diff --git a/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts b/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
index 42e64a1..73cc117 100644
--- a/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
+++ b/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
@@ -113,13 +113,32 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
   }
 
   /**
-   * write file to disk
+   * write file to disk at its original location
    * Behaviours:
    * - no argument write to exactly where the file was picked up
    */
-  public async write(pathArg?: string) {
-    const stringToWrite = this.contentBuffer.toString();
-    await memory.toFs(stringToWrite, this.path);
+  public async write() {
+    await memory.toFs(this.contentBuffer, this.path);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * writes the file to path given as argument
+   * @param filePathArg
+   */
+  public async writeToDiskAtPath(filePathArg: string) {
+    if (!plugins.path.isAbsolute(filePathArg)) {
+      filePathArg = plugins.path.join(process.cwd(), filePathArg);
+    }
+    await memory.toFs(this.contentBuffer, filePathArg);
+  }
+
+  public async writeToDir(dirPathArg: string) {
+    if (!plugins.path.isAbsolute(dirPathArg)) {
+      dirPathArg = plugins.path.join(process.cwd(), dirPathArg);
+    }
+    const relativePath = this.relative;
+    const filePath = plugins.path.join(dirPathArg, relativePath);
+    await memory.toFs(this.contentBuffer, filePath);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ts/smartfile.classes.virtualdirectory.ts b/ts/smartfile.classes.virtualdirectory.ts
index 03a29b9..5ad4815 100644
--- a/ts/smartfile.classes.virtualdirectory.ts
+++ b/ts/smartfile.classes.virtualdirectory.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ export class VirtualDirectory {
     };
   }
 
+  public async saveToDisk() {
+    for (const smartfileArg of this.fileArray) {
+      
+    }
+  }
+
   // TODO implement root shifting to get subdirectories as new virtual directories
   // TODO implement root shifting to combine VirtualDirecotries in a parent virtual directory
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartfile.memory.ts b/ts/smartfile.memory.ts
index 4637504..eb292cf 100644
--- a/ts/smartfile.memory.ts
+++ b/ts/smartfile.memory.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import plugins = require('./smartfile.plugins');
+import * as plugins from './smartfile.plugins';
 import { Smartfile } from './smartfile.classes.smartfile';
 import * as smartfileFs from './smartfile.fs';
-
-import SmartfileInterpreter = require('./smartfile.interpreter');
+import * as interpreter from './smartfile.interpreter';
 
 /**
  * converts file to Object
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@ import SmartfileInterpreter = require('./smartfile.interpreter');
  * @param fileTypeArg
  * @returns {any|any}
  */
-export let toObject = function (fileStringArg: string, fileTypeArg: string) {
-  return SmartfileInterpreter.objectFile(fileStringArg, fileTypeArg);
+export let toObject = (fileStringArg: string, fileTypeArg: string) => {
+  return interpreter.objectFile(fileStringArg, fileTypeArg);
 };
 
 export interface IToFsOptions {