diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d02e483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+pub enum RuntimeError {
+    #[error("Invalid character found")]
+    UnexpectedChar,
+}
diff --git a/src/kind.rs b/src/kind.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e40ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kind.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Kind {
+    Blob,    // 100644 or 100755
+    Commit,  // 160000
+    Tree,    // 040000
+    Symlink, // 120000
+}
+
+impl Kind {
+    pub fn from_mode(mode: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        match mode {
+            "100644" | "100755" => Ok(Kind::Blob),
+            "160000" => Ok(Kind::Commit),
+            "120000" => Ok(Kind::Symlink),
+            "040000" | "40000" => Ok(Kind::Tree),
+
+            _ => Err(anyhow!(format!("invalid mode: {}", mode))),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn string(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            Kind::Blob => "blob",
+            Kind::Commit => "commit",
+            Kind::Tree => "tree",
+            Kind::Symlink => "symlink",
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c789914..e713c7a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-use anyhow::{Context, Error, Result};
+use anyhow::{Error, Result};
 use std::env;
-use std::io::prelude::*;
-use std::path::Path;
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use clap::Subcommand;
 
+mod error;
+mod kind;
+mod object;
+
+use crate::object::read_object;
+
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(name = "mg", about = "A simple git clone")]
 struct Cli {
@@ -29,57 +33,6 @@ enum Command {
     },
 }
 
-#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
-pub enum RuntimeError {
-    #[error("Invalid character found")]
-    UnexpectedChar,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-enum Kind {
-    Blob,    // 100644 or 100755
-    Commit,  // 160000
-    Tree,    // 040000
-    Symlink, // 120000
-}
-
-impl Kind {
-    fn from_mode(mode: &str) -> Result<Self> {
-        match mode {
-            "100644" | "100755" => Ok(Kind::Blob),
-            "160000" => Ok(Kind::Commit),
-            "120000" => Ok(Kind::Symlink),
-            "040000" | "40000" => Ok(Kind::Tree),
-
-            _ => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(format!("invalid mode: {}", mode))),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn string(&self) -> &str {
-        match self {
-            Kind::Blob => "blob",
-            Kind::Commit => "commit",
-            Kind::Tree => "tree",
-            Kind::Symlink => "symlink",
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct Object<Reader> {
-    kind: Kind,
-    _size: usize,
-    data: Reader,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct TreeObject {
-    mode: String,
-    kind: Kind,
-    name: String,
-    hash: [u8; 20],
-}
-
 fn default_init_path() -> PathBuf {
     env::var("REPO_PATH")
         .map(PathBuf::from)
@@ -98,116 +51,6 @@ fn init_repository(path: PathBuf) -> Result<PathBuf> {
     Ok(path)
 }
 
-fn read_object(path: &Path, object: &str) -> Result<Object<impl BufRead>> {
-    let object_path = path
-        .join(".git")
-        .join("objects")
-        .join(&object[..2])
-        .join(&object[2..]);
-
-    let fd = fs::File::open(&object_path).context("opening the object")?;
-    let zfd = flate2::read::ZlibDecoder::new(fd);
-    let mut buf_reader = std::io::BufReader::new(zfd);
-
-    let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-    buf_reader
-        .read_until(0, &mut buf)
-        .context("read the object")?;
-
-    match buf.pop() {
-        Some(0) => {}
-        Some(_) | None => return Err(RuntimeError::UnexpectedChar.into()),
-    };
-
-    let header = String::from_utf8(buf.clone()).context("converting header to utf-8")?;
-
-    let Some((object_type, object_size)) = header.split_once(' ') else {
-        anyhow::bail!("could not parse object header correctly");
-    };
-
-    let object_type = match object_type {
-        "blob" => Kind::Blob,
-        "commit" => Kind::Commit,
-        "tree" => Kind::Tree,
-        _ => anyhow::bail!("invalid object type found"),
-    };
-
-    let object_size = object_size.parse::<usize>()?;
-
-    Ok(Object {
-        kind: object_type,
-        _size: object_size,
-        data: buf_reader,
-    })
-}
-
-impl<R: BufRead> Object<R> {
-    fn print(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-        let mut buf_hash: [u8; 20] = [0; 20];
-
-        match self.kind {
-            Kind::Blob | Kind::Commit => {
-                self.data.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
-                println!("{}", String::from_utf8(buf)?);
-            }
-            Kind::Tree => {
-                let mut max_name_len = 0;
-                let mut entries = Vec::new();
-                loop {
-                    let read_bytes_len = self.data.read_until(0, &mut buf)?;
-                    if read_bytes_len == 0 {
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    let mode_name = buf.clone();
-                    buf.clear();
-                    let mut splits = mode_name.splitn(2, |&b| b == b' ');
-
-                    let mode = splits
-                        .next()
-                        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("could not parse mode"))?;
-                    let mode = std::str::from_utf8(mode)?;
-                    let name = splits
-                        .next()
-                        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("could not parse name"))?;
-                    let name = std::str::from_utf8(name)?;
-
-                    self.data.read_exact(&mut buf_hash)?;
-
-                    if name.len() > max_name_len {
-                        max_name_len = name.len();
-                    }
-
-                    entries.push(TreeObject {
-                        name: name.to_string(),
-                        kind: Kind::from_mode(mode)?,
-                        mode: mode.to_string(),
-                        hash: buf_hash,
-                    });
-                }
-
-                entries.sort_by(|a, b| a.name.cmp(&b.name));
-
-                for entry in entries {
-                    let hash = hex::encode(entry.hash);
-                    println!(
-                        "{:0>6} {} {}    {:name_len$}",
-                        entry.mode,
-                        entry.kind.string(),
-                        hash,
-                        entry.name,
-                        name_len = max_name_len
-                    );
-                }
-            }
-            _ => unimplemented!(),
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     let path = default_init_path();
@@ -218,7 +61,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
             Err(e) => eprintln!("Failed to initialize repository: {}", e),
         },
         Command::CatFile { hash } => match read_object(&path, &hash) {
-            Ok(mut obj) => obj.print()?,
+            Ok(mut obj) => println!("{}", obj.to_string()?),
             Err(e) => eprintln!("Failed to read object: {}", e),
         },
     }
diff --git a/src/object.rs b/src/object.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7af1952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/object.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use std::{fs::File, io::BufRead, path::Path};
+
+use crate::{error::RuntimeError, kind::Kind};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Object<Reader> {
+    kind: Kind,
+    _size: usize,
+    data: Reader,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct TreeObject {
+    mode: String,
+    kind: Kind,
+    name: String,
+    hash: [u8; 20],
+}
+
+pub fn read_object(path: &Path, object: &str) -> Result<Object<impl BufRead>> {
+    let object_path = path
+        .join(".git")
+        .join("objects")
+        .join(&object[..2])
+        .join(&object[2..]);
+
+    let fd = File::open(&object_path).context("opening the object")?;
+    let zfd = flate2::read::ZlibDecoder::new(fd);
+    let mut buf_reader = std::io::BufReader::new(zfd);
+
+    let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    buf_reader
+        .read_until(0, &mut buf)
+        .context("read the object")?;
+
+    match buf.pop() {
+        Some(0) => {}
+        Some(_) | None => return Err(RuntimeError::UnexpectedChar.into()),
+    };
+
+    let header = String::from_utf8(buf.clone()).context("converting header to utf-8")?;
+
+    let Some((object_type, object_size)) = header.split_once(' ') else {
+        anyhow::bail!("could not parse object header correctly");
+    };
+
+    let object_type = match object_type {
+        "blob" => Kind::Blob,
+        "commit" => Kind::Commit,
+        "tree" => Kind::Tree,
+        _ => anyhow::bail!("invalid object type found"),
+    };
+
+    let object_size = object_size.parse::<usize>()?;
+
+    Ok(Object {
+        kind: object_type,
+        _size: object_size,
+        data: buf_reader,
+    })
+}
+
+impl<R: BufRead> Object<R> {
+    pub fn to_string(&mut self) -> Result<String> {
+        let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut buf_hash: [u8; 20] = [0; 20];
+
+        let res = match self.kind {
+            Kind::Blob | Kind::Commit => {
+                self.data.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+                String::from_utf8(buf)?
+            }
+            Kind::Tree => {
+                let mut max_name_len = 0;
+                let mut entries = Vec::new();
+                loop {
+                    let read_bytes_len = self.data.read_until(0, &mut buf)?;
+                    if read_bytes_len == 0 {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    let mode_name = buf.clone();
+                    buf.clear();
+                    let mut splits = mode_name.splitn(2, |&b| b == b' ');
+
+                    let mode = splits
+                        .next()
+                        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("could not parse mode"))?;
+                    let mode = std::str::from_utf8(mode)?;
+                    let name = splits
+                        .next()
+                        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("could not parse name"))?;
+                    let name = std::str::from_utf8(name)?;
+
+                    self.data.read_exact(&mut buf_hash)?;
+
+                    if name.len() > max_name_len {
+                        max_name_len = name.len();
+                    }
+
+                    entries.push(TreeObject {
+                        name: name.to_string(),
+                        kind: Kind::from_mode(mode)?,
+                        mode: mode.to_string(),
+                        hash: buf_hash,
+                    });
+                }
+
+                entries.sort_by(|a, b| a.name.cmp(&b.name));
+
+                entries
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|entry| {
+                        let hash = hex::encode(entry.hash);
+                        format!(
+                            "{:0>6} {} {}    {:name_len$}",
+                            entry.mode,
+                            entry.kind.string(),
+                            hash,
+                            entry.name,
+                            name_len = max_name_len
+                        )
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+                    .join("\n")
+            }
+            _ => unimplemented!(),
+        };
+
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+}