diff --git a/src/lib/nbt.cpp b/src/lib/nbt.cpp
index 25cb694..d8c08ff 100644
--- a/src/lib/nbt.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/nbt.cpp
@@ -21,46 +21,53 @@
 #include "error.h++"
 
 // This is just an example for how to find out if the system is big endian
-// or little endian. Do not use this.
-int endianness_example() {
-    if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::big)
-    {
-        // Big-endian system
-        return 0;
-    }
-    else if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::little)
-    {
-        // Little-endian system
-        return 1;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        // Something else
-        return 2;
-        // How did we even end up here?
-    }
-}
+// or little endian.
+//int endianness_example() {
+//    if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::big)
+//    {
+//        // Big-endian system
+//        return 0;
+//    }
+//    else if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::little)
+//    {
+//        // Little-endian system
+//        return 1;
+//    }
+//    else
+//    {
+//        // Something else
+//        return 2;
+//        // How did we even end up here?
+//    }
+//}
+
+// There is supposedly also a function htobe64 and be64toh to deal with
+// converting 64 bit integers between host order and big endian.
+
+// Though converting between host order and BE may not be necessary if the
+// raw NBT data is to be used as instructions for rebuilding the data in memory.
+// Doing the opposite may just be very painful.
 
 namespace NBT {
     namespace helper {
         ErrorOr<int8_t> readInt8(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition) {
-            if (dataSize<=currentPosition) return ErrorOr<int8_t>(true, ErrorCodes::RANGE_ERROR);
+            if (dataSize<currentPosition+1) return ErrorOr<int8_t>(true, ErrorCodes::RANGE_ERROR);
             return ErrorOr<int8_t>((int8_t) data[currentPosition]);
         }
 
         ErrorOr<int16_t> readInt16(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition) {
-            //TODO: implement
-            return ErrorOr<int16_t>((int16_t) 0);
+            if (dataSize<currentPosition+2) return ErrorOr<int16_t>(true, ErrorCodes::RANGE_ERROR);
+            return ErrorOr<int16_t>((int16_t) ((static_cast<int16_t>(data[currentPosition]) << 8) | static_cast<int16_t>(data[currentPosition+1])));
         }
 
         ErrorOr<int32_t> readInt32(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition) {
-            //TODO: implement
-            return ErrorOr<int32_t>((int32_t) 0);
+            if (dataSize<currentPosition+4) return ErrorOr<int32_t>(true, ErrorCodes::RANGE_ERROR);
+            return ErrorOr<int32_t>((int32_t) ((static_cast<int32_t>(data[currentPosition]) << 24) | (static_cast<int32_t>(data[currentPosition+1]) << 16) | (static_cast<int32_t>(data[currentPosition+2]) << 8) | static_cast<int32_t>(data[currentPosition+3])));
         }
 
         ErrorOr<int64_t> readInt64(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition) {
-            //TODO: implement
-            return ErrorOr<int64_t>((int64_t) 0);
+            if (dataSize<currentPosition+8) return ErrorOr<int64_t>(true, ErrorCodes::RANGE_ERROR);
+            return ErrorOr<int64_t>((int64_t) ((static_cast<int64_t>(data[currentPosition]) << 56) | (static_cast<int64_t>(data[currentPosition+1]) << 48) | (static_cast<int64_t>(data[currentPosition+2]) << 40) | (static_cast<int64_t>(data[currentPosition+3]) << 32) | (static_cast<int64_t>(data[currentPosition]) << 24) | (static_cast<int64_t>(data[currentPosition+1]) << 16) | (static_cast<int64_t>(data[currentPosition+2]) << 8) | static_cast<int64_t>(data[currentPosition+3])));
         }
 
         //FIXME: we just assume that float is a single-precision IEEE754
diff --git a/src/lib/nbt.h++ b/src/lib/nbt.h++
index 450b4b9..cb600fc 100644
--- a/src/lib/nbt.h++
+++ b/src/lib/nbt.h++
@@ -42,27 +42,18 @@
 namespace NBT {
     namespace helper {
         ErrorOr<int8_t> readInt8(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         ErrorOr<int16_t> readInt16(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         ErrorOr<int32_t> readInt32(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         ErrorOr<int64_t> readInt64(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         //FIXME: we just assume that float is a single-precision IEEE754
         // floating point number
         ErrorOr<float> readFloat32(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         //FIXME: we just assume that double is a double-precision IEEE754
         // floating point number
         ErrorOr<double> readFloat64(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         ErrorOr<std::vector<int8_t>> readInt8Array(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         //ErrorOr<> readString(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         ErrorOr<std::vector<int32_t>> readInt32Array(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
-
         ErrorOr<std::vector<int64_t>> readInt64Array(uint8_t data[], uint64_t dataSize, uint64_t currentPosition);
     }