diff --git a/include/devil1tex.h b/include/devil1tex.h
index 1dc4b89..7b1678a 100644
--- a/include/devil1tex.h
+++ b/include/devil1tex.h
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ void gettbd(struct TextureBatchDescriptor**,
             const char*,
             unsigned int);
 
+void gettexturebatch(struct TextureBatch**,
+                     const char*, 
+                     unsigned int);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/devil1tex.c b/src/devil1tex.c
index 8e5ccc4..002b372 100644
--- a/src/devil1tex.c
+++ b/src/devil1tex.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "devil1tex.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 void printtph (struct TexturePack *tp) {
@@ -55,3 +56,23 @@ void gettbd (struct TextureBatchDescriptor **descriptors,
     return;
 }
 
+void gettexturebatch(struct TextureBatch **tb,
+                     const char *filedata, 
+                     unsigned int filesize) {
+    struct TexturePack *tp              = (struct TexturePack*)filedata;
+    struct TextureBatchDescriptor **bds = NULL;
+    bds = (struct TextureBatchDescriptor**)malloc(tp -> batchNumber);
+    gettbd(bds, filedata, filesize);
+    unsigned int offset = tp -> firstBatchOffset;
+    unsigned int i;
+    unsigned int j;
+    // TextureBatch shares a starting address with the first texture
+    // and shares the ending address with the last texture.
+    for (i = 0; i < tp -> batchNumber; i++) {
+        printf("%x \n", offset);
+        tb[i] = (struct TextureBatch*)filedata + offset;
+        // the next texture batch is TextureSize * number of textures away.
+        offset += bds[i] -> textureSize * (bds[i] -> texNumber);
+    }
+    free(bds);
+}
diff --git a/test/main.c b/test/main.c
index 25a8061..2f70e06 100644
--- a/test/main.c
+++ b/test/main.c
@@ -90,28 +90,30 @@ bool unpackpld (const char *filedata,
     return status;
 }
 
-
-
-int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
-    char *f = argv[1];
-    unsigned int bufsize = 0;
-    char *buffer         = loadfile(f, &bufsize);
-//    unpackpld(buffer, bufsize, f);
-    struct TexturePack *tp = NULL;
-    printf("%d %d %d %d \n", buffer[0], 
-                             buffer[1], 
-                             buffer[2], 
-                             buffer[3]);
-    tp = (struct TexturePack*)buffer;
+/* void unpacktextures(const char *filedata, unsigned int filesize) {
+    struct TexturePack *tp = (struct TexturePack*)filedata;
     struct TextureBatchDescriptor **bds = NULL;
     bds = (struct TextureBatchDescriptor**)malloc(tp -> batchNumber);
-    gettbd(bds, buffer, bufsize);
+    gettbd(bds, filedata, filesize);
     printtph(tp);
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < tp -> batchNumber; i++) {
         printtbd(bds[i]);
     }
     free(bds);
+    return;
+} */
+
+int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
+    char *f = argv[1];
+    unsigned int bufsize = 0;
+    char *buffer         = loadfile(f, &bufsize);
+//    unpackpld(buffer, bufsize, f);
+//    unpacktextures(buffer, bufsize);
+    struct TexturePack *tp = (struct TexturePack*)buffer;
+    struct TextureBatch **batches = NULL;
+    batches = (struct TextureBatch**)malloc(tp -> batchNumber);
+    gettexturebatch(batches, buffer, bufsize);
     free(buffer);
     return 0;
 }