diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Ext2.h b/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Ext2.h
index 9d295995..cb19af8a 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Ext2.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Ext2.h
@@ -122,13 +122,12 @@ namespace Kernel
 	class Ext2Inode : public Inode
 	{
 	public:
-		virtual bool is_directory() const override;
-		virtual bool is_regular_file() const override;
-
 		virtual uint16_t uid() const override { return m_inode.uid; }
 		virtual uint16_t gid() const override { return m_inode.gid; }
 		virtual uint32_t size() const override { return m_inode.size; }
 
+		virtual Mode mode() const override { return { .mode = m_inode.mode }; }
+
 		virtual BAN::StringView name() const override { return m_name; }
 
 		virtual BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::Vector<uint8_t>> read_all() override;
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Inode.h b/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Inode.h
index bb0af382..d51c569a 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Inode.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Inode.h
@@ -11,13 +11,40 @@ namespace Kernel
 	class Inode
 	{
 	public:
-		virtual bool is_directory() const = 0;
-		virtual bool is_regular_file() const = 0;
+		union Mode
+		{
+			struct
+			{
+				uint16_t IXOTH : 1; // 0x0001
+				uint16_t IWOTH : 1; // 0x0002
+				uint16_t IROTH : 1; // 0x0004
+				uint16_t IXGRP : 1; // 0x0008
+				uint16_t IWGRP : 1; // 0x0010
+				uint16_t IRGRP : 1; // 0x0020
+				uint16_t IXUSR : 1; // 0x0040
+				uint16_t IWUSR : 1; // 0x0080
+				uint16_t IRUSR : 1; // 0x0100
+				uint16_t ISVTX : 1; // 0x0200
+				uint16_t ISGID : 1; // 0x0400
+				uint16_t ISUID : 1; // 0x0800
+				uint16_t IFIFO : 1; // 0x1000
+				uint16_t IFCHR : 1; // 0x2000
+				uint16_t IFDIR : 1; // 0x4000
+				uint16_t IFREG : 1; // 0x8000
+			};
+			uint16_t mode;
+		};
+
+	public:
+		bool ifdir() const { return mode().IFDIR; }
+		bool ifreg() const { return mode().IFREG; }
 
 		virtual uint16_t uid() const = 0;
 		virtual uint16_t gid() const = 0;
 		virtual uint32_t size() const = 0;
 
+		virtual Mode mode() const = 0;
+
 		virtual BAN::StringView name() const = 0;
 
 		virtual BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::Vector<uint8_t>> read_all() = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/FS/Ext2.cpp b/kernel/kernel/FS/Ext2.cpp
index a7ab2249..f7f11654 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/FS/Ext2.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/FS/Ext2.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <kernel/kprint.h>
 
-#define EXT2_DEBUG_PRINT 1
+#define EXT2_DEBUG_PRINT 0
 
 namespace Kernel
 {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 		enum InodeMode
 		{
 			// -- file format --
-			IFSOKC = 0xC000,
+			IFSOCK = 0xC000,
 			IFLNK = 0xA000,
 			IFREG = 0x8000,
 			IFBLK = 0x6000,
@@ -137,16 +137,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 		};
 
 	}
-
-	bool Ext2Inode::is_directory() const
-	{
-		return m_inode.mode & Ext2::Enum::IFDIR;
-	}
-
-	bool Ext2Inode::is_regular_file() const
-	{
-		return m_inode.mode & Ext2::Enum::IFREG;
-	}
 	
 	BAN::ErrorOr<void> Ext2Inode::for_each_block(BAN::Function<BAN::ErrorOr<bool>(const BAN::Vector<uint8_t>&)>& func)
 	{
@@ -237,7 +227,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 	BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::Vector<uint8_t>> Ext2Inode::read_all()
 	{
-		if (is_directory())
+		if (ifdir())
 			return BAN::Error::from_string("Inode is a directory");
 
 		BAN::Vector<uint8_t> data_buffer;
@@ -265,7 +255,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 	BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::RefCounted<Inode>> Ext2Inode::directory_find(BAN::StringView file_name)
 	{
-		if (!is_directory())
+		if (!ifdir())
 			return BAN::Error::from_string("Inode is not a directory");
 
 		BAN::RefCounted<Inode> result;
@@ -298,7 +288,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 	BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::Vector<BAN::RefCounted<Inode>>> Ext2Inode::directory_inodes()
 	{
-		if (!is_directory())
+		if (!ifdir())
 			return BAN::Error::from_string("Inode is not a directory");
 
 		BAN::Vector<BAN::RefCounted<Inode>> inodes;
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Shell.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Shell.cpp
index 652c59cb..47f8f3a6 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Shell.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Shell.cpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ argument_done:
 			path = path.substring(1);
 
 			auto directory = VirtualFileSystem::get().root_inode();
-			ASSERT(directory->is_directory());
+			ASSERT(directory->ifdir());
 
 			if (arguments.size() == 2)
 			{
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ argument_done:
 					if (inode_or_error.is_error())
 						return TTY_PRINTLN("{}", inode_or_error.get_error().get_message());
 					directory = inode_or_error.value();
-					if (!directory->is_directory())
+					if (!directory->ifdir())
 						return TTY_PRINTLN("expected argument to be path to directory");
 				}
 			}
@@ -292,13 +292,29 @@ argument_done:
 				return TTY_PRINTLN("{}", inodes_or_error.get_error().get_message());
 			auto& inodes = inodes_or_error.value();
 
+			auto mode_string = [](Inode::Mode mode)
+			{
+				static char buffer[11] {};
+				buffer[0] = mode.IFDIR ? 'd' : '-';
+				buffer[1] = mode.IRUSR ? 'r' : '-';
+				buffer[2] = mode.IWUSR ? 'w' : '-';
+				buffer[3] = mode.IXUSR ? 'x' : '-';
+				buffer[4] = mode.IRGRP ? 'r' : '-';
+				buffer[5] = mode.IWGRP ? 'w' : '-';
+				buffer[6] = mode.IXGRP ? 'x' : '-';
+				buffer[7] = mode.IROTH ? 'r' : '-';
+				buffer[8] = mode.IWOTH ? 'w' : '-';
+				buffer[9] = mode.IXOTH ? 'x' : '-';
+				return (const char*)buffer;
+			};
+
 			TTY_PRINTLN("/{}", path);
 			for (auto& inode : inodes)
-				if (inode->is_directory())
-					TTY_PRINTLN("  {7} \e[34m{}\e[m", inode->size(), inode->name());
+				if (inode->ifdir())
+					TTY_PRINTLN("  {} {7} \e[34m{}\e[m", mode_string(inode->mode()), inode->size(), inode->name());
 			for (auto& inode : inodes)
-				if (!inode->is_directory())
-					TTY_PRINTLN("  {7} {}", inode->size(), inode->name());
+				if (!inode->ifdir())
+					TTY_PRINTLN("  {} {7} {}", mode_string(inode->mode()), inode->size(), inode->name());
 		}
 		else if (arguments.front() == "cat")
 		{