diff --git a/src/mkinitrd/main.c b/src/mkinitrd/main.c
index f2b3f71..5e4a66d 100644
--- a/src/mkinitrd/main.c
+++ b/src/mkinitrd/main.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 		};
 
 		strcpy(file.name, argv[i + 2]);
+		fwrite(&file, sizeof(file), 1, out);
+//		fprintf(stderr, "file name is %s, sizeof(file) = 0x%lx\n", file.name, sizeof(file));
 
 		char c;
 		while ((c = getc(in)) != EOF)