diff --git a/kernel/include/fs/VFS.h b/kernel/include/fs/VFS.h
index 928d579c..f7e49dd2 100644
--- a/kernel/include/fs/VFS.h
+++ b/kernel/include/fs/VFS.h
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #pragma once
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+typedef long ssize_t;
+
 namespace VFS
 {
     struct Node;
 
-    typedef int32_t (*node_read)(Node*, uint32_t, uint32_t, char*);
+    typedef ssize_t (*node_read)(Node*, size_t, size_t, char*);
     typedef Node* (*node_finddir)(Node*, const char*);
 
     struct Node
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ namespace VFS
         node_finddir find_func;
     };
 
-    int32_t read(Node* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t length, char* buffer);
+    ssize_t read(Node* node, size_t offset, size_t length, char* buffer);
     Node* open(const char* filename);
 
     void mount_root(Node* root);
diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp b/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
index f64b7cf3..0a36408d 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 static VFS::Node* vfs_root;
 
-int32_t VFS::read(Node* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t length, char* buffer)
+ssize_t VFS::read(Node* node, size_t offset, size_t length, char* buffer)
 {
     if (!node)
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int32_t VFS::read(Node* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t length, char* buffer)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    kdbgln("read(): node %s (inode %ld), offset %d, %d bytes, into %p", node->name, node->inode, offset, length,
+    kdbgln("read(): node %s (inode %ld), offset %zd, %zd bytes, into %p", node->name, node->inode, offset, length,
            (void*)buffer);
 
     return node->read_func(node, offset, length, buffer);
diff --git a/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp b/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
index 3406f740..c2df7ea6 100644
--- a/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
@@ -120,15 +120,15 @@ static uint32_t total_files = 0;
 
 static VFS::Node nodes[32];
 
-int32_t initrd_read(VFS::Node* node, uint32_t offset, uint32_t length, char* buffer)
+ssize_t initrd_read(VFS::Node* node, size_t offset, size_t length, char* buffer)
 {
     if (!node) return -1;
     if (node->inode >= total_files) return -1;
     InitRD::File& file = files[node->inode];
     if (offset > file.size) return -1;
-    if (offset + length > file.size) { length = (uint32_t)file.size - offset; }
-    memcpy(buffer, (void*)((uint64_t)file.addr + offset), length);
-    return (int32_t)length;
+    if (offset + length > file.size) { length = file.size - offset; }
+    memcpy(buffer, (void*)((uintptr_t)file.addr + offset), length);
+    return length;
 }
 
 VFS::Node* initrd_scan_root(VFS::Node*, const char* filename)
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ void InitRD::init()
     strncpy(initrd_root.name, "initrd", 7);
     initrd_root.find_func = initrd_scan_root;
     VFS::mount_root(&initrd_root);
-    VFS::mount_root(0);
-    VFS::mount_root(&initrd_root);
     kdbgln("mounted initrd at VFS root, total files: %d", total_files);
     initrd_initialized = true;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kernel/src/main.cpp b/kernel/src/main.cpp
index c26e715b..9dcf2402 100644
--- a/kernel/src/main.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/main.cpp
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ extern "C" void _start()
         kinfoln("Found '%s'", node->name);
         char* buffer = (char*)kmalloc(node->length + 1);
         buffer[node->length] = 0;
-        int nread = VFS::read(node, 0, (uint32_t)node->length, buffer);
-        kdbgln("Read %d bytes", nread);
+        ssize_t nread = VFS::read(node, 0, node->length, buffer);
+        kdbgln("Read %zd bytes", nread);
         kinfoln("Read: %s", buffer);
         kfree(buffer);
     }