diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariant.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariant.zig
index fca7604..7868827 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariant.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariant.zig
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const readUInt = @import("./readUInt.zig").readUInt;
 const readByte = @import("./readByte.zig").readByte;
 const readQVariantT = @import("./readQVariantT.zig").readQVariantT;
-const QVariant = @import("../types/QVariant.zig").QVariant;
+const freeQVariant = @import("../utils/free/freeQVariant.zig").freeQVariant;
 
+const QVariant = @import("../types/QVariant.zig").QVariant;
 
 pub fn readQVariant(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !QVariant {
     var type_id = try readUInt(reader);
@@ -11,3 +12,29 @@ pub fn readQVariant(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !QVariant {
     //std.debug.print("read: readQVariant type_id={d} mysteryByte={d}  \n", .{type_id, mysteryByte});
     return try readQVariantT(reader, type_id, allocator);
 }
+test "deserialize QVariant Byte" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{ 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 255 };
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+
+    var qvariant = try readQVariant(fBS.reader(), std.testing.allocator);
+    defer freeQVariant(qvariant, std.testing.allocator);
+    try std.testing.expect(qvariant.Byte == 255);
+}
+
+test "deserialize QVariant Int" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{ 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 5, 57 };
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+
+    var qvariant = try readQVariant(fBS.reader(), std.testing.allocator);
+    defer freeQVariant(qvariant, std.testing.allocator);
+    try std.testing.expect(qvariant.Int == 1337);
+}
+
+test "deserialize QVariant String" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{ 0, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 65, 0, 67, 0, 65, 0, 66 };
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+
+    var qvariant = try readQVariant(fBS.reader(), std.testing.allocator);
+    defer freeQVariant(qvariant, std.testing.allocator);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(qvariant.String, "ACAB");
+}
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diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantList.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantList.zig
index 57d6880..d85449d 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantList.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantList.zig
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ const range = @import("../utils/RangeIter.zig").range;
 
 const readUInt = @import("./readUInt.zig").readUInt;
 const readQVariant = @import("./readQVariant.zig").readQVariant;
+const freeQVariantList = @import("../utils/free/freeQVariantList.zig").freeQVariantList;
 
 const QVariant = @import("../types/QVariant.zig").QVariant;
 
-
-pub fn readQVariantList(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]QVariant { 
+pub fn readQVariantList(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]QVariant {
     var length = try readUInt(reader);
     //std.debug.print("read: readQVariantList length={d}\n", .{length});
 
@@ -20,3 +20,15 @@ pub fn readQVariantList(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]QVari
 
     return variantList;
 }
+
+test "deserialize QVariantList" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{ 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 5, 32, 0, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 12, 0, 65, 0, 119, 0, 111, 0, 111, 0, 33, 0, 126 };
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+
+    var qvariantlist = try readQVariantList(fBS.reader(), std.testing.allocator);
+    defer freeQVariantList(qvariantlist, std.testing.allocator);
+
+    try std.testing.expect(qvariantlist.len == 2);
+    try std.testing.expect(qvariantlist[0].UInt == 1312);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(qvariantlist[1].String, "Awoo!~");
+}
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantMap.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantMap.zig
index 70011fa..7d7dc00 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantMap.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantMap.zig
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@ const range = @import("../utils/RangeIter.zig").range;
 const readUInt = @import("./readUInt.zig").readUInt;
 const readString = @import("./readString.zig").readString;
 const readQVariant = @import("./readQVariant.zig").readQVariant;
+const freeQVariantMap = @import("../utils/free/freeQVariantMap.zig").freeQVariantMap;
 
 const QVariant = @import("../types/QVariant.zig").QVariant;
 
-
 pub fn readQVariantMap(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !std.StringHashMap(QVariant) {
     var map = std.StringHashMap(QVariant).init(allocator);
     var numItems = try readUInt(reader);
     //std.debug.print("read: readQVariantMap length={d} \n", .{numItems});
 
-
     var iter = range(u32, 0, numItems);
     while (iter.next()) |i| {
         var key = try readString(reader, allocator);
@@ -23,3 +22,13 @@ pub fn readQVariantMap(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !std.Stri
 
     return map;
 }
+
+test "deserialize QVariantMap" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{ 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 65, 0, 67, 0, 65, 0, 66, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 5, 32, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 111, 0, 119, 0, 111, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 12 };
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+    var qvariantmap = try readQVariantMap(fBS.reader(), std.testing.allocator);
+    defer freeQVariantMap(qvariantmap, std.testing.allocator);
+
+    try std.testing.expect(qvariantmap.get("ACAB").?.UInt == 1312);
+    try std.testing.expect(qvariantmap.get("owo").?.Byte == 12);
+}
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readShort.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readShort.zig
index b078b85..beff4a3 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readShort.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readShort.zig
@@ -4,3 +4,12 @@ pub fn readShort(reader: anytype) !u16 {
     //std.debug.print("read: readShort\n", .{});
     return try reader.readIntBig(u16);
 }
+
+test "deserialize short" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{0x13, 0x12};
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+
+    var short = try readShort(fBS.reader());
+
+    try std.testing.expect(short == 0x1312);
+}
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diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readSignedByte.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readSignedByte.zig
index 02e6faa..628b67b 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readSignedByte.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readSignedByte.zig
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ pub fn readSignedByte(reader: anytype) !i8 {
     //std.debug.print("read: readSignedByte\n", .{});
     return try reader.readIntBig(i8);
 }
+
+test "deserialize signed byte" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{0xBB};
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+
+    var signedByte = try readSignedByte(fBS.reader());
+    try std.testing.expect(signedByte == -69);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readString.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readString.zig
index 83a2c50..f312f64 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readString.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readString.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const readInt = @import("./readInt.zig").readInt;
 const range = @import("../utils/RangeIter.zig").range;
 const unicode = @import("../utils/unicode.zig");
+const freeString = @import("../utils/free/freeString.zig").freeString;
 
 pub const ReadStringErrors = (error{ExpectedSecondSurrogateHalf} || error{UnexpectedSecondSurrogateHalf} || error{DanglingSurrogateHalf} || error{OutOfMemory});
 
@@ -23,3 +24,14 @@ pub fn readString(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) (@TypeOf(reade
 
     return utf8;
 }
+
+test "deserialize String" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{ 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 111, 0, 119, 0, 111, };
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+
+    var str = try readString(fBS.reader(), std.testing.allocator);
+    defer freeString(str, std.testing.allocator);
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("owo", str);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readUInt.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readUInt.zig
index 8327518..ea03edf 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readUInt.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readUInt.zig
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ pub fn readUInt(reader: anytype) !u32 {
     //std.debug.print("read: readUInt\n", .{});
     return try reader.readIntBig(u32);
 }
+
+test "deserialize String" {
+    var bytes = &[_]u8{ 0x00, 0x7A, 0x31, 0xC7 };
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
+
+    var uint = try readUInt(fBS.reader());
+    try std.testing.expect(uint == 8008135);
+}
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/tests.zig b/src/qtshit/read/tests.zig
index 1135ac7..c76ea7f 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/tests.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/tests.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ const readLong = @import("./readLong.zig");
 const readQByteArray = @import("./readQByteArray.zig");
 const readQDateTime = @import("./readQDateTime.zig");
 const readQStringList = @import("./readQStringList.zig");
+const readQVariant = @import("./readQVariant.zig");
+const readQVariantList = @import("./readQVariantList.zig");
+const readQVariantMap = @import("./readQVariantMap.zig");
+const readShort = @import("./readShort.zig");
+const readSignedByte = @import("./readSignedByte.zig");
 
 comptime {
     @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());