diff --git a/src/webfuse/filesystem.cpp b/src/webfuse/filesystem.cpp
index a8517fa..574f990 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/filesystem.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "webfuse/filesystem.hpp"
+
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace webfuse
 {
@@ -56,8 +59,14 @@ int filesystem::readlink(std::string const & path, std::string & out)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::readlink_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        int const result = reader.read_result();
+        if (0 == result)
+        {
+            out = reader.read_str();
+        }
+        return result;
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -70,8 +79,10 @@ int filesystem::symlink(std::string const & target, std::string const & linkpath
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::symlink_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(target);
+        req.write_str(linkpath);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));        
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -84,8 +95,10 @@ int filesystem::link(std::string const & old_path, std::string const & new_path)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::link_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(old_path);
+        req.write_str(new_path);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -98,8 +111,11 @@ int filesystem::rename(std::string const & old_path, std::string const & new_pat
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::rename_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(old_path);
+        req.write_str(new_path);
+        req.write_rename_flags(flags);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -112,8 +128,10 @@ int filesystem::chmod(std::string const & path, mode_t mode)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::chmod_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_mode(mode);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -126,8 +144,11 @@ int filesystem::chown(std::string const & path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::chown_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_uid(uid);
+        req.write_gid(gid);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -140,8 +161,11 @@ int filesystem::truncate(std::string const & path, uint64_t size, uint64_t handl
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::truncate_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_u64(size);
+        req.write_u64(handle);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -154,8 +178,11 @@ int filesystem::fsync(std::string const & path, bool is_datasync, uint64_t handl
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::fsync_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_bool(is_datasync);
+        req.write_u64(handle);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -168,8 +195,15 @@ int filesystem::open(std::string const & path, int flags, uint64_t & handle)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::open_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_openflags(flags);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        int result = reader.read_result();
+        if (0 == result)
+        {
+            handle = reader.read_u64();
+        }
+        return result;
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -182,8 +216,11 @@ int filesystem::mknod(std::string const & path, mode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::mknod_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_mode(mode);
+        req.write_u64(rdev);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -196,8 +233,15 @@ int filesystem::create(std::string const & path, mode_t mode, uint64_t & handle)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::create_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_mode(mode);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        int result = reader.read_result();
+        if (0 == result)
+        {
+            handle = reader.read_u64();
+        }
+        return result;
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -210,8 +254,10 @@ int filesystem::release(std::string const & path, uint64_t handle)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::release_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_u64(handle);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -224,8 +270,9 @@ int filesystem::unlink(std::string const & path)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::unlink_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -238,8 +285,25 @@ int filesystem::read(std::string const & path, char * buffer, size_t buffer_size
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::read_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_u32(buffer_size);
+        req.write_u64(offset);
+        req.write_u64(handle);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        int result = reader.read_result();
+        if (result > 0)
+        {
+            std::string data = reader.read_bytes();
+            if (data.size() <= buffer_size)
+            {
+                memcpy(reinterpret_cast<void*>(buffer), reinterpret_cast<void const*>(data.data()), data.size());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw std::runtime_error("invalid message");
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -252,8 +316,12 @@ int filesystem::write(std::string const & path, char const * buffer, size_t buff
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::write_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_data(buffer, buffer_size);
+        req.write_u64(offset);
+        req.write_u64(handle);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -266,8 +334,10 @@ int filesystem::mkdir(std::string const & path, mode_t mode)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::mkdir_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        req.write_mode(mode);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -300,8 +370,9 @@ int filesystem::rmdir(std::string const & path)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::rmdir_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        return reader.read_result();
     }
     catch(...)
     {
@@ -314,8 +385,14 @@ int filesystem::statfs(std::string const & path, struct statvfs * statistics)
     try
     {
         messagewriter req(message_type::statfs_req);
-        proxy.perform(std::move(req));
-        return -ENOENT;
+        req.write_str(path);
+        auto reader = proxy.perform(std::move(req));
+        int result = reader.read_result();
+        if (0 == result)
+        {
+            reader.read_statistics(statistics);
+        }
+        return result;
     }
     catch(...)
     {
diff --git a/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.cpp b/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.cpp
index 9f3439b..f04c52a 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.cpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ void messagereader::read_attr(struct stat * attr)
     attr->st_ctim.tv_nsec = static_cast<long>(read_u32());
 }
 
+void messagereader::read_statistics(struct statvfs * statistics)
+{
+    statistics->f_bsize = read_u64();
+    statistics->f_frsize = read_u64();
+    statistics->f_blocks = read_u64();
+    statistics->f_bfree = read_u64();
+    statistics->f_bavail = read_u64();
+    statistics->f_files = read_u64();
+    statistics->f_ffree = read_u64();
+    statistics->f_namemax = read_u64();
+}
+
+
 mode_t messagereader::read_mode()
 {
     filemode mode(read_u32());
diff --git a/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.hpp b/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.hpp
index 6cdceeb..9157d8c 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.hpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/statvfs.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <cinttypes>
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ public:
 
     int read_result();
     void read_attr(struct stat * attr);
+    void read_statistics(struct statvfs * statistics);
     mode_t read_mode();
 
     uint8_t read_u8();
diff --git a/src/webfuse/ws/messagewriter.cpp b/src/webfuse/ws/messagewriter.cpp
index 86822bb..7cdcbd8 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/ws/messagewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/ws/messagewriter.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #include "webfuse/ws/messagewriter.hpp"
 #include "webfuse/filesystem/accessmode.hpp"
+#include "webfuse/filesystem/filemode.hpp"
+#include "webfuse/filesystem/openflags.hpp"
 
 #include <libwebsockets.h>
 
 namespace webfuse
 {
 
+constexpr uint8_t const rename_noreplace = 0x01;
+constexpr uint8_t const rename_exchange  = 0x02;
+
 messagewriter::messagewriter(message_type msg_type)
 : id(0)
 , data(LWS_PRE)
@@ -125,6 +130,37 @@ void messagewriter::write_access_mode(int value)
     write_i8(mode);
 }
 
+void messagewriter::write_rename_flags(unsigned int value)
+{
+    uint8_t flags = 0;
+    if (RENAME_NOREPLACE == (value & RENAME_NOREPLACE)) { flags |= rename_noreplace; }
+    if (RENAME_EXCHANGE  == (value & RENAME_EXCHANGE )) { flags |= rename_exchange;  }
+
+    write_u8(flags);
+}
+
+void messagewriter::write_mode(mode_t value)
+{
+    filemode mode = filemode::from_mode(value);
+    write_u32(mode);
+}
+
+void messagewriter::write_uid(uid_t value)
+{
+    write_u32(static_cast<uint32_t>(value));
+}
+
+void messagewriter::write_gid(gid_t value)
+{
+    write_u32(static_cast<uint32_t>(value));
+}
+
+void messagewriter::write_openflags(int value)
+{
+    openflags flags = openflags::from_int(value);
+    write_i32(flags);
+}
+
 
 unsigned char * messagewriter::get_data(size_t &size)
 {
diff --git a/src/webfuse/ws/messagewriter.hpp b/src/webfuse/ws/messagewriter.hpp
index dc5e30a..c44ab11 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/ws/messagewriter.hpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/ws/messagewriter.hpp
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public:
     void write_strings(std::vector<std::string> const & list);
 
     void write_access_mode(int value);
+    void write_rename_flags(unsigned int value);
+    void write_mode(mode_t value);
+    void write_uid(uid_t value);
+    void write_gid(gid_t value);
+    void write_openflags(int value);
 
     unsigned char * get_data(size_t &size);