diff --git a/inc/kv.h b/inc/kv.h
index 94cd1bb..245d31f 100644
--- a/inc/kv.h
+++ b/inc/kv.h
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ typedef struct
 
 kv_t *kv_init(size_t capacity);
 int kv_put(kv_t *db, char *key, char *val);
+char *kv_get(kv_t *db, char *key);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/kv.c b/src/kv.c
index 8de4dd7..ab5590e 100644
--- a/src/kv.c
+++ b/src/kv.c
@@ -20,6 +20,41 @@ size_t hash(char *val, int capacity)
   return hash % capacity;
 }
 
+
+// fn kv_get
+// params:
+//  - db: a pointer to the db
+//  - key: pointer to the key value
+// returns: pointer to the key
+// NULL if not found
+char *kv_get(kv_t *db, char *key)
+{
+  if (!db || !key) return NULL;
+
+  size_t idx = hash(key, db->capacity);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < db->capacity - 1; ++i)
+  {
+    size_t real_idx = (idx + i) % db->capacity;
+
+    kv_entry_t *e = &db->entries[real_idx];
+
+    if (e->key == NULL)
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (e->key &&
+        e->key != (void*)TOMBSTONE &&
+        !strcmp(e->key, key))
+    {
+      return e->val;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 // fn kv_put
 // params:
 //  - db: a pointer to the db
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2204e24..c60d25d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ int main(void)
   kv_put(table, "hello", "people");
   kv_put(table, "goodbye", "world");
 
-  for (int i = 0; i < table->capacity; ++i)
-  {
-    if (table->entries[i].key)
-    {
-      printf("[%d] %s: %s\n", i, table->entries[i].key, table->entries[i].val);
-    }
-  }
+  // for (int i = 0; i < table->capacity; ++i)
+  // {
+  //   if (table->entries[i].key)
+  //   {
+  //     printf("[%d] %s: %s\n", i, table->entries[i].key, table->entries[i].val);
+  //   }
+  // }
+
+  char *val  = kv_get(table, "hello");
+  char *val2 = kv_get(table, "goodbye");
+  char *val3 = kv_get(table, "fake");
+
+  printf("%s %s %s\n", val, val2, val3);
 }