diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73fafe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#Ignoring text Files
+*.txt
+
+#Ignoring all .o file
+*.o
diff --git a/Compress.H b/Compress.H
index bb47def..acd1764 100644
--- a/Compress.H
+++ b/Compress.H
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public:
 	
 	void generateTree();
 	void compressFile(string outFile);
+	void printPreorder();
 		
 };
 
diff --git a/Compress.cpp b/Compress.cpp
index 659cc1d..2900b0b 100644
--- a/Compress.cpp
+++ b/Compress.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
 #include <map>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -13,19 +12,16 @@ map<char,int> Compress::countLetters(){
     std::string line;
 	map<char,int> freq = map<char,int>();
 
-    if (inpFile.is_open()){
-        //This part will count the number of occurences
-        while(getline(inpFile,line)){
-            for (char c : line){
-                freq[c]++;
-            }
-        }
-		return freq;
-    }
-    else{
-        throw(std::string("[Error] Could not open file " + _fname + "  for countLetters() \n"));
-    }
+    if (!inpFile.is_open()) throw(std::string("[Error] Could not open file " + _fname + "  for countLetters() \n"));
+
+	//This part will count the number of occurences
+	char c;
+	while(inpFile.get(c)){
+		freq[c]++;	
+	}
+	inpFile.close();
 
+	return freq;
 }
 
 void Compress::generateTree(){
@@ -56,69 +52,65 @@ void Compress::generateTree(){
 }
 
 template <class Ptr>
-string preOrder(Ptr curr){
+string preOrder(Ptr curr, string & letters){
 	if (curr->isLeaf()){
-		return "1" + string(1,curr->letter);
+		letters += string(1,curr->letter);
+		return "1"; 
 	}
-	return preOrder(curr->left) + "0" + preOrder(curr->right);	
+	return preOrder(curr->left,letters) + "0" + preOrder(curr->right,letters);	
 }
 
 //NEED NUMBER OF BITS FOR BODY
 string Compress::generateBody(){
 	ifstream inpFile(_fname);
-	if(inpFile.is_open()){
-		if (_bitMap.size()){
-			string line; // Reads input file
-			string compressed = ""; // Will hold compressed body
-			string uncompressed = ""; // Will hold binary string representation of compression
-			while(getline(inpFile,line)){
-				for (char c : line){
-					uncompressed  += _bitMap[c];		
-				}
-			}
-
-			_counter = uncompressed.size();
-
-			//Start to divide the binary string into char
-			int index = 0;
-			char comp;
-			for (char c : uncompressed){
-				if (!index){
-					comp = 0x0;
-				}	
-
-				comp = comp | atoi(&c);
-
-				if (index == 7){
-					compressed += comp;
-				}
-				else{
-					comp = comp << 1; // Shift over one bit
-				}
-				index = (index + 1) % 8;
-			}
-
-			if(index){ // If body is not a multiple of 8, then the last few bits need to be copied into compressed
-				compressed += comp;
-			}
-			
-			return compressed;
-		}
-		else{
-			throw("[Error in generateBody()] _bitMap is empty");  
-		}
-	}
-	else{
-		throw("[Error] Could not open file " + _fname + " for generateBody()");
+
+	if(!inpFile.is_open()) throw("[Error] Could not open file " + _fname + " for generateBody()");
+	if (!_bitMap.size()) throw("[Error in generateBody()] _bitMap is empty");  
+
+	string uncompressed = ""; // Will hold binary string representation of compression
+	
+	char c;
+	while(inpFile.get(c)){
+		uncompressed  += _bitMap[c];		
 	}
+	inpFile.close();
+	_counter = uncompressed.size();
+//	cout << "Uncompressed string: " << uncompressed << endl;
+	return convertToBits(uncompressed);
 }
 
 void Compress::compressFile(string outFile){
+	ofstream outF(outFile);
+	if (!outF.is_open()) throw("[Error] Error accessing file " + outFile + " in compressFile\n");
 	string body = generateBody();
+	cout << "Size of Body compressed : " << body.length() << endl;
 	string header = generateHeader();
-	cout << header << endl << body << endl;
+	outF << header + body;
 }
 
 string  Compress::generateHeader(){
-	return to_string(_counter) + " " + preOrder(_tree);;
+	string headerLetters = "";
+	string tmp = preOrder(_tree,headerLetters);
+	string comp = convertToBits(tmp);
+	//# of bits in preorder / # of bits in body / preorder in bit form / letters in the preorder tree	
+	return to_string(tmp.size()) + "/" + to_string(_counter) + "/" + comp + headerLetters;
+}
+
+void Compress::printPreorder(){
+	string letts = "";
+	cout << preOrder(_tree,letts) << endl;
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+	using namespace std;
+	try{
+		shared_ptr<Compress> conv = make_shared<Compress>(Compress(argv[1]));
+		conv->generateTree();
+		conv->generateBitMap();
+		conv->printPreorder();
+		conv->compressFile("random");
+	}
+	catch(const string &e){cout << e;}
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/Huffman.H b/Huffman.H
index 383456c..ea90ad5 100644
--- a/Huffman.H
+++ b/Huffman.H
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 struct Node;
@@ -40,4 +41,8 @@ struct Node{
     bool isLeaf(){return (!left && !right);}
 };
 
+string convertToBits(string uncompressed);//Converts the string format bits into char
+
+string convertToString(string compressed);//Converts the bit form into string form
+
 #endif
diff --git a/Huffman.cpp b/Huffman.cpp
index dcd6e58..e303b96 100644
--- a/Huffman.cpp
+++ b/Huffman.cpp
@@ -13,3 +13,44 @@ void Huffman::generateBitMapHelper(std::shared_ptr<Node> curr, std::string bin){
 void Huffman::generateBitMap(){ //Wrapper class to recursively call enumerateTreeHelper with DFS
 	generateBitMapHelper(_tree,"");
 }
+
+string convertToBits(string uncompressed){ //Converts the string format bits into char
+	string compressed = "";
+	int index = 0;
+	char comp;
+	for (char c : uncompressed){
+		if (!index){
+			comp = 0x0;
+		}	
+
+		comp = comp | atoi(&c);
+
+		if (index == 7){
+			compressed += comp;
+		}
+		else{
+			comp = comp << 1; // Shift over one bit
+		}
+		index = (index + 1) % 8;
+	}
+
+	if(index){ // If body is not a multiple of 8, then the last few bits need to be copied into compressed
+		comp = comp << (7-index);
+		compressed += comp;
+	}
+	
+	return compressed;
+}
+
+string convertToString(string compressed){//converts from binary form to string form.
+	string total = "";
+	for (char c : compressed){
+		string tmp = "";
+		for (int i = 0; i < 8;i++){
+			tmp = to_string(c & 0x1) + tmp;
+			c = c >> 1;
+		}
+		total += tmp;
+	}
+	return total;
+}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3797698..d0e9f5e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-EXFILES= compress
-FILES= main.o Huffman.o	Compress.o
+EXFILES= compress decompress
+DECOMPR=Huffman.o	Decompress.o
+COMPR=Huffman.o	Compress.o
 FLAGS= -std=c++14 -g
 
-compress: $(FILES)
+all: compress decompress
+
+fresh: clean all
+
+compress: $(COMPR)
 	g++ $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@ 
 
+decompress: $(DECOMPR)
+	g++ $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@
+
 clean:
 	-rm -f *.o $(EXFILES)
 
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 53887a9..def78bd 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "Huffman.H"
 #include "Compress.H"
+#include "Decompress.H"
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -7,10 +8,15 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	using namespace std;
 	try{
+/*
 		shared_ptr<Compress> conv = make_shared<Compress>(Compress(argv[1]));
 		conv->generateTree();
 		conv->generateBitMap();
 		conv->compressFile("random");
+		cout << "String bit for A : " << convertToString("A") << endl;
+*/
+		Decompress tst = Decompress(argv[1]);
+		tst.parseText();
 	}
 	catch(string &e){cout << e;}
 	return 0;