diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be17f6b5..8c67f97b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 *.c
 data/
+
+# Build artifacts
 vieter
-vieter-prod
+dvieter
+pvieter
+vieter.c
 
 # Ignore testing files
 *.pkg*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3c58b14c..15c52cdf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,17 +10,24 @@ LARCHIVE_LIB := $(LARCHIVE_DIR)/libarchive/libarchive.so
 # V := LDFLAGS=$(PWD)/$(LARCHIVE_LIB) v -cflags '-I$(PWD)/$(LARCHIVE_DIR) -I $(PWD)/$(LARCHIVE_DIR)'
 V := v
 
+all: vieter
 
 # =====COMPILATION=====
-.PHONY: debug
-debug: vieter
+# Regular binary
 vieter: $(SOURCES)
-	$(V) -cg -o vieter $(SRC_DIR)
+	$(V) -g -o vieter $(SRC_DIR)
 
+# Debug build using gcc
+.PHONY: debug
+debug: dvieter
+dvieter: $(SOURCES)
+	$(V) -keepc -cg -cc gcc -o dvieter $(SRC_DIR)
+
+# Optimised production build
 .PHONY: prod
-prod: vieter-prod
-vieter-prod: $(SOURCES)
-	$(V) -o vieter-prod -prod $(SRC_DIR)
+prod: pvieter
+pvieter: $(SOURCES)
+	$(V) -o pvieter -prod $(SRC_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: c
 c:
@@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ c:
 # =====EXECUTION=====
 # Run the server in the default 'data' directory
 .PHONY: run
-run: debug
+run: vieter
 	 API_KEY=test REPO_DIR=data LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG ./vieter
 
 .PHONY: run-prod
@@ -69,4 +76,4 @@ $(LARCHIVE_LIB):
 	'$(MAKE)' -C "libarchive-${LARCHIVE_VER}"
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf '$(LARCHIVE_DIR)' 'data' 'vieter' 'vieter-prod'
+	rm -rf '$(LARCHIVE_DIR)' 'data' 'vieter' 'dvieter' 'pvieter' 'vieter.c'
diff --git a/src/archive.v b/src/archive.v
index c6e253a4..1ecc8a6c 100644
--- a/src/archive.v
+++ b/src/archive.v
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 module archive
 
+import os
+
 #flag -larchive
 #include "archive.h"
 #include "archive_entry.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 struct C.archive {}
 
@@ -10,66 +13,75 @@ struct C.archive_entry {}
 
 // Create a new archive struct
 fn C.archive_read_new() &C.archive
+fn C.archive_entry_new() &C.archive_entry
 fn C.archive_read_support_filter_all(&C.archive)
 fn C.archive_read_support_format_all(&C.archive)
+// Open an archive for reading
 fn C.archive_read_open_filename(&C.archive, &char, int) int
 fn C.archive_read_next_header(&C.archive, &&C.archive_entry) int
+fn C.archive_read_next_header2(&C.archive, &C.archive_entry) int
 fn C.archive_entry_pathname(&C.archive_entry) &char
 fn C.archive_read_data_skip(&C.archive)
 fn C.archive_read_free(&C.archive) int
 fn C.archive_read_data(&C.archive, voidptr, int)
 fn C.archive_entry_size(&C.archive_entry) int
 
-pub fn list_filenames() {
-	a := C.archive_read_new()
-	entry := &C.archive_entry{}
-	mut r := 0
+fn C.strcmp(&char, &char) int
 
-	C.archive_read_support_filter_all(a)
-	C.archive_read_support_format_all(a)
+// pub fn list_filenames() {
+// 	a := C.archive_read_new()
+// 	entry := &C.archive_entry{}
+// 	mut r := 0
 
-	r = C.archive_read_open_filename(a, c'test/homebank-5.5.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst', 10240)
+// 	C.archive_read_support_filter_all(a)
+// 	C.archive_read_support_format_all(a)
 
-	for (C.archive_read_next_header(a, &entry) == C.ARCHIVE_OK) {
-		println(cstring_to_vstring(C.archive_entry_pathname(entry)))
-		C.archive_read_data_skip(a)  // Note 2
-	}
+// 	r = C.archive_read_open_filename(a, c'test/homebank-5.5.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst', 10240)
 
-	r = C.archive_read_free(a)  // Note 3
-}
+// 	for (C.archive_read_next_header(a, &entry) == C.ARCHIVE_OK) {
+// 		println(cstring_to_vstring(C.archive_entry_pathname(entry)))
+// 		C.archive_read_data_skip(a)  // Note 2
+// 	}
+
+// 	r = C.archive_read_free(a)  // Note 3
+// }
 
 pub fn get_pkg_info(pkg_path string) ?string {
+	if !os.is_file(pkg_path) {
+		return error("'$pkg_path' doesn't exist or isn't a file.")
+	}
+
 	a := C.archive_read_new()
-	entry := &C.archive_entry{}
+	entry := C.archive_entry_new()
 	mut r := 0
 
 	C.archive_read_support_filter_all(a)
 	C.archive_read_support_format_all(a)
 
 	// TODO find out where does this 10240 come from
-	println('1')
 	r = C.archive_read_open_filename(a, &char(pkg_path.str), 10240)
+	defer {
+		C.archive_read_free(a)
+	}
 
 	if r != C.ARCHIVE_OK {
 		return error('Failed to open package.')
 	}
 
-	println('2')
 	// We iterate over every header in search of the .PKGINFO one
-	mut buf := []byte{}
+	mut buf := voidptr(0)
 	for C.archive_read_next_header(a, &entry) == C.ARCHIVE_OK {
-		// TODO possibly avoid this cstring_to_vstring
-		if cstring_to_vstring(C.archive_entry_pathname(entry)) == '.PKGINFO' {
+		if C.strcmp(C.archive_entry_pathname(entry), c'.PKGINFO') == 0 {
 			size := C.archive_entry_size(entry)
 
-			buf = []byte{len: size}
-			C.archive_read_data(a, voidptr(&buf), size)
+			// TODO can this unsafe block be avoided?
+			buf = unsafe { malloc(size) }
+			C.archive_read_data(a, voidptr(buf), size)
 			break
 		}else{
 			C.archive_read_data_skip(a)
 		}
 	}
 
-	r = C.archive_read_free(a)  // Note 3
-	return buf.bytestr()
+	return unsafe { cstring_to_vstring(&char(buf)) }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.v b/src/main.v
index dbf4652c..e779c8ff 100644
--- a/src/main.v
+++ b/src/main.v
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fn reader_to_file(mut reader io.BufferedReader, length int, path string) ? {
 	}
 }
 
-fn main() {
+fn main2() {
 	// Configure logger
 	log_level_str := os.getenv_opt('LOG_LEVEL') or { 'WARN' }
 	log_level := log.level_from_tag(log_level_str) or {
@@ -95,12 +95,18 @@ fn main() {
 		logger.info("Created package directory '$repo.pkg_dir()'.")
 	}
 
-	archive.get_pkg_info('test/homebank-5.5.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst') or {
-		eprintln(err.msg)
-	}
 	web.run(&App{
 		logger: logger
 		api_key: key
 		repo: repo
 	}, port)
 }
+
+fn main() {
+	// archive.list_filenames()
+	info := archive.get_pkg_info('test/jjr-joplin-desktop-2.6.10-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst') or {
+		eprintln(err.msg)
+		return
+	}
+	println(info)
+}