diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "chisel"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Garrett Dickinson <dickinsongarrett@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d763e33..eec7569 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 # chisel
-Binary analysis tool developed in Rust
+`chisel` is a tool for decompiling *nix ELF programs for binary analysis and reverse engineering. This project is being developed alongside coursework for **Auburn University's COMP5970 Binary Program Analysis**.
+
+
+## Supported Binary formats
+
+`chisel` supports binaries compiled to the [ELF format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format) from most x86 *nix systems, and *does not* currently support macOS Mach-O or Windows PE binaries.
+
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
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+++ b/src/main.rs
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+use std::path;
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::process::exit;
+
+fn main() {
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+
+    let file_path = &args[1];
+    println!("Got target file '{}'", file_path);
+
+    
+    if path::Path::new(file_path).exists() {
+        println!("File exists, reading '{}'", file_path);
+        let contents: Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error> = fs::read(file_path);
+        if contents.is_ok() {
+            let bytes: &Vec<u8> = &contents.expect("");
+            for byte in bytes {
+                println!("{}", byte);
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        println!("[Error] '{}' does not exist", file_path);
+        exit(-1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/testing/hello b/testing/hello
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diff --git a/testing/src/hello.c b/testing/src/hello.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcfb86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/src/hello.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main() {
+   printf("Hello, World!");
+   return 0;
+}
diff --git a/testing/src/hello.s b/testing/src/hello.s
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index 0000000..2edc149
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+++ b/testing/src/hello.s
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+	.file	"main.c"
+	.text
+	.section	.rodata
+.LC0:
+	.string	"Hello, World!"
+	.text
+	.globl	main
+	.type	main, @function
+main:
+.LFB0:
+	.cfi_startproc
+	endbr64
+	pushq	%rbp
+	.cfi_def_cfa_offset 16
+	.cfi_offset 6, -16
+	movq	%rsp, %rbp
+	.cfi_def_cfa_register 6
+	leaq	.LC0(%rip), %rax
+	movq	%rax, %rdi
+	movl	$0, %eax
+	call	printf@PLT
+	movl	$0, %eax
+	popq	%rbp
+	.cfi_def_cfa 7, 8
+	ret
+	.cfi_endproc
+.LFE0:
+	.size	main, .-main
+	.ident	"GCC: (Ubuntu 11.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.3.0"
+	.section	.note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits
+	.section	.note.gnu.property,"a"
+	.align 8
+	.long	1f - 0f
+	.long	4f - 1f
+	.long	5
+0:
+	.string	"GNU"
+1:
+	.align 8
+	.long	0xc0000002
+	.long	3f - 2f
+2:
+	.long	0x3
+3:
+	.align 8
+4:
diff --git a/testing/testfile b/testing/testfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95d09f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/testfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello world
\ No newline at end of file