diff --git a/index.c b/index.c
index 8412cae..1e0c097 100644
--- a/index.c
+++ b/index.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ static bool pixz_index_is_prefix(const char *name);
 static void pixz_index_add_record(pixz_index *i, size_t offset, const char *name);
 
 static uint8_t *pixz_index_write_buf(pixz_index_record **rec, size_t *outsize);
+static size_t pixz_index_read_buf(pixz_index *i, uint8_t **outbuf,
+        uint8_t * last, size_t *outsize);
 
 pixz_index *pixz_index_new(void) {
     pixz_index *i = malloc(sizeof(pixz_index));
@@ -19,8 +21,10 @@ pixz_index *pixz_index_new(void) {
 }
 
 void pixz_index_free(pixz_index *i) {
-    for (pixz_index_record *rec = i->first; rec; rec = rec->next) {
+    pixz_index_record *nextrec;
+    for (pixz_index_record *rec = i->first; rec; rec = nextrec) {
         free(rec->name);
+        nextrec = rec->next;
         free(rec);
     }
     free(i);
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ static uint8_t *pixz_index_write_buf(pixz_index_record **rec, size_t *outsize) {
     do {
         if (end->name)
             space += strlen(end->name);
-        space += 2 + sizeof(uint64_t); // offset and two nulls
+        space += 1 + sizeof(uint64_t); // nul and offset
         end = end->next;
     } while (end && space < CHUNKSIZE);
     
@@ -92,15 +96,13 @@ static uint8_t *pixz_index_write_buf(pixz_index_record **rec, size_t *outsize) {
     for (; *rec != end; *rec = (*rec)->next) {
         const char *name = (*rec)->name;
         if (!name)
-            name  = "";
-        printf("%s\n", name);
+            name  = ""; // Empty string signifies finish
         
         size_t len = strlen(name);
         strncpy((char*)pos, name, len + 1);
         pos += len + 1;
         pixz_offset_write((*rec)->offset, pos);
         pos += sizeof(uint64_t);
-        *pos++ = '\0';
     }
     
     *outsize = space;
@@ -117,39 +119,120 @@ fixme_err pixz_index_write(pixz_index *i, FILE *out, pixz_encode_options *opts)
         pixz_die("Error writing file index header\n");
     
     lzma_stream stream = LZMA_STREAM_INIT;
-    lzma_ret err = lzma_block_encoder(&stream, &block);
-    if (err != LZMA_OK)
-        pixz_die("Error #%d creating file index block encoder.\n", err);
+    if (lzma_block_encoder(&stream, &block) != LZMA_OK)
+        pixz_die("Error creating file index block encoder.\n");
     
     uint8_t *inbuf = NULL;
-    stream.avail_in = 0;
     pixz_index_record *rec = i->first;
-    while (rec) {
-        if (stream.avail_in == 0) {
+    stream.avail_in = 0;
+    lzma_ret err = LZMA_OK;
+    lzma_action action = LZMA_RUN;
+    while (err != LZMA_STREAM_END) {
+        if (action != LZMA_FINISH && stream.avail_in == 0) {
             free(inbuf);
             stream.next_in = inbuf = pixz_index_write_buf(&rec, &stream.avail_in);
-            if (!inbuf) {
-                if (lzma_code(&stream, LZMA_FINISH) != LZMA_STREAM_END)
-                    pixz_die("Error finishing file index\n");
-                break;
-            }
+            action = rec ? LZMA_RUN : LZMA_FINISH;
         }
         
         stream.next_out = buf;
-        stream.avail_out = CHUNKSIZE;        
-        if (lzma_code(&stream, LZMA_RUN) != LZMA_OK)
-            pixz_die("Error encoding file index\n");
+        stream.avail_out = CHUNKSIZE;
+        err = lzma_code(&stream, action);
+        if (err != LZMA_OK && err != LZMA_STREAM_END)
+            pixz_die("Error #%d encoding file index\n", err);
+        
         size_t wr = stream.next_out - buf;
         if (wr) {
             if (fwrite(buf, wr, 1, out) != 1)
                 pixz_die("Error writing file index\n");
         }
     }
+    free(inbuf);
     lzma_end(&stream);
     
     return 31337;
 }
 
-fixme_err pixz_index_read_in_place(pixz_index **i, FILE *in) {
+// return number of bytes at beginning to keep
+static size_t pixz_index_read_buf(pixz_index *i, uint8_t **outbuf,
+        uint8_t *last, size_t *outsize) {
+    uint8_t *pos = *outbuf, *lastpos = last - sizeof(uint64_t);
+    while (pos < lastpos) {        
+        uint8_t *strend = memchr(pos, '\0', lastpos - pos);
+        if (!strend)
+            break;
+        
+        uint64_t offset = pixz_offset_read(strend + 1);
+        if (*pos) {
+            pixz_index_add_record(i, offset, (char*)pos);
+        } else {
+            pixz_index_finish(i, offset);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        pos = strend + 1 + sizeof(uint64_t);
+    }
+    
+    if (pos == *outbuf) {
+        // found nothing at all, need a bigger buffer
+        size_t oldsize = *outsize;
+        *outsize *= 2;
+        *outbuf = realloc(*outbuf, *outsize);
+        return oldsize;
+    } else {
+        size_t keep = last - pos;
+        memmove(*outbuf, pos, keep);
+        return keep;
+    }
+}
+
+fixme_err pixz_index_read_in_place(pixz_index **i, FILE *in, lzma_check check) {
+    int c = fgetc(in);
+    if (c == EOF || c == 0)
+        pixz_die("There's no block here\n");
+    
+    lzma_block block = { .check = check };
+    block.header_size = lzma_block_header_size_decode(c);
+    uint8_t header[block.header_size];
+    header[0] = c;
+    if (fread(header + 1, block.header_size - 1, 1, in) != 1)
+        pixz_die("Can't read block header\n");
+        
+    block.filters = malloc((LZMA_FILTERS_MAX + 1) * sizeof(lzma_filter));
+    if (lzma_block_header_decode(&block, NULL, header) != LZMA_OK)
+        pixz_die("Can't decode header\n");
+    
+    lzma_stream stream = LZMA_STREAM_INIT;
+    if (lzma_block_decoder(&stream, &block) != LZMA_OK)
+        pixz_die("Can't setup block decoder\n");
+    
+    size_t outsize = CHUNKSIZE;
+    uint8_t inbuf[CHUNKSIZE], *outbuf = malloc(outsize);
+    
+    *i = pixz_index_new();
+    stream.next_out = outbuf;
+    stream.avail_out = outsize;
+    stream.avail_in = 0;
+    lzma_ret err = LZMA_OK;
+    lzma_action action = LZMA_RUN;
+    while (err != LZMA_STREAM_END) {
+        if (action != LZMA_FINISH && stream.avail_in == 0) {
+            stream.avail_in = fread(inbuf, 1, CHUNKSIZE, in);
+            stream.next_in = inbuf;
+            action = stream.avail_in == 0 ? LZMA_FINISH : LZMA_RUN;
+        }
+        
+        err = lzma_code(&stream, action);
+        if (err != LZMA_OK && err != LZMA_STREAM_END)
+            pixz_die("Error #%d decoding file index\n", err);
+
+        if (stream.avail_out == 0 || err == LZMA_STREAM_END) {
+            size_t keep = pixz_index_read_buf(*i, &outbuf, stream.next_out, &outsize);
+            stream.next_out = outbuf + keep;
+            stream.avail_out = outsize - keep;
+        }
+    }
+    free(block.filters);
+    free(outbuf);
+    lzma_end(&stream);
+    
     return 31337;
 }
diff --git a/pixz.h b/pixz.h
index fc4b1a5..9a188e6 100644
--- a/pixz.h
+++ b/pixz.h
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 typedef int fixme_err;
 
 void pixz_die(const char *fmt, ...);
-void pixz_offset_write(uint64_t n, uint8_t *buf);
 
+void pixz_offset_write(uint64_t n, uint8_t *buf);
+uint64_t pixz_offset_read(uint8_t *buf);
 
 /***** BLOCK *****/
 
@@ -92,6 +93,6 @@ void pixz_index_finish(pixz_index *i, size_t offset);
 void pixz_index_dump(pixz_index *i, FILE *out);
 
 fixme_err pixz_index_write(pixz_index *i, FILE *out, pixz_encode_options *opts);
-fixme_err pixz_index_read_in_place(pixz_index **i, FILE *in);
-fixme_err pixz_index_read(pixz_index **i, FILE *in);
+fixme_err pixz_index_read_in_place(pixz_index **i, FILE *in, lzma_check check);
+fixme_err pixz_index_read(pixz_index **i, FILE *in, lzma_check check);
 
diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 14dacca..a528040 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/errno.h>
 
-// Tar uses records of 512 bytes
-#define CHUNKSIZE 512
+#define CHUNKSIZE 4096
 #define INDEXFILE "index.xz"
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ static int pixz_tar_open(struct archive *a, void *refp);
 static int pixz_tar_close(struct archive *a, void *refp);
 static ssize_t pixz_tar_read(struct archive *a, void *refp, const void **buf);
 
+#include <string.h>
 
 int main(void) {
     pixz_index *index = pixz_index_new();
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ int main(void) {
         if (aerr == ARCHIVE_EOF) {
             pixz_index_finish(index, ftello(stdin));
             break;
-        } else if (aerr != ARCHIVE_OK)
-            pixz_die("Error reading header\n");
+        } else if (aerr != ARCHIVE_OK && aerr != ARCHIVE_WARN) {
+            // libarchive warns for silly things like failure to convert
+            // names into multibyte strings
+            pixz_die("Error reading header: %s\n", archive_error_string(a));
+        }
         
         const char *name = archive_entry_pathname(entry);
         size_t offset = archive_read_header_position(a);
@@ -58,11 +61,12 @@ int main(void) {
     pixz_encode_options_default(opts);
     pixz_index_write(index, ifile, opts);
     pixz_index_free(index);
+    lzma_check check = opts->check;
     pixz_encode_options_free(opts);
     
     fseek(ifile, 0, SEEK_SET);
     pixz_index *i2;
-    pixz_index_read_in_place(&i2, ifile);
+    pixz_index_read_in_place(&i2, ifile, check);
     fclose(ifile);
     
     pixz_index_dump(i2, stdout);
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 92562ed..f41b1d5 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ void pixz_die(const char *fmt, ...) {
 void pixz_offset_write(uint64_t n, uint8_t *buf) {
     OSWriteLittleInt64(buf, 0, n);
 }
+
+uint64_t pixz_offset_read(uint8_t *buf) {
+    return OSReadLittleInt64(buf, 0);
+}