diff --git a/lib/deflate.js b/lib/deflate.js
index e1f38bf..36ff744 100644
--- a/lib/deflate.js
+++ b/lib/deflate.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 
-var zlib = require('zlib/deflate.js');
+//var zlib_deflate = require('./zlib/deflate.js');
+var utils = require('./zlib/utils');
 
 
 /**
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ var zlib = require('zlib/deflate.js');
  * @param {Object} [options] zlib options
  * @constructor
  */
-var Deflate = function(options) {
+var Deflate = function(/*options*/) {
 
 };
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ var Deflate = function(options) {
  * Compresses the input data and fills output buffer with compressed data.
  * @return {Array|Uint8Array} compressed data
  */
-Deflate.prototype.deflate = function(input) {
+Deflate.prototype.push = function(/*data_in*/) {
 
 };
 
@@ -31,11 +32,11 @@ Deflate.prototype.finish = function() {
 
 };
 
-Deflate.prototype.onData = function(output) {
+Deflate.prototype.onData = function(/*data_out*/) {
 
 };
 
-Deflate.prototype.onEnd = function(error) {
+Deflate.prototype.onEnd = function(/*err*/) {
 
 };
 
@@ -49,11 +50,51 @@ exports.Deflate = Deflate;
  * @param [options]
  * @returns {Array|Uint8Array}
  */
-exports.deflate = function(input, options) {
+function deflate(input, options) {
+  var result;
+  var chains = [];
+  var deflator = new Deflate(options);
 
-};
+  deflator.onData = function(data_out) {
+    chains.push(data_out);
+  };
+
+  deflator.onEnd = function(error) {
+    var i, l, len, pos, chain;
+
+    if (error) { throw error; }
+
+    // calculate data length
+    len = 0;
+    for (i=0, l=chains.length; i<l; i++) {
+      len += chains[i].length;
+    }
+
+    // join chains
+    result = utils.arrayCreate(len);
+    pos = 0;
+
+    for (i=0, l=chains.length; i<l; i++) {
+      chain = chains[i];
+      len = chain.length;
+      utils.arraySet(result, chain, 0, len, pos);
+      pos += len;
+    }
+  };
+
+  deflator.push(input);
+
+  return result;
+}
 
 
-exports.deflateRaw = function(input, options) {
+function deflateRaw(input, options) {
+  options = options || {};
+  options.raw = true;
+  return deflate(input, options);
+}
 
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+
+exports.Deflate = Deflate;
+exports.deflate = deflate;
+exports.deflateRaw = deflateRaw;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/zlib/utils.js b/lib/zlib/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f037e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/zlib/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict';
+
+
+exports.arraySet =  function(dest, src, src_offs, len, dest_offs) {
+  for(var i=0; i<len; i++) {
+    dest[dest_offs + i] = src[src_offs + i];
+  }
+}
+
+exports.arrayCreate =  function(length) {
+  return new Array(length);
+}