diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7be154d..b8137b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,57 @@
-# sq
+<h1 align="center">sq</h1>
+<h3 align="center">Convert and query JSON, JSONL, CSV, and SQLite with ease!</h3>
 
-Like `jq` , but for SQLite.
+`sq` is a simple yet powerful command line tool for query and converting from and to SQLite, CSV, JSON, and JSONL files, heavily inspired by [ `jq` ](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/).
 
-## TODO
+## Features
 
-* [ ] Fix JSON input
-* [ ] Finish README
-* [ ] Write some docs
-* [ ] Make a build for all major platforms
+* Convert between SQLite, CSV, JSON, and JSONL files.
+* Query CSV, JSON, and JSONL using real SQLite queries.
+* Allows for rapid scripting and conversion of data.
+* Pipe in data or read from files.
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+go install github.com/chand1012/sq@latest
+```
+
+## Examples
+
+Query some orders from a CSV file. Column names for CSV files are converted to lower case and spaces are replaced with underscores.
+
+```bash
+$ sq -r orders.csv 'select country from sq where seller_amount > 20 not null;'
+United States of America
+United States of America
+United States of America
+United States of America
+United States of America
+United States of America
+United Kingdom
+Canada
+United States of America
+United States of America
+United States of America
+United States of America
+United States of America
+Canada
+United States of America
+Canada
+Canada
+Australia
+United States of America
+...
+```
+
+Download and query some JSONL datasets.
+
+```bash
+$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TimeSurgeLabs/llm-finetuning/4e934ce602f34f62f4d803c40cd1e7825d216192/data/fingpt-sentiment-1k.jsonl | sq 'select * from sq where output = "positive";' -f jsonl > positive.jsonl
+```
+
+You can even use it with `jq` !
+
+```bash
+$ curl https://api.gogopool.com/stakers | jq '.stakers' | sq -t stakers 'SELECT stakerAddr,avaxValidating FROM stakers WHERE avaxValidating > 0;' -f json > stakers.json
+```
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 667e3ff..7f67686 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		log.Debugf("Input file path: %s", inputFilePath)
 		d, _, err = db.LoadFile(inputFilePath)
 		if err != nil {
+			log.Debug("Input file is not a SQLite database, reading as a regular file")
 			file, err := os.ReadFile(inputFilePath)
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.HandlePanic(log, err, verbose)
diff --git a/pkg/db/from_json.go b/pkg/db/from_json.go
index 4de6277..5e4fdaa 100644
--- a/pkg/db/from_json.go
+++ b/pkg/db/from_json.go
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func FromJSON(b []byte, tableName string) (*sql.DB, string, error) {
 
 	columns, types := utils.BreakOutMap(typeMap)
 
-	// preprocess the column names
-	columns = processColumnNames(columns)
+	// // preprocess the column names
+	// columns = processColumnNames(columns)
 
 	createQuery := genCreateTableQuery(tableName, columns, types)
 
diff --git a/pkg/db/from_jsonl.go b/pkg/db/from_jsonl.go
index 8d87a51..377ed0c 100644
--- a/pkg/db/from_jsonl.go
+++ b/pkg/db/from_jsonl.go
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func FromJSONL(b []byte, tableName string) (*sql.DB, string, error) {
 
 	columns, types := utils.BreakOutMap(typeMap)
 
-	// preprocess the column names
-	columns = processColumnNames(columns)
+	// // preprocess the column names
+	// columns = processColumnNames(columns)
 
 	createQuery := genCreateTableQuery(tableName, columns, types)
 
diff --git a/pkg/db/load_sql.go b/pkg/db/load_sql.go
index 10bbf71..923b964 100644
--- a/pkg/db/load_sql.go
+++ b/pkg/db/load_sql.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package db
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 
 	_ "github.com/glebarez/go-sqlite"
@@ -22,6 +23,19 @@ func createTempDB() (*sql.DB, string, error) {
 	return db, tmpFile.Name(), nil
 }
 
+// check if the file is a valid sqlite db
+func IsValidDB(fileName string) bool {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	// try to query the db
+	_, err = db.Query("SELECT * FROM sqlite_master")
+	return err == nil
+}
+
 // load a sql file from bytes
 func LoadStdin(bytes []byte) (*sql.DB, string, error) {
 	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "sq-*.sql")
@@ -44,6 +58,9 @@ func LoadStdin(bytes []byte) (*sql.DB, string, error) {
 }
 
 func LoadFile(fileName string) (*sql.DB, string, error) {
+	if !IsValidDB(fileName) {
+		return nil, "", errors.New("file is not a valid SQLite database")
+	}
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", fileName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fileName, err