diff --git a/src/qtshit/rangeiter.zig b/src/qtshit/rangeiter.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2867355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qtshit/rangeiter.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+pub fn range(comptime T: type, begin: T, end: T) Range(T) {
+    return Range(T){ .curr = begin, .end = end };
+}
+
+fn Range(comptime T: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        curr: T,
+        end: T,
+
+        pub fn next(self: *Range(T)) ?T {
+            if (self.curr >= self.end) return null;
+            const n = self.curr;
+            self.curr += 1;
+            return n;
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read.zig b/src/qtshit/read.zig
index 919a77a..e5dee80 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const qvar = @import("./qvariant.zig");
+const range = @import("./rangeiter.zig").range;
 
 pub fn get_int(reader: anytype) !u32 {
     return try reader.readIntBig(u32);
@@ -60,13 +61,7 @@ pub fn get_stringlist(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !std.Array
     return strList;
 }
 
-pub fn get_qvariant(reader: anytype) !u32 {
-    var type_id = try get_int(reader);
-    // TODO: make nop variants work???
-    return type_id;
-}
-
-pub fn get_variant_t(reader: anytype, type_id: u32, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !qvar.QVariant {
+pub fn get_variant_t(reader: anytype, type_id: u32, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) (@TypeOf(reader).Error || error{EndOfStream} || error{OutOfMemory})!qvar.QVariant {
     switch (type_id) {
         @enumToInt(qvar.QVariantTypes.byte) => {
             var byte = try get_byte(reader);
@@ -76,6 +71,10 @@ pub fn get_variant_t(reader: anytype, type_id: u32, allocator: *std.mem.Allocato
             var int = try get_int(reader);
             return qvar.QVariant{ .int = int };
         },
+        @enumToInt(qvar.QVariantTypes.qmap) => {
+            var map = try get_qvariantmap(reader, allocator);
+            return qvar.QVariant{ .qmap = map };
+        },
         @enumToInt(qvar.QVariantTypes.string) => {
             var str = try get_string(reader, allocator);
             return qvar.QVariant{ .string = str };
@@ -98,7 +97,21 @@ pub fn get_variant_t(reader: anytype, type_id: u32, allocator: *std.mem.Allocato
 }
 
 pub fn get_variant(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !qvar.QVariant {
-    var type_id = try get_qvariant(reader);
+    var type_id = try get_int(reader);
     _ = try get_byte(reader);
     return try get_variant_t(reader, type_id, allocator);
 }
+
+pub fn get_qvariantmap(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !std.StringHashMap(qvar.QVariant) {
+    var map = std.StringHashMap(qvar.QVariant).init(allocator);
+    var numItems = try get_int(reader);
+
+    var iter = range(u32, 0, numItems);
+    while (iter.next()) |i| {
+      var key = try get_string(reader, allocator);
+      var value = try get_variant(reader, allocator);
+      try map.put(key, value);
+    }
+
+    return map;
+}
diff --git a/src/qtshit/test.zig b/src/qtshit/test.zig
index 1472611..1714ab3 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/test.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/test.zig
@@ -129,3 +129,26 @@ test "read/write int variant" {
 
     try expect(val.int == 1312);
 }
+
+
+
+test "read/write qvariantmap" {
+    var byteList = std.ArrayList(u8).init(global_allocator);
+    defer byteList.deinit();
+
+    var map = std.StringHashMap(qvar.QVariant).init(global_allocator);
+    defer map.deinit();
+    try map.put("testkey", .{ .int = 1337 });
+    try write.add_qvariantmap(byteList.writer(), global_allocator, map);
+
+    var fBS = std.io.fixedBufferStream(byteList.items);
+    var val = try read.get_variant(fBS.reader(), global_allocator);
+    var qmap = val.qmap;
+
+    var testKey = qmap.get("testkey");
+    if (testKey) |key| {
+      try expect(key.int == 1337);
+    } else {
+      try expect(!true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/qtshit/write.zig b/src/qtshit/write.zig
index 71fd3da..f267975 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/write.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/write.zig
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ pub fn add_qvariant(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, variant: qva
 
 pub fn add_qvariantmap(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, map: std.StringHashMap(qvar.QVariant)) (@TypeOf(writer).Error || std.os.WriteError || error{OutOfMemory})!void {
     var data = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    defer data.deinit();
     var writeIterator = map.iterator();
     while (writeIterator.next()) |entry| {
         try add_string(data.writer(), allocator, entry.key);
@@ -81,11 +82,9 @@ pub fn add_qvariantmap(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, map: std.
     }
 
     // qvariantmap type
-    try add_int(writer, 8); // 4
-    // unknown value
-    try add_byte(writer, 0); // 1
-    // elements
-    try add_int(writer, map.count()); // 4
+    try add_int(writer, @enumToInt(qvar.QVariantTypes.qmap));
+    try add_byte(writer, 0);
+    try add_int(writer, map.count());
 
     try writer.writeAll(data.items);
     return;