diff --git a/hs/Bus.hs b/hs/Bus.hs
index d7d4701..a2f749c 100644
--- a/hs/Bus.hs
+++ b/hs/Bus.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Bus() where
 
 import Clash.Prelude
 
-import Peripherals.Ram(Ram, RamLine)
+import Peripherals.Ram(Ram, RamLine, read, RamAddr)
 import Machine(Peripherals(..))
 import BusTypes(
     BusError(..),
@@ -16,24 +16,33 @@ import BusTypes(
   )
 import Types(Addr,
              Byte, HalfWord, FullWord, DoubleWord, QuadWord)
+import Peripherals.Ram(read, bytesInRam)
+import Distribution.Types.UnitId (DefUnitId(unDefUnitId))
 
 alignCheck :: Addr -> TransactionSize -> Bool
 alignCheck addr SizeByte       = True
 alignCheck addr SizeHalfWord   = addr `mod` 2 == 0
-alignCheck addr SizeWord       = addr `mod` 4 == 0
+alignCheck addr SizeFullWord   = addr `mod` 4 == 0
 alignCheck addr SizeDoubleWord = addr `mod` 8 == 0
 alignCheck addr SizeQuadWord   = addr `mod` 16 == 0
 
--- ram shoudl start at 0x80000000
+-- address space follows QEMU behavior for now
+(ramStart, ramEnd) = (0x80000000 :: Addr, ramStart + (bytesInRam - 1))
+(uartStart, uartEnd) = (0x10000000 :: Addr, uartStart + 7)
 
--- concatWords :: [Ram -> Addr -> RamLine] -> Ram -> Addr -> RamLine
--- concatWords readers ram baseAddr = foldl (\acc f -> (acc `shiftL` 32) .|. f ram baseAddr) 0 readers
+read :: Request -> Peripherals -> IO ReadResponse
+read (Request addr size) peripherals
+  | not (alignCheck addr size) = return $ ReadResponse $ Error UnAligned
+  | (addr > ramStart) && (addr < ramEnd) =
+    return $ ReadResponse $ Result $ Peripherals.Ram.read size ramAddr (ram peripherals)
+  | otherwise = return $ ReadResponse $ Error UnMapped
+    where
+      ramAddrNoOffset = addr - ramStart
+      ramAddr :: RamAddr
+      ramAddr = resize ramAddrNoOffset
 
--- read :: Request -> Peripherals -> ReadResponse
--- read (Request addr size) peripherals
---   | not (alignCheck addr size) = ReadError UnAligned
+  -- | (addr > ramStart) && (addr < ramEnd) = return $ ReadResponse $ Peripherals.Ram.read addr size (ram peripherals)
 --   | addr >= numBytesInRam      = ReadError UnMapped
---   | otherwise                  =
 --     case size of
 --       SizeByte       -> BusByte $ fromIntegral $ extractByte (ramRead 0)
 --       SizeHalfWord   -> BusHalfWord $ fromIntegral $ (ramRead 0 `shiftL` 8) .|. ramRead 1
diff --git a/hs/BusTypes.hs b/hs/BusTypes.hs
index ec17998..628371e 100644
--- a/hs/BusTypes.hs
+++ b/hs/BusTypes.hs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ module BusTypes(
 
 import Clash.Prelude
 
-import Peripherals.Ram(Ram, RamLine)
-import Machine(Peripherals(..))
 import Types(Addr,
              Byte, HalfWord, FullWord, DoubleWord, QuadWord)
 
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ data BusError
 data TransactionSize
     = SizeByte
     | SizeHalfWord
-    | SizeWord
+    | SizeFullWord
     | SizeDoubleWord
     | SizeQuadWord
     deriving (Generic, Show, Eq, NFDataX)
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ data BusResponse a
 data BusVal
     = BusByte Byte
     | BusHalfWord HalfWord
-    | BusWord FullWord
+    | BusFullWord FullWord
     | BusDoubleWord DoubleWord
     | BusQuadWord QuadWord
     deriving (Generic, Show, Eq, NFDataX)
diff --git a/hs/Peripherals/Ram.hs b/hs/Peripherals/Ram.hs
index 81a5ccc..50acc50 100644
--- a/hs/Peripherals/Ram.hs
+++ b/hs/Peripherals/Ram.hs
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 
 module Peripherals.Ram(
   initRamFromFile,
+  RamAddr,
   Ram,
   RamLine,
-  -- Peripherals.Ram.read,
+  bytesInRam,
+  read,
   write) where
 
-import Clash.Prelude
+import Clash.Prelude hiding (read)
 import qualified Prelude as P
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
 import Data.Binary.Get
@@ -18,6 +20,15 @@ import Data.Int (Int32)
 import qualified Clash.Sized.Vector as Vec
 import Types(Addr,
              Byte, HalfWord, FullWord, DoubleWord, QuadWord)
+import BusTypes(
+    BusError(..),
+    TransactionSize(..),
+    Request(..),
+    BusResponse(..),
+    BusVal(..),
+    ReadResponse(..),
+    WriteResponse(..)
+  )
 
 -- vector depth has to be known statically at compile time
 #ifndef _RAM_DEPTH
@@ -28,46 +39,54 @@ import Types(Addr,
 type Ram = Vec _RAM_DEPTH (Unsigned 32)
 type RamAddr = Unsigned (CLog 2 _RAM_DEPTH)
 type RamLine = Unsigned 32
-bytesInRam = 1024 * 4
+bytesInRam :: Addr
+bytesInRam = _RAM_DEPTH * 4
 
-readByte0 :: Ram -> RamAddr -> Byte
-readByte0 ram addr = unpack $ slice d31 d24 word
-  where word = ram !! addr
-
-readByte1 :: Ram -> RamAddr -> Byte
-readByte1 ram addr = unpack $ slice d23 d16 word
-  where word = ram !! addr
-
-readByte2 :: Ram -> RamAddr -> Byte
-readByte2 ram addr = unpack $ slice d15 d8 word
-  where word = ram !! addr
-
-readByte3 :: Ram -> RamAddr -> Byte
-readByte3 ram addr = unpack $ slice d7 d0 word
-  where word = ram !! addr
-
-readHalfWord0 :: Ram -> RamAddr -> HalfWord
-readHalfWord0 ram addr = unpack $ slice d31 d16 word
-  where word = ram !! addr
-
-readHalfWord1 :: Ram -> RamAddr -> HalfWord
-readHalfWord1 ram addr = unpack $ slice d15 d0 word
-  where word = ram !! addr
-
-readFullWord :: Ram -> RamAddr -> FullWord
-readFullWord ram addr = ram !! addr
-
-readDoubleWord :: Ram -> RamAddr -> DoubleWord
-readDoubleWord ram addr = bitCoerce $ bitCoerce word0 ++# bitCoerce word1
+read :: TransactionSize -> RamAddr -> Ram -> BusVal
+read SizeByte addr ram = BusByte $ unpack byte
   where
-    word0 = readFullWord ram addr
-    word1 = readFullWord ram (addr + 1)
+    word = ram !! addr
+    byteOffset :: BitVector 2
+    byteOffset = slice d1 d0 addr
+    byte = case byteOffset of
+      0b00 -> slice d31 d24 word
+      0b01 -> slice d23 d16 word
+      0b10 -> slice d15 d8 word
+      0b11 -> slice d7 d0 word
 
-readQuadWord :: Ram -> RamAddr -> QuadWord
-readQuadWord ram addr = bitCoerce $ bitCoerce dword0 ++# bitCoerce dword1
+read SizeHalfWord addr ram = BusHalfWord $ unpack halfWord
   where
-    dword0 = readDoubleWord ram addr
-    dword1 = readDoubleWord ram (addr + 2)
+    word = ram !! addr
+    halfWordOffset :: Unsigned 1
+    halfWordOffset = unpack $ slice d0 d0 addr
+    halfWord = case halfWordOffset of
+      0b0 -> slice d31 d16 word
+      0b1 -> slice d15 d0 word
+
+read SizeFullWord addr ram = BusFullWord fullWord
+  where
+    fullWord = ram !! addr
+
+read SizeDoubleWord addr ram = BusDoubleWord doubleWord
+  where
+    doubleWord = bitCoerce $ bitCoerce word0 ++# bitCoerce word1
+    word0 = readFullWordHelper ram addr
+    word1 = readFullWordHelper ram (addr + 1)
+
+read SizeQuadWord addr ram = BusQuadWord quadWord
+  where
+    quadWord = bitCoerce $ bitCoerce dword0 ++# bitCoerce dword1
+    dword0 = readDoubleWordHelper ram addr
+    dword1 = readDoubleWordHelper ram (addr + 2)
+
+readFullWordHelper :: Ram -> RamAddr -> FullWord
+readFullWordHelper ram addr = ram !! addr
+
+readDoubleWordHelper :: Ram -> RamAddr -> DoubleWord
+readDoubleWordHelper ram addr = bitCoerce $ bitCoerce word0 ++# bitCoerce word1
+  where
+    word0 = readFullWordHelper ram addr
+    word1 = readFullWordHelper ram (addr + 1)
 
 write :: Ram -> RamAddr -> RamLine -> Ram
 write ram addr value = replace addr value ram
diff --git a/rv_tests/hello_world/Makefile b/rv_tests/hello_world/Makefile
index 87d8a1c..07b15c3 100644
--- a/rv_tests/hello_world/Makefile
+++ b/rv_tests/hello_world/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $(BIN): $(ELF)
 # Run in QEMU
 run: $(BIN)
 	echo "Press CTRL+A then X to exit QEMU"
-	$(QEMU) -machine virt -nographic -bios none -kernel $(BIN) -device loader,file=$(BIN),addr=0x80000000
+	$(QEMU) -machine virt -nographic -bios none -kernel $(BIN) -device loader,file=$(BIN),addr=0x80000000 -device sifive_uart
 
 # Clean up generated files
 clean: