diff --git a/schemsearch-files/Cargo.toml b/schemsearch-files/Cargo.toml
index cfaaff8..76d6ddf 100644
--- a/schemsearch-files/Cargo.toml
+++ b/schemsearch-files/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 flate2 = "1.0.25"
-fastnbt = "2.4.3"
+hematite-nbt = "0.5.2"
 serde = "1.0.152"
 serde_json = "1.0.84"
 
diff --git a/schemsearch-files/src/lib.rs b/schemsearch-files/src/lib.rs
index 502a1e4..0fe2838 100644
--- a/schemsearch-files/src/lib.rs
+++ b/schemsearch-files/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,25 +15,12 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-use std::collections::hash_map::{HashMap};
+use std::collections::hash_map::HashMap;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use fastnbt::error::Error;
-use fastnbt::Value;
-use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
-use serde::de::value::MapDeserializer;
+use nbt::Value;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
-struct SchematicRaw {
-    version: i32,
-    #[serde(flatten)]
-    data: HashMap<String, Value>,
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(untagged, rename_all = "PascalCase")]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum SchematicVersioned {
     V1(SpongeV1Schematic),
     V2(SpongeV2Schematic),
@@ -105,30 +92,7 @@ impl SchematicVersioned {
     }
 }
 
-impl TryFrom<SchematicRaw> for SchematicVersioned {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    fn try_from(value: SchematicRaw) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        match value.version {
-            1 => {
-                let schematic: SpongeV1Schematic = fastnbt::from_value(&fastnbt::to_value(value.data)?)?;
-                return Ok(SchematicVersioned::V1(schematic));
-            },
-            2 => {
-                let schematic: SpongeV2Schematic = fastnbt::from_value(&fastnbt::to_value(value.data)?)?;
-                return Ok(SchematicVersioned::V2(schematic));
-            },
-            3 => {
-                let schematic: SpongeV3Schematic = fastnbt::from_value(&fastnbt::to_value(value.data)?)?;
-                return Ok(SchematicVersioned::V3(schematic));
-            }
-            _ => panic!("Unknown Schematic Version: {}", value.version),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct SpongeV1Schematic {
     pub metadata: HashMap<String, Value>,
     pub width: u16,
@@ -137,13 +101,11 @@ pub struct SpongeV1Schematic {
     pub offset: [i32; 3],
     pub palette_max: i32,
     pub palette: HashMap<String, i32>,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "read_blockdata")]
     pub block_data: Vec<i32>,
     pub tile_entities: Vec<BlockEntity>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct SpongeV2Schematic {
     pub data_version: i32,
     pub metadata: HashMap<String, Value>,
@@ -153,14 +115,12 @@ pub struct SpongeV2Schematic {
     pub offset: [i32; 3],
     pub palette_max: i32,
     pub palette: HashMap<String, i32>,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "read_blockdata")]
     pub block_data: Vec<i32>,
     pub block_entities: Vec<BlockEntity>,
     pub entities: Option<Vec<Entity>>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct SpongeV3Schematic {
     pub data_version: i32,
     pub metadata: HashMap<String, Value>,
@@ -172,57 +132,263 @@ pub struct SpongeV3Schematic {
     pub entities: Option<Vec<Entity>>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct BlockContainer {
     pub palette: HashMap<String, i32>,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "read_blockdata")]
     pub block_data: Vec<i32>,
     pub block_entities: Vec<BlockEntity>,
 }
 
-fn read_blockdata<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Vec<i32>, D::Error>
-    where
-        D: Deserializer<'de>,
-{
-    let s: Vec<i8> = Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-    Ok(read_varint_array(&s))
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct BlockEntity {
     pub id: String,
     pub pos: [i32; 3],
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct BlockEntityV3 {
     pub id: String,
     pub pos: [i32; 3],
     pub data: HashMap<String, Value>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Entity {
     pub id: String,
     pub pos: [i32; 3],
 }
 
 impl SchematicVersioned {
-    pub fn load_data<R>(data: R) -> Result<SchematicVersioned, Error> where R: Read {
-        let raw: SchematicRaw = fastnbt::from_reader(GzDecoder::new(data))?;
-        SchematicVersioned::try_from(raw)
+    pub fn load_data<R>(data: R) -> Result<SchematicVersioned, String> where R: Read {
+        let nbt: HashMap<String, Value> = nbt::de::from_gzip_reader(data).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        let version = match nbt.get("Version") {
+            Some(version) => match version {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as i32,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as i32,
+                Value::Int(n) => *n,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Wrong Version Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            None => return Err("Invalid schematic: Version not Found".to_string()),
+        };
+
+        match version {
+            1 => Ok(SchematicVersioned::V1(SpongeV1Schematic::from_nbt(nbt)?)),
+            2 => Ok(SchematicVersioned::V2(SpongeV2Schematic::from_nbt(nbt)?)),
+            3 => Ok(SchematicVersioned::V3(SpongeV3Schematic::from_nbt(nbt)?)),
+            _ => Err("Invalid schematic: Unknown Version".to_string()),
+        }
     }
 
-    pub fn load(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<SchematicVersioned, Error> {
-        let file = std::fs::File::open(path)?;
+    pub fn load(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<SchematicVersioned, String> {
+        let file = std::fs::File::open(path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
         Self::load_data(file)
     }
 }
 
+impl SpongeV1Schematic {
+    pub fn from_nbt(nbt: HashMap<String, Value>) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            metadata: match nbt.get("Metadata").ok_or("Invalid schematic: Metadata not found".to_string())? {
+                Value::Compound(metadata) => metadata.clone(),
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Metadata Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            width: match nbt.get("Width").ok_or("Invalid schematic: Width not found".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Width Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            height: match nbt.get("Height").ok_or("Invalid schematic: Height not found".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Height Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            length: match nbt.get("Length").ok_or("Invalid schematic: Length not found".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Length Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            offset: read_offset(nbt.get("Offset"))?,
+            palette_max: match nbt.get("PaletteMax").ok_or("Invalid schematic: PaletteMax not found".to_string())? {
+                Value::Int(p) => *p,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: PaletteMax Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            palette: read_palette(nbt.get("Palette"))?,
+            block_data: read_blocks(nbt.get("BlockData"))?,
+            tile_entities: read_tile_entities(nbt.get("TileEntities"))?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl SpongeV2Schematic {
+    pub fn from_nbt(nbt: HashMap<String, Value>) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        Ok(Self{
+            data_version: match nbt.get("DataVersion").ok_or("Invalid schematic: DataVersion Missing".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as i32,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as i32,
+                Value::Int(n) => *n,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: DataVersion Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            metadata: match nbt.get("Metadata").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Compound(m) => m.clone(),
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Metadata Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            width: match nbt.get("Width").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Width Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            height: match nbt.get("Height").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Height Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            length: match nbt.get("Length").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Length Wrong Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            offset: read_offset(nbt.get("Offset"))?,
+            palette_max: match nbt.get("PaletteMax").ok_or("Invalid schematic: PaletteMax Missing".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as i32,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as i32,
+                Value::Int(n) => *n,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: PaletteMax Invalid Type".to_string()),
+            },
+            palette: read_palette(nbt.get("Palette"))?,
+            block_data: read_blocks(nbt.get("BlockData"))?,
+            block_entities: read_tile_entities(nbt.get("BlockEntities"))?,
+            entities: None,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl SpongeV3Schematic {
+    pub fn from_nbt(nbt: HashMap<String, Value>) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        Ok(Self{
+            data_version: match nbt.get("DataVersion").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Int(d) => *d,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic".to_string()),
+            },
+            metadata: match nbt.get("Metadata").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Compound(m) => m.clone(),
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic".to_string()),
+            },
+            width: match nbt.get("Width").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic".to_string()),
+            },
+            height: match nbt.get("Height").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic".to_string()),
+            },
+            length: match nbt.get("Length").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Short(n) => *n as u16,
+                Value::Byte(n) => *n as u16,
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic".to_string()),
+            },
+            offset: read_offset(nbt.get("Offset"))?,
+            blocks: match nbt.get("Blocks").ok_or("Invalid schematic".to_string())? {
+                Value::Compound(b) => {
+                    BlockContainer {
+                        palette: read_palette(b.get("Palette"))?,
+                        block_data: read_blocks(b.get("BlockData"))?,
+                        block_entities: read_tile_entities(b.get("BlockEntities"))?,
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic".to_string()),
+            },
+            entities: None,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_tile_entities(tag: Option<&Value>) -> Result<Vec<BlockEntity>, String> {
+    match tag.ok_or("Invalid schematic: read_tile_entities not found".to_string())? {
+        Value::List(t) => {
+            let mut tile_entities = Vec::new();
+            for te in t.iter() {
+                match te {
+                    Value::Compound(te) => {
+                        let id = match te.get("Id") {
+                            None => return Err("Invalid schematic: Id Not Found".to_string()),
+                            Some(id) => match id {
+                                Value::String(id) => id.clone(),
+                                _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: Id Wrong Type".to_string()),
+                            },
+                        };
+                        let pos = read_offset(te.get("Pos"))?;
+                        tile_entities.push(BlockEntity { id, pos });
+                    },
+                    _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: te Wrong Type".to_string()),
+                };
+            }
+            Ok(tile_entities)
+        },
+        Value::ByteArray(_) => Ok(vec![]),
+        _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: te wrong type".to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+#[inline]
+fn read_offset(offset: Option<&Value>) -> Result<[i32; 3], String> {
+    match offset.ok_or("Invalid schematic: read_offset missing".to_string())? {
+        Value::IntArray(o) => match o.len() {
+            3 => Ok([o[0], o[1], o[2]]),
+            _ => Err("Invalid schematic: Invalid IntArray".to_string()),
+        },
+        Value::ByteArray(o) => match o.len() {
+            3 => Ok([o[0] as i32, o[1]  as i32, o[2] as i32]),
+            _ => Err("Invalid schematic: Invalid byteArray".to_string()),
+        },
+        Value::List(l) => match l.len() {
+            3 => {
+                let mut offset = [0; 3];
+                for (i, v) in l.iter().enumerate() {
+                    match v {
+                        Value::Int(n) => offset[i] = *n,
+                        Value::Byte(n) => offset[i] = *n as i32,
+                        Value::Short(n) => offset[i] = *n as i32,
+                        _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: read_offset invalid Number".to_string()),
+                    };
+                }
+                Ok(offset)
+            },
+            _ => Err("Invalid schematic: Invalid List".to_string()),
+        }
+        _ => Err("Invalid schematic: read_offset".to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+#[inline]
+fn read_palette(palette: Option<&Value>) -> Result<HashMap<String, i32>, String> {
+    match palette.ok_or("Invalid schematic: read_palette missing".to_string())? {
+        Value::Compound(p) => {
+            let mut palette = HashMap::new();
+            for (k, v) in p.iter() {
+                match v {
+                    Value::Int(v) => { palette.insert(k.clone(), *v); },
+                    Value::Byte(v) => { palette.insert(k.clone(), *v as i32); },
+                    Value::Short(v) => { palette.insert(k.clone(), *v as i32); },
+                    _ => return Err("Invalid schematic: read_palette invalid Number".to_string()),
+                };
+            }
+            Ok(palette)
+        },
+        _ => Err("Invalid schematic: read_palette invalid Type".to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+#[inline]
+fn read_blocks(blockdata: Option<&Value>) -> Result<Vec<i32>, String> {
+    match blockdata.ok_or("Invalid schematic: BlockData not found".to_string())? {
+        Value::ByteArray(b) => Ok(read_varint_array(b)),
+        _ => Err("Invalid schematic: Invalid BlockData".to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+#[inline]
 pub fn read_varint_array(read: &Vec<i8>) -> Vec<i32> {
     let mut data = Vec::new();
     let mut value: i32 = 0;