diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/quasifs/src/quasifs_inode_quasi_directory_pfs.cpp b/src/core/file_sys/quasifs/src/quasifs_inode_quasi_directory_pfs.cpp
index 03f2711b4..4bb3bd8fd 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/quasifs/src/quasifs_inode_quasi_directory_pfs.cpp
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/quasifs/src/quasifs_inode_quasi_directory_pfs.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ s64 DirectoryPFS::pread(void* buf, u64 count, s64 offset) {
 
     // data is contiguous. i think that's how it's said
     // anyway, everything goes raw
-    // aligned to 65536 bytes, everything is zeroed-out in that range
-    // currently not testing for anything higher than that
+    // aligned to 65536 bytes, everything is zeroed-out in that range,
+    // above that - no touchies
 
     s64 apparent_end = offset + count;
 
     if (apparent_end > 65536) {
         // i really don't want to do this yet
+        // no idea if it's even supported on og hw
         LOG_CRITICAL(Kernel_Fs,
                      "PFS directory size larger than 65536 bytes is not implemented yet");
         if (offset > 65536)
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ s64 DirectoryPFS::lseek(s64 current, s64 offset, s32 whence) {
     return Inode::lseek(current, offset, whence);
 }
 
+// FIXME: this fn sets file pointer to 65536 so far no issues in testing
+// it could be just a pointer, but I don't have energy to poke around this
+// find a key, notify logs when this value should be set and pray nothing breaks in forseeable
+// future
 s64 DirectoryPFS::getdents(void* buf, u32 count, s64 offset, s64* basep) {
     RebuildDirents();
 
@@ -67,58 +72,53 @@ s64 DirectoryPFS::getdents(void* buf, u32 count, s64 offset, s64* basep) {
         LOG_CRITICAL(Kernel_Fs, "PFS dirents read with count={} (which is not 65536) (report this)",
                      count);
 
-    // honestly i have no idea on how to implement this
-    // buffer behaves like a regular directory
-    // variable sizes are same as dirent_t, but data is still aligned to 8 bytes
-    // initial call pulls all COMPLETE dirents (like base), but returns real amount of bytes
-    // for some reason, subsequent calls return 0
-    // doesn't zero-out memory after last dirent
-
-    s64 apparent_end = offset + count;
-
-    if (apparent_end > 65536) {
-        // i really don't want to do this yet
-        LOG_CRITICAL(Kernel_Fs,
-                     "PFS directory size larger than 65536 bytes is not implemented yet");
-        if (offset > 65536)
-            return 0;
-        count = 65536 - offset;
-    }
-
-    s64 bytes_available = this->dirent_cache_bin.size() - offset;
-    if (0 >= bytes_available)
-        return 0;
-    bytes_available = bytes_available > count ? count : bytes_available;
+    if (basep)
+        *basep = offset;
 
     u64 bytes_written = 0;
-    u64 dirent_offset = 0;
-    while (dirent_offset < bytes_available) {
+    u64 starting_offset = 0;
+    u64 buffer_position = 0;
+    while (buffer_position < this->dirent_cache_bin.size()) {
+
         const dirent_pfs_t* pfs_dirent =
-            reinterpret_cast<dirent_pfs_t*>(this->dirent_cache_bin.data() + bytes_written);
-        dirent_t normal_dirent{};
+            reinterpret_cast<dirent_pfs_t*>(this->dirent_cache_bin.data() + buffer_position);
+
+        // bad, incomplete or OOB entry
+        if (pfs_dirent->d_namlen == 0)
+            break;
+
+        if (starting_offset < offset) {
+            // reading starts from the nearest full dirent
+            starting_offset += pfs_dirent->d_reclen;
+            buffer_position = bytes_written + starting_offset;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if ((bytes_written + pfs_dirent->d_reclen) > count)
+            // dirents are aligned to the last full one
+            break;
+
+        // if this dirent breaks alignment, skip
+        // dirents are count-aligned here, excess data is simply not written
+        if (Common::AlignUp(buffer_position, count) !=
+            Common::AlignUp(buffer_position + pfs_dirent->d_reclen, count))
+            break;
 
         // we're transposing u32 into smaller types, so there miiight be some issues
+        // reclen for both is the same despite difference in var sizes, extra 0s are padded after
+        // the name
+        dirent_t normal_dirent{};
         normal_dirent.d_fileno = pfs_dirent->d_fileno;
         normal_dirent.d_reclen = pfs_dirent->d_reclen;
         normal_dirent.d_type = pfs_dirent->d_type;
         normal_dirent.d_namlen = pfs_dirent->d_namlen;
         memcpy(normal_dirent.d_name, pfs_dirent->d_name, pfs_dirent->d_namlen);
 
-        s64 bytes_remaining = bytes_available - bytes_written;
-        u64 to_write = 0;
-
-        if (bytes_remaining > normal_dirent.d_reclen)
-            to_write = normal_dirent.d_reclen;
-        else if (bytes_remaining > 0) {
-            to_write = bytes_remaining;
-        }
-
-        memcpy(static_cast<u8*>(buf) + bytes_written, &normal_dirent, to_write);
-        dirent_offset += pfs_dirent->d_reclen;
-        bytes_written += to_write;
+        memcpy(static_cast<u8*>(buf) + bytes_written, &normal_dirent, normal_dirent.d_reclen);
+        bytes_written += normal_dirent.d_reclen;
+        buffer_position = bytes_written + starting_offset;
     }
 
-    // always returns count
     return bytes_written;
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ void DirectoryPFS::RebuildDirents(void) {
                                      sizeof(dirent_pfs_t::d_namlen) +
                                      sizeof(dirent_pfs_t::d_reclen);
 
-    u64 dirent_size = 0;
     this->dirent_cache_bin.clear();
 
     for (auto entry = entries.begin(); entry != entries.end(); ++entry) {
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ void DirectoryPFS::RebuildDirents(void) {
         auto dirent_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const u8*>(&tmp);
 
         dirent_cache_bin.insert(dirent_cache_bin.end(), dirent_ptr, dirent_ptr + tmp.d_reclen);
-        dirent_size += tmp.d_reclen;
     }
 
     // directory size is always 65536 bytes