diff --git a/src/directory.rs b/src/directory.rs
index a32e802..34707a3 100644
--- a/src/directory.rs
+++ b/src/directory.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use std::fs::read_dir;
+use std::hint::unreachable_unchecked;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::io::{Result, ErrorKind};
 
+use crate::unit::Unit;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Directory {
     name: PathBuf,
@@ -9,12 +12,17 @@ pub struct Directory {
     children: Vec<Directory>,
 }
 impl Directory {
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub const fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         self.size
     }
 
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn scale(&self, unit: Unit) -> String {
+        unit.convert(self.size)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
     pub fn path(&self) -> &Path {
         self.name.as_ref()
     }
@@ -24,9 +32,15 @@ impl Directory {
         P: AsRef<Path>
     {
         let path = path.as_ref();
-        let name = path.canonicalize()?.file_name().unwrap().into();
+        let name = path.canonicalize()?
+            .file_name()
+            // file_name() returns None if and only if the path ends in "..".
+            // due to the call to canonicalize(), this can never be the case,
+            // so this can be safely unwrapped
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| unsafe { unreachable_unchecked() })
+            .into();
 
-        let dir = match read_dir(&path) {
+        let dir = match read_dir(path) {
             Ok(dir) => dir,
             Err(io_error) => match io_error.kind() {
                 ErrorKind::NotADirectory => return Ok(Self {
@@ -37,11 +51,11 @@ impl Directory {
                 _ => return Err(io_error),
             }
         };
-        
+
         let mut size = 0;
         let mut children = Vec::new();
         for entry in dir {
-            let child = Directory::new(entry?.path())?;
+            let child = Self::new(entry?.path())?;
             size += child.size;
             children.push(child);
         }
@@ -53,19 +67,28 @@ impl Directory {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn display(self) -> String {
+    pub fn display(self, unit: Unit) -> String {
         // since self.size is definitionally the greatest value, the tab length
         // is just the length of self.len, plus two for a tab width
         let tab_size = self.size.to_string().len() + 2;
-        self.vectorise().iter().map(|e| e.to_string(tab_size) + "\n").collect()
+        let mut result = self.vectorise(unit).iter().map(|e| e.stringify_tabbed(tab_size) + "\n").collect::<String>();
+
+        if ! result.is_empty() {
+            let final_newline_char_range = result.len()-2 .. result.len();
+            result.drain(final_newline_char_range);
+        }
+
+        result
     }
 
     /// TODO: make not recursive, take &self if possible,
     /// and maybe write directly to stdout to not use so much mem
-    fn vectorise(self) -> Vec<TreeEntry> {
+    fn vectorise(self, unit: Unit) -> Vec<TreeEntry> {
         let mut result = Vec::new();
 
-        result.push(TreeEntry(Vec::new(), self.name.display().to_string(), self.size));
+        result.push(TreeEntry::new(
+            Vec::new(), self.name.display().to_string(), self.size, unit
+        ));
 
         let mut new_entry_part = TreePart::First;
         let mut continue_part = TreePart::Wait;
@@ -78,13 +101,13 @@ impl Directory {
                 continue_part = TreePart::Blank;
             }
 
-            let subtree = child.vectorise();
+            let subtree = child.vectorise(unit);
 
             for mut item in subtree {
-                if item.0.len() == 0 {
-                    item.0.push(new_entry_part);
+                if item.parts.is_empty() {
+                    item.parts.push(new_entry_part);
                 } else {
-                    item.0.push(continue_part);
+                    item.parts.push(continue_part);
                 }
                 result.push(item);
             }
@@ -95,18 +118,29 @@ impl Directory {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-struct TreeEntry(Vec<TreePart>, String, u64);
+struct TreeEntry {
+    parts: Vec<TreePart>,
+    path: String,
+    size: u64,
+    unit: Unit
+}
 impl TreeEntry {
-    fn to_string(&self, tab_size: usize) -> String {
-        let mut result = format!("{:<tab_size$}", self.2);
+    fn new(parts: Vec<TreePart>, path: String, size: u64, unit: Unit) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            parts, path, size, unit
+        }
+    }
+    
+    fn stringify_tabbed(&self, tab_size: usize) -> String {
+        let mut result = format!("{:<tab_size$}", self.unit.convert(self.size));
 
-        for part in self.0.iter().rev() {
-            result += &part.display().to_owned();
+        for part in self.parts.iter().rev() {
+            result += part.display();
         }
         // dont add the space to empty entries
         result += " ";
-        result += &self.1;
-        
+        result += &self.path;
+
         result
     }
 }