diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98f232e..fb2adb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 *.o
 *.so
 *.class
+/target/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d40c3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#JNI Bindings for Blake3
+WIP
+
+C Bindings for the API of [Blake 3](https://github.com/BLAKE3-team/BLAKE3) cryptographic hash function
+
+Generating the JNI header
+```
+javac *NativeBlake3.java -h src/main/resources/include/
+```
+
+The library is cross compiled from linux
+
+for more platforms go here [here](https://github.com/BLAKE3-team/BLAKE3/tree/master/c)
+
+####Linux
+
+```
+cd src/main/c
+gcc -fPIC -I/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include -I/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include/linux \
+-shared -o ../../../natives/linux_64/libblake3.so blake3.c blake3_dispatch.c blake3_portable.c \ 
+blake3_sse41_x86-64_unix.S blake3_avx2_x86-64_unix.S \ 
+blake3_avx512_x86-64_unix.S org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.c
+```
+
+####Windows 64
+
+```
+cd src/main/c
+x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -I/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include -shared -o ../../../natives/windows_64/blake3.dll \
+blake3.c blake3_dispatch.c blake3_portable.c blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_gnu.S blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_gnu.S \ 
+blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_gnu.S org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.c
+```
+
+This would result in the native library binaries to be inside the `/natives/` folder. The project will automatically detect the OS
+and load the correct binary
diff --git a/natives/windows_64/blake3.dll b/natives/windows_64/blake3.dll
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 016e4ce..6ab25b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,10 +3,20 @@
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
     <groupId>org.scash</groupId>
     <artifactId>BLAKE3jni</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.scijava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>native-lib-loader</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3.c b/src/main/c/blake3.c
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3.c
rename to src/main/c/blake3.c
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3.h b/src/main/c/blake3.h
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3.h
rename to src/main/c/blake3.h
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx2.c b/src/main/c/blake3_avx2.c
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx2.c
rename to src/main/c/blake3_avx2.c
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx2_x86-64_unix.S b/src/main/c/blake3_avx2_x86-64_unix.S
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx2_x86-64_unix.S
rename to src/main/c/blake3_avx2_x86-64_unix.S
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_gnu.S b/src/main/c/blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
rename to src/main/c/blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm b/src/main/c/blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
rename to src/main/c/blake3_avx2_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx512.c b/src/main/c/blake3_avx512.c
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx512.c
rename to src/main/c/blake3_avx512.c
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx512_x86-64_unix.S b/src/main/c/blake3_avx512_x86-64_unix.S
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx512_x86-64_unix.S
rename to src/main/c/blake3_avx512_x86-64_unix.S
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_gnu.S b/src/main/c/blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
rename to src/main/c/blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm b/src/main/c/blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
rename to src/main/c/blake3_avx512_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_dispatch.c b/src/main/c/blake3_dispatch.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_dispatch.c
rename to src/main/c/blake3_dispatch.c
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_impl.h b/src/main/c/blake3_impl.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_impl.h
rename to src/main/c/blake3_impl.h
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_neon.c b/src/main/c/blake3_neon.c
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_neon.c
rename to src/main/c/blake3_neon.c
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_portable.c b/src/main/c/blake3_portable.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_portable.c
rename to src/main/c/blake3_portable.c
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_sse41.c b/src/main/c/blake3_sse41.c
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_sse41.c
rename to src/main/c/blake3_sse41.c
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_sse41_x86-64_unix.S b/src/main/c/blake3_sse41_x86-64_unix.S
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rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_sse41_x86-64_unix.S
rename to src/main/c/blake3_sse41_x86-64_unix.S
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_gnu.S b/src/main/c/blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
rename to src/main/c/blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_gnu.S
diff --git a/src/main/resources/include/blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm b/src/main/c/blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/include/blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
rename to src/main/c/blake3_sse41_x86-64_windows_msvc.asm
diff --git a/src/main/c/org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.c b/src/main/c/org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68f3c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/c/org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "blake3.h"
+#include "org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.h"
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_org_scash_NativeBLAKE3_createHasher
+  (JNIEnv *env, jclass classObject)
+    {
+        blake3_hasher *hasher = malloc (sizeof (blake3_hasher));
+
+        (void)classObject;(void)env;
+
+        return (uintptr_t)hasher;
+    }
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_scash_NativeBLAKE3_destroyHasher
+  (JNIEnv *env, jclass classObject, jlong lp)
+    {
+        blake3_hasher *hasher = (blake3_hasher*)(uintptr_t)lp;
+        if (hasher != NULL) {
+            free(hasher);
+        }
+        (void)classObject;(void)env;
+        return;
+    }
diff --git a/src/main/c/org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.h b/src/main/c/org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9998bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/c/org_scash_NativeBLAKE3.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is machine generated */
+#include <jni.h>
+/* Header for class org_scash_NativeBLAKE3 */
+
+#ifndef _Included_org_scash_NativeBLAKE3
+#define _Included_org_scash_NativeBLAKE3
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+/*
+ * Class:     org_scash_NativeBLAKE3
+ * Method:    createHasher
+ * Signature: ()J
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_org_scash_NativeBLAKE3_createHasher
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     org_scash_NativeBLAKE3
+ * Method:    destroyHasher
+ * Signature: (J)V
+ */
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_scash_NativeBLAKE3_destroyHasher
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jlong);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3.java b/src/main/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1e7d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package org.scash;
+import org.scijava.nativelib.NativeLoader;
+
+public class NativeBLAKE3 {
+    private static final boolean enabled;
+
+    static {
+        boolean isEnabled = false;
+        try {
+            NativeLoader.loadLibrary("blake3");
+            isEnabled = true;
+        } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
+            System.out.println("UnsatisfiedLinkError: " + e.toString());
+        } finally {
+            enabled = isEnabled;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isEnabled() {
+        return enabled;
+    }
+
+    private static native long createHasher();
+
+    private static native void destroyHasher(long hasher);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3Util.java b/src/main/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3Util.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dcb4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3Util.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.scash;
+
+public class NativeBLAKE3Util {
+
+    public static void assertEquals(boolean val, boolean val2, String message) throws AssertFailException {
+        if (val != val2)
+            throw new AssertFailException("FAIL: " + message);
+        else
+            System.out.println("PASS: " + message);
+    }
+
+    public static class AssertFailException extends Exception {
+        public AssertFailException(String message) {
+            super(message);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3Test.java b/src/test/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94aa906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/scash/NativeBLAKE3Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.scash;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.scash.NativeBLAKE3Util.assertEquals;
+import static org.scash.NativeBLAKE3Util.AssertFailException;
+
+public class NativeBLAKE3Test {
+    @Test
+    public void testLibrary() throws AssertFailException {
+        assertEquals(NativeBLAKE3.isEnabled(), true, "isEnabled");
+    }
+}