diff --git a/src/git_fs/index.rs b/src/git_fs/index.rs
index 05bfcef..8bf072c 100644
--- a/src/git_fs/index.rs
+++ b/src/git_fs/index.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,77 @@
 use std::{
     io::{
         self,
+        prelude::*,
         Error,
     },
+    fs::File,
+    fmt::Display,
+    path::Path,
 };
+use std::ffi::CStr;
+use sha1::{Sha1, Digest};
 
 use crate::GIT_DIR;
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ObjectType {
+    Regular,
+    SymLink,
+    GitLink,
+}
+
+impl Display for ObjectType {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match &self {
+            Self::Regular => write!(f, "Regular"),
+            Self::SymLink => write!(f, "Symlink"),
+            Self::GitLink => write!(f, "Gitlink"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct IndexEntry {
-    file_size: u32,
+    entry_size: usize,
+    object_type: ObjectType,
+    permissions: u16,
     hash: [u8; 20],
     name: String,
 }
 
 impl IndexEntry {
-    fn from_bytes(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<Self> {
+    fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let mode = &bytes[24..28];
+        let ot_bin = mode[2] >> 4;
+        let object_type = match ot_bin {
+            0b1000 => ObjectType::Regular,
+            0b1010 => ObjectType::SymLink,
+            0b1110 => ObjectType::GitLink,
+            _ => return Err(Error::other(format!("Invalid object type: {}", ot_bin)))
+        };
+        let permissions = u16::from_be_bytes(mode[2..4].try_into().unwrap()) &!0xFE00;
+        match (permissions, &object_type) {
+            (0, ObjectType::GitLink) => (),
+            (0, ObjectType::SymLink) => (),
+            (0o755, ObjectType::Regular) => (),
+            (0o644, ObjectType::Regular) => (),
+            _ => return Err(Error::other(format!("Invalid permissions (0o{:o}) for type {}", permissions, object_type)))
+        };
 
-        return Err(Error::other("Not implemented"))
+        let hash: [u8; 20] = bytes[40..60].try_into().unwrap();
+        let cname = CStr::from_bytes_until_nul(&bytes[62..]).unwrap();
+        let name = String::from(cname.to_str().unwrap());
+
+        let entry_size = usize::div_ceil(62 + cname.count_bytes(), 8) * 8;
+
+        Ok(IndexEntry { entry_size, object_type, permissions, hash, name })
+    }
+
+    fn to_bytes(&self) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        let bytes = Vec::new();
+
+        Ok(bytes)
+        // Err(Error::other("Not implemented"))
     }
 }
 
@@ -28,29 +82,56 @@ pub struct Index {
 }
 
 impl Index {
-    pub fn from_bytes(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<Self> {
-        let magic: [u8; 4] = match bytes.first_chunk() {
-            None => return Err(Error::other("Error parsing index")),
-            Some(magic) => *magic,
+    pub fn load() -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let path = Path::new(GIT_DIR)
+            .join("index");
+        let mut file = File::open(&path)?;
+        let mut content: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        file.read_to_end(&mut content)?;
+
+        Index::from_bytes(content)
+    }
+
+    fn from_bytes(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        match &bytes[0..4] {
+            b"DIRC" => (),
+            _ => return Err(Error::other("Invalid index signature"))
         };
 
-        match str::from_utf8(&magic) {
-            Ok("DIRC") => (),
-            _ => return Err(Error::other("Invalid index"))
+        let version = u32::from_be_bytes(bytes[4..8].try_into().unwrap());
+        let count = u32::from_be_bytes(bytes[8..12].try_into().unwrap());
+
+        let mut entries: Vec<IndexEntry> = Vec::with_capacity(usize::try_from(count).unwrap());
+
+        let mut offset = 12;
+
+        for _i in 0..count {
+            let entry = IndexEntry::from_bytes(&bytes[offset..])?;
+            offset += entry.entry_size;
+            entries.push(entry);
         };
 
-        let version_bytes = <[u8; 4]>::try_from(&bytes.as_slice()[4..8]).unwrap();
-        let version = u32::from_be_bytes(version_bytes);
-
-        let count_bytes = <[u8; 4]>::try_from(&bytes.as_slice()[8..12]).unwrap();
-        let count = u32::from_be_bytes(count_bytes);
-
-        let entries: Vec<IndexEntry> = Vec::with_capacity(usize::try_from(count).unwrap());
-
-        for i in 0..=count {
-
-        };
+        let mut hasher = Sha1::new();
+        hasher.update(&bytes[..offset]);
+        let hash = hasher.finalize();
 
+        if bytes[offset..] != *hash {
+            return Err(Error::other("Invalid index"));
+        }
         return Ok(Index { version, entries});
     }
+
+    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        let mut bytes: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        bytes.extend("DIRC".as_bytes());
+        bytes.extend(self.version.to_be_bytes());
+        let count: u32 = self.entries.len() as u32;
+        bytes.extend(count.to_be_bytes());
+
+        for entry in &self.entries {
+            bytes.extend(entry.to_bytes()?);
+        }
+
+        Ok(bytes)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/subcommands/test.rs b/src/subcommands/test.rs
index c836eb6..b0f18bf 100644
--- a/src/subcommands/test.rs
+++ b/src/subcommands/test.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 use clap::Parser;
-use std::fs;
+use std::{
+    fs::{File},
+    io::prelude::*,
+    path::Path
+};
 use crate::subcommands::Subcommand;
+use crate::git_fs::index::Index;
 
 use super::CmdResult;
 
@@ -11,18 +16,13 @@ pub struct TestSubcommand {
 
 impl Subcommand for TestSubcommand {
     fn run(&self) -> CmdResult {
-        let metadata = match fs::metadata(self.path.clone()) {
-            Ok(metadata) => metadata,
-            _ => return Err(String::from("")),
-        };
+        let index = Index::load().unwrap();
 
-        let mtime = match metadata.modified() {
-            Ok(mtime) => mtime,
-            _ => return Err(String::from("")),
-        };
+        println!("{index:?}");
 
-        // mtime
-        println!("{mtime:?}");
+        let path = Path::new(&self.path);
+        let mut file = File::create(path).unwrap();
+        let _ = file.write_all(&index.to_bytes().unwrap());
 
         Ok(String::from(""))
     }