diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf446589..58d56f58 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include Makefile.inc
 
 DIRS = core
 
-.PHONY: all clean install core run
+.PHONY: all clean install core run curses
 
 all: kernel
 
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ install: kernel
 run: bootdisk.img
 	qemu -fda bootdisk.img
 
+curses: bootdisk.img
+	qemu -curses -fda bootdisk.img
+
 kernel: start.o link.ld main.o core
 	${LD} -T link.ld -o kernel *.o core/*.o core/fs/*.o
 
diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index 4abc1818..b075a67c 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CC = gcc
 LD = ld -m elf_i386
-CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -m32 -O0 -std=c99 -finline-functions -nostdinc -ffreestanding
+CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -m32 -O0 -std=c99 -finline-functions -fno-stack-protector -nostdinc -ffreestanding
 NASM = nasm -f elf
 
diff --git a/core/fs/ext2_initrd.c b/core/fs/ext2_initrd.c
index c5bb2488..3071acdd 100644
--- a/core/fs/ext2_initrd.c
+++ b/core/fs/ext2_initrd.c
@@ -29,7 +29,17 @@ read_initrd(
 		uint32_t size,
 		uint8_t *buffer
 		) {
-	return 0;
+	ext2_inodetable_t * inode = ext2_get_inode(node->inode);
+	uint32_t end;
+	if (offset + size > inode->size) {
+		end = inode->size;
+	} else {
+		end = offset + size;
+	}
+	uint32_t size_to_read = end - offset;
+	// TODO: proper block reading, read files larger than one block
+	memcpy(buffer, ext2_get_block(inode->block[0]) + offset, size_to_read);
+	return size_to_read;
 }
 
 uint32_t
@@ -130,7 +140,7 @@ finddir_initrd(
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	fs_node_t * outnode = malloc(sizeof(fs_node_t));
-	initrd_node_from_file(direntry->inode, direntry, outnode);
+	initrd_node_from_file(ext2_get_inode(direntry->inode), direntry, outnode);
 	return outnode;
 }
 
@@ -204,22 +214,22 @@ initrd_node_from_dirent(
 	/* File Flags */
 	fnode->flags = 0;
 	if (inode->mode & EXT2_S_IFREG) {
-		fnode->flags &= FS_FILE;
+		fnode->flags |= FS_FILE;
 	}
 	if (inode->mode & EXT2_S_IFDIR) {
-		fnode->flags &= FS_DIRECTORY;
+		fnode->flags |= FS_DIRECTORY;
 	}
 	if (inode->mode & EXT2_S_IFBLK) {
-		fnode->flags &= FS_BLOCKDEVICE;
+		fnode->flags |= FS_BLOCKDEVICE;
 	}
 	if (inode->mode & EXT2_S_IFCHR) {
-		fnode->flags &= FS_CHARDEVICE;
+		fnode->flags |= FS_CHARDEVICE;
 	}
 	if (inode->mode & EXT2_S_IFIFO) {
-		fnode->flags &= FS_PIPE;
+		fnode->flags |= FS_PIPE;
 	}
 	if (inode->mode & EXT2_S_IFLNK) {
-		fnode->flags &= FS_SYMLINK;
+		fnode->flags |= FS_SYMLINK;
 	}
 	fnode->read    = read_initrd;
 	fnode->write   = write_initrd;
diff --git a/core/vfs.c b/core/vfs.c
index 751a2991..e3cd5660 100644
--- a/core/vfs.c
+++ b/core/vfs.c
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ kopen(
 			free((void *)path);
 			return NULL;
 		} else if (depth == path_depth - 1) {
+			open_fs(node_ptr, 1, 0);
 			return node_ptr;
 		}
+		path_offset += strlen(path_offset) + 1;
 	}
 	free((void *)path);
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/initrd b/initrd
index b6a94d54..2322b42a 100644
Binary files a/initrd and b/initrd differ
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 17b282cd..21cec76b 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -93,11 +93,19 @@ main(struct multiboot *mboot_ptr) {
 	uint32_t module_end   = *(uint32_t*)(mboot_ptr->mods_addr+4);
 
 	initrd_mount(module_start, module_end);
-	fs_node_t * test_file = kopen("/hello.txt", NULL);
+	kprintf("Opening /etc/kernel/hello.txt... ");
+	fs_node_t * test_file = kopen("/etc/kernel/hello.txt", NULL);
 	if (!test_file) {
-		kprintf("Couldn't find /hello.txt\n");
+		kprintf("Couldn't find hello.txt\n");
 	}
-	kprintf("Found %s at inode %d\n", test_file->name, test_file->inode);
+	kprintf("Found at inode %d\n", test_file->name, test_file->inode);
+	char buffer[256];
+	uint32_t bytes_read;
+	bytes_read = read_fs(test_file, 0, 255, &buffer);
+	kprintf("Read %d bytes from file:\n", bytes_read);
+	kprintf("%s\n", buffer);
+	kprintf("| end file\n");
+	close_fs(test_file);
 
 #if 0
 	ext2_superblock_t * superblock = (ext2_superblock_t *)(module_start + 1024);