diff --git a/compressed.bin b/compressed.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1daf88c
Binary files /dev/null and b/compressed.bin differ
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6e75c83..1b99bb9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,99 @@
-use std::{collections::HashMap, env};
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    env,
+    fs::File,
+    io::{Read, Write},
+    path::Path,
+};
 
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    let file_name = Path::new(&args[1]);
+
+    let content = read_file(file_name);
+    let stats = get_stats(&content);
+    let tree = create_tree(stats);
+
+    let result = compress(content, tree);
+
+    std::io::stdout()
+        .write_all(&result)
+        .expect("Couldn't write the result");
 }
 
-fn get_stats(text: String) -> HashMap<String, u32> {
-    todo!()
+fn read_file(path: &Path) -> String {
+    let mut file = File::open(path).expect("Can't open file");
+
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+    file.read_to_string(&mut contents)
+        .expect("Couldn't read the file");
+
+    contents
+}
+
+fn get_stats(text: &String) -> HashMap<String, u32> {
+    let mut letters = HashMap::new();
+
+    for letter in text.chars() {
+        *letters.entry(letter.to_string()).or_insert(0) += 1;
+    }
+
+    letters
+}
+
+fn create_tree(letters: HashMap<String, u32>) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+    let mut tree = HashMap::new();
+    let mut sorted: Vec<String> = letters.keys().cloned().collect();
+
+    sorted.sort_by_key(|key| std::cmp::Reverse(letters[key]));
+
+    let mut a: u32 = 0;
+
+    for letter in sorted {
+        let mut zeroes = "".to_string();
+
+        for _ in 0..a {
+            zeroes.push('0');
+        }
+
+        tree.insert(letter, format!("{zeroes}1"));
+        a += 1;
+    }
+
+    tree
+}
+
+fn compress(text: String, tree: HashMap<String, String>) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut compressed = Vec::new();
+
+    let mut current_byte: u8 = 0;
+    let mut bit_count: u8 = 0;
+
+    for letter in text.chars() {
+        let code = tree.get(&letter.to_string()).unwrap();
+
+        for bit in code.chars() {
+            current_byte <<= 1;
+
+            if bit == '1' {
+                current_byte |= 1;
+            }
+
+            bit_count += 1;
+
+            if bit_count == 8 {
+                compressed.push(current_byte);
+
+                current_byte = 0;
+                bit_count = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if bit_count > 0 {
+        current_byte <<= 8 - bit_count;
+        compressed.push(current_byte);
+    }
+
+    compressed
 }
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index f0877ba..f010bcb 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+    use crate::{create_tree, get_stats};
+
     use super::*;
-    use main;
 
     #[test]
-    fn it_works() {
-        let result = add(2, 2);
-        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+    fn check_basic_functions() {
+        let test = get_stats("ZEHTZJATJAEJEF".to_string());
+        let case = HashMap::from([
+            ("Z".to_string(), 2),
+            ("E".to_string(), 3),
+            ("H".to_string(), 1),
+            ("T".to_string(), 2),
+            ("J".to_string(), 3),
+            ("A".to_string(), 2),
+            ("F".to_string(), 1),
+        ]);
+
+        println!("{:?} \n {:?}", test, case);
+        assert!(test == case);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn test2() {
+        let small_string : String = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa a a a a a a  a bazbazoreb kjzbej kjqbzetjbqzefe jabzezf jbzaefe jbzae ljzbef ljsndsf lj".to_string();
+
+        let stats = get_stats(small_string);
+        create_tree(stats);
     }
 }