diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03490c86..97f95d49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- `blockset get` can create directories recursively. PR [#168](https://github.com/datablockset/blockset/pull/168)
+## 0.5.0
+
+- `blockset get` can create directories recursively. PR [#168](https://github.com/datablockset/blockset/pull/168).
 - `blockset add` works with directories. PR [#165](https://github.com/datablockset/blockset/pull/165).
 
 ## 0.4.2
diff --git a/blockset-lib/src/app/get.rs b/blockset-lib/src/app/get.rs
index f412fa10..0ab77688 100644
--- a/blockset-lib/src/app/get.rs
+++ b/blockset-lib/src/app/get.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ fn dir(path: &str) -> Option<&str> {
 }
 
 fn create_file_path_recursively<T: Io>(io: &T, path: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
-    dir(path).map_or(Ok(()), |d| io.create_dir_recursively(d))
+    dir(path).map(|d| io.create_dir_recursively(d));
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn create_file_recursively<T: Io>(io: &T, path: &str) -> io::Result<T::File> {
diff --git a/blockset-lib/src/app/mod.rs b/blockset-lib/src/app/mod.rs
index 85db47ac..c06e1342 100644
--- a/blockset-lib/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/blockset-lib/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@ fn read_to_tree_file(
     }
 }
 
+fn str_to_hash(s: &str) -> io::Result<U224> {
+    s.from_base32::<U224>().ok_or(invalid_input("invalid hash"))
+}
+
 fn get_hash(a: &mut impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> io::Result<U224> {
     let b32 = a.next().ok_or(invalid_input("missing hash"))?;
-    b32.from_base32::<U224>()
-        .ok_or(invalid_input("invalid hash"))
+    str_to_hash(&b32)
 }
 
 fn validate(a: &mut impl Iterator<Item = String>, stdout: &mut impl Write) -> io::Result<()> {
@@ -166,11 +169,14 @@ pub fn run(io: &impl Io) -> io::Result<()> {
                 restore(io, &d, &mut w)?;
                 let json: JsObjectRef<_> = try_move(parse_json(io, GLOBAL, buffer)?)?;
                 for (k, v) in json.items() {
-                    stdout.println([
-                        js_string_to_string(k)?.as_str(),
-                        ": ",
-                        js_string_to_string(&try_move(v.clone())?)?.as_str(),
-                    ])?;
+                    let file = js_string_to_string(k)?;
+                    let hash = js_string_to_string(&try_move(v.clone())?)?;
+                    restore(
+                        io,
+                        &str_to_hash(&hash)?,
+                        &mut create_file_recursively(io, (path.to_owned() + &file).as_str())?,
+                    )?;
+                    // stdout.println([&path, ": ", &hash])?;
                 }
                 Ok(())
             } else {
diff --git a/blockset/README.md b/blockset/README.md
index 757417f5..7f662d6e 100644
--- a/blockset/README.md
+++ b/blockset/README.md
@@ -12,15 +12,18 @@ The `blockset` application is a command line program that can store and retrieve
   ```console
   blockset hash ./README.md
   ```
-- add content of a file to the local storage `cdt0/`:
+- add content of a file or a directory to the local storage `cdt0/`:
   ```console
   blockset add ./README.md
   blockset add ./LICENSE --to-posix-eol
   ```
-- get a file by a content hash
+- get a file or a directory by a content hash
   ```console
   blockset get ngd7zembwj6f2tsh4gyxrcyx26h221e3f2wdgfbtq87nd ./old.md
   ```
+  ```console
+  blockset get ngd7zembwj6f2tsh4gyxrcyx26h221e3f2wdgfbtq87nd ./dir/
+  ```
 - information about the repository
   ```console
   blockset info