diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/sparkfits/FitsLib.scala b/src/main/scala/com/sparkfits/FitsLib.scala
index 03c1ec9..3f415f9 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/sparkfits/FitsLib.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/sparkfits/FitsLib.scala
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ object FitsLib {
     */
   class Fits(hdfsPath : Path, conf : Configuration, hduIndex : Int) {
 
+    // Memory of the pointers during HDU initialization
+    val pointers = Array.newBuilder[(String, Long)]
+
     // Open the data
     val fs = hdfsPath.getFileSystem(conf)
     val data = fs.open(hdfsPath)
@@ -179,6 +182,7 @@ object FitsLib {
     // Check whether we know the HDU type.
     val hduType = getHduType
     val hdu: HDU = hduType match {
+      case "ZIMAGE" => handleZImage
       case "BINTABLE" => handleBintable
       case "IMAGE" => handleImage
       case "TABLE" => AnyHDU()
@@ -199,6 +203,17 @@ object FitsLib {
       FitsHduImage.ImageHDU(blockHeader)
     }
 
+    /**
+      * Give access to methods concerning ZImage HDU.
+      *
+      * @return (ZImageHDU)
+      *
+      */
+    def handleZImage : FitsHduZImage.ZImageHDU = {
+      // Grab only columns specified by the user
+      FitsHduZImage.ZImageHDU(blockHeader)
+    }
+
     /**
       * Give access to methods concerning BinTable HDU.
       *
@@ -291,18 +306,22 @@ object FitsLib {
     def getHduType : String = {
 
       // Get the header NAMES
-      val colNames = parseHeader(blockHeader)
+      val keyValues = parseHeader(blockHeader)
 
-      // Check if the HDU is empty, a table or an image
-      val isBintable = colNames.filter(
+      // Check if the HDU is empty, or some specific Fits type
+      val isZImage = keyValues.filter(
+        x=>x._1.contains("ZIMAGE") && (x._2.trim == "T")).values.toList.size > 0
+      val isBintable = keyValues.filter(
         x=>x._2.contains("BINTABLE")).values.toList.size > 0
-      val isTable = colNames.filter(
+      val isTable = keyValues.filter(
         x=>x._2.contains("TABLE")).values.toList.size > 0
-      val isImage = colNames.filter(
+      val isImage = keyValues.filter(
         x=>x._2.contains("IMAGE")).values.toList.size > 0
       val isEmpty = empty_hdu
 
-      val fitstype = if (isBintable) {
+      val fitstype = if (isZImage) {
+        "ZIMAGE"
+      } else if (isBintable) {
         "BINTABLE"
       } else if (isTable) {
         "TABLE"
@@ -359,18 +378,29 @@ object FitsLib {
       var hasData : Boolean = false
       var datalen = 0L
 
+      var last_pointer = 0L
+
       // Loop over all HDU, and exit.
       do {
+        pointers += s"absstart$currentHduIndex" -> (data.getPos)
+        pointers += s"headerstart$currentHduIndex" -> (data.getPos - last_pointer)
+        last_pointer = data.getPos
+
         val localHeader = readFullHeaderBlocks
 
-        // If the header cannot be read,
+        // Test if the header cannot be read,
         if (localHeader.size > 0) {
           hasData = true
 
           // Size of the data block in Bytes.
           // Skip Data if None (typically HDU=0)
           datalen = Try {
-            getDataLen(parseHeader(localHeader))
+            val keyValues = parseHeader(localHeader)
+            if (keyValues.contains("PCOUNT")){
+              // pointers += keyValues("PCOUNT").toLong + (keyValues("NAXIS").toLong * keyValues("NAXIS1").toLong * keyValues("NAXIS2").toLong)
+              pointers += s"PCOUNT$currentHduIndex" -> keyValues("PCOUNT").toLong
+            }
+            getDataLen(keyValues)
           }.getOrElse(0L)
 
           // Store the offset to the next HDU
@@ -383,6 +413,12 @@ object FitsLib {
             datalen + FITSBLOCK_SIZE_BYTES - (datalen % FITSBLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)
           }
 
+          val n = data.getPos - last_pointer
+          pointers += s"absdatastart$currentHduIndex" -> data.getPos
+          pointers += s"datastart$currentHduIndex" -> n
+          pointers += s"data$currentHduIndex" -> skipBytes
+          last_pointer = data.getPos
+
           data.seek(data.getPos + skipBytes)
 
           // Move to the another HDU if needed
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/sparkfits/FitsLibTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/sparkfits/FitsLibTest.scala
index 28fa29d..853549c 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/sparkfits/FitsLibTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/sparkfits/FitsLibTest.scala
@@ -86,6 +86,40 @@ class FitsLibTest extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
     )
   }
 
+
+  test("FitsLib test: Can you initialise correctly methods of a Image HDU?") {
+    val tablefile = new Path("src/test/resources/toTest/tst0009.fits")
+    val fB1 = new Fits(tablefile, conf, 2)
+    val p = fB1.pointers.result.size
+    val keyValue = FitsLib.parseHeader(fB1.blockHeader)
+    assert(
+      fB1.hdu.implemented == true &&
+        fB1.pointers.result.size == s"p=$p"
+    )
+  }
+
+
+  test("FitsLib test: Can you initialise correctly methods of a ZImage HDU?") {
+    val file = new Path("hdfs://134.158.75.222:8020//lsst/images/a.fits.fz")
+    val fB1 = new Fits(file, conf, 1)
+    val p = fB1.pointers.result.size
+
+    val keyValue = FitsLib.parseHeader(fB1.blockHeader)
+    assert(
+      fB1.hdu.implemented == true &&
+        fB1.hdu.getNRows(keyValue) == 1024L &&
+        fB1.hdu.getSizeRowBytes(keyValue) == 1024 &&
+        /*
+        fB1.hdu.getNCols(keyValue) == 1L &&
+        fB1.hdu.getColTypes(keyValue) == null &&
+        fB1.hdu.listOfStruct != null &&
+        fB1.hdu.getRow(Array(0)) != null &&
+        fB1.hdu.getElementFromBuffer(Array(0), "") != null &&
+        */
+        fB1.pointers.result.size == s"p=$p"
+    )
+  }
+
   // Check that the HDU asked is below the max HDU index.
   test("FitsLib test: Can you compute correctly the boundaries of a HDU?") {
     val fB1 = new Fits(file, conf, 1)
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/sparkfits/ReadFitsTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/sparkfits/ReadFitsTest.scala
index c3bcee7..b40ab47 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/sparkfits/ReadFitsTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/sparkfits/ReadFitsTest.scala
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ class ReadFitsTest extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
     assert(count == 155)
   }
 
+  test("HDU type test: test if HDU is an zimage?") {
+    val fn_image = "hdfs://134.158.75.222:8020//lsst/images/a.fits.fz"
+    val results = spark.read.format("com.sparkfits")
+      .option("hdu", 1)
+      .load(fn_image)
+    val count = results.count()
+    assert(count == 36)
+  }
+
   // Test if the user provides the data type in the HDU
   test("HDU type test: Return an empty DF if the HDU is a Table? (not implemented yet)") {
     val fn_table = "src/test/resources/toTest/tst0009.fits"