diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index a01f63a..495779a 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -12,33 +12,72 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     try crypto.pwhash.argon2.kdf(allocator, &key, pwd, &nonce, crypto.pwhash.argon2.Params.interactive_2id, crypto.pwhash.argon2.Mode.argon2id);
     try encrypt("test.txt", key, nonce);
+    try decrypt(allocator, "test.txt.cha", pwd[0..]);
+}
+
+pub fn decrypt(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, path: []const u8, pwd: []const u8) !void {
+    {
+        var out_buf: [512]u8 = undefined;
+        var in_buf: [512]u8 = undefined;
+        var nonce: [24]u8 = undefined;
+        var key: [32]u8 = undefined;
+
+        var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{});
+        defer file.close();
+
+        _ = try file.read(&nonce);
+
+        try crypto.pwhash.argon2.kdf(allocator, &key, pwd, &nonce, crypto.pwhash.argon2.Params.interactive_2id, crypto.pwhash.argon2.Mode.argon2id);
+        var out_file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(path[0 .. path.len - 4], .{
+            .read = true,
+            .truncate = true,
+        });
+        defer out_file.close();
+
+        var counter: u32 = 0;
+        var read: usize = 0;
+        while (true) {
+            read = try file.read(&in_buf);
+            if (read <= 0) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            crypto.stream.chacha.XChaCha20IETF.xor(out_buf[0..read], in_buf[0..read], counter, key, nonce);
+            counter += 1;
+            _ = try out_file.write(out_buf[0..read]);
+        }
+    }
+    try std.fs.cwd().deleteFile(path);
 }
 
 pub fn encrypt(path: []const u8, key: [32]u8, nonce: [24]u8) !void {
-    var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{});
-    defer file.close();
-    var out_buf: [512]u8 = undefined;
-    var in_buf: [512]u8 = undefined;
+    {
+        var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{});
+        defer file.close();
+        var out_buf: [512]u8 = undefined;
+        var in_buf: [512]u8 = undefined;
 
-    // missuse out_buf as buffer for format string
-    _ = try std.fmt.bufPrint(out_buf[0 .. path.len + 4], "{s}.cha", .{path});
-    var out_file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(out_buf[0 .. path.len + 4], .{
-        .read = true,
-    });
-    defer out_file.close();
+        // missuse out_buf as buffer for format string
+        _ = try std.fmt.bufPrint(out_buf[0 .. path.len + 4], "{s}.cha", .{path});
+        var out_file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(out_buf[0 .. path.len + 4], .{
+            .read = true,
+        });
+        defer out_file.close();
 
-    _ = try out_file.write(&nonce);
+        _ = try out_file.write(&nonce);
 
-    var counter: u32 = 0;
-    var read: usize = 0;
-    while (true) {
-        read = try file.read(&in_buf);
-        if (read <= 0) {
-            break;
+        var counter: u32 = 0;
+        var read: usize = 0;
+        while (true) {
+            read = try file.read(&in_buf);
+            if (read <= 0) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            crypto.stream.chacha.XChaCha20IETF.xor(out_buf[0..read], in_buf[0..read], counter, key, nonce);
+            counter += 1;
+            _ = try out_file.write(out_buf[0..read]);
         }
-
-        crypto.stream.chacha.XChaCha20IETF.xor(out_buf[0..read], in_buf[0..read], counter, key, nonce);
-        counter += 1;
-        _ = try out_file.write(out_buf[0..read]);
     }
+    try std.fs.cwd().deleteFile(path);
 }
diff --git a/test.txt.cha b/test.txt.cha
deleted file mode 100644
index 54245d3..0000000
Binary files a/test.txt.cha and /dev/null differ