diff --git a/include/fs/initfs.h b/include/fs/initfs.h
index 11c9857..c47d517 100644
--- a/include/fs/initfs.h
+++ b/include/fs/initfs.h
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 #include <limine.h>
 
 int initfs_init(struct limine_file* tar_file);
+int tar_lookup(unsigned char* archive, char* filename, char** out);
 
 #endif
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diff --git a/include/kernel.h b/include/kernel.h
index f15579a..01cfb42 100644
--- a/include/kernel.h
+++ b/include/kernel.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ void debug_stack_trace(unsigned int max_frames);
 const char* debug_find_symbol(uintptr_t rip, uintptr_t* offset);
 void boot_mem_display(void);
 
+int loader_load_raw();
+
 #define assert(check) do { if(!(check)) hcf(); } while(0)
 
 struct boot_context {
diff --git a/src/kapps/kshell.c b/src/kapps/kshell.c
index f4a6852..46cd6dc 100644
--- a/src/kapps/kshell.c
+++ b/src/kapps/kshell.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ void pedicel_main(void* arg)
                             "pf      - trigger a page fault\r\n"
                             "now     - get current date\r\n"
                             "smash   - smash the stack\r\n"
-                            "mem     - get used heap info\r\n");
+                            "mem     - get used heap info\r\n"
+                            "load    - load an user executable\r\n");
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@ void pedicel_main(void* arg)
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (strncmp(input_buf, "load", 4) == 0) {
+            loader_load_raw();
+            continue;
+        }
+
         printf("%s: command not found\r\n", input_buf);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/kapps/loader.c b/src/kapps/loader.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ee510d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kapps/loader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * @author  xamidev <xamidev@riseup.net>
+ * @brief   Executable loader
+ * @license GPL-3.0-only
+ */         
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <fs/initfs.h>
+#include <kernel.h>
+#include <sched/process.h>
+#include <io/kbd/ps2.h>
+#include <string/string.h>
+
+extern void* archive_start_addr;
+
+int loader_load_raw()
+{
+    char input_buf[PEDICEL_INPUT_SIZE] = {0};
+    do {
+        printf("file> ");
+        keyboard_getline(input_buf, PEDICEL_INPUT_SIZE);   
+    } while (strncmp(input_buf, "", 1) == 0);
+
+    char* data = NULL;
+    int sz = tar_lookup(archive_start_addr, input_buf,&data);
+    if (sz > 0) {
+        process_create_user_raw(data, sz, input_buf);
+        return 0; // TODO: should return something else on error
+    }
+    printf("Couldn't load file '%s'\r\n", input_buf);
+    return 1;
+}
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