diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b982cf6..b469234 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CC=gcc
 CFLAGS= -Wall -Wextra -lgumbo -lcurl -g
-OBJ = main.o network.o test.o
+OBJ = main.o network.o
 
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6063c44..0000000
--- a/TODO.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-- implement fseek
-- work on linklist again - append it so it includes curl data structure
-- implement function which generates the initial file list.
diff --git a/data.h b/data.h
index c5963a1..0915e87 100644
--- a/data.h
+++ b/data.h
@@ -20,23 +20,31 @@ typedef enum {
     LINK_INVALID = 'I'
 } LinkType;
 
+/**
+ * \brief link table type
+ * \details index 0 contains the Link for the base URL
+ */
+typedef struct LinkTable LinkTable;
+
 /** \brief link data type */
-typedef struct {
+typedef struct Link Link;
+
+struct Link {
     char p_url[255];
     LinkType type;
     CURL *curl;
     char *body;
     size_t body_sz;
     size_t content_length;
-} Link;
+    LinkTable *nextTable;
+};
 
-/**
- * \brief link table type
- * \details index 0 contains the Link for the base URL
- */
-typedef struct {
+
+struct LinkTable {
     int num;
     Link **links;
-} LinkTable;
+};
+
+
 
 #endif
diff --git a/fuse_local.c b/fuse_local.c
index 0f442f8..899f00a 100644
--- a/fuse_local.c
+++ b/fuse_local.c
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
-#include <fuse_lowlevel.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 
 #include "network.h"
 #include "fuse_local.h"
 
-static struct fuse_lowlevel_ops fs_ops = {
-    .lookup		= fs_lookup,
+static struct fuse_operations fs_oper = {
     .getattr	= fs_getattr,
     .readdir	= fs_readdir,
     .open		= fs_open,
     .read		= fs_read,
 };
+
+static int fs_getattr(const char *path, struct stat *stbuf)
+{
+    int res = 0;
+
+    memset(stbuf, 0, sizeof(struct stat));
+    if (strcmp(path, "/") == 0) {
+        stbuf->st_mode = S_IFDIR | 0755;
+        stbuf->st_nlink = 2;
+    } else if (strcmp(path, hello_path) == 0) {
+        stbuf->st_mode = S_IFREG | 0444;
+        stbuf->st_nlink = 1;
+        stbuf->st_size = strlen(hello_str);
+    } else
+        res = -ENOENT;
+
+    return res;
+}
diff --git a/fuse_local.h b/fuse_local.h
index 2956c6b..1e08e57 100644
--- a/fuse_local.h
+++ b/fuse_local.h
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-#ifndef FUSE_H
-#define FUSE_H
+#ifndef FUSE_LOCAL_H
+#define FUSE_LOCAL_H
+
+/* must be included before including <fuse.h> */
+#define FUSE_USE_VERSION 26
+
+#include <fuse.h>
 
 #endif
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 6c3238b..feaf393 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -4,7 +4,19 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include "network.h"
 
-#include "test.h"
+void link_test()
+{
+    printf("--- start of link_test ---\n");
+
+    LinkTable *linktbl = LinkTable_new(
+        "http://127.0.0.1/~fangfufu/");
+
+    LinkTable_print(linktbl);
+    Link_download(linktbl->links[1], 1, 20);
+    printf(linktbl->links[1]->body);
+    LinkTable_free(linktbl);
+    printf("\n--- end of link_test ---\n\n");
+}
 
 void init()
 {
diff --git a/network.c b/network.c
index 265857e..a504531 100644
--- a/network.c
+++ b/network.c
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ Link *Link_new(const char *p_url)
 
     strncpy(link->p_url, p_url, LINK_LEN_MAX);
 
+    /* remove the '/' */
+    char *c = &(link->p_url[strnlen(link->p_url, LINK_LEN_MAX) - 1]);
+    if ( *c == '/') {
+        *c = '\0';
+    }
+
     link->type = LINK_UNKNOWN;
 
     link->curl = curl_easy_init();
@@ -119,6 +125,12 @@ Link *Link_new(const char *p_url)
     curl_easy_setopt(link->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)link);
     curl_easy_setopt(link->curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "mount-http-dir/libcurl");
     curl_easy_setopt(link->curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(link->curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+    /*
+     * only 1 redirection is really needed
+     * - for following directories without the '/'
+     */
+    curl_easy_setopt(link->curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 3);
 
     return link;
 }
@@ -151,7 +163,7 @@ LinkTable *LinkTable_new(const char *url)
     LinkTable *linktbl = calloc(1, sizeof(LinkTable));
 
     /* populate the base URL */
-    LinkTable_add(linktbl, Link_new(url));
+    LinkTable_add(linktbl, Link_new("/"));
     Link *head_link = linktbl->links[0];
     head_link->type = LINK_HEAD;
     curl_easy_setopt(head_link->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
@@ -200,13 +212,14 @@ void LinkTable_add(LinkTable *linktbl, Link *link)
 
 void LinkTable_fill(LinkTable *linktbl)
 {
+    Link *head_link = linktbl->links[0];
     for (int i = 0; i < linktbl->num; i++) {
         Link *this_link = linktbl->links[i];
         if (this_link->type == LINK_UNKNOWN) {
             CURL *curl = this_link->curl;
             char *url;
-            curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &url);
-            url = url_append(linktbl->links[0]->p_url, this_link->p_url);
+            curl_easy_getinfo(head_link->curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &url);
+            url = url_append(url, this_link->p_url);
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
             free(url);
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1);
diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 867f4fb..0000000
--- a/test.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-
-#include "network.h"
-#include "test.h"
-
-
-void link_test()
-{
-    printf("--- start of link_test ---\n");
-
-    LinkTable *linktbl = LinkTable_new(
-        "http://127.0.0.1/~fangfufu/");
-
-    LinkTable_print(linktbl);
-    Link_download(linktbl->links[1], 1, 20);
-    printf(linktbl->links[1]->body);
-    LinkTable_free(linktbl);
-    printf("\n--- end of link_test ---\n\n");
-}
diff --git a/test.h b/test.h
deleted file mode 100644
index be716dc..0000000
--- a/test.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef TEST_H
-#define TEST_H
-
-void link_test();
-
-#endif