diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e818d98..be632a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ project/.mxproject
 
 project/project.launch
 
-project/.cproject
\ No newline at end of file
+project/.cproject
+build/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4d1025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+project(WSAA_tests LANGUAGES CXX C)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+set(VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set(VERSION_MINOR 0)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
+  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
+  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
+  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+set(PROJECT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
+
+enable_testing()
+add_subdirectory(tests)
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diff --git a/project/Core/Src/tftp.c b/project/Core/Src/tftp.c
index 8d085bd..863e269 100644
--- a/project/Core/Src/tftp.c
+++ b/project/Core/Src/tftp.c
@@ -37,6 +37,50 @@ int str_cat(char* dest, size_t dest_size, char c)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief tftp custom file functions to set the offset and read the data
+ * @param[in,out] handle Custom file handles
+ * @param[in] offset The offset to set
+ * @param[in] whence The origin of the offset
+ */
+void tftp_custom_fseek(tftp_custom_file_t* handle, size_t offset, int whence) {
+    switch (whence) {
+        case SEEK_SET:
+            handle->ofset = offset;
+            break;
+        case SEEK_CUR:
+            handle->ofset += offset;
+            break;
+        case SEEK_END:
+            break;
+    }
+    if (handle->ofset > handle->len) {
+        handle->ofset = handle->len;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief tftp custom file functions to read the data
+ *        auto rolling over the offset
+ *        if the bytes to read is bigger than the remaining bytes
+ *        it will read the remaining bytes and set the bytes to 0
+ * @param[out] buf The buffer to write the data to
+ * @param[in] bytes The number of bytes to read
+ * @param[in,out] handle Custom file handles
+ */
+size_t tftp_custom_fread(void* buf, size_t bytes, tftp_custom_file_t* handle) {
+    if (handle->ofset + bytes > handle->len) {
+        bytes = handle->len - handle->ofset;
+    }
+    memcpy(buf, handle->data + handle->ofset, bytes);
+    handle->ofset += bytes;
+    ((char*)buf)[bytes] = '\0';
+    if (handle->ofset > handle->len) {
+        bytes = 0;
+    }
+    return bytes;
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief tftp helper functions
  */
@@ -94,6 +138,7 @@ void tftp_close(void* handle) {
  * @return int >= 0: Success; < 0: Error 
  */
 int tftp_read(void* handle, void* buf, int bytes) {
+    int ret = 0;
     LOG_INFO(TAG, "reading file");
     if (handle == NULL) {
         LOG_CRIT(TAG, "handle is null");
@@ -102,17 +147,18 @@ int tftp_read(void* handle, void* buf, int bytes) {
     FILE* file = (FILE*)handle;
 
     if (file == &virt_file[0]) {
-        // TODO: read index.txt using tftp_custom_file
-        LOG_CRIT(TAG, "Reading from index.txt is not implemented yet");
-        return -1;
-
+        ret = tftp_custom_fread(buf, bytes, file);
+        return ret;
     } else if (file == &virt_file[1]) {
         LOG_CRIT(TAG, "Exception: Trying to read a write only file");
         return -1;
     }
     // TODO: waiting on Lorentz to finish creating f* functions for LLFS
-    fread(buf, sizeof(uint8_t), bytes, file);
-    return 0;
+    ret = fread(buf, sizeof(uint8_t), bytes, file);
+    if (ret <= 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -144,7 +190,7 @@ void init_index(void)
         len += strlen(root->name) + 1;
         root = root->next;
     }
-
+    len++; // +1 for the \0
     virt_file[0].data = malloc(len);
     virt_file[0].len = len;
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b36bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+
+# Third Party
+include_directories(${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+link_directories(${GTEST_LIB_DIR})
+
+# tests
+file(GLOB_RECURSE TEST_SOURCES "*.cpp")
+add_executable(tests ${TEST_SOURCES})
+
+target_compile_options(tests PRIVATE $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:
+    -Wall -Wextra -pedantic-errors -Wconversion -Wsign-conversion
+    >)
+target_link_libraries(tests
+    PRIVATE
+    gtest
+    GTest::gtest_main
+)
+
+target_include_directories(tests
+    PUBLIC
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
+    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+
+include(GoogleTest)
+gtest_discover_tests(tests)
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diff --git a/tests/tfpt_tests.cpp b/tests/tfpt_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6642e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tfpt_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "tftp.hpp"
+
+tftp_custom_file_t file = {
+        .data = (char*)"1234567890",
+        .len = 11,
+        .name = (char*)"test.txt",
+        .ofset = 0
+    };
+
+TEST(TFTP, custom_fseek)
+{    
+    tftp_custom_fseek(&file, 5, SEEK_SET);
+    EXPECT_EQ(file.ofset, 5);
+    tftp_custom_fseek(&file, 5, SEEK_CUR);
+    EXPECT_EQ(file.ofset, 10);
+}
+
+TEST(TFTP, custom_fread)
+{
+    char buf[11];
+    tftp_custom_fseek(&file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+    size_t bytes = tftp_custom_fread(buf, 11, &file);
+    EXPECT_EQ(bytes, 11);
+    EXPECT_EQ(file.ofset, 11);
+
+    memset(buf, 0, 11);
+
+    tftp_custom_fseek(&file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+    bytes = tftp_custom_fread(buf, 11, &file);
+    EXPECT_EQ(bytes, 11);
+    EXPECT_EQ(memcmp(buf, "1234567890", 10), 0);
+
+    tftp_custom_fseek(&file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+    bytes = tftp_custom_fread(buf, 5, &file);
+    EXPECT_EQ(bytes, 5);
+    EXPECT_EQ(memcmp(buf, "12345", 5), 0);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/tests/tftp.cpp b/tests/tftp.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4def0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tftp.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "tftp.hpp"
+
+/**
+ * @brief tftp custom file functions to set the offset and read the data
+ * @param[in,out] handle Custom file handles
+ * @param[in] offset The offset to set
+ * @param[in] whence The origin of the offset
+ */
+void tftp_custom_fseek(tftp_custom_file_t* handle, size_t offset, int whence) {
+    switch (whence) {
+        case SEEK_SET:
+            handle->ofset = offset;
+            break;
+        case SEEK_CUR:
+            handle->ofset += offset;
+            break;
+        case SEEK_END:
+            break;
+    }
+    if (handle->ofset > handle->len) {
+        handle->ofset = handle->len;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief tftp custom file functions to read the data
+ *        auto rolling over the offset
+ *        if the bytes to read is bigger than the remaining bytes
+ *        it will read the remaining bytes and set the bytes to 0
+ * @param[out] buf The buffer to write the data to
+ * @param[in] bytes The number of bytes to read
+ * @param[in,out] handle Custom file handles
+ */
+size_t tftp_custom_fread(void* buf, size_t bytes, tftp_custom_file_t* handle) {
+    if (handle->ofset + bytes > handle->len) {
+        bytes = handle->len - handle->ofset;
+    }
+    memcpy(buf, handle->data + handle->ofset, bytes);
+    handle->ofset += bytes;
+    ((char*)buf)[bytes] = '\0';
+    if (handle->ofset > handle->len) {
+        bytes = 0;
+    }
+    return bytes;
+}
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diff --git a/tests/tftp.hpp b/tests/tftp.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..868b1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tftp.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+typedef struct tftp_custom_file_s {
+    const char* data;
+    size_t len;
+    char*name;
+    size_t ofset;
+}tftp_custom_file_t;
+
+void tftp_custom_fseek(tftp_custom_file_t* handle, size_t offset, int whence);
+size_t tftp_custom_fread(void* buf, size_t bytes, tftp_custom_file_t* handle);
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