diff --git a/src/filetype.rs b/src/filetype.rs
index 8b0f50b..5fb81a4 100644
--- a/src/filetype.rs
+++ b/src/filetype.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use {
 };
 
 #[repr(u8)]
-#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) enum Flag {
     Normal = 0,
     HardLink = 1,
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@ impl From<&FileType> for Flag {
 impl Flag {
     pub(crate) fn append_mode(&self, mode: u16) -> u16 {
         let mask: u16 = u16::from(*self as u8) << 13;
-        mode & mask
+        mode | mask
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn extract_from_raw(raw: u16) -> Result<(Self, u16), Error> {
+        let mask: u16 = 0b111 << 13;
+        let mode = raw & 0o777;
+        let flag: u8 = ((raw & mask) >> 13).try_into()?;
+        let flag: Self = flag.try_into()?;
+        Ok((flag, mode))
     }
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ impl FileType {
                 let len = u16::from_le_bytes(len);
                 let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(len.into());
                 let mut handle = reader.take(len.into());
-                handle.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
+                handle.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
                 let s = String::from_utf8(buf)?;
                 Ok(Self::HardLink(s))
             }
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ impl FileType {
                 let len = u16::from_le_bytes(len);
                 let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(len.into());
                 let mut handle = reader.take(len.into());
-                handle.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
+                handle.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
                 let s = String::from_utf8(buf)?;
                 Ok(Self::SoftLink(s))
             }
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ impl FileType {
         match self {
             Self::Normal(f) => f.write(writer)?,
             Self::HardLink(s) | Self::SoftLink(s) => {
-                let len = s.len() as u64;
+                let len = s.len() as u16;
                 writer.write_all(&len.to_le_bytes())?;
                 writer.write_all(s.as_bytes())?;
             }
@@ -132,3 +140,28 @@ impl FileType {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn manipulate_mode_softlink() {
+        let mode: u16 = 0o644;
+        let flag = Flag::SoftLink;
+        let raw = flag.append_mode(mode);
+        let (f, m) = Flag::extract_from_raw(raw).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(m, mode);
+        assert_eq!(f, flag);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn manipulate_mode_normal() {
+        let mode: u16 = 0o755;
+        let flag = Flag::Normal;
+        let raw = flag.append_mode(mode);
+        let (f, m) = Flag::extract_from_raw(raw).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(m, mode);
+        assert_eq!(f, flag);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/node.rs b/src/node.rs
index be073b6..e1ad0bf 100644
--- a/src/node.rs
+++ b/src/node.rs
@@ -85,10 +85,7 @@ impl Node {
         let mtime: [u8; 8] = buf[8..16].try_into()?;
         let raw_mode: [u8; 2] = buf[16..18].try_into()?;
         let raw_mode = u16::from_le_bytes(raw_mode);
-        let mask: u16 = 0b111 << 13;
-        let mode = raw_mode & mask;
-        let flag: u8 = ((raw_mode & !mask) >> 13).try_into()?;
-        let flag: Flag = flag.try_into()?;
+        let (flag, mode) = Flag::extract_from_raw(raw_mode)?;
         let filetype = FileType::read(reader, flag)?;
         Ok(Self {
             name: String::from_utf8(name)?,
@@ -203,12 +200,13 @@ impl Node {
                 }
             }
         };
+        let mode = Flag::from(&filetype).append_mode(u16::try_from(mode & 0o7777)?);
         Ok(Self {
             name,
             uid,
             gid,
             mtime,
-            mode: (mode & !(0o111 << 13)).try_into()?,
+            mode,
             filetype,
         })
     }
@@ -405,12 +403,22 @@ mod tests {
             let mut writer = std::io::BufWriter::new(fd);
             let links = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
             let node = Node::from_path("test/li.txt", Algorithm::Sha1, &links).unwrap();
+            let FileType::Normal(_) = node.filetype else {
+                eprintln!("Created wrong filetype: {:?}", node.filetype);
+                panic!();
+            };
             node.write(&mut writer).unwrap();
         }
+        let meta = fs::metadata("test/li.txt").unwrap();
         let fd = std::fs::File::open("test/li.node").unwrap();
         let mut reader = BufReader::new(fd);
         let node = Node::read(&mut reader).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(meta.mode() & 0o777, node.mode as u32);
+        assert_eq!(meta.uid(), node.uid);
+        assert_eq!(meta.gid(), node.gid);
+        assert_eq!(meta.mtime(), node.mtime as i64);
         let FileType::Normal(f) = node.filetype else {
+            eprintln!("Read incorrect filetype: {:?}", node.filetype);
             panic!()
         };
         let Checksum::Sha1(sum) = f.checksum else {
@@ -424,6 +432,33 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(LI, f.data);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn load_store_symlink() {
+        {
+            let _res = remove_file("test/lilnk.txt");
+            symlink("li.txt", "test/lilnk.txt").unwrap();
+            let _res = remove_file("test/lilnk.node");
+            let fd = std::fs::File::create("test/lilnk.node").unwrap();
+            let mut writer = std::io::BufWriter::new(fd);
+            let links = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
+            let node = Node::from_path("test/lilnk.txt", Algorithm::Sha1, &links).unwrap();
+            let FileType::SoftLink(ref tgt) = node.filetype else {
+                eprintln!("Created wrong filetype: {:?}", node.filetype);
+                panic!();
+            };
+            assert_eq!(tgt, "li.txt");
+            node.write(&mut writer).unwrap();
+        }
+        let fd = std::fs::File::open("test/lilnk.node").unwrap();
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(fd);
+        let node = Node::read(&mut reader).unwrap();
+        let FileType::SoftLink(ref tgt) = node.filetype else {
+            eprintln!("Read incorrect filetype: {:?}", node.filetype);
+            panic!();
+        };
+        assert_eq!(tgt, "li.txt");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn extract_file() {
         let links = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());