diff --git a/coalesced.cpp b/coalesced.cpp
index 47169b5..6888209 100644
--- a/coalesced.cpp
+++ b/coalesced.cpp
@@ -48,53 +48,32 @@ bool CoalescedFile::load(const QString& path)
     m_isCoalesced = true;
     m_loadedPath = path;
 
-    // Parse the coalesced format
-    const char* ptr = data.constData();
-    const char* end = ptr + data.size();
+    QDataStream stream(data);
+    stream.setByteOrder(QDataStream::BigEndian);
 
-    // Read version (big-endian)
-    if (ptr + 4 > end) {
-        setError("Unexpected end of file reading header");
-        return false;
-    }
+    quint32 entryCount;
+    stream >> entryCount;
 
-    m_version = qFromBigEndian<quint32>(reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(ptr));
-    ptr += 4;
+    entryCount /= 2;
 
-    // Read entries until EOF
-    while (ptr + 4 <= end) {
-        quint32 filenameLen = qFromBigEndian<quint32>(reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(ptr));
-        ptr += 4;
-
-        // Sanity check filename length - 0 or very large means we've hit end of entries
+    for (uint i = 0; i < entryCount; i++)
+    {
+        quint32 filenameLen;
+        stream >> filenameLen;
         if (filenameLen == 0 || filenameLen > 1024) {
             break;
         }
 
-        // Read filename
-        if (ptr + filenameLen > end) {
-            break;
-        }
+        QByteArray filename(filenameLen - 1, Qt::Uninitialized);
+        stream.readRawData(filename.data(), filenameLen - 1);
+        stream.skipRawData(1);
 
-        // Filename includes null terminator
-        QString filename = QString::fromLatin1(ptr, filenameLen > 0 ? filenameLen - 1 : 0);
-        ptr += filenameLen;
+        quint32 contentLen;
+        stream >> contentLen;
 
-        // Read content length
-        if (ptr + 4 > end) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        quint32 contentLen = qFromBigEndian<quint32>(reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(ptr));
-        ptr += 4;
-
-        // Read content
-        if (ptr + contentLen > end) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        QByteArray content(ptr, contentLen);
-        ptr += contentLen;
+        QByteArray content(contentLen - 1, Qt::Uninitialized);
+        stream.readRawData(content.data(), contentLen - 1);
+        stream.skipRawData(1);
 
         IniEntry entry;
         entry.filename = filename;
@@ -116,10 +95,11 @@ bool CoalescedFile::save(const QString& path) const
     stream.setByteOrder(QDataStream::BigEndian);
 
     // Write version
-    stream << m_version;
+    stream << (quint32)m_entries.size() * 2;
 
     // Write each entry
-    for (const IniEntry& entry : m_entries) {
+    for (uint i = 0; i < m_entries.size(); i++) {
+        const IniEntry& entry = m_entries.at(i);
         // Convert filename to Latin1 with null terminator
         QByteArray filenameBytes = entry.filename.toLatin1();
         filenameBytes.append('\0');
@@ -130,11 +110,14 @@ bool CoalescedFile::save(const QString& path) const
         // Write filename
         stream.writeRawData(filenameBytes.constData(), filenameBytes.size());
 
+        QByteArray contentBytes = entry.content;
+        contentBytes.append('\0');
+
         // Write content length
-        stream << static_cast<quint32>(entry.content.size());
+        stream << static_cast<quint32>(contentBytes.size());
 
         // Write content
-        stream.writeRawData(entry.content.constData(), entry.content.size());
+        stream.writeRawData(contentBytes.constData(), contentBytes.size());
     }
 
     file.close();
@@ -237,10 +220,38 @@ bool CoalescedFile::packDirectory(const QString& dirPath, const QString& basePat
     filters << "*.ini" << "*.int" << "*.jpn" << "*.deu" << "*.esn"
             << "*.fra" << "*.ita" << "*.kor" << "*.pol" << "*.rus"
             << "*.cze" << "*.hun" << "*.esm" << "*.ptb";
-    QDirIterator it(dirPath, filters, QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
 
-    while (it.hasNext()) {
-        QString filePath = it.next();
+    int entryCount = 0;
+    QDirIterator entryIt(dirPath, filters, QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+    while (entryIt.hasNext())
+    {
+        entryIt.next();
+        entryCount++;
+    }
+
+    // Read temp file for entry records
+    QFile tempFile(dirPath + "/temp");
+    if (!tempFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+    {
+        setError(QString("Failed to open temp file: %1").arg(tempFile.errorString()));
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Parse filenames
+    QStringList entryStrings;
+    for (int i = 0; i < entryCount; i++)
+    {
+        QByteArray entryStr(64, Qt::Uninitialized);
+        qint64 lineLen = tempFile.readLine(entryStr.data(), 64);
+
+        entryStrings.push_back(entryStr.mid(0, lineLen - 1));
+    }
+    tempFile.close();
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < entryStrings.size(); i++)
+    {
+        QString entryString = entryStrings.at(i);
+        const QString& filePath = dirPath + entryString.replace("..", "");
         QFile file(filePath);
 
         if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index d2149fe..34fab46 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -120,28 +120,34 @@ int cmdInfo(const QStringList& args)
 
 int cmdUnpack(const QStringList& args)
 {
-    if (args.isEmpty()) {
+    if (args.isEmpty())
+    {
         printError(QString("Usage: %1 unpack <file> [output_dir]").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationName()));
         return 1;
     }
 
     CoalescedFile coalesced;
-    if (!coalesced.load(args[0])) {
+    if (!coalesced.load(args[0]))
+    {
         printError(coalesced.lastError());
         return 1;
     }
 
     QString outputDir;
-    if (args.size() > 1) {
+    if (args.size() > 1)
+    {
         outputDir = args[1];
-    } else {
+    }
+    else
+    {
         // Default: use filename with _ instead of . (e.g., coalesced.ini -> coalesced_ini)
         QFileInfo fi(args[0]);
         outputDir = fi.completeBaseName() + "_" + fi.suffix();
     }
 
     QDir dir(outputDir);
-    if (!dir.exists() && !dir.mkpath(".")) {
+    if (!dir.exists() && !dir.mkpath("."))
+    {
         printError(QString("Cannot create output directory: %1").arg(outputDir));
         return 1;
     }
@@ -149,11 +155,28 @@ int cmdUnpack(const QStringList& args)
     int extracted = 0;
     qint64 totalBytes = 0;
 
-    for (const IniEntry& entry : coalesced.entries()) {
+    QFile tempFile(outputDir + "/temp");
+    if (!tempFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
+    {
+        printError(QString("Failed to open temp file: %1").arg(tempFile.errorString()));
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < coalesced.entries().size(); i++)
+    {
+        QString entryStr(coalesced.entries().at(i).filename + "\n");
+        tempFile.write(entryStr.toUtf8());
+    }
+    tempFile.close();
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < coalesced.entries().size(); i++)
+    {
+        const IniEntry& entry = coalesced.entries().at(i);
         QString localPath = entry.filename;
 
         // Remove leading ".." components for safety
-        while (localPath.startsWith("..\\") || localPath.startsWith("../")) {
+        while (localPath.startsWith("..\\") || localPath.startsWith("../"))
+        {
             localPath = localPath.mid(3);
         }
         localPath.replace('\\', '/');
@@ -161,13 +184,15 @@ int cmdUnpack(const QStringList& args)
         QString fullPath = dir.filePath(localPath);
 
         QFileInfo fi(fullPath);
-        if (!fi.dir().exists() && !QDir().mkpath(fi.path())) {
+        if (!fi.dir().exists() && !QDir().mkpath(fi.path()))
+        {
             printError(QString("Cannot create directory: %1").arg(fi.path()));
             continue;
         }
 
         QFile file(fullPath);
-        if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
+        if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
+        {
             printError(QString("Cannot write file: %1").arg(fullPath));
             continue;
         }