diff --git a/diskSubHeader.go b/diskSubHeader.go
index 2d233e4..a230908 100644
--- a/diskSubHeader.go
+++ b/diskSubHeader.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
+	"ibtReader/utils"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ type DiskSubHeader struct {
 // or nil if an error occurs. In which case the error return value is more
 // valuable
 func parseTelemetrySubHeader(buf [SubHeaderSize]byte) (*DiskSubHeader, error) {
+	utils.HexDump(buf[:])
+
 	dst := DiskSubHeader{}
 	err := binary.Read(bytes.NewBuffer(buf[:]), binary.LittleEndian, &dst)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1f03bf6..f4fcab9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ go 1.23.2
 
 require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 934da4d..f5eb827 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 h1:kTxAhCbGbxhK0IwgSKiMO5awPoDQ0RpfiVYBfK860YM=
+golang.org/x/text v0.19.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/irsdk.go b/irsdk.go
index 5267569..935db75 100644
--- a/irsdk.go
+++ b/irsdk.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"ibtReader/sharedMem"
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ func Init(f Reader) (*IBT, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to read headers from file: %v", err)
 	}
+	fmt.Println(ibt.Headers.ToString())
 
 	// Read the disk sub headers
 	var subheaderRaw [SubHeaderSize]byte
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ func Init(f Reader) (*IBT, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse disk subheaders from file: %v", err)
 	}
+	fmt.Println(ibt.SubHeaders.ToString())
 
 	// Read session info string
 	sessionInfoStringRaw := make([]byte, ibt.Headers.SessionInfoLength)
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ func Init(f Reader) (*IBT, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to read sessionInfoString from file: %v", err)
 	}
-	ibt.SessionInfo, err = parseSessionInfo(sessionInfoStringRaw)
+	ibt.SessionInfo, err = parseSessionInfo(sessionInfoStringRaw, ibt.Headers.SessionInfoLength)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse SessionInfoString from file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -101,17 +104,18 @@ func msToKph(v float32) int {
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println("================== IBT FILE PARSER ==================")
 
-	// file, err := os.Open(ibtFile)
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	log.Fatalf("Failed to open IBT file: %v", err)
-	// }
+	file, err := os.Open(ibtFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to open IBT file: %v", err)
+	}
 
-	ibt, err := Init(nil)
+	ibt, err := Init(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to create irsdk instance: %v", err)
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("%s\n", ibt.Headers.ToString())
 	fmt.Printf("%s\n", ibt.SubHeaders.ToString())
+	fmt.Printf("%s\n", ibt.SessionInfo.ToString())
 
 	// Display the human readable start date
 	unixStartDate := time.Unix(ibt.SubHeaders.StartDate, 0)
diff --git a/sessionInfo.go b/sessionInfo.go
index 6cd7932..38f92f7 100644
--- a/sessionInfo.go
+++ b/sessionInfo.go
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
 
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/charmap"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -306,9 +309,23 @@ type Driver struct {
 
 // parseSessionInfo will parse the sessionInfo buffer into the SessionInfoYAML
 // struct
-func parseSessionInfo(data []byte) (*SessionInfoYAML, error) {
+func parseSessionInfo(buf []byte, len int32) (*SessionInfoYAML, error) {
+	// this seems not to work on windows
+	// windows := true
 	var sessionInfo SessionInfoYAML
-	err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &sessionInfo)
+	dataBuffer := buf
+
+	// FOR WINDOWS
+	// if windows {
+	decoder := charmap.Windows1252.NewDecoder()
+	buf, err := decoder.Bytes(buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	dataBuffer = []byte(strings.TrimRight(string(buf[:len]), "\x00"))
+	// }
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(dataBuffer, &sessionInfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/utils/analysis.go b/utils/analysis.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e44a6ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/analysis.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package utils
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func HexDump(buf []byte) {
+	fmt.Printf("\n============ HEX DUMP ============\n")
+	for k := 0; k < len(buf); k++ {
+		if k%4 == 0 && k > 0 {
+			fmt.Printf(" ")
+		}
+
+		if k%16 == 0 && k > 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("\n")
+		}
+
+		fmt.Printf("%02X", buf[k])
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("\n============ HEX DUMP ============\n")
+}