diff --git a/include/devil1pld.h b/include/devil1pld.h
index a128a81..d57bfd7 100644
--- a/include/devil1pld.h
+++ b/include/devil1pld.h
@@ -2,20 +2,27 @@
 #define DEVIL1PLD_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
+
 struct PldHeader {
     int32_t numOffset;
     // array of numOffset elements
     uint32_t *offsets; // <format=hex>
 };
 
-// input: contents of the .pld file.
-// allocates heap memory
-struct PldHeader *getpldh(const char*);
+#pragma pack(pop)
 
-// frees heap memory
-void destroypldh(struct PldHeader*);
+// input: pointer to a struct, contents of the .pld file.
+// * = pass by reference of a struct PldHeader
+bool getpldh(struct PldHeader*, const char*);
+
+// input: pointer to header, index of offset, filesize
+// * = pass by reference of a struct PldHeader
+int sizeofpldstruct(struct PldHeader*, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 
 // input: a pld header struct.
-void showpldh(struct PldHeader*);
+// * = pass by reference of a struct PldHeader
+void printpldh(struct PldHeader*);
 
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/devil1pld.c b/src/devil1pld.c
index d7a760b..bc0e378 100644
--- a/src/devil1pld.c
+++ b/src/devil1pld.c
@@ -1,34 +1,32 @@
 #include "devil1pld.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
 
-struct PldHeader *getpldh(const char *filedata) {
-    if (filedata == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
+bool getpldh(struct PldHeader *ph, const char *filedata) {
+    bool good = false;
+    if (ph != NULL && filedata != NULL) {
+        ph -> numOffset = (int32_t)filedata[0];
+        ph -> offsets   = (uint32_t*)(filedata + sizeof(int32_t));
+        good = true;
     }
-    int32_t *n                = (int32_t*)filedata;
-    struct PldHeader *ph      = (struct PldHeader*)malloc(
-        sizeof(struct PldHeader)
-    );   
-    uint32_t size_offsets = sizeof(uint32_t) * n[0];
-    ph -> offsets         = (uint32_t*)malloc(size_offsets);
-    if (ph -> offsets == NULL) {
-        perror("Error 4: ");
-        free(ph);
-        free(ph -> offsets);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    // set data of struct.
-    ph -> numOffset = n[0];
-    memcpy(ph -> offsets, filedata + sizeof(int32_t), size_offsets);
-    return ph;
+    return good;
 }
 
-void destroypldh(struct PldHeader *ph) {
-    free(ph -> offsets);
-    free(ph);
-    ph = NULL;
+// determine the size of the i-th pld structure
+int sizeofpldstruct(struct PldHeader *ph, unsigned int i, unsigned int max) {
+    unsigned int size = -1;
+    if (ph == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: given null pointer\n");
+        return size;
+    }
+    if (i > ph -> numOffset) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: i exceeds pldHeader -> numOffset\n");
+        return size;
+    }
+    unsigned int start = 0, end = 0;
+    start = ph -> offsets[i];
+    end   = (i == (ph -> numOffset) - 1) ? max : ph -> offsets[i + 1];
+    size  = end - start;
+    return size;
 }
 
 void printpldh(struct PldHeader *ph) {
@@ -36,6 +34,7 @@ void printpldh(struct PldHeader *ph) {
         return;
     }
     printf("number of offsets = %i\n", ph -> numOffset);
+    printf("offsets = %x\n", ph -> offsets);
     unsigned int i;
     for (i = 0; i < ph -> numOffset; i++) {
         printf("offset %i = %x\n", i, ph -> offsets[i]);
diff --git a/test/main.c b/test/main.c
index 25e8c21..6bf10b0 100644
--- a/test/main.c
+++ b/test/main.c
@@ -6,47 +6,6 @@
 #include "devil1pld.h"
 #include "devil1tex.h"
 
-bool writedata(const char *basename, 
-               unsigned int id, 
-               const char *data,
-               unsigned int dsize) {
-    bool status = false;
-    char *fn    = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * strlen(basename) + 4);
-    sprintf(fn, "%s_%d", basename, id);
-    FILE *out   = fopen(fn, "w");
-    if (out != NULL) {
-        fwrite(data, sizeof(char), dsize, out);
-        fclose(out);
-        status = true;
-    }
-    free(fn);
-    return status;
-}
-
-void splitpld(const char *filedata,               
-              unsigned int filesize, 
-              const struct PldHeader *ph, 
-              const char *name) {
-    char *wbuffer      = NULL; // write buffer that will change.
-    unsigned int wsize = 0;    // size of wbuffer.
-    unsigned int i;
-    unsigned int start = 0;    // ending offset for data
-    unsigned int end   = 0;    // ending offset for data
-    for (i = 0; (i + 1) < (ph -> numOffset) + 1; i++) {
-        start = ph -> offsets[i];
-        // the last offset still has some data until the end of file
-        end   = (i == (ph -> numOffset) - 1) ? 
-                filesize : ph -> offsets[i + 1];
-        // copy sector to write buffer
-        wsize   = end - start;
-        wbuffer = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * wsize);
-        memcpy(wbuffer, filedata + start, wsize);
-        // create a file.
-        writedata(name, i, wbuffer, wsize);
-        free(wbuffer);
-    }
-}
-
 char *loadfile(const char *fname, unsigned int *s) {
     FILE *f           = fopen(fname, "rb");
     unsigned int size = 0; // number of elements to buffer;
@@ -76,20 +35,6 @@ char *loadfile(const char *fname, unsigned int *s) {
     return buf;
 }
 
-bool unpackpld (const char *filedata, 
-                unsigned int filesize,
-                const char *filename) {
-    bool status = false;
-    printf("fsize is %i\n", filesize);
-    if (filedata != NULL && filesize != 0) {
-        struct PldHeader *pldh = getpldh(filedata);
-        splitpld(filedata, filesize, pldh, filename);
-        destroypldh(pldh);
-        status = true;
-    }
-    return status;
-}
-
 void write(const char *filename, 
            const char* t, 
            unsigned int size) {
@@ -107,6 +52,27 @@ void write(const char *filename,
     }
 }
 
+bool unpackpld(const char *filedata,
+               unsigned int filesize,
+               const char *filename) {
+    if (filedata == NULL || filesize <= 0) {
+        return false;
+    } 
+    struct PldHeader h;
+    getpldh(&h, filedata);
+    char *fn       = NULL;
+    fn = (char*)malloc(strlen(filename) + 3 + 4);
+    int size       = 0;
+    unsigned int i = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < h.numOffset; i++) {
+        size = sizeofpldstruct(&h, i, filesize);
+        sprintf(fn, "%s_%d", filename, i);
+        write(fn, filedata + h.offsets[i], size);
+    }
+    free(fn);
+    return true;
+}
+
 void exporttextures(const char *filedata,
                     unsigned int filesize,
                     const char *filename) {
@@ -142,8 +108,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     char *f = argv[1];
     unsigned int bufsize = 0;
     char *buffer         = loadfile(f, &bufsize);
-//    unpackpld(buffer, bufsize, f);
-    exporttextures(buffer, bufsize, f);
+    unpackpld(buffer, bufsize, f);
+//    exporttextures(buffer, bufsize, f);
     free(buffer);
     return 0;
 }