diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index bbef8fa..a7eb556 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub enum BakareError {
     #[fail(display = "corrupted repository - cannot find file")]
     CorruptedRepoNoFile,
     #[fail(display = "index loading error")]
-    IndexLoadingError,
+    IndexLoadingError(Option<serde_cbor::Error>),
 }
 
 impl From<io::Error> for BakareError {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl From<StripPrefixError> for BakareError {
 }
 
 impl From<serde_cbor::Error> for BakareError {
-    fn from(_: serde_cbor::Error) -> Self {
-        BakareError::IndexLoadingError
+    fn from(e: serde_cbor::Error) -> Self {
+        BakareError::IndexLoadingError(Some(e))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.rs b/src/index.rs
index f7685dc..e1ea8ef 100644
--- a/src/index.rs
+++ b/src/index.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use crate::error::BakareError;
 use crate::repository_item::RepositoryItem;
+use std::fs::File;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Ord, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct IndexItem {
@@ -27,6 +29,19 @@ impl Index {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn load(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, BakareError> {
+        let index_file_path = path.join("index");
+        let index_file = File::open(index_file_path)?;
+        let index: Index = serde_cbor::from_reader(index_file)?;
+        Ok(index)
+    }
+
+    pub fn save(&self) -> Result<(), BakareError> {
+        let index_file = File::create(self.index_file_path())?;
+        serde_cbor::to_writer(index_file, &self)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn index_file_path(&self) -> &Path {
         Path::new(&self.index_path)
     }
diff --git a/src/repository.rs b/src/repository.rs
index cd6c3e3..369c0f4 100644
--- a/src/repository.rs
+++ b/src/repository.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for RepositoryIterator<'a> {
 impl<'a> Repository<'a> {
     pub fn init(path: &Path) -> Result<(), BakareError> {
         let index = Index::new(path);
-        let index_file = File::create(index.index_file_path())?;
-        serde_cbor::to_writer(index_file, &index)?;
+        index.save()?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -44,10 +43,7 @@ impl<'a> Repository<'a> {
             return Err(BakareError::RepositoryPathNotAbsolute);
         }
 
-        let index_file_path = path.join("index");
-        let index_file = File::open(index_file_path)?;
-        let index: Index = serde_cbor::from_reader(index_file)?;
-
+        let index = Index::load(path)?;
         Ok(Repository { path, index })
     }
 
@@ -82,6 +78,7 @@ impl<'a> Repository<'a> {
                 destination_path.strip_prefix(self.path)?,
                 version,
             ));
+            self.index.save()?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/restore.rs b/src/restore.rs
index 14e5b8a..a582e31 100644
--- a/src/restore.rs
+++ b/src/restore.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl<'a> Engine<'a> {
     }
 
     fn restore(&self, item: &RepositoryItem) -> Result<(), BakareError> {
-        println!("restoring {:#?}", item);
+        println!("restoring {}", item);
         item.save(self.target_path)?;
         Ok(())
     }