diff --git a/emulator/Loader/Elf.cpp b/emulator/Loader/Elf.cpp
index c7c0ceb9..95486415 100644
--- a/emulator/Loader/Elf.cpp
+++ b/emulator/Loader/Elf.cpp
@@ -19,12 +19,48 @@ static self_segment_header* load_self_segments(FsFile& f, u16 num)
     return segs;
 }
 
+
+static elf_header* load_elf_header(FsFile& f)
+{
+    auto* ehdr = new elf_header;
+
+    f.Read(ehdr, sizeof(elf_header));
+
+    return ehdr;
+}
+
+static elf_program_header* load_program_header(FsFile& f, u64 offset, u16 num)
+{
+    auto* phdr = new elf_program_header[num];
+
+    f.Seek(offset,fsSeekMode::fsSeekSet);
+    f.Read(phdr, sizeof(elf_program_header) * num);
+
+    return phdr;
+}
+
+static elf_section_header* load_section_header(FsFile& f, u64 offset, u16 num)
+{
+    if (num == 0)//just in case we don't have section headers
+    {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    auto* shdr = new elf_section_header[num];
+
+    f.Seek(offset,fsSeekMode::fsSeekSet);
+    f.Read(shdr, sizeof(elf_section_header) * num);
+
+    return shdr;
+}
+
 void Elf::Open(const std::string& file_name)
 {
 	m_f = new FsFile;
 	m_f->Open(file_name, fsOpenMode::fsRead);
 
 	m_self = load_self(*m_f);
+
     if (!isSelfFile())
     {
         delete m_self;
diff --git a/emulator/Loader/Elf.h b/emulator/Loader/Elf.h
index 88cbc26e..664c968e 100644
--- a/emulator/Loader/Elf.h
+++ b/emulator/Loader/Elf.h
@@ -32,6 +32,50 @@ struct self_segment_header
     u64 memory_size;
 };
 
+struct elf_header
+{
+    u08 e_ident[16];        /* ELF identification */
+    u16 e_type;             /* Object file type */
+    u16 e_machine;          /* Machine type */
+    u32 e_version;          /* Object file version */
+    u64 e_entry;            /* Entry point address */
+    u64 e_phoff;            /* Program header offset */
+    u64 e_shoff;            /* Section header offset */
+    u32 e_flags;            /* Processor-specific flags */
+    u16 e_ehsize;           /* ELF header size */
+    u16 e_phentsize;        /* Size of program header entry */
+    u16 e_phnum;            /* Number of program header entries */
+    u16 e_shentsize;        /* Size of section header entry */
+    u16 e_shnum;            /* Number of section header entries */
+    u16 e_shstrndx;         /* Section name string table index */
+};
+
+struct elf_program_header 
+{
+    u32 p_type;   /* Type of segment */
+    u32 p_flags;  /* Segment attributes */
+    u64 p_offset; /* Offset in file */
+    u64 p_vaddr;  /* Virtual address in memory */
+    u64 p_paddr;  /* Reserved */
+    u64 p_filesz; /* Size of segment in file */
+    u64 p_memsz;  /* Size of segment in memory */
+    u64 p_align;  /* Alignment of segment */
+};
+
+struct elf_section_header
+{
+    u32 sh_name;      /* Section name */
+    u32 sh_type;      /* Section type */
+    u64 sh_flags;     /* Section attributes */
+    u64 sh_addr;      /* Virtual address in memory */
+    u64 sh_offset;    /* Offset in file */
+    u64 sh_size;      /* Size of section */
+    u32 sh_link;      /* Link to other section */
+    u32 sh_info;      /* Miscellaneous information */
+    u64 sh_addralign; /* Address alignment boundary */
+    u64 sh_entsize;   /* Size of entries, if section has table */
+};
+
 class Elf
 {
 public: