diff --git a/src/ox/fs/filesystem.hpp b/src/ox/fs/filesystem.hpp
index 5f61cd2c8..82559432d 100644
--- a/src/ox/fs/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/src/ox/fs/filesystem.hpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class FileSystemTemplate: public FileSystem {
 
 		int write(const char *path, void *buffer, uint64_t size, uint8_t fileType = NormalFile) override;
 
-		int write(uint64_t inode, void *buffer, uint64_t size, uint8_t fileType) override;
+		int write(uint64_t inode, void *buffer, uint64_t size, uint8_t fileType = NormalFile) override;
 
 		FileStat stat(const char *path);
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int FileSystemTemplate<FileStore, FS_TYPE>::read(const char *path, void *buffer,
 
 	// if inode exists, read the data into buffer
 	if (inode) {
-		read(inode, buffer, buffSize);
+		retval = read(inode, buffer, buffSize);
 	}
 
 	return retval;
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ int FileSystemTemplate<FileStore, FS_TYPE>::read(uint64_t inode, void *buffer, s
 		return m_store->read(inode, buffer, nullptr);
 	}
 	return -1;
-;
 }
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(default:4244)
diff --git a/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp b/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp
index e1a72e3e1..6da333c35 100644
--- a/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp
+++ b/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp
@@ -132,20 +132,11 @@ map<string, int(*)(string)> tests = {
 		{
 			"FileSystem32::write(string)",
 			[](string) {
-				// this value will likely need to change if anything about the
-				// random number generator changes
-				const auto targetInode = [](int count) {
-					ox::Random rand;
-					uint64_t retval = 0;
-					for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-						retval = rand.gen();
-					}
-					return retval >> 48;
-				};
-
 				int retval = 0;
 				auto path = "/usr/share/test.txt";
-				auto data = "test";
+				auto dataIn = "test string";
+				auto dataOutLen = ox_strlen(dataIn) + 1;
+				char dataOut[dataOutLen];
 
 				const auto size = 1024 * 1024 * 10;
 				auto buff = new uint8_t[size];
@@ -156,8 +147,9 @@ map<string, int(*)(string)> tests = {
 				retval |= fs->mkdir("/usr/share");
 				retval |= fs->mkdir("/usr/lib");
 
-				retval |= fs->write(path, &data, ox_strlen(data) + 1);
-				retval |= !(fs->findInodeOf(path) == targetInode(5));
+				retval |= fs->write(path, (void*) dataIn, ox_strlen(dataIn) + 1);
+				retval |= fs->read(path, dataOut, dataOutLen);
+				retval |= ox_strcmp(dataIn, dataOut) != 0;
 
 				delete fs;
 				delete []buff;