diff --git a/src/query.c b/src/query.c
index 0e3f329..5905134 100644
--- a/src/query.c
+++ b/src/query.c
@@ -1,17 +1,127 @@
 #include "commands.h"
+#include "misc.h"
+#include "read.h"
+#include "status.h"
 
 #include <blue/cmd.h>
+#include <blue/core/endian.h>
+#include <blue/term.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 enum {
 	ARG_CONTAINER,
 	OPT_VERBOSE,
 };
 
+static void tag_type_string(unsigned long in, char out[5])
+{
+	b_i32 v = b_i32_htob(in);
+	out[0] = v.i_bytes[0];
+	out[1] = v.i_bytes[1];
+	out[2] = v.i_bytes[2];
+	out[3] = v.i_bytes[3];
+	out[4] = 0;
+}
+
 static int query(
 	const b_command *self,
 	const b_arglist *opt,
 	const b_array *args)
 {
+	const char *in_path = NULL;
+	b_arglist_get_string(
+		opt,
+		B_COMMAND_INVALID_ID,
+		ARG_CONTAINER,
+		0,
+		&in_path);
+
+	FILE *fp = fopen(in_path, "rb");
+	if (!fp) {
+		b_err("cannot open container '%s'", in_path);
+		b_i("reason: %s", strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	struct ec3_reader *reader = NULL;
+	enum ec3_status status = ec3_reader_create(fp, &reader);
+	if (status != EC3_SUCCESS) {
+		fclose(fp);
+
+		b_err("cannot open container '%s'", in_path);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	const struct ec3_container_info *c_info
+		= ec3_reader_get_container_info(reader);
+
+	char container_id[32];
+	ec3_identifier_to_string(
+		c_info->c_id,
+		container_id,
+		sizeof container_id);
+
+	printf("container details:\n");
+	printf("  %-20s: %04x\n", "format version", c_info->c_version);
+	printf("  %-20s: %s\n", "identifier", container_id);
+	printf("  %-20s: %u\n", "cluster size", c_info->c_cluster_size);
+	printf("  %-20s: 0x%zx\n",
+	       "tag table offset",
+	       c_info->c_tag_table_offset);
+	printf("  %-20s: 0x%zx\n",
+	       "extent table offset",
+	       c_info->c_extent_table_offset);
+	printf("  %-20s: 0x%zx\n",
+	       "cluster table offset",
+	       c_info->c_cluster_table_offset);
+	printf("  %-20s: %u\n", "tag count", c_info->c_nr_tags);
+	printf("  %-20s: %u\n", "extent count", c_info->c_nr_extents);
+	printf("  %-20s: %u\n",
+	       "cluster group count",
+	       c_info->c_nr_cluster_groups);
+
+	printf("\ntags:\n");
+	const struct ec3_tag_info *tags = ec3_reader_get_tags(reader);
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < c_info->c_nr_tags; i++) {
+		char tag_type[5];
+		tag_type_string(tags[i].tag_type, tag_type);
+
+		char tag_id[32];
+		ec3_identifier_to_string(
+			tags[i].tag_ident,
+			tag_id,
+			sizeof tag_id);
+
+		printf("  (%lx/%s) %s\n", tags[i].tag_type, tag_type, tag_id);
+		printf("    %-8s: %08lx\n", "flags", tags[i].tag_flags);
+		printf("    %-8s: %08lx\n", "checksum", tags[i].tag_checksum);
+	}
+
+	printf("\nextents:\n");
+	const struct ec3_extent_info *extents = ec3_reader_get_extents(reader);
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < c_info->c_nr_tags; i++) {
+		char tag_id[32];
+		ec3_identifier_to_string(
+			extents[i].ex_owner,
+			tag_id,
+			sizeof tag_id);
+
+		size_t physical_base = extents[i].ex_physical_cluster;
+		size_t physical_limit = physical_base + extents[i].ex_count - 1;
+		size_t logical_base = extents[i].ex_logical_cluster;
+		size_t logical_limit = logical_base + extents[i].ex_count - 1;
+
+		printf("  (%16s) %lu clusters", tag_id, extents[i].ex_count);
+		printf("    [%05lx-%05lx] -> [%05lx-%05lx]\n",
+		       logical_base,
+		       logical_limit,
+		       physical_base,
+		       physical_limit);
+	}
+
+	ec3_reader_finish(reader);
+	fclose(fp);
+
 	return 0;
 }