diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d74b28b..95ad3d4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // #![feature(if_let_guard)]
 
 use std::{ collections::HashMap, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc };
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 
 use tokio::{
     fs::File,
@@ -23,14 +23,10 @@ type A = Arc<Args>;
 fn parse_args () -> Args {
     let directory = std::env::args()
         .position(|e| e == "--directory")
-        .map(|e| e + 1)
-        .map(|d| std::env::args().nth(d))
-        .flatten()
+        .and_then(|d| std::env::args().nth(d + 1))
         .map(|d| PathBuf::from(d));
 
-    Args {
-        directory
-    }
+    Args { directory }
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -51,39 +47,55 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 async fn process (mut stream: TcpStream, args: A) -> Result<()> {
     let buf_reader = BufReader::new(&mut stream);
 
-    let mut data = buf_reader
-        .lines();
+    let mut data = buf_reader.lines();
 
-    let (_method, path, _ver) = {
-        let start_line = data.next_line().await?.ok_or(E::InvalidRequest)?; // should be 500;
-        let mut parts = start_line.split_whitespace().map(ToOwned::to_owned);
-        let method = parts.next().ok_or(E::InvalidRequest)?;
-        let path   = parts.next().ok_or(E::InvalidRequest)?;
-        let ver    = parts.next().ok_or(E::InvalidRequest)?;
+    let (method, target, _version) = 'outer : {
+        'inner : {
+            let Ok(Some(start_line)) = data.next_line().await else { break 'inner };
+            let mut parts = start_line.split_ascii_whitespace();
+            let Some(Ok(method))  = parts.next().map(Method::try_from) else { break 'inner };
+            let Some(path)    = parts.next() else { break 'inner };
+            let Some(version) = parts.next() else { break 'inner };
+            break 'outer (method, path.to_owned(), version.to_owned());
+        }
+        // this is either the best or the worst piece of code i've written
 
-        (method, path, ver)
+        let _ = stream.write_all(&Response::_400.build()).await;
+        let _ = stream.flush();
+        bail!(E::InvalidRequest)
     };
 
-    let headers = Headers::parse(data.into_inner()).await;
 
-    let response = match path.as_str() {
-        "/" => Response::Empty,
-        "/user-agent" => Response::TextPlain(headers.get("User-Agent").to_owned()),
+    let mut data = data.into_inner();
+
+    let headers = Headers::parse(&mut data).await;
+
+    let length = headers.get("Content-Length").parse().unwrap();
+    let body = parse_req_body(&mut data, length).await;
+
+    use Method as M;
+    let response = match (method, target.as_str()) {
+        (M::GET, "/") => Response::Empty,
+        (M::GET, "/user-agent") => Response::TextPlain(headers.get("User-Agent").to_owned()),
         // p if let Some(echo) = p.strip_prefix("/echo/") => Response::TextPlain(echo), // a nicer way to do that, not available in stable yet
-        p if p.starts_with("/echo/") => Response::TextPlain(p.trim_start_matches("/echo/").to_owned()),
-        p if p.starts_with("/files/") => 'a : {
-            let Some(path) = &args.directory else {
-                break 'a Response::_500;
-            };
-            let path = path.join(p.trim_start_matches("/files/"));
-            let Ok(mut f) = File::open(path).await else {
-                break 'a Response::_404;
-            };
+        (M::GET, r) if r.starts_with("/echo/") => Response::TextPlain(r.trim_start_matches("/echo/").to_owned()),
+        (M::GET, r) if r.starts_with("/files/") => 'file : {
+            let Some(path) = &args.directory else { break 'file Response::_500; };
+            let path = path.join(r.trim_start_matches("/files/"));
+            let Ok(mut f) = File::open(path).await else { break 'file Response::_404; };
 
             let mut buf = vec![];
             let _ = f.read_to_end(&mut buf).await;
             Response::OctetStream(buf)
         },
+        (M::POST, r) if r.starts_with("/files") => 'file : {
+            let Some(path) = &args.directory else { break 'file Response::_500; };
+            let path = path.join(r.trim_start_matches("/files/"));
+            let Ok(mut f) = File::create(path).await else { break 'file Response::_500; };
+            let Ok(_) = f.write_all(&body).await else { break 'file Response::_500 };
+
+            Response::_201
+        },
         _ => Response::_404,
     };
 
@@ -93,11 +105,17 @@ async fn process (mut stream: TcpStream, args: A) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub async fn parse_req_body (reader: &mut BufReader<&mut TcpStream>, length: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut v = vec![0; length];
+    let _ = reader.read_exact(&mut v).await;
+    v
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Headers (HashMap<String, String>);
 
 impl Headers {
-    pub async fn parse (mut reader: BufReader<&'_ mut TcpStream>) -> Self {
+    pub async fn parse (reader: &mut BufReader<&'_ mut TcpStream>) -> Self {
         let mut map = HashMap::new();
         let mut buf = String::new();
         while let Ok(_) = reader.read_line(&mut buf).await {
@@ -119,6 +137,8 @@ impl Headers {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 enum Response {
+    _201,
+    _400,
     _404,
     _500,
     Empty,
@@ -126,20 +146,41 @@ enum Response {
     OctetStream (Vec<u8>)
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum Method {
+    GET,
+    POST,
+    PUT,
+    DELETE,
+    UPDATE,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&str> for Method {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+    fn try_from (s: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut s = s.to_string();
+        s.make_ascii_lowercase();
+        Ok(match s.as_str() {
+            "get" => Self::GET,
+            "post" => Self::POST,
+            "put" => Self::PUT,
+            "delete" => Self::DELETE,
+            "update" => Self::UPDATE,
+            _ => bail!(E::UnknownMethod)
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 
 #[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
 impl Response {
     fn build (self) -> Vec<u8> {
 
         let headers = self.headers().join("\r\n");
-
-        let code = match self {
-            Self::_404 => "404 Not Found",
-            Self::_500 => "500 Internal Server Error",
-            _ => "200 OK",
-        };
+        let code = self.code();
 
         let mut v: Vec<u8> = f!("HTTP/1.1 {code}\r\n{headers}\r\n\r\n").into();
+
         match self {
             Self::OctetStream(bytes) => {
                 v.extend_from_slice(&bytes);
@@ -153,10 +194,26 @@ impl Response {
         v
     }
 
+    fn code (&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::_201 => "201 Created",
+            Self::_400 => "400 Bad Request",
+            Self::_404 => "404 Not Found",
+            Self::_500 => "500 Internal Server Error",
+            _ => "200 OK",
+        }
+    }
+
     fn headers (&self) -> Vec<String> {
         match self {
-            Self::TextPlain(text) => vec![f!("Content-Type: text/plain"), format!("Content-Length: {}", text.len())],
-            Self::OctetStream(bytes) => vec![f!("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"), format!("Content-Length: {}", bytes.len())],
+            Self::TextPlain(text) => vec![
+                     f!("Content-Type: text/plain"),
+                format!("Content-Length: {}", text.len())
+            ],
+            Self::OctetStream(bytes) => vec![
+                     f!("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"),
+                format!("Content-Length: {}", bytes.len())
+            ],
             _ => d!()
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 31ba577..0d59ea6 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ macro_rules! f { ($s: expr) => { format!($s) }; }
 pub enum E {
     #[error("Invalid request data found during parsing")]
     InvalidRequest,
+    #[error("Cannot parse method")]
+    UnknownMethod,
 }