diff --git a/btrfs/src/v2/mod.rs b/btrfs/src/v2/mod.rs
index a868019..4ba30b5 100644
--- a/btrfs/src/v2/mod.rs
+++ b/btrfs/src/v2/mod.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ pub trait Read {
     }
 }
 
+impl Read for &[u8] {
+    fn read(&self, dst: &mut [u8], address: u64) -> error::Result<()> {
+        let src = self
+            .get(address as usize..address as usize + dst.len())
+            .ok_or(error::Error::ReadFailed)?;
+        dst.copy_from_slice(src);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(all(any(feature = "std", test), unix))]
 impl Read for std::fs::File {
     fn read(&self, dst: &mut [u8], address: u64) -> error::Result<()> {
diff --git a/btrfs/src/v2/tree.rs b/btrfs/src/v2/tree.rs
index 5209f66..a552001 100644
--- a/btrfs/src/v2/tree.rs
+++ b/btrfs/src/v2/tree.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-use core::cell::Cell;
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use core::cell::RefCell;
 use core::fmt::Display;
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 use core::mem::size_of;
 use core::ops::Deref;
+use core::ptr::NonNull;
 
 use crate::structs::{Header, Item, Key, KeyPtr, KnownObjectId, ObjectType, TreeItem};
 use crate::{Error, Result};
@@ -22,12 +24,24 @@ pub struct BTreeLeafNode {
     pub items: Vec<Item>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum NodePtr {
     Unvisited(KeyPtr),
     Visited { key: KeyPtr, node: BoxedNode }, // TODO: this doesnt need to be an Rc, can just be a NonNull with manual memory management
 }
 
+impl Clone for NodePtr {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        match self {
+            Self::Unvisited(arg0) => Self::Unvisited(arg0.clone()),
+            Self::Visited { key, node } => Self::Visited {
+                key: key.clone(),
+                node: Node::clone_from_nonnull(node),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl NodePtr {
     pub fn key_ptr(&self) -> &KeyPtr {
         match self {
@@ -46,15 +60,25 @@ impl NodePtr {
     pub fn key(&self) -> &Key {
         &self.key_ptr().key
     }
+
+    pub fn destroy(self) {
+        match self {
+            Self::Visited { node, .. } => {
+                _ = node;
+                // TODO: from box drop
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// An internal node in a btrfs tree, containing `KeyPtr`s to other internal nodes or leaf nodes.
-#[derive(Derivative)]
+#[derive(Derivative, Clone)]
 #[derivative(Debug)]
 pub struct BTreeInternalNode {
     pub header: Header,
     #[derivative(Debug = "ignore")]
-    children: Vec<Cell<NodePtr>>,
+    children: Vec<RefCell<NodePtr>>,
 }
 
 impl BTreeInternalNode {
@@ -74,16 +98,16 @@ impl BTreeInternalNode {
 
     fn visit_child_inner<R: super::Read>(
         &self,
-        child: &Cell<NodePtr>,
+        child: &RefCell<NodePtr>,
         volume: &super::volume::Volume<R>,
     ) -> Result<BoxedNode> {
         match unsafe { &*child.as_ptr() } {
             NodePtr::Unvisited(keyptr) => {
                 let node = volume
                     .read_keyptr(keyptr)
-                    .and_then(|bytes| Node::from_bytes(bytes))
-                    .map(|node| Rc::new(node))?;
-                child.set(NodePtr::Visited {
+                    .and_then(|bytes| Node::boxed_from_bytes(bytes))?;
+
+                child.replace(NodePtr::Visited {
                     key: *keyptr,
                     node: node.clone(),
                 });
@@ -131,13 +155,13 @@ impl PartialEq for BTreeLeafNode {
 impl Eq for BTreeLeafNode {}
 impl Eq for BTreeInternalNode {}
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
 pub enum BTreeNode {
     Internal(BTreeInternalNode),
     Leaf(BTreeLeafNode),
 }
 
-#[derive(Derivative, Eq)]
+#[derive(Derivative, Eq, Clone)]
 #[derivative(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Node {
     inner: BTreeNode,
@@ -146,7 +170,41 @@ pub struct Node {
     bytes: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
-type BoxedNode = Rc<Node>;
+#[repr(transparent)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct BoxedNode(NonNull<Node>);
+
+impl Deref for BoxedNode {
+    type Target = Node;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        self.as_ref()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<NonNull<Node>> for BoxedNode {
+    fn from(value: NonNull<Node>) -> Self {
+        Self(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Node> for BoxedNode {
+    fn from(value: Node) -> Self {
+        Self(unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(Box::leak(Box::new(value))) })
+    }
+}
+
+impl BoxedNode {
+    pub fn as_ref(&self) -> &Node {
+        unsafe { self.0.as_ref() }
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_ptr(self) -> *mut Node {
+        self.0.as_ptr()
+    }
+}
+
+//type BoxedNode = NonNull<Node>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct NodeHandle {
@@ -251,17 +309,26 @@ impl<R: super::Read> Clone for Tree<R> {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         Self {
             volume: self.volume.clone(),
-            root: self.root.clone(),
+            root: Node::clone_from_nonnull(&self.root),
         }
     }
 }
 
+impl<R: super::Read> Drop for Tree<R> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        log::debug!("======= cleaning up tree =======");
+        Node::destroy(self.root.clone());
+        log::debug!("======= [done] =======");
+    }
+}
+
 impl<R: super::Read> Tree<R> {
     pub fn from_logical_offset(volume: Rc<Volume<R>>, logical: u64) -> Result<Self> {
+        // TODO: this might read a very big range, far more than needed
         let bytes = volume
             .read_range_from_logical(logical)?
             .ok_or(Error::BadLogicalAddress)?; // TODO: make this a better error
-        let root = Rc::new(Node::from_bytes(bytes)?);
+        let root = Node::boxed_from_bytes(bytes)?;
 
         Ok(Self { volume, root })
     }
@@ -301,14 +368,14 @@ impl<R: super::Read> Tree<R> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn find_node_rev<K>(&self, key: &K) -> Result<Option<NodeHandle>>
+    fn find_node_rev<K>(&self, key: &K) -> Result<Option<NodeHandle>>
     where
         K: PartialEq<Key> + PartialOrd<Key>,
     {
         self.find_node_inner(key, NodeHandle::find_key_rev)
     }
 
-    pub fn find_node<K>(&self, key: &K) -> Result<Option<NodeHandle>>
+    fn find_node<K>(&self, key: &K) -> Result<Option<NodeHandle>>
     where
         K: PartialEq<Key> + PartialOrd<Key>,
     {
@@ -408,7 +475,7 @@ impl BTreeInternalNode {
             }
         })
         .take(header.nritems.get() as usize)
-        .map(|ptr| Cell::new(NodePtr::Unvisited(ptr)))
+        .map(|ptr| RefCell::new(NodePtr::Unvisited(ptr)))
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
         Ok(Self { header, children })
@@ -619,12 +686,48 @@ impl PartialEq for RootOrEdge {
 }
 
 impl Node {
+    pub fn clone_from_nonnull(this: &BoxedNode) -> BoxedNode {
+        (*this.as_ref()).clone().into()
+    }
+    pub fn boxed_from_bytes(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<BoxedNode> {
+        Ok(Self::from_bytes(bytes)?.into())
+    }
+
     pub fn from_bytes(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self> {
         let inner = BTreeNode::parse(&bytes)?;
 
         Ok(Self { inner, bytes })
     }
 
+    /// must not be called if any outstanding live references to `this` exist
+    pub fn destroy(this: BoxedNode) {
+        log::debug!("Node::destroy");
+        {
+            log::debug!("free: {:?}", this);
+            let inner = &this.as_ref().inner;
+            match inner {
+                BTreeNode::Internal(node) => {
+                    log::debug!("destroying children..");
+                    for child in node.children.iter() {
+                        match unsafe { &*child.as_ptr() } {
+                            NodePtr::Visited { node, .. } => {
+                                Self::destroy(node.clone());
+                            }
+                            _ => {}
+                        }
+                    }
+                    log::debug!("destroying children [end]");
+                }
+                BTreeNode::Leaf(_) => {}
+            }
+        }
+
+        log::debug!("dropping: {:?}", this);
+        unsafe {
+            drop(Box::from_raw(this.as_ptr()));
+        }
+    }
+
     /// returns Ok(None) if `i` is out of bounds
     fn read_nth_key(&self, i: usize) -> Option<Key> {
         match &self.inner {
diff --git a/btrfs/src/v2/volume.rs b/btrfs/src/v2/volume.rs
index 04c2d04..063c1eb 100644
--- a/btrfs/src/v2/volume.rs
+++ b/btrfs/src/v2/volume.rs
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ pub struct Volume<R: super::Read> {
 // TODO: find better name
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Volume2<R: super::Read> {
-    inner: Rc<Volume<R>>,
-    roots: BTreeMap<KnownObjectId, (RootItem, Tree<R>)>,
+    pub inner: Rc<Volume<R>>,
+    pub roots: BTreeMap<KnownObjectId, (RootItem, Tree<R>)>,
 }
 
 // TODO: find better name
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ impl<R: super::Read> Volume<R> {
 
     pub fn read_range_from_logical(&self, logical: u64) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
         if let Some(range) = self.range_from_logical(logical) {
+            log::debug!(
+                "reading [{}, {}) ({} bytes)",
+                range.start,
+                range.end,
+                range.end - range.start
+            );
             Ok(Some(self.read_range(range)?))
         } else {
             Ok(None)
@@ -353,7 +359,7 @@ impl<R: super::Read> Volume2<R> {
 }
 
 impl<R: super::Read> Fs<R> {
-    fn get_inode_item(&self, inode_id: u64) -> Result<Option<INodeItem>> {
+    pub fn get_inode_item(&self, inode_id: u64) -> Result<Option<INodeItem>> {
         if let Some((item, inoderef)) = self.find_inode_ref(inode_id)? {
             if let Some(diritem) = self.find_dir_index(item.key.offset.get(), &inoderef)? {
                 let inode = self.find_inode_item(&diritem)?;
@@ -365,7 +371,11 @@ impl<R: super::Read> Fs<R> {
         Ok(None)
     }
 
-    fn get_root_dir(&self) -> INode {
+    pub fn root_dir_id(&self) -> KnownObjectId {
+        self.root_item.root_dirid.get().into()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_root_dir(&self) -> INode {
         INode {
             id: self.root_item.root_dirid.get(),
             path: vec![],
@@ -514,7 +524,7 @@ impl<R: super::Read> Fs<R> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn get_inode_extents(&self, inode_id: u64) -> Result<Vec<(u64, ExtentData)>> {
+    pub fn get_inode_extents(&self, inode_id: u64) -> Result<Vec<(u64, ExtentData)>> {
         if let Some(dir_entry) = self.get_inode_dir_index(inode_id)? {
             if dir_entry.item().ty() == DirItemType::RegFile {
                 let key =
@@ -540,7 +550,7 @@ impl<R: super::Read> Fs<R> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn read_inode_raw<I: RangeBounds<u64>>(&self, inode: &INode, range: I) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    pub fn read_inode_raw<I: RangeBounds<u64>>(&self, inode: &INode, range: I) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         let mut contents = Vec::new();
         let extents = self.get_inode_extents(inode.id)?;
 
@@ -649,6 +659,10 @@ impl<R: super::Read> Fs<R> {
             super::tree::entry::Entry::Vacant(_) => Ok(None),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn fs_root(&self) -> &Tree<R> {
+        &self.fs_root
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -718,8 +732,8 @@ mod tests {
             0x8dbfc2d2, // crc of "default"
         );
 
-        let subvol_root = root_tree.find_node(&key)?;
-        let other = root_tree.find_node_rev(&key)?;
+        let subvol_root = root_tree.entry(&key)?;
+        let other = root_tree.entry_rev(&key)?;
         assert_eq!(subvol_root, other);
         log::info!("{subvol_root:?}");
         Ok(())
diff --git a/btrfs/tests/read_superblock.rs b/btrfs/tests/read_superblock.rs
index 8b13789..5ad5b35 100644
--- a/btrfs/tests/read_superblock.rs
+++ b/btrfs/tests/read_superblock.rs
@@ -1 +1,131 @@
+use btrfs::structs::{ExtentData, ObjectType};
+use btrfs::v2::error::Result;
+use btrfs::v2::tree::PartialKey;
+use btrfs::v2::volume::*;
+use include_blob::include_blob;
 
+fn open_filesystem() -> Result<std::rc::Rc<Volume2<&'static [u8]>>> {
+    let filesystem_data = include_bytes!("../simple.img").as_slice();
+
+    let volume = Volume::new(filesystem_data)?.into_volume2()?;
+
+    Ok(volume)
+}
+
+#[test_log::test]
+fn asdf() -> Result<()> {
+    let filesystem_data = include_bytes!("../simple.img").as_slice();
+    let volume = Volume::new(filesystem_data)?;
+    //.into_volume2();
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test_log::test]
+fn read_superblock() -> Result<()> {
+    let vol2 = open_filesystem()?;
+    let sb = vol2.inner.superblock();
+    println!("{sb:#?}");
+
+    assert!(sb.verify_magic());
+    assert!(sb.verify_checksum());
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test_log::test]
+fn iter_roots() -> Result<()> {
+    let vol2 = open_filesystem()?;
+    for (id, _) in vol2.roots.iter() {
+        log::info!("[{id:?}] ");
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test_log::test]
+fn iter_roots_rev() -> Result<()> {
+    let vol2 = open_filesystem()?;
+    for (id, _) in vol2.roots.iter().rev() {
+        log::info!("[{id:?}] ");
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test_log::test]
+fn iter_default_subvol() -> Result<()> {
+    let v2 = open_filesystem()?;
+    let fs = v2.default_subvolume().expect("default subvol");
+
+    log::info!("files 1:");
+    let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+    for (_id, entry) in fs.fs_root().iter() {
+        if let Some(_dir) = entry.as_dir_index() {
+            //log::info!("{}", dir.name_as_string_lossy());
+        }
+    }
+    log::info!("files 1: [took {}ms]", now.elapsed().as_millis());
+
+    log::info!("files 2:");
+    let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+    for (_id, entry) in fs.fs_root().iter() {
+        if let Some(_dir) = entry.as_dir_index() {
+            //log::info!("{}", dir.name_as_string_lossy());
+        }
+    }
+    log::info!("files 2: [took {}ms]", now.elapsed().as_millis());
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test_log::test]
+fn get_inode_items() -> Result<()> {
+    let v2 = open_filesystem()?;
+    let fs = v2.default_subvolume().expect("default subvol");
+
+    let search_key = PartialKey::new(Some(fs.root_dir_id()), Some(ObjectType::DirIndex), None);
+
+    // with range
+
+    log::info!("range:");
+    for (key, v) in fs.fs_root().find_range(&search_key)? {
+        let dirindex = v.as_dir_index().unwrap();
+        let inode_id: u64 = dirindex.item().location.id().into();
+        log::info!("[{key:?}] {v:#?}");
+        log::info!("inode: {inode_id}");
+
+        let inode_item = fs.get_inode_item(inode_id)?;
+        log::info!("inode: {inode_item:#?}");
+        let extents = fs.get_inode_extents(inode_id)?;
+
+        for (_, extent) in extents {
+            match extent {
+                ExtentData::Inline { header, data } => {
+                    log::info!("{header:?}\n{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&data));
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    log::info!("range: [end]");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test_log::test]
+fn find_file() -> Result<()> {
+    let v2 = open_filesystem()?;
+    let fs = v2.default_subvolume().expect("default subvol");
+
+    let root_dir = fs.get_root_dir();
+    let children = fs.get_inode_children(&root_dir)?.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    log::info!("chidlren: {:?}", children);
+
+    let cmake_list = fs.get_inode_by_path(b"/quibble/LICENCE")?;
+    let file_contents = fs
+        .read_inode_raw(&cmake_list, ..100)
+        .expect("file contents");
+    log::info!("license file:");
+    log::info!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&file_contents));
+
+    Ok(())
+}