diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 821f53b..40b3e3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ bitvec = "1.0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 quickcheck = "1"
-quickcheck_macros = "1"
\ No newline at end of file
+quickcheck_macros = "1"
diff --git a/src/id.rs b/src/id.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3e8b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/id.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use std::io::Read;
+
+use bitvec::prelude::{BitSlice, BitVec};
+
+use crate::CompressionScheme;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct Id;
+
+impl CompressionScheme for Id {
+    type Header = ();
+
+    fn encode(src: &[u8], buf: &mut BitVec) -> Self::Header {
+        buf.extend_from_bitslice(BitSlice::<u8>::from_slice(src));
+    }
+
+    fn decode(src: &BitSlice, (): &Self::Header, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        // TODO: is this actually fine
+        #[allow(clippy::unbuffered_bytes)]
+        for byte in src.bytes() {
+            buf.push(byte.unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn header_size((): &Self::Header) -> usize {
+        0
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1f0d4a7..277f716 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::{
 mod compression_scheme;
 mod freq;
 mod huffman;
+mod id;
 mod rle;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test;
@@ -15,18 +16,18 @@ use bitvec::vec::BitVec;
 pub use compression_scheme::CompressionScheme;
 pub use freq::Freq;
 pub use huffman::Huffman;
+pub use id::Id;
 pub use rle::Rle;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
     let debug = env::args().any(|arg| arg == "--debug" || arg == "-d");
 
     let mut buf = Vec::new();
-    let len_src = io::stdin().read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
-
-    println!("Original: {len_src}");
+    io::stdin().read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
 
     let mut bitbuf = BitVec::new();
 
+    run::<Id, _>(&buf, &mut bitbuf, "Original", debug);
     run::<Rle, _>(&buf, &mut bitbuf, "rle", debug);
     run::<Freq, _>(&buf, &mut bitbuf, "freq", debug);
     run::<Huffman, _>(&buf, &mut bitbuf, "Huffman", debug);
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ where
     bitbuf.clear();
     let header = Scheme::encode(buf, bitbuf);
     let len_freq = Scheme::header_size(&header) + bitbuf.len().div_ceil(8);
-    println!("{name}'d: {len_freq}");
+    println!("{name:>10}: {len_freq:>10}");
     if debug {
         eprintln!("{name} header: {header:#?}\n");
     }
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index bdb8643..a8fd10d 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::needless_pass_by_value)]
 
-use crate::{CompressionScheme, Freq, Huffman, Rle};
+use crate::{CompressionScheme, Freq, Huffman, Id, Rle};
 use quickcheck_macros::quickcheck;
 
 #[quickcheck]
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ fn roundtrip_rle(src: Vec<u8>) -> bool {
 fn roundtrip_huffman(src: Vec<u8>) -> bool {
     Huffman::idempotent_on(&src)
 }
+
+#[quickcheck]
+fn roundtrip_id(src: Vec<u8>) -> bool {
+    Id::idempotent_on(&src)
+}