diff --git a/kernel/include/fs/VFS.h b/kernel/include/fs/VFS.h
index f7e49dd2..7d35061f 100644
--- a/kernel/include/fs/VFS.h
+++ b/kernel/include/fs/VFS.h
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ namespace VFS
     };
 
     ssize_t read(Node* node, size_t offset, size_t length, char* buffer);
-    Node* open(const char* filename);
 
     void mount_root(Node* root);
 
+    Node* resolve_path(const char* filename, Node* root = nullptr);
+
     Node* root();
 }
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diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp b/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
index 0a36408d..bbf997ed 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "fs/VFS.h"
 #include "log/Log.h"
+#include "std/stdlib.h"
 #include "std/string.h"
 
 static VFS::Node* vfs_root;
@@ -25,24 +26,6 @@ ssize_t VFS::read(Node* node, size_t offset, size_t length, char* buffer)
     return node->read_func(node, offset, length, buffer);
 }
 
-VFS::Node* VFS::open(const char* filename)
-{
-    if (!vfs_root)
-    {
-        kwarnln("open() failed: root not mounted");
-        return 0;
-    }
-    if (!vfs_root->find_func)
-    {
-        kwarnln("open() failed: root doesn't support finding files");
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    kinfoln("open(): opening %s", filename);
-
-    return vfs_root->find_func(vfs_root, filename);
-}
-
 void VFS::mount_root(Node* root)
 {
     if (!root)
@@ -62,4 +45,49 @@ void VFS::mount_root(Node* root)
 VFS::Node* VFS::root()
 {
     return vfs_root;
+}
+
+VFS::Node* VFS::resolve_path(const char* filename, Node* root)
+{
+    if (!root) root = vfs_root;
+
+    if (strlen(filename) == 0) return 0;
+    if (*filename == '/') // Absolute path.
+    {
+        filename++;
+        root = vfs_root;
+    }
+
+    Node* current_node = root;
+
+    while (true)
+    {
+        while (*filename == '/') { filename++; }
+        if (*filename == 0) { return current_node; }
+
+        size_t path_section_size = 0;
+        while (filename[path_section_size] && filename[path_section_size] != '/') { path_section_size++; }
+
+        if (strncmp(filename, ".", path_section_size) != 0) // The current path section is not '.'
+        {
+            char* buffer = (char*)kmalloc(path_section_size + 1);
+            memcpy(buffer, filename, path_section_size);
+            buffer[path_section_size] = 0;
+            if (!current_node->find_func)
+            {
+                kwarnln("Current node has no way to find child nodes");
+                return 0;
+            }
+            Node* child = current_node->find_func(current_node, buffer);
+            if (!child)
+            {
+                kwarnln("Current node did not find our target node");
+                return 0;
+            }
+            current_node = child;
+            kfree(buffer);
+        }
+
+        filename += path_section_size;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp b/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
index c2df7ea6..268575f2 100644
--- a/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
@@ -115,10 +115,52 @@ void InitRD::for_each(void (*callback)(File& f))
     }
 }
 
+#define INITRD_MAX_FILES_IN_DIR 8
+#define INITRD_MAX_FILES 32
+
+namespace InitRD
+{
+    struct Directory
+    {
+        char name[64];
+        int entries = 0;
+        VFS::Node* files[INITRD_MAX_FILES_IN_DIR];
+    };
+}
+
+void initrd_for_each_dir(void (*callback)(InitRD::Directory& f))
+{
+    uint64_t block = 0;
+    uint64_t total_blocks = InitRD::get_total_blocks();
+    while (block < total_blocks)
+    {
+        InitRD::TarHeader* hdr = (InitRD::TarHeader*)InitRD::get_block(block);
+        if (!InitRD::is_valid_header(hdr))
+        {
+            block++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (hdr->typeflag == 53)
+        {
+            InitRD::Directory dir;
+            strncpy(dir.name, hdr->name, sizeof(dir.name));
+            callback(dir);
+            block++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        auto f = get_file(hdr);
+        block += get_file_size_in_blocks(f) + 1;
+    }
+}
+
 static InitRD::File files[32];
 static uint32_t total_files = 0;
 
-static VFS::Node nodes[32];
+static InitRD::Directory dirs[32];
+static uint32_t total_dirs = 0;
+
+static VFS::Node nodes[63]; // One of the dirs is the initrd_root
+static uint32_t total_nodes = 0;
 
 ssize_t initrd_read(VFS::Node* node, size_t offset, size_t length, char* buffer)
 {
@@ -131,30 +173,154 @@ ssize_t initrd_read(VFS::Node* node, size_t offset, size_t length, char* buffer)
     return length;
 }
 
-VFS::Node* initrd_scan_root(VFS::Node*, const char* filename)
+VFS::Node* initrd_scan_dir(VFS::Node* node, const char* filename)
 {
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < total_files; i++)
+    if (!node) return 0;
+    if (node->inode >= total_dirs) return 0;
+    InitRD::Directory dir = dirs[node->inode];
+    for (int i = 0; i < dir.entries; i++)
     {
-        if (strncmp(nodes[i].name, filename, sizeof(VFS::Node::name)) == 0) { return &nodes[i]; }
+        if (strncmp(dir.files[i]->name, filename, sizeof(VFS::Node::name)) == 0) { return dir.files[i]; }
     }
     return 0;
 }
 
-void initrd_scan()
+static bool initrd_register_dir(InitRD::Directory& dir, uint64_t inode)
 {
+    const char* filename = dir.name;
+    VFS::Node* current_node = &initrd_root;
+    while (true)
+    {
+        while (*filename == '/') { filename++; }
+        if (*filename == 0) { return false; }
+
+        size_t path_section_size = 0;
+        while (filename[path_section_size] && filename[path_section_size] != '/') { path_section_size++; }
+
+        if (filename[path_section_size]) // We are in a '/'
+        {
+            char* buffer = (char*)kmalloc(path_section_size + 1);
+            memcpy(buffer, filename, path_section_size);
+            buffer[path_section_size] = 0;
+            if (!current_node->find_func) { return false; }
+            VFS::Node* child = current_node->find_func(current_node, buffer);
+            if (!child) { return false; }
+            current_node = child;
+            kfree(buffer);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (strncmp(filename, ".", path_section_size) != 0) // The current path section is not '.'
+            {
+                if (strncmp(filename, "..", path_section_size) == 0) { return false; }
+
+                if (!current_node->find_func) { return false; }
+
+                InitRD::Directory& parent = dirs[current_node->inode];
+                if (parent.entries == INITRD_MAX_FILES_IN_DIR) { return false; }
+
+                char* buffer = (char*)kmalloc(path_section_size + 1);
+                memcpy(buffer, filename, path_section_size);
+                buffer[path_section_size] = 0;
+
+                VFS::Node& node = nodes[total_nodes++];
+                node.inode = inode;
+                node.find_func = initrd_scan_dir;
+                node.length = 0;
+                strncpy(node.name, buffer, sizeof(node.name));
+                strncpy(dir.name, buffer, sizeof(dir.name));
+
+                parent.files[parent.entries++] = &node;
+
+                kfree(buffer);
+                return true;
+            }
+            else { return false; }
+        }
+
+        filename += path_section_size;
+    }
+}
+
+static bool initrd_register_file(InitRD::File& f, uint64_t inode)
+{
+    const char* filename = f.name;
+    VFS::Node* current_node = &initrd_root;
+    while (true)
+    {
+        while (*filename == '/') { filename++; }
+        if (*filename == 0) { return false; }
+
+        size_t path_section_size = 0;
+        while (filename[path_section_size] && filename[path_section_size] != '/') { path_section_size++; }
+
+        if (filename[path_section_size]) // We are in a '/'
+        {
+            char* buffer = (char*)kmalloc(path_section_size + 1);
+            memcpy(buffer, filename, path_section_size);
+            buffer[path_section_size] = 0;
+            if (!current_node->find_func) { return false; }
+            VFS::Node* child = current_node->find_func(current_node, buffer);
+            if (!child) { return false; }
+            current_node = child;
+            kfree(buffer);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (strncmp(filename, ".", path_section_size) != 0) // The current path section is not '.'
+            {
+                if (strncmp(filename, "..", path_section_size) == 0) { return false; }
+
+                if (!current_node->find_func) { return false; }
+
+                InitRD::Directory& parent = dirs[current_node->inode];
+                if (parent.entries == INITRD_MAX_FILES_IN_DIR) { return false; }
+
+                char* buffer = (char*)kmalloc(path_section_size + 1);
+                memcpy(buffer, filename, path_section_size);
+                buffer[path_section_size] = 0;
+
+                VFS::Node& node = nodes[total_nodes++];
+                node.inode = inode;
+                node.read_func = initrd_read;
+                node.length = f.size;
+                strncpy(node.name, buffer, sizeof(node.name));
+                strncpy(f.name, buffer, sizeof(f.name));
+
+                parent.files[parent.entries++] = &node;
+                kfree(buffer);
+                return true;
+            }
+            else { return false; }
+        }
+
+        filename += path_section_size;
+    }
+}
+
+static void initrd_scan()
+{
+    initrd_for_each_dir([](InitRD::Directory& dir) {
+        if (total_dirs >= 32) return;
+        uint64_t inode = total_dirs;
+        if (initrd_register_dir(dir, inode)) dirs[total_dirs++] = dir;
+    });
     InitRD::for_each([](InitRD::File& f) {
         if (total_files >= 32) return;
-        kdbgln("registering file %s", f.name);
-        files[total_files++] = f;
+        uint64_t inode = total_files;
+        if (initrd_register_file(f, inode)) files[total_files++] = f;
     });
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < total_files; i++)
-    {
-        VFS::Node& node = nodes[i];
-        node.inode = i;
-        node.read_func = initrd_read;
-        node.length = files[i].size;
-        strncpy(node.name, files[i].name, sizeof(node.name));
-    }
+}
+
+static void initrd_initialize_root()
+{
+    initrd_root.length = 0;
+    initrd_root.inode = 0;
+    InitRD::Directory& root = dirs[0];
+    total_dirs++;
+    strncpy(initrd_root.name, "initrd", sizeof(initrd_root.name));
+    strncpy(root.name, "initrd", sizeof(root.name));
+    initrd_root.find_func = initrd_scan_dir;
 }
 
 void InitRD::init()
@@ -163,12 +329,8 @@ void InitRD::init()
         MemoryManager::get_unaligned_mappings((void*)bootboot.initrd_ptr, bootboot.initrd_size / PAGE_SIZE + 1);
     kdbgln("physical base at %lx, size %lx, mapped to %p", bootboot.initrd_ptr, bootboot.initrd_size, initrd_base);
     kdbgln("total blocks: %ld", get_total_blocks());
+    initrd_initialize_root();
     initrd_scan();
-    initrd_root.length = 0;
-    initrd_root.inode = (uint64_t)-1;
-    strncpy(initrd_root.name, "initrd", 7);
-    initrd_root.find_func = initrd_scan_root;
     VFS::mount_root(&initrd_root);
-    kdbgln("mounted initrd at VFS root, total files: %d", total_files);
     initrd_initialized = true;
 }
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diff --git a/kernel/src/main.cpp b/kernel/src/main.cpp
index 9dcf2402..10c4b81a 100644
--- a/kernel/src/main.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/main.cpp
@@ -162,17 +162,23 @@ extern "C" void _start()
 
     kinfoln("Trying VFS");
 
-    VFS::Node* node = VFS::open("sys/config");
-    if (!node) { kerrorln("Unable to find file in VFS"); }
+    VFS::Node* node = VFS::resolve_path("/sys/");
+    if (!node) { kerrorln("Unable to find /sys in VFS"); }
     else
     {
         kinfoln("Found '%s'", node->name);
-        char* buffer = (char*)kmalloc(node->length + 1);
-        buffer[node->length] = 0;
-        ssize_t nread = VFS::read(node, 0, node->length, buffer);
-        kdbgln("Read %zd bytes", nread);
-        kinfoln("Read: %s", buffer);
-        kfree(buffer);
+        node = VFS::resolve_path("config", node);
+        if (!node) kerrorln("unable to find /sys/config in VFS");
+        else
+        {
+            kinfoln("Found '%s'", node->name);
+            char* buffer = (char*)kmalloc(node->length + 1);
+            buffer[node->length] = 0;
+            ssize_t nread = VFS::read(node, 0, node->length, buffer);
+            kdbgln("Read %zd bytes", nread);
+            kinfoln("Read: %s", buffer);
+            kfree(buffer);
+        }
     }
 
     PCI::scan([](PCI::Device& dev) {