diff --git a/stdlib/io.krak b/stdlib/io.krak
index 967e16b..f573404 100644
--- a/stdlib/io.krak
+++ b/stdlib/io.krak
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import string;
+import vector;
 import mem:*
 
 __if_comp__ __C__ simple_passthrough """
@@ -75,27 +76,7 @@ fun print(toPrint: double) : void{
 
 // Ok, just some DEAD simple file io for now
 fun read_file(path: string::string): string::string {
-    var char_path = path.toCharArray()
-    defer delete(char_path)
-    var data: *char
-	__if_comp__ __C__ {
-		simple_passthrough(char_path = char_path:data = data:) """
-			FILE *fp = fopen(char_path, "r");
-            fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_END);
-            long size = ftell(fp);
-            fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET);
-            char *data = malloc(size+1);
-            size_t readSize = fread(data, 1, size, fp);
-            data[readSize] = 0;
-            fclose(fp);
-		"""
-	}
-    var toRet = string::string(data)
-	__if_comp__ __C__ {
-		simple_passthrough(data = data::) """
-            free(data)
-		"""
-	}
+    var toRet.construct(read_file_binary(path)): string::string
     return toRet
 }
 fun write_file(path: string::string, data: string::string) {
@@ -111,4 +92,45 @@ fun write_file(path: string::string, data: string::string) {
 		"""
 	}
 }
+fun read_file_binary(path: string::string): vector::vector<char> {
+    var char_path = path.toCharArray()
+    defer delete(char_path)
+    var data: *char
+    var size: int
+	__if_comp__ __C__ {
+		simple_passthrough(char_path = char_path:data = data, size = size:) """
+			FILE *fp = fopen(char_path, "r");
+            fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_END);
+            long size = ftell(fp);
+            fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET);
+            char *data = malloc(size+1);
+            size_t readSize = fread(data, 1, size, fp);
+            data[readSize] = 0;
+            fclose(fp);
+		"""
+	}
+    var toRet.construct(size): vector::vector<char>
+    for (var i = 0; i < size; i++;)
+        toRet.add(data[i])
+
+	__if_comp__ __C__ {
+		simple_passthrough(data = data::) """
+            free(data)
+		"""
+	}
+    return toRet
+}
+fun write_file_binary(path: string::string, vdata: vector::vector<char>) {
+    var char_path = path.toCharArray()
+    defer delete(char_path)
+    var data = vdata.getBackingMemory()
+    var size = vdata.size
+	__if_comp__ __C__ {
+		simple_passthrough(char_path, data, size::) """
+			FILE *fp = fopen(char_path, "w");
+            fwrite(data, 1, size, fp);
+            fclose(fp);
+		"""
+	}
+}
 
diff --git a/stdlib/map.krak b/stdlib/map.krak
index 3b4ef2e..36adf6b 100644
--- a/stdlib/map.krak
+++ b/stdlib/map.krak
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ obj map<T,U> (Object) {
         var key_loc = keys.find(key)
         if (key_loc == -1) {
             io::println("trying to access nonexistant key-value!")
-            while (true) {}
+            /*while (true) {}*/
         }
         return values.get(key_loc)
     }
diff --git a/stdlib/serialize.krak b/stdlib/serialize.krak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff4ce0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib/serialize.krak
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import vector
+import conversions
+import mem
+
+fun serialize<T>(it: T): vector::vector<char> {
+    var char_data = conversions::cast_ptr<*T,*char>(&it)
+    var toRet = vector::vector<char>()
+    for (var i = 0; i < mem::sizeof<T>(); i++;)
+        toRet.add(char_data[i])
+    return toRet
+}
+
+fun unserialize<T>(it: vector::vector<char>):T {
+    return *conversions::cast_ptr<*char,*T>(it.getBackingMemory())
+}
+
+
diff --git a/stdlib/vector.krak b/stdlib/vector.krak
index 9138b2c..c53a8bf 100644
--- a/stdlib/vector.krak
+++ b/stdlib/vector.krak
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ obj vector<T> (Object) {
             println(index);
             print("Max Index of vector: ");
             println(size-1);
-            while(true) {}
+            /*while(true) {}*/
             return data[0];
         }
         return data[index];
diff --git a/tests/test_serialization.expected_results b/tests/test_serialization.expected_results
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..873fe18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_serialization.expected_results
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7 = 7
diff --git a/tests/test_serialization.krak b/tests/test_serialization.krak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94df585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_serialization.krak
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import io:*
+import serialize:*
+import string:*
+
+fun main():int {
+    var intA = 7
+    write_file_binary(string("bintest.bin"), serialize(intA))
+    var intB = unserialize<int>(read_file_binary(string("bintest.bin")))
+    print(intA)
+    print(" = ")
+    println(intB)
+    return 0
+}
+