diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..bdd4a55 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+/samples
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bencode.rs b/src/bencode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa9ddd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bencode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+use std::str::{self, from_utf8};
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Debug)]
+pub enum ByteString {
+    String(String),
+    ByteString(Vec<u8>)
+}
+
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Debug)]
+pub enum Value {
+    Integer(i64),
+    String(ByteString),
+    List(Vec<Value>),
+    Dict(BTreeMap<Value, Value>)
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ParseError {
+    WrongType,
+    UtfError,
+    ConvertError,
+    NoTerminator
+}
+
+pub fn decode(data: &[u8]) -> Result<(Value, usize), ParseError> {
+    match data[0] {
+        // integer
+        b'i' => {
+            let data = &data[1..];
+
+            let len = data.iter().position(|b| *b == b'e').ok_or(ParseError::NoTerminator)?;
+            let int: i64 = {
+                let str = str::from_utf8(&data[..len]).map_err(|_| ParseError::UtfError)?;
+                str::parse(str).map_err(|_| ParseError::ConvertError)?
+            };
+
+            Ok((Value::Integer(int), 1 + len + 1))
+        },
+
+        // list
+        b'l' => {
+            let data = &data[1..];
+
+            let mut off = 0usize;
+            let mut list: Vec<Value> = Vec::new();
+
+            while data[off] != b'e' {
+                let (value, len) = decode(&data[off..])?;
+                off += len;
+
+                list.push(value);
+            }
+
+            Ok((Value::List(list), 1 + off + 1))
+        },
+
+        // dictionary
+        b'd' => {
+            let data = &data[1..];
+
+            let mut off = 0usize;
+            let mut dict: BTreeMap<Value, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
+            
+            while data[off] != b'e' {
+                let (key, len) = decode(&data[off..])?;
+                off += len;
+                let (value, len) = decode(&data[off..])?;
+                off += len;
+
+                dict.insert(key, value);
+            }
+
+            Ok((Value::Dict(dict), 1 + off + 1))
+        }
+
+        // what's remaining is string type which has no specific type byte
+        _ => {
+            let delim_off = data.iter().position(|b| *b == b':').ok_or(ParseError::NoTerminator)?;
+            let len: usize = {
+                let len_str = from_utf8(&data[..delim_off]).map_err(|_| ParseError::ConvertError)?;
+                str::parse(len_str).map_err(|_| ParseError::ConvertError)?
+            };
+            let str_data = &data[delim_off + 1 .. delim_off + 1 + len];
+            let value = if let Ok(str) = from_utf8(str_data) {
+                Value::String(ByteString::String(str.to_owned()))
+            } else {
+                Value::String(ByteString::ByteString(str_data.to_owned()))
+            };
+
+            Ok((value, delim_off + 1 + len))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+    use crate::bencode::{ByteString, Value};
+    use super::decode;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_integer() {
+        let (decoded, ret_len) = decode("i42e".as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Value::Integer(42), decoded);
+        assert_eq!(4, ret_len);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_string() {
+        let (decoded, ret_len) = decode("5:hello".as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Value::String(ByteString::String("hello".to_owned())), decoded);
+        assert_eq!(7, ret_len);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_byte_string() {
+        let (decoded, ret_len) = decode(&[0x35u8, 0x3Au8, 0xFFu8, 0xEAu8, 0xBCu8, 0xBDu8, 0xAAu8]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Value::String(ByteString::ByteString(vec![0xFFu8, 0xEAu8, 0xBCu8, 0xBDu8, 0xAAu8])), decoded);
+        assert_eq!(7, ret_len);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_list() {
+        let (decoded, ret_len) = decode("li0e6:seconde".as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Value::List(vec![Value::Integer(0), Value::String(ByteString::String("second".to_owned()))]), decoded);
+        assert_eq!(13, ret_len);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_dict() {
+        let (decoded, ret_len) = decode("di0e6:seconde".as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        let mut dict: BTreeMap<Value, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
+        dict.insert(Value::Integer(0), Value::String(ByteString::String("second".to_owned())));
+        assert_eq!(Value::Dict(dict), decoded);
+        assert_eq!(13, ret_len);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..49def53 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod bencode;
+
 fn main() {
     println!("Hello, world!");
 }