diff --git a/src/archiver/archiver_impl.rs b/src/archiver/archiver_impl.rs
index 845a063..5d3c54d 100644
--- a/src/archiver/archiver_impl.rs
+++ b/src/archiver/archiver_impl.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ impl<BE: DecryptWriteBackend, I: IndexedBackend> Archiver<BE, I> {
     pub async fn finish_trees(&mut self, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         while !path.starts_with(&self.path) {
             // save tree and go back to parent dir
-            let chunk = self.tree.serialize()?;
+            let mut chunk = self.tree.serialize()?;
+            chunk.push('\n' as u8); // for whatever reason, restic adds a newline, so to be compatible...
             let id = hash(&chunk);
 
             let (mut node, tree, parent) = self
diff --git a/src/backend/ignore.rs b/src/backend/ignore.rs
index 5ba8c73..fc50ff3 100644
--- a/src/backend/ignore.rs
+++ b/src/backend/ignore.rs
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ fn map_entry(entry: DirEntry, with_atime: bool, cache: &UsersCache) -> Result<(P
             .into(),
     );
     let size = if m.is_dir() { 0 } else { m.len() };
-    let mode = m.st_mode();
+    let mode = map_mode_to_go(m.st_mode());
     let inode = m.st_ino();
     let device_id = m.st_dev();
-    let links = m.st_nlink();
+    let links = if m.is_dir() { 0 } else { m.st_nlink() };
 
     let meta = Metadata {
         size,
@@ -211,3 +211,62 @@ fn map_entry(entry: DirEntry, with_atime: bool, cache: &UsersCache) -> Result<(P
     };
     Ok((entry.path().to_path_buf(), node))
 }
+
+const MODE_PERM: u32 = 0o777; // permission bits
+
+// consts from https://pkg.go.dev/io/fs#ModeType
+const GO_MODE_DIR: u32 = 0b10000000000000000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_SYMLINK: u32 = 0b00000100000000000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_DEVICE: u32 = 0b00000010000000000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_FIFO: u32 = 0b00000001000000000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_SOCKET: u32 = 0b00000000100000000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_SETUID: u32 = 0b00000000010000000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_SETGID: u32 = 0b00000000001000000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_CHARDEV: u32 = 0b00000000000100000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_STICKY: u32 = 0b00000000000010000000000000000000;
+const GO_MODE_IRREG: u32 = 0b00000000000001000000000000000000;
+
+// consts from man page inode(7)
+const S_IFFORMAT: u32 = 0o170000; // File mask
+const S_IFSOCK: u32 = 0o140000; // socket
+const S_IFLNK: u32 = 0o120000; // symbolic link
+const S_IFREG: u32 = 0o100000; // regular file
+const S_IFBLK: u32 = 0o060000; // block device
+const S_IFDIR: u32 = 0o040000; // directory
+const S_IFCHR: u32 = 0o020000; // character device
+const S_IFIFO: u32 = 0o010000; // FIFO
+
+const S_ISUID: u32 = 0o4000; // set-user-ID bit (see execve(2))
+const S_ISGID: u32 = 0o2000; // set-group-ID bit (see below)
+const S_ISVTX: u32 = 0o1000; // sticky bit (see below)
+
+/// map st_mode from POSIX (inode(7)) to golang's definition (https://pkg.go.dev/io/fs#ModeType)
+/// Note, that it only sets the bits os.ModePerm | os.ModeType | os.ModeSetuid | os.ModeSetgid | os.ModeSticky
+/// to stay compatible with the restic implementation
+fn map_mode_to_go(mode: u32) -> u32 {
+    let mut go_mode = mode & MODE_PERM;
+
+    match mode & S_IFFORMAT {
+        S_IFSOCK => go_mode |= GO_MODE_SOCKET,
+        S_IFLNK => go_mode |= GO_MODE_SYMLINK,
+        S_IFBLK => go_mode |= GO_MODE_DEVICE,
+        S_IFDIR => go_mode |= GO_MODE_DIR,
+        S_IFCHR => go_mode |= GO_MODE_CHARDEV,
+        S_IFIFO => go_mode |= GO_MODE_FIFO,
+        // note that POSIX specifies regular files, whereas golang specifies irregular files
+        S_IFREG => {}
+        _ => go_mode |= GO_MODE_IRREG,
+    };
+
+    if mode & S_ISUID > 0 {
+        go_mode |= GO_MODE_SETUID;
+    }
+    if mode & S_ISGID > 0 {
+        go_mode |= GO_MODE_SETGID;
+    }
+    if mode & S_ISVTX > 0 {
+        go_mode |= GO_MODE_STICKY;
+    }
+
+    go_mode
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/node.rs b/src/backend/node.rs
index 0994c96..510a0bc 100644
--- a/src/backend/node.rs
+++ b/src/backend/node.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use serde_aux::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::id::Id;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Constructor, Getters)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Constructor)]
 pub struct Node {
     name: String,
     #[serde(flatten)]
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub struct Node {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     meta: Metadata,
     #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_default_from_null")]
-    content: Vec<Id>,
+    content: Option<Vec<Id>>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     subtree: Option<Id>,
 }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl Node {
         Self {
             name: name.to_str().expect("no unicode").to_string(),
             node_type: NodeType::File,
-            content: Vec::new(),
+            content: None,
             subtree: None,
             meta,
         }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl Node {
         Self {
             name: name.to_str().expect("no unicode").to_string(),
             node_type: NodeType::Dir,
-            content: Vec::new(),
+            content: None,
             subtree: None,
             meta,
         }
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl Node {
             node_type: NodeType::Symlink {
                 linktarget: target.to_str().expect("no unicode").to_string(),
             },
-            content: Vec::new(),
+            content: None,
             subtree: None,
             meta,
         }
@@ -106,6 +106,26 @@ impl Node {
     }
 
     pub fn set_content(&mut self, content: Vec<Id>) {
-        self.content = content;
+        self.content = Some(content);
+    }
+
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.name
+    }
+
+    pub fn node_type(&self) -> &NodeType {
+        &self.node_type
+    }
+
+    pub fn meta(&self) -> &Metadata {
+        &self.meta
+    }
+
+    pub fn content(&self) -> &Vec<Id> {
+        self.content.as_ref().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    pub fn subtree(&self) -> &Option<Id> {
+        &self.subtree
     }
 }