diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1cb33d..c9983de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ this makes racks look like they were made with ableton live 10.0.3. most racks w
 windows: just drag and drop the .adg onto the converter exe
 macos: drag and drop doesn't work, just use the terminal (ie: `./ableton-rack-converter ../racks/incompatible-rack.adg`)
 
+compressor/decompressor are used in the same way for if u want to manually edit/inspect the xml
+
 not working:
 * vsts
 * you tell me (😉)
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diff --git a/build-macos.sh b/build-macos.sh
index f8e5de0..22f3218 100755
--- a/build-macos.sh
+++ b/build-macos.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 cargo build --target-dir=./build/macos --release
 mkdir -p build/release/macos
 cp build/macos/release/converter build/release/macos/ableton-rack-converter
-cp build/macos/release/compressor build/release/macos/xml-to-compressed-rack
+cp build/macos/release/compressor build/release/macos/xml-to-rack
+cp build/macos/release/decompressor build/release/macos/rack-to-xml
diff --git a/build-windows.sh b/build-windows.sh
index 83dce4f..1b8de8a 100755
--- a/build-windows.sh
+++ b/build-windows.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 cargo build --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --target-dir=./build/windows --release
 mkdir -p build/release/windows
 cp build/windows/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/converter.exe build/release/windows/ableton-rack-converter.exe
-cp build/windows/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/compressor.exe build/release/windows/xml-to-compressed-rack.exe
+cp build/windows/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/compressor.exe build/release/windows/xml-to-rack.exe
+cp build/windows/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/decompressor.exe build/release/windows/rack-to-xml.exe
diff --git a/src/bin/compressor.rs b/src/bin/compressor.rs
index 6c5e4ec..f3d9ef8 100644
--- a/src/bin/compressor.rs
+++ b/src/bin/compressor.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 #![windows_subsystem = "windows"]
 
 use ableton_rack_converter;
-use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
 
 fn main() {
-    let paths = fs::read_dir(".\\test_conversion\\").unwrap();
-    for path in paths {
-        let loadpath = path.unwrap().path();
-        if loadpath.extension().expect("couldn't get extension") == "xml" {
-            let mut path_str = String::from(".\\exported_files\\");
-            path_str.push_str(loadpath.file_stem().unwrap().to_str().unwrap());
-            path_str.push_str("-compressed.adg");
-            let savepath = PathBuf::from(path_str);
-            ableton_rack_converter::compress_file(loadpath, savepath);
-        }
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    if args.len() == 1 {
+        return;
     }
+    let file_load = PathBuf::from(args[1].as_str());
+    if file_load.extension().expect("wrong/no extension") != "xml" {
+        return;
+    }
+    let mut path_str = String::from("");
+    path_str.push_str(file_load.file_stem().unwrap().to_str().unwrap());
+    path_str.push_str("-compressed.adg");
+    let file_save = PathBuf::from(path_str);
+    ableton_rack_converter::compress_file(file_load, file_save);
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/decompressor.rs b/src/bin/decompressor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67c7688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/decompressor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#![windows_subsystem = "windows"]
+
+use ableton_rack_converter;
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
+
+fn main() {
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    if args.len() == 1 {
+        return;
+    }
+    let file_load = PathBuf::from(args[1].as_str());
+    if file_load.extension().expect("wrong/no extension") != "adg" {
+        return;
+    }
+    let mut path_str = String::from("");
+    path_str.push_str(file_load.file_stem().unwrap().to_str().unwrap());
+    path_str.push_str("-decompressed.xml");
+    let file_save = PathBuf::from(path_str);
+    let dom = ableton_rack_converter::load_adg(file_load);
+    ableton_rack_converter::save_uncompressed(&dom, file_save);
+}