open(struct fs_node_s* node, uint8_t read, uint8_t write) {
+	if (!node->open) (node->open(node));
 }
 
-void            fs_close(fs_node_t* node) {
-
+void            fs_close(struct fs_node_s* node) {
+	if (!node->close) (node->close(node));
 }
 
-dir_entry_t*    readdir_fs(fs_node_t* node, uint32_t index) {
-
+dir_entry_t*    readdir_fs(struct fs_node_s* node, uint32_t index) {
+	if (!node->readdir && (node->flags & 7 == FS_DIRECTORY)) return node->readdir(node, index);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-fs_node_t*      finddir_fs(fs_node_t*, char* name) {
-
+struct fs_node_s*      finddir_fs(struct fs_node_s* node, char* name) {
+	if (!node->finddir && (node->flags & 7 == FS_DIRECTORY)) return node->finddir(node, name);
+	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/filesystem/vfs/vfs.h b/filesystem/vfs/vfs.h
index fd2a367..0d72abb 100644
--- a/filesystem/vfs/vfs.h
+++ b/filesystem/vfs/vfs.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include "../../lib/string/string.h"
+#include "../../memory/vmm/vmm.h"
 
 enum fs_flags {
     FS_FILE = 1,
@@ -14,6 +16,11 @@ enum fs_flags {
     FS_MOUNTPOINT = 8
 };
 
+typedef uint32_t      (*rw_t)(struct fs_node_s*, uint32_t, uint32_t, uint8_t*);
+typedef void          (*oc_t)(struct fs_node_s*);
+typedef struct dir_entry_s * (*readdir_t)(struct fs_node_s*, uint32_t);  
+typedef struct fs_node_s *   (*finddir_t)(struct fs_node_s*, char* name);
+
 typedef struct fs_node_s {
     char        name[128]; // Should move it to directory node
     uint32_t    permissions;
@@ -33,21 +40,19 @@ typedef struct fs_node_s {
     struct fs_node_s *ptr; // For symlink and mountpoint
 } fs_node_t;
 
-typedef struct {
+typedef struct dir_entry_s {
     char        name[128];
     uint32_t    inode;
 } dir_entry_t;
 
-typedef uint32_t      (*rw_t)(fs_node_t*, uint32_t, uint32_t, uint8_t*);
-typedef void          (*oc_t)(fs_node_t*);
-typedef dir_entry_t * (*readdir_t)(fs_node_t*, uint32_t);  
-typedef fs_node_t *   (*finddir_t)(fs_node_t*, char* name);
-
-uint32_t        fs_write(fs_node_t* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint8_t* buffer);
-uint32_t        fs_read(fs_node_t* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint8_t* buffer);
-void            fs_open(fs_node_t* node, uint8_t read, uint8_t write);
-void            fs_close(fs_node_t* node);
-dir_entry_t*    readdir_fs(fs_node_t* node, uint32_t index);
-fs_node_t*      finddir_fs(fs_node_t*, char* name);
+
+uint32_t        fs_write(struct fs_node_s* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint8_t* buffer);
+uint32_t        fs_read(struct fs_node_s* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint8_t* buffer);
+void            fs_open(struct fs_node_s* node, uint8_t read, uint8_t write);
+void            fs_close(struct fs_node_s* node);
+dir_entry_t*    readdir_fs(struct fs_node_s* node, uint32_t index);
+struct fs_node_s*      finddir_fs(struct fs_node_s*, char* name);
+
+extern fs_node_t* fs_root;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/kernel.c b/kernel/kernel.c
index a0e5d72..70ad409 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.c
+++ b/kernel/kernel.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ void	kernel_main(uint32_t magic, uint32_t addr) {
     multiboot_info_t* mbi = (multiboot_info_t*)addr;
     struct multiboot_mmap_entry* region = (struct multiboot_mmap_entry*) mbi->mmap_addr;
     uint32_t mem_size = MAX_MEMORY_SIZE;
+    uint32_t initrd_location = *(uint32_t*)(mbi->mods_addr);
+    uint32_t initrd_end = *(uint32_t*)(mbi->mods_addr + 4);
 
     init_current_screen(BLUE, WHITE);
     term_clear();
@@ -38,18 +40,10 @@ void	kernel_main(uint32_t magic, uint32_t addr) {
     init_keyboard();
     init_timer(50);
     init_syscall();
-    asm volatile(
-	"mov $1, %eax\n"
-	"int $0x80"
-    );
     pmm_init(mem_size, &bitmap);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
         if (region[i].type > 5)           region[i].type = MULTIBOOT_MEMORY_AVAILABLE;
         if (i > 0 && region[i].addr_low == 0) break;
-        printf ("region %d: start: %p length (bytes): %p type: %d (%s)\n", i, 
-			region[i].addr_low,
-			region[i].len_low,
-			region[i].type, strMemoryTypes[region[i].type-1]);
         if (region[i].type == MULTIBOOT_MEMORY_AVAILABLE) pmm_init_region(region[i].addr_low, region[i].len_low);
     }
     pmm_deinit_region(0x100000, 0);
@@ -60,12 +54,6 @@ void	kernel_main(uint32_t magic, uint32_t addr) {
     asm volatile("mov %%cr0, %0" : "=r" (cr0));
     if (cr0 & 0x80000000) printf("Paging enabled: cr0 == %p\n", cr0);
     else printf("Paging disabled: cr0 == %p\n", cr0);
-    uint8_t* test = kmalloc(1);
-    void* test2 = kmalloc(1);
-    *test = 5;
-    uint16_t* test3 = kmalloc(16);
-    *test3 = 6;
-    printf("test: %p sizeof(test) == %d bytes and value %d\n", test, kget_size(test), *test);
-    kfree(test);
-    printf("test %p | test2 %p | test3 %p\n", test, test2, test3);
+    if (!mbi->mods_count) printf("no mods added\n");
+    fs_root = initialise_initrd(initrd_location);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/kernel.h b/kernel/kernel.h
index 3dd41d0..59b4aac 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.h
+++ b/kernel/kernel.h
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@
 #include "../multiboot/multiboot.h"
 #include "../memory/pmm/pmm.h"
 #include "../memory/vmm/vmm.h"
+#include "../filesystem/initrd/initrd.h"
 #endif