diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 09e15bf..9820308 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ steps:
   commands:
     - meson build
     - ninja -C build
-    - build/src/xwim ../compile-commands.json
 
 trigger:
   event:
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4912022..e38d083 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 project('xwim', 'cpp', default_options : ['cpp_std=c++17'])
-subdir('src')
\ No newline at end of file
+subdir('src')
diff --git a/src/archive.cpp b/src/archive.cpp
index fd51974..1439b4b 100644
--- a/src/archive.cpp
+++ b/src/archive.cpp
@@ -1,26 +1,125 @@
-#include "archive.hpp"
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+namespace logger = spdlog;
+
+#include <archive.h>
+#include <archive_entry.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
+#include "archive.hpp"
 #include "spec.hpp"
 
 namespace xwim {
-Archive::Archive(std::string path) : path{std::filesystem::path(path)} {}
-Archive::Archive(std::filesystem::path&& path) : path{path} {}
 
-ArchiveSpec Archive::check() {
-  return ArchiveSpec{.is_root_dir = true,
-                     .is_root_dir_filename = true,
-                     .has_subarchive = false};
+Archive::Archive(std::string path) : path{std::filesystem::path(path)} {
+  int r;  // libarchive error handling
+
+  logger::trace("Setting up archive reader");
+  this->xwim_archive = archive_read_new();
+  archive_read_support_filter_all(this->xwim_archive);
+  archive_read_support_format_all(this->xwim_archive);
+
+  logger::trace("Reading archive at {}", path.c_str());
+  r = archive_read_open_filename(this->xwim_archive, path.c_str(), 10240);
+  if (r != ARCHIVE_OK)
+    throw ArchiveException{"Could not open archive file", this->xwim_archive};
+
+  logger::trace("Archive read succesfully");
 }
 
-void Archive::extract(ExtractSpec extract_spec) {
-  std::cout << "Make dir:" << extract_spec.make_dir
-            << "Dirname: " << extract_spec.dirname
-            << "Archname: " << this->path
-            << std::endl;
+Archive::~Archive() {
+  archive_read_free(this->xwim_archive);
+}
+
+static archive_entry* _archive_next_entry(archive* archive) {
+  int r;  // libarchive error handling
+  archive_entry* entry;
+  logger::trace("Listing next archive entry");
+  r = archive_read_next_header(archive, &entry);
+  if (r != ARCHIVE_OK)
+    throw(ArchiveException{"Could not list archive", archive});
+
+  logger::trace("Got archive header");
+  return entry;
+}
+static void _spec_is_root_filename(ArchiveSpec* spec,
+                                   archive_entry* entry,
+                                   std::filesystem::path* filepath) {
+  std::filesystem::path entry_path{archive_entry_pathname(entry)};
+  std::filesystem::path norm_stem = filepath->filename();
+
+  while (norm_stem.has_extension())
+    norm_stem = norm_stem.stem();
+
+  if (*entry_path.begin() != norm_stem) {
+    logger::debug("Archive root does not match archive name");
+    spec->is_root_filename = false;
+  } else {
+    logger::debug("Archive root matches archive name");
+    spec->is_root_filename = true;
+  }
+  logger::debug("\t-> Archive root: {}", entry_path.begin()->string());
+  logger::debug("\t-> Archive stem: {}", norm_stem.string());
+}
+
+static void _spec_is_root_dir(ArchiveSpec* spec, archive_entry* entry) {
+  if (S_ISDIR(archive_entry_filetype(entry))) {
+    logger::debug("Archive root is directory");
+    spec->is_root_dir = true;
+  } else {
+    logger::debug("Archive root is not a directory");
+    spec->is_root_dir = false;
+  }
+  logger::debug("\t-> Archive mode_t: {0:o}", archive_entry_filetype(entry));
+}
+
+static void _spec_has_single_root(ArchiveSpec* spec,
+                                  archive_entry* first_entry,
+                                  archive* archive) {
+
+  std::filesystem::path first_entry_root = *(std::filesystem::path{archive_entry_pathname(first_entry)}.begin());
+  logger::trace("Testing roots");
+
+  spec->has_single_root = true;
+  archive_entry* entry;
+  while (archive_read_next_header(archive, &entry) == ARCHIVE_OK) {
+    std::filesystem::path next_entry{archive_entry_pathname(entry)};
+    logger::trace("Path: {}, Root: {}", next_entry.string(), next_entry.begin()->string());
+
+    if (first_entry_root != *next_entry.begin()) {
+      logger::debug("Archive has multiple roots");
+      logger::debug("\t-> Archive root I: {}", first_entry_root.begin()->string());
+      logger::debug("\t-> Archive root II: {}", next_entry.begin()->string());
+
+      spec->has_single_root = false;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (spec->has_single_root)
+    logger::debug("Archive has single root: {}", first_entry_root.string());
+}
+
+ArchiveSpec Archive::check() {
+  logger::trace("Creating archive spec for {}", this->path.string());
+
+  ArchiveSpec archive_spec;
+
+  archive_entry* first_entry = _archive_next_entry(this->xwim_archive);
+  if (first_entry == nullptr) {  // archive is empty
+    logger::debug("Archive is empty");
+    return {false, false, false};
+  }
+  logger::trace("Found archive entry {}", archive_entry_pathname(first_entry));
+
+  _spec_is_root_filename(&archive_spec, first_entry, &this->path);
+  _spec_is_root_dir(&archive_spec, first_entry);
+  _spec_has_single_root(&archive_spec, first_entry, this->xwim_archive);
+
+  return archive_spec;
 }
 
 }  // namespace xwim
diff --git a/src/archive.hpp b/src/archive.hpp
index d5a4012..7535230 100644
--- a/src/archive.hpp
+++ b/src/archive.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #ifndef ARCHIVE_H
 #define ARCHIVE_H
 
+#include <archive.h>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #include "spec.hpp"
 
@@ -11,15 +16,33 @@ namespace xwim {
 class Archive {
  private:
   std::filesystem::path path;
+  archive* xwim_archive;
 
  public:
   explicit Archive(std::string path);
-  explicit Archive(std::filesystem::path&& path);
+  ~Archive();
 
   ArchiveSpec check();
   void extract(ExtractSpec normalize_spec);
 };
 
+class ArchiveException : public std::exception {
+ private:
+  std::string _what;
+
+ public:
+  ArchiveException(std::string what, archive* archive) {
+    if (archive_error_string(archive)) {
+      _what = fmt::format("{}: {}", what, archive_error_string(archive));
+    } else {
+      _what = fmt::format("{}", what);
+    }
+  }
+
+  virtual const char* what() const noexcept
+  { return this->_what.c_str(); }
+};
+
 }  // namespace xwim
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2fb4a3e..14671f8 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+namespace logger = spdlog;
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
@@ -6,15 +10,17 @@
 #include "spec.hpp"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-  std::string filename {argv[1]};
-  xwim::Archive archive {filename};
+  logger::set_level(logger::level::trace);
+  logger::flush_on(logger::level::trace);
 
-  xwim::ArchiveSpec asp = archive.check();
+  try {
+    std::string filename{argv[1]};
+    xwim::Archive archive{filename};
+    xwim::ArchiveSpec spec = archive.check();
 
-  std::cout << "Has subarch: " << asp.has_subarchive
-            << "Is root: " << asp.is_root_dir
-            << "Is root dir filename: " << asp.is_root_dir_filename
-            << std::endl;
+    logger::info("{}", spec);
 
-  archive.extract(xwim::ExtractSpec {.make_dir=true, .dirname="Test"});
+  } catch (xwim::ArchiveException& ae) {
+    logger::error("{}", ae.what());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/spec.hpp b/src/spec.hpp
index 1fce6d1..dfa77e7 100644
--- a/src/spec.hpp
+++ b/src/spec.hpp
@@ -1,18 +1,43 @@
 #ifndef SPEC_H
 #define SPEC_H
 
-#include <filesystem>
-namespace xwim {
-  struct ArchiveSpec {
-    bool is_root_dir;
-    bool is_root_dir_filename;
-    bool has_subarchive;
-  };
+#include <archive.h>
+#include <fmt/core.h>
 
-  struct ExtractSpec {
-    bool make_dir;
-    std::filesystem::path dirname;
-  };
-}
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace xwim {
+
+struct ArchiveSpec {
+  bool has_single_root = false;
+  bool is_root_filename = false;
+  bool is_root_dir = false;
+  bool has_subarchive = false;
+};
+
+struct ExtractSpec {
+  bool make_dir;
+  std::filesystem::path dirname;
+};
+
+}  // namespace xwim
+
+template <>
+struct fmt::formatter<xwim::ArchiveSpec> {
+  constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) { return ctx.begin(); }
+
+  template <typename FormatContext>
+  auto format(const xwim::ArchiveSpec& spec, FormatContext& ctx) {
+    return format_to(ctx.out(),"Archive["
+                     " .has_single_root={},"
+                     " .is_root_filename={}"
+                     " .is_root_dir={}"
+                     " .has_subarchive={}"
+                     " ]",
+                     spec.has_single_root, spec.is_root_filename,
+                     spec.is_root_dir, spec.has_subarchive);
+  }
+};
 
 #endif