diff --git a/src/extend.rs b/src/extend.rs
index 8a629c0..419968e 100644
--- a/src/extend.rs
+++ b/src/extend.rs
@@ -1,38 +1,42 @@
 use std::{
     fs::File,
-    io::{self, Read},
+    io::{self, BufReader, Read},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
-pub fn file_blake3(file: &Path) -> std::io::Result<String> {
-    let mut blake3 = blake3::Hasher::new();
-    let mut file = File::open(file)?;
-    let mut buffer = [0; 1024];
+pub fn file_blake3(file: &Path) -> io::Result<String> {
+    let file = File::open(file)?;
+    let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+    let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new();
+    let mut buffer = [0; 8192];
+
     loop {
-        let n = file.read(&mut buffer)?;
-        if n == 0 {
+        let bytes_read = reader.read(&mut buffer)?;
+        if bytes_read == 0 {
             break;
         }
-        blake3.update(&buffer[..n]);
+        hasher.update(&buffer[..bytes_read]);
     }
-    Ok(blake3.finalize().to_string())
+
+    Ok(hasher.finalize().to_hex().to_string())
 }
 
 pub trait Blake3Path {
     fn get_blake3(&self) -> io::Result<String>;
 }
+
 impl Blake3Path for Path {
     fn get_blake3(&self) -> io::Result<String> {
         if self.is_dir() {
-            // The default Error (PermissionDenied) is not very helpful when troubleshooting
             return Err(io::Error::new(
                 io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                format!("Path is a directory ({})", self.cute_path()),
+                format!("Path is a directory: {}", self.cute_path()),
             ));
         }
         file_blake3(self)
     }
 }
+
 impl Blake3Path for PathBuf {
     fn get_blake3(&self) -> io::Result<String> {
         self.as_path().get_blake3()
@@ -42,11 +46,13 @@ impl Blake3Path for PathBuf {
 pub trait CutePath {
     fn cute_path(&self) -> String;
 }
+
 impl CutePath for Path {
     fn cute_path(&self) -> String {
-        self.to_str().unwrap().replace('\\', "/")
+        self.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/")
     }
 }
+
 impl CutePath for PathBuf {
     fn cute_path(&self) -> String {
         self.as_path().cute_path()