diff --git a/docs/net.md b/docs/net.md
index e5c4070..2c8ca45 100644
--- a/docs/net.md
+++ b/docs/net.md
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ res.header["test"] = "wowa"
 ...
 ```
 
-### res:serve **
+### res:sendfile
 
-'takes one string, which is a path that will be served, file or dir
+'takes one string, which is a path that will be served, must be a file
 
 ```lua
 ...
-res:serve("./html/")
+res:sendfile("./html/index.html")
 ...
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/net.c b/src/net.c
index 603c954..6b5df9b 100644
--- a/src/net.c
+++ b/src/net.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 #include "lua5.4/lauxlib.h"
 #include "lua5.4/lua.h"
-#ifdef _WIN32 //add -lws2_32
-  #include <winsock2.h>
-  //#define socklen_t __socklen_t
-  //#define close closesocket
-  typedef int socklen_t;
-#else
-  #include <sys/socket.h>
-  #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#define closesocket close
-#endif
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -22,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "net.h"
 #include "lua.h"
-
 #include "io.h"
 #include "table.h"
 #include "types/str.h"
@@ -423,22 +412,6 @@ int l_close(lua_State* L){
   return 0;
 }
 
-int l_serve(lua_State* L){
-  int res_idx = 1;
-  
-  lua_pushvalue(L, res_idx);
-  lua_pushstring(L, "client_fd");
-  lua_gettable(L, res_idx);
-  int client_fd = luaL_checkinteger(L, -1);
-  client_fd_errors(client_fd);
-
-  char* path = (char*)luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
-
-  //continue here
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
 int content_disposition(str* src, parray_t** _dest){
 
   char* end = strnstr(src->c, ";", src->len);
@@ -714,6 +687,52 @@ int l_roll(lua_State* L){
   return 1;
 }
 
+#define bsize 512
+int l_sendfile(lua_State* L){
+  int res_idx = 1;
+  
+  lua_pushvalue(L, res_idx);
+  lua_pushstring(L, "client_fd");
+  lua_gettable(L, res_idx);
+  int client_fd = luaL_checkinteger(L, -1);
+  client_fd_errors(client_fd);
+
+  lua_pushvalue(L, res_idx);
+  lua_pushstring(L, "header");
+  lua_gettable(L, -2);
+  int header = lua_gettop(L);
+
+  char* path = (char*)luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+
+  if(access(path, F_OK)) {
+    p_fatal("file not found"); //TODO: use diff errors here
+  }
+  if(access(path, R_OK)){
+    p_fatal("missing permissions");
+  }
+
+  str* r;
+  i_write_header(L, header, &r, "", 0);
+  send(client_fd, r->c, r->len, 0);
+  free(r);
+
+  char* buffer = calloc(sizeof* buffer, bsize + 1);
+  FILE* fp = fopen(path, "rb");
+  fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_END);
+  size_t sz = ftell(fp);
+  fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET);
+
+  for(int i = 0; i < sz; i += bsize){
+    fread(buffer, sizeof * buffer, bsize, fp);
+    send(client_fd, buffer, bsize > sz - i ? sz - i : bsize, 0);
+  }
+
+  free(buffer);
+  fclose(fp);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 volatile size_t threads = 0;
 void* handle_client(void *_arg){
   //printf("--\n");
@@ -855,7 +874,7 @@ void* handle_client(void *_arg){
         
         //functions
         luaI_tsetcf(L, res_idx, "send", l_send);
-        //luaI_tsetcf(L, res_idx, "serve", l_serve);
+        luaI_tsetcf(L, res_idx, "sendfile", l_sendfile);
         luaI_tsetcf(L, res_idx, "write", l_write);
         luaI_tsetcf(L, res_idx, "close", l_close);
 
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 95b6cf9..2efab03 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -1,7 +1,42 @@
+#ifdef _WIN32 //add -lws2_32
+  #include <winsock2.h>
+  //#define socklen_t __socklen_t
+  //#define close closesocket
+  typedef int socklen_t;
+#else
+  #include <sys/socket.h>
+  #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#define closesocket close
+#endif
+
 #include "lua.h"
+#include "types/str.h"
+#include "types/parray.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 int l_listen(lua_State*);
 
+int64_t recv_full_buffer(int client_fd, char** _buffer, int* header_eof, int* state);
+
+int parse_header(char* buffer, int header_eof, parray_t** _table);
+
+void http_build(str** _dest, int code, char* code_det, char* header_vs, char* content, size_t len);
+
+void http_code(int code, char* code_det);
+
+void i_write_header(lua_State* L, int header_top, str** _resp, char* content, size_t len);
+
+void client_fd_errors(int client_fd);
+
+int content_disposition(str* src, parray_t** _dest);
+
+//int rolling_file_parse(lua_State* L, int* files_idx, int* body_idx, char* buffer, str* content_type, size_t blen, struct file_parse* _content);
+
+void* handle_client(void *_arg);
+
+int start_serv(lua_State* L, int port);
+
+//
 static char* http_codes[600] = {0};
 
 extern volatile size_t threads;
diff --git a/tests/net.lua b/tests/net.lua
index e482a6f..b3a2b1f 100644
--- a/tests/net.lua
+++ b/tests/net.lua
@@ -61,14 +61,8 @@ llib.net.listen(
         end)
 
         server:GET("/aa", function(res, req)
-            --[[res.header["Content-Type"] = "text/plain"
-            _G.server:lock()
-            res:write("hi\n")
-            res:write("next")
-            _G.server:unlock()
-            res:close()]]
             res.header["Content-Type"] = "text/plain"
-            res:send(_G.llib.io.readfile("tests/net.lua"))
+            res:sendfile("llib.dll")
         end)
 
         server:GET("/test55", function(res, req)
@@ -76,6 +70,7 @@ llib.net.listen(
             res:send("<h2>you would never</h2>")
         end)
 
+
         
     end,
     arg[1]