diff --git a/bitcask.go b/bitcask.go
index e37ce9c..61cb557 100644
--- a/bitcask.go
+++ b/bitcask.go
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gofrs/flock"
 	art "github.com/plar/go-adaptive-radix-tree"
 	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal/config"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal/data"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal/index"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -45,11 +48,11 @@ type Bitcask struct {
 
 	*flock.Flock
 
-	config    *config
+	config    *config.Config
 	options   []Option
 	path      string
-	curr      *internal.Datafile
-	datafiles map[int]*internal.Datafile
+	curr      *data.Datafile
+	datafiles map[int]*data.Datafile
 	trie      art.Tree
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) Close() error {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	if err := internal.WriteIndex(b.trie, f); err != nil {
+	if err := index.WriteIndex(b.trie, f); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := f.Sync(); err != nil {
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) Sync() error {
 // Get retrieves the value of the given key. If the key is not found or an/I/O
 // error occurs a null byte slice is returned along with the error.
 func (b *Bitcask) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	var df *internal.Datafile
+	var df *data.Datafile
 
 	b.mu.RLock()
 	value, found := b.trie.Search(key)
@@ -158,10 +161,10 @@ func (b *Bitcask) Has(key []byte) bool {
 
 // Put stores the key and value in the database.
 func (b *Bitcask) Put(key, value []byte) error {
-	if len(key) > b.config.maxKeySize {
+	if len(key) > b.config.MaxKeySize {
 		return ErrKeyTooLarge
 	}
-	if len(value) > b.config.maxValueSize {
+	if len(value) > b.config.MaxValueSize {
 		return ErrValueTooLarge
 	}
 
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) Put(key, value []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if b.config.sync {
+	if b.config.Sync {
 		if err := b.curr.Sync(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) put(key, value []byte) (int64, int64, error) {
 	defer b.mu.Unlock()
 
 	size := b.curr.Size()
-	if size >= int64(b.config.maxDatafileSize) {
+	if size >= int64(b.config.MaxDatafileSize) {
 		err := b.curr.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			return -1, 0, err
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) put(key, value []byte) (int64, int64, error) {
 
 		id := b.curr.FileID()
 
-		df, err := internal.NewDatafile(b.path, id, true)
+		df, err := data.NewDatafile(b.path, id, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return -1, 0, err
 		}
@@ -285,7 +288,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) put(key, value []byte) (int64, int64, error) {
 		b.datafiles[id] = df
 
 		id = b.curr.FileID() + 1
-		curr, err := internal.NewDatafile(b.path, id, false)
+		curr, err := data.NewDatafile(b.path, id, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return -1, 0, err
 		}
@@ -318,29 +321,21 @@ func (b *Bitcask) reopen() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	datafiles := make(map[int]*internal.Datafile, len(ids))
+	datafiles := make(map[int]*data.Datafile, len(ids))
 
 	for _, id := range ids {
-		df, err := internal.NewDatafile(b.path, id, true)
+		df, err := data.NewDatafile(b.path, id, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		datafiles[id] = df
 	}
 
-	t := art.New()
-
-	if internal.Exists(path.Join(b.path, "index")) {
-		f, err := os.Open(path.Join(b.path, "index"))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		defer f.Close()
-
-		if err := internal.ReadIndex(f, t, b.config.maxKeySize); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	} else {
+	t, found, err := index.ReadFromFile(b.path, b.config.MaxKeySize)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !found {
 		for i, df := range datafiles {
 			var offset int64
 			for {
@@ -358,7 +353,6 @@ func (b *Bitcask) reopen() error {
 					offset += n
 					continue
 				}
-
 				item := internal.Item{FileID: ids[i], Offset: offset, Size: n}
 				t.Insert(e.Key, item)
 				offset += n
@@ -371,7 +365,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) reopen() error {
 		id = ids[(len(ids) - 1)]
 	}
 
-	curr, err := internal.NewDatafile(b.path, id, false)
+	curr, err := data.NewDatafile(b.path, id, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -468,7 +462,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) Merge() error {
 // configuration options as functions.
 func Open(path string, options ...Option) (*Bitcask, error) {
 	var (
-		cfg *config
+		cfg *config.Config
 		err error
 	)
 
@@ -476,7 +470,7 @@ func Open(path string, options ...Option) (*Bitcask, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	cfg, err = getConfig(path)
+	cfg, err = config.Decode(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		cfg = newDefaultConfig()
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/bitcask/recover.go b/cmd/bitcask/recover.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a905495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/bitcask/recover.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal/config"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal/index"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+)
+
+var recoveryCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:     "recover",
+	Aliases: []string{"recovery"},
+	Short:   "Analyzes and recovers the index file for corruption scenarios",
+	Long: `This analyze files to detect different forms of persistence corruption in 
+persisted files. It also allows to recover the files to the latest point of integrity.
+Recovered files have the .recovered extension`,
+	Args: cobra.ExactArgs(0),
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		viper.BindPFlag("dry-run", cmd.Flags().Lookup("dry-run"))
+	},
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		path := viper.GetString("path")
+		dryRun := viper.GetBool("dry-run")
+		os.Exit(recover(path, dryRun))
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(recoveryCmd)
+	recoveryCmd.Flags().BoolP("dry-run", "n", false, "Will only check files health without applying recovery if unhealthy")
+}
+
+func recover(path string, dryRun bool) int {
+	maxKeySize := bitcask.DefaultMaxKeySize
+	if cfg, err := config.Decode(path); err == nil {
+		maxKeySize = cfg.MaxKeySize
+	}
+
+	t, found, err := index.ReadFromFile(path, maxKeySize)
+	if err != nil && !index.IsIndexCorruption(err) {
+		log.WithError(err).Info("error while opening the index file")
+	}
+	if !found {
+		log.Info("index file doesn't exist, will be recreated on next run.")
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	if err == nil {
+		log.Debug("index file is not corrupted")
+		return 0
+	}
+	log.Debugf("index file is corrupted: %v", err)
+
+	if dryRun {
+		log.Debug("dry-run mode, not writing to a file")
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	fi, err := os.OpenFile("index.recovered", os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Info("error while creating recovered index file")
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	// Leverage that t has the partiatially read tree even on corrupted files
+	err = index.WriteIndex(t, fi)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Info("error while writing the recovered index file")
+
+		fi.Close()
+		return 1
+	}
+	err = fi.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Info("the recovered file index coudn't be saved correctly")
+	}
+	log.Debug("the index was recovered in the index.recovered new file")
+
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fd2f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// Config contains the bitcask configuration parameters
+type Config struct {
+	MaxDatafileSize int  `json:"max_datafile_size"`
+	MaxKeySize      int  `json:"max_key_size"`
+	MaxValueSize    int  `json:"max_value_size"`
+	Sync            bool `json:"sync"`
+}
+
+// Decode decodes a serialized configuration
+func Decode(path string) (*Config, error) {
+	var cfg Config
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(path, "config.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &cfg, nil
+}
+
+// Encode encodes the configuration for storage
+func (c *Config) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(c)
+}
diff --git a/internal/codec.go b/internal/data/codec.go
similarity index 91%
rename from internal/codec.go
rename to internal/data/codec.go
index e34373f..a49f45c 100644
--- a/internal/codec.go
+++ b/internal/data/codec.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package internal
+package data
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ type Encoder struct {
 
 // Encode takes any Entry and streams it to the underlying writer.
 // Messages are framed with a key-length and value-length prefix.
-func (e *Encoder) Encode(msg Entry) (int64, error) {
+func (e *Encoder) Encode(msg internal.Entry) (int64, error) {
 	var bufKeyValue = make([]byte, KeySize+ValueSize)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(bufKeyValue[:KeySize], uint32(len(msg.Key)))
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(bufKeyValue[KeySize:KeySize+ValueSize], uint64(len(msg.Value)))
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ type Decoder struct {
 	r io.Reader
 }
 
-func (d *Decoder) Decode(v *Entry) (int64, error) {
+func (d *Decoder) Decode(v *internal.Entry) (int64, error) {
 	prefixBuf := make([]byte, KeySize+ValueSize)
 
 	_, err := io.ReadFull(d.r, prefixBuf)
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func GetKeyValueSizes(buf []byte) (uint64, uint64) {
 	return uint64(actualKeySize), actualValueSize
 }
 
-func DecodeWithoutPrefix(buf []byte, valueOffset uint64, v *Entry) {
+func DecodeWithoutPrefix(buf []byte, valueOffset uint64, v *internal.Entry) {
 	v.Key = buf[:valueOffset]
 	v.Value = buf[valueOffset : len(buf)-checksumSize]
 	v.Checksum = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf[len(buf)-checksumSize:])
diff --git a/internal/datafile.go b/internal/data/datafile.go
similarity index 90%
rename from internal/datafile.go
rename to internal/data/datafile.go
index b7df731..9990f5c 100644
--- a/internal/datafile.go
+++ b/internal/data/datafile.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package internal
+package data
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/mmap"
 )
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ func (df *Datafile) Size() int64 {
 	return df.offset
 }
 
-func (df *Datafile) Read() (e Entry, n int64, err error) {
+func (df *Datafile) Read() (e internal.Entry, n int64, err error) {
 	df.Lock()
 	defer df.Unlock()
 
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func (df *Datafile) Read() (e Entry, n int64, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (df *Datafile) ReadAt(index, size int64) (e Entry, err error) {
+func (df *Datafile) ReadAt(index, size int64) (e internal.Entry, err error) {
 	var n int
 
 	b := make([]byte, size)
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ func (df *Datafile) ReadAt(index, size int64) (e Entry, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (df *Datafile) Write(e Entry) (int64, int64, error) {
+func (df *Datafile) Write(e internal.Entry) (int64, int64, error) {
 	if df.w == nil {
 		return -1, 0, ErrReadonly
 	}
diff --git a/internal/codec_index.go b/internal/index/codec_index.go
similarity index 78%
rename from internal/codec_index.go
rename to internal/index/codec_index.go
index f163005..2a60a45 100644
--- a/internal/codec_index.go
+++ b/internal/index/codec_index.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package internal
+package index
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	art "github.com/plar/go-adaptive-radix-tree"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -59,21 +60,21 @@ func writeBytes(b []byte, w io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func readItem(r io.Reader) (Item, error) {
+func readItem(r io.Reader) (internal.Item, error) {
 	buf := make([]byte, (fileIDSize + offsetSize + sizeSize))
 	_, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf)
 	if err != nil {
-		return Item{}, errors.Wrap(errTruncatedData, err.Error())
+		return internal.Item{}, errors.Wrap(errTruncatedData, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	return Item{
+	return internal.Item{
 		FileID: int(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf[:fileIDSize])),
 		Offset: int64(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(buf[fileIDSize:(fileIDSize + offsetSize)])),
 		Size:   int64(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(buf[(fileIDSize + offsetSize):])),
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func writeItem(item Item, w io.Writer) error {
+func writeItem(item internal.Item, w io.Writer) error {
 	buf := make([]byte, (fileIDSize + offsetSize + sizeSize))
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[:fileIDSize], uint32(item.FileID))
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(buf[fileIDSize:(fileIDSize+offsetSize)], uint64(item.Offset))
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func writeItem(item Item, w io.Writer) error {
 }
 
 // ReadIndex reads a persisted from a io.Reader into a Tree
-func ReadIndex(r io.Reader, t art.Tree, maxKeySize int) error {
+func readIndex(r io.Reader, t art.Tree, maxKeySize int) error {
 	for {
 		key, err := readKeyBytes(r, maxKeySize)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ func WriteIndex(t art.Tree, w io.Writer) (err error) {
 			return false
 		}
 
-		item := node.Value().(Item)
+		item := node.Value().(internal.Item)
 		err := writeItem(item, w)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false
@@ -125,3 +126,14 @@ func WriteIndex(t art.Tree, w io.Writer) (err error) {
 	})
 	return
 }
+
+// IsIndexCorruption returns a boolean indicating whether the error
+// is known to report a corruption data issue
+func IsIndexCorruption(err error) bool {
+	cause := errors.Cause(err)
+	switch cause {
+	case errKeySizeTooLarge, errTruncatedData, errTruncatedKeyData, errTruncatedKeySize:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/internal/codec_index_test.go b/internal/index/codec_index_test.go
similarity index 89%
rename from internal/codec_index_test.go
rename to internal/index/codec_index_test.go
index f78cc19..5fbb64a 100644
--- a/internal/codec_index_test.go
+++ b/internal/index/codec_index_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package internal
+package index
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	art "github.com/plar/go-adaptive-radix-tree"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func TestReadIndex(t *testing.T) {
 	b := bytes.NewBuffer(sampleTreeBytes)
 
 	at := art.New()
-	err := ReadIndex(b, at, 1024)
+	err := readIndex(b, at, 1024)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error while deserializing correct sample tree: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func TestReadCorruptedData(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Run(table[i].name, func(t *testing.T) {
 				bf := bytes.NewBuffer(table[i].data)
 
-				if err := ReadIndex(bf, art.New(), 1024); errors.Cause(err) != table[i].err {
+				if err := readIndex(bf, art.New(), 1024); !IsIndexCorruption(err) || errors.Cause(err) != table[i].err {
 					t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", table[i].err, err)
 				}
 			})
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func TestReadCorruptedData(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Run(table[i].name, func(t *testing.T) {
 				bf := bytes.NewBuffer(table[i].data)
 
-				if err := ReadIndex(bf, art.New(), table[i].maxKeySize); errors.Cause(err) != table[i].err {
+				if err := readIndex(bf, art.New(), table[i].maxKeySize); !IsIndexCorruption(err) || errors.Cause(err) != table[i].err {
 					t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", table[i].err, err)
 				}
 			})
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func getSampleTree() (art.Tree, int) {
 	keys := [][]byte{[]byte("abcd"), []byte("abce"), []byte("abcf"), []byte("abgd")}
 	expectedSerializedSize := 0
 	for i := range keys {
-		at.Insert(keys[i], Item{FileID: i, Offset: int64(i), Size: int64(i)})
+		at.Insert(keys[i], internal.Item{FileID: i, Offset: int64(i), Size: int64(i)})
 		expectedSerializedSize += int32Size + len(keys[i]) + fileIDSize + offsetSize + sizeSize
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/index/index.go b/internal/index/index.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb23edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/index/index.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package index
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	art "github.com/plar/go-adaptive-radix-tree"
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal"
+)
+
+// ReadFromFile reads an index from a persisted file
+func ReadFromFile(filePath string, maxKeySize int) (art.Tree, bool, error) {
+	t := art.New()
+	if !internal.Exists(path.Join(filePath, "index")) {
+		return t, false, nil
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Open(path.Join(filePath, "index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return t, true, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	if err := readIndex(f, t, maxKeySize); err != nil {
+		return t, true, err
+	}
+	return t, true, nil
+}
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index edd7f67..1c32400 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 package bitcask
 
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"path/filepath"
-)
+import "github.com/prologic/bitcask/internal/config"
 
 const (
 	// DefaultMaxDatafileSize is the default maximum datafile size in bytes
@@ -15,87 +11,34 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultMaxValueSize is the default value size in bytes
 	DefaultMaxValueSize = 1 << 16 // 65KB
+
+	// DefaultSync is the default file synchronization action
+	DefaultSync = false
 )
 
 // Option is a function that takes a config struct and modifies it
-type Option func(*config) error
-
-type config struct {
-	maxDatafileSize int
-	maxKeySize      int
-	maxValueSize    int
-	sync            bool
-}
-
-func (c *config) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(struct {
-		MaxDatafileSize int  `json:"max_datafile_size"`
-		MaxKeySize      int  `json:"max_key_size"`
-		MaxValueSize    int  `json:"max_value_size"`
-		Sync            bool `json:"sync"`
-	}{
-		MaxDatafileSize: c.maxDatafileSize,
-		MaxKeySize:      c.maxKeySize,
-		MaxValueSize:    c.maxValueSize,
-		Sync:            c.sync,
-	})
-}
-
-func getConfig(path string) (*config, error) {
-	type Config struct {
-		MaxDatafileSize int  `json:"max_datafile_size"`
-		MaxKeySize      int  `json:"max_key_size"`
-		MaxValueSize    int  `json:"max_value_size"`
-		Sync            bool `json:"sync"`
-	}
-
-	var cfg Config
-
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(path, "config.json"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return &config{
-		maxDatafileSize: cfg.MaxDatafileSize,
-		maxKeySize:      cfg.MaxKeySize,
-		maxValueSize:    cfg.MaxValueSize,
-		sync:            cfg.Sync,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func newDefaultConfig() *config {
-	return &config{
-		maxDatafileSize: DefaultMaxDatafileSize,
-		maxKeySize:      DefaultMaxKeySize,
-		maxValueSize:    DefaultMaxValueSize,
-	}
-}
+type Option func(*config.Config) error
 
 // WithMaxDatafileSize sets the maximum datafile size option
 func WithMaxDatafileSize(size int) Option {
-	return func(cfg *config) error {
-		cfg.maxDatafileSize = size
+	return func(cfg *config.Config) error {
+		cfg.MaxDatafileSize = size
 		return nil
 	}
 }
 
 // WithMaxKeySize sets the maximum key size option
 func WithMaxKeySize(size int) Option {
-	return func(cfg *config) error {
-		cfg.maxKeySize = size
+	return func(cfg *config.Config) error {
+		cfg.MaxKeySize = size
 		return nil
 	}
 }
 
 // WithMaxValueSize sets the maximum value size option
 func WithMaxValueSize(size int) Option {
-	return func(cfg *config) error {
-		cfg.maxValueSize = size
+	return func(cfg *config.Config) error {
+		cfg.MaxValueSize = size
 		return nil
 	}
 }
@@ -103,8 +46,17 @@ func WithMaxValueSize(size int) Option {
 // WithSync causes Sync() to be called on every key/value written increasing
 // durability and safety at the expense of performance
 func WithSync(sync bool) Option {
-	return func(cfg *config) error {
-		cfg.sync = sync
+	return func(cfg *config.Config) error {
+		cfg.Sync = sync
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+func newDefaultConfig() *config.Config {
+	return &config.Config{
+		MaxDatafileSize: DefaultMaxDatafileSize,
+		MaxKeySize:      DefaultMaxKeySize,
+		MaxValueSize:    DefaultMaxValueSize,
+		Sync:            DefaultSync,
+	}
+}