diff --git a/src/ssn/bencodeParser.ts b/src/ssn/bencodeParser.ts
index 73d6c05..7173825 100644
--- a/src/ssn/bencodeParser.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/bencodeParser.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { TextDecoder } from 'util';
 const Decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
 
 /** Takes a Bencoded-encoded file, parses it at the given starting position and returns a JSON object, or rejects on error. */
-export default function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number, reject: (reason?: any) => void): { obj: any, pos: number } {
+export default function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
   let pos = posIn;
   let obj;
   const header = dv.getUint8(pos++);
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ export default function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number, reject: (reason?: a
           obj = [];
           do {
               //read key
-              const out1 = bpParse(dv, pos, reject);
+              const out1 = bpParse(dv, pos);
               pos = out1.pos;
               //read value
-              const out2 = bpParse(dv, pos, reject);
+              const out2 = bpParse(dv, pos);
               pos = out2.pos;
               obj[out1.obj] = out2.obj;
           } while (dv.getUint8(pos) !== 0x65); //'e' - end
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number, reject: (reason?: a
           obj = [];
           do {
               //read entry
-              const out = bpParse(dv, pos, reject);
+              const out = bpParse(dv, pos);
               pos = out.pos;
               obj.push(out.obj);
           } while (dv.getUint8(pos) !== 0x65); //'e' - end
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ export default function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number, reject: (reason?: a
           let curNumber = 0;
           while (curChar !== 0x65) { //'e' - end
               if (curChar < 0x30 || curChar > 0x39) {
-                  reject('Unexpected int char during bencode parsing');
-                  return { obj: null, pos };
+                  throw new Error('Unexpected int char during bencode parsing');
               }
               curNumber *= 10;
               curNumber += curChar - 0x30;
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ export default function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number, reject: (reason?: a
           break;
       }
       default:
-          reject('Unexpected leading char during bencode parsing.');
-          return { obj: null, pos };
+          throw new Error('Unexpected leading char during bencode parsing.');
   }
   return { obj, pos };
 }
diff --git a/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts b/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
index d2870ae..5447761 100644
--- a/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import getUrlContents from '../getUrlContents';
 import { Product } from '../interfaces/ISettings';
 import verifyProductName from '../verifyProductName';
+import bpParse from './bencodeParser';
 import extractFile from './extractFile';
 import readSsnFile from './readSsnFile';
 
-export default async function getSolidpkg(product: Product, from: number, to: number): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
+export default async function getSolidpkg(product: Product, from: number, to: number): Promise<any> {
   //Verify function arguments
   if (!verifyProductName(product)) {
     throw new Error(`"${product}" is not a valid product.`);
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export default async function getSolidpkg(product: Product, from: number, to: nu
 
   //Extract metafile.solid file
   const solidFile = await extractFile(firstFile, [new DataView(ssnFile)]);
+  const solidContents = bpParse(new DataView(solidFile)).obj;
 
-  return solidFile;
+  return solidContents;
 }