diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d29256c..03490c86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- `blockset get` can create directories recursively. PR [#168](https://github.com/datablockset/blockset/pull/168)
 - `blockset add` works with directories. PR [#165](https://github.com/datablockset/blockset/pull/165).
 
 ## 0.4.2
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7ef1e93b..32328a50 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ io-trait = "0.10.0"
 io-impl = "0.10.0"
 io-test = "0.10.1"
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3.42"
-nanvm-lib = "0.0.3"
+nanvm-lib = "0.0.4"
diff --git a/blockset-lib/src/app/add.rs b/blockset-lib/src/app/add.rs
index f106ae2f..17b50a87 100644
--- a/blockset-lib/src/app/add.rs
+++ b/blockset-lib/src/app/add.rs
@@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ fn dir_to_json<M: Manager>(
 
 fn calculate_len(files: &[(String, u64)], state: &mut State) {
     // JSON size:
-    if files.is_empty() {
+    state.total = if files.is_empty() {
         // `{}`
-        state.total = 2;
-        return;
-    }
-    // `{` +
-    // `"` + path + `":"` + 45 + `",` = path.len() + 51
-    state.total = files.iter().fold(1, |total, (path, len)| {
-        total + len + (path.len() as u64) + 51
-    });
+        2
+    } else {
+        // `{` +
+        // `"` + path + `":"` + 45 + `",` = path.len() + 51
+        files.iter().fold(1, |total, (path, len)| {
+            total + len + (path.len() as u64) + 51
+        })
+    };
 }
 
 fn normalize_path(path: &str) -> &str {
diff --git a/blockset-lib/src/app/get.rs b/blockset-lib/src/app/get.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f412fa10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blockset-lib/src/app/get.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use std::io::{self, Write};
+
+use io_trait::Io;
+use nanvm_lib::{
+    js::any::Any,
+    mem::manager::Manager,
+    parser::{parse_with_tokens, Context, ParseError, ParseResult},
+    tokenizer::tokenize,
+};
+
+use crate::{
+    cdt::node_type::NodeType,
+    forest::{file::FileForest, node_id::ForestNodeId, Forest},
+    uint::u224::U224,
+};
+
+use super::invalid_input;
+
+pub fn restore(io: &impl Io, hash: &U224, w: &mut impl Write) -> io::Result<()> {
+    FileForest(io).restore(&ForestNodeId::new(NodeType::Root, hash), w, io)
+}
+
+fn tokenize_and_parse<M: Manager>(
+    io: &impl Io,
+    manager: M,
+    s: String,
+) -> Result<ParseResult<M>, ParseError> {
+    parse_with_tokens(
+        &Context::new(manager, io, String::default()),
+        tokenize(s).into_iter(),
+    )
+}
+
+pub fn parse_json<M: Manager>(io: &impl Io, manager: M, v: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<Any<M::Dealloc>> {
+    let s = String::from_utf8(v).map_err(|_| invalid_input("Invalid UTF-8"))?;
+    let result = tokenize_and_parse(io, manager, s).map_err(|_| invalid_input("Invalid JSON"))?;
+    Ok(result.any)
+}
+
+fn dir(path: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+    path.rsplit_once('/').map(|(d, _)| d)
+}
+
+fn create_file_path_recursively<T: Io>(io: &T, path: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
+    dir(path).map_or(Ok(()), |d| io.create_dir_recursively(d))
+}
+
+pub fn create_file_recursively<T: Io>(io: &T, path: &str) -> io::Result<T::File> {
+    create_file_path_recursively(io, path)?;
+    io.create(path)
+}
diff --git a/blockset-lib/src/app/mod.rs b/blockset-lib/src/app/mod.rs
index b38f547b..85db47ac 100644
--- a/blockset-lib/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/blockset-lib/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 mod add;
 mod add_entry;
+mod get;
 
-use std::io::{self, ErrorKind, Read, Write};
+use std::io::{self, Cursor, ErrorKind, Read, Write};
 
 use add_entry::add_entry;
 
 use io_trait::Io;
+use nanvm_lib::{
+    js::{any::Any, any_cast::AnyCast, js_object::JsObjectRef, js_string::JsStringRef},
+    mem::{global::GLOBAL, manager::Dealloc},
+};
 
 use crate::{
-    cdt::{main_tree::MainTreeAdd, node_type::NodeType, tree_add::TreeAdd},
+    cdt::{main_tree::MainTreeAdd, tree_add::TreeAdd},
     common::{
         base32::{StrEx, ToBase32},
         eol::ToPosixEol,
@@ -16,12 +21,15 @@ use crate::{
         progress::{self, Progress, State},
         status_line::{mb, StatusLine},
     },
-    forest::{file::FileForest, node_id::ForestNodeId, tree_add::ForestTreeAdd, Forest},
+    forest::{file::FileForest, tree_add::ForestTreeAdd},
     info::calculate_total,
     uint::u224::U224,
 };
 
-use self::add::posix_path;
+use self::{
+    add::posix_path,
+    get::{create_file_recursively, parse_json, restore},
+};
 
 fn set_progress(
     state: &mut StatusLine<'_, impl Io>,
@@ -131,6 +139,15 @@ fn validate(a: &mut impl Iterator<Item = String>, stdout: &mut impl Write) -> io
     stdout.println(["valid: ", d.as_str()])
 }
 
+fn js_string_to_string(s: &JsStringRef<impl Dealloc>) -> io::Result<String> {
+    String::from_utf16(s.items())
+        .map_err(|_| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "Invalid UTF-16"))
+}
+
+fn try_move<D: Dealloc, T: AnyCast<D>>(o: Any<D>) -> io::Result<T> {
+    o.try_move().map_err(|_| invalid_input("invalid JSON"))
+}
+
 pub fn run(io: &impl Io) -> io::Result<()> {
     let stdout = &mut io.stdout();
     let mut a = io.args();
@@ -143,8 +160,22 @@ pub fn run(io: &impl Io) -> io::Result<()> {
         "get" => {
             let d = get_hash(&mut a)?;
             let path = posix_path(a.next().ok_or(invalid_input("missing file name"))?.as_str());
-            let w = &mut io.create(&path)?;
-            FileForest(io).restore(&ForestNodeId::new(NodeType::Root, &d), w, io)
+            if path.ends_with('/') {
+                let mut buffer = Vec::default();
+                let mut w = Cursor::new(&mut buffer);
+                restore(io, &d, &mut w)?;
+                let json: JsObjectRef<_> = try_move(parse_json(io, GLOBAL, buffer)?)?;
+                for (k, v) in json.items() {
+                    stdout.println([
+                        js_string_to_string(k)?.as_str(),
+                        ": ",
+                        js_string_to_string(&try_move(v.clone())?)?.as_str(),
+                    ])?;
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            } else {
+                restore(io, &d, &mut create_file_recursively(io, &path)?)
+            }
         }
         "info" => stdout.println(["size: ", calculate_total(io)?.to_string().as_str(), " B."]),
         _ => Err(invalid_input("unknown command")),
@@ -396,11 +427,46 @@ mod test {
             let mut a = io.args();
             a.next().unwrap();
             run(&mut io).unwrap();
-            io.stdout.to_stdout()
+            let x = io.stdout.to_stdout()[..45].to_owned();
+            (io, x)
         };
-        let a = f("a");
-        let b = f("a/");
+        let (mut io, a) = f("a");
+        let (_, b) = f("a/");
         assert_eq!(a, b);
         f("b");
+        // as a file
+        {
+            io.args = ["blockset", "get", &a, "c.json"]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                .collect();
+            run(&mut io).unwrap();
+            io.read("c.json").unwrap();
+        }
+        // as a file to a new folder
+        {
+            io.args = ["blockset", "get", &a, "d/c.json"]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                .collect();
+            run(&mut io).unwrap();
+            io.read("c.json").unwrap();
+        }
+        // invalid directory
+        {
+            io.args = ["blockset", "get", &a, "?/v.json"]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                .collect();
+            run(&mut io).unwrap_err();
+        }
+        // as a directory
+        {
+            io.args = ["blockset", "get", &a, "c/"]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                .collect();
+            run(&mut io).unwrap();
+        }
     }
 }