diff --git a/src/Tools/Tests/ISO_Planschbecken.xml b/src/Tools/Tests/ISO_Planschbecken.xml
index 975c0552..9c895cd5 100644
--- a/src/Tools/Tests/ISO_Planschbecken.xml
+++ b/src/Tools/Tests/ISO_Planschbecken.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <Directory name="Wuff">
             <File name="Miau.txt" type="file">../Tests/ISO_Planschbecken.xml</File>
             <Directory name="Sub" hidden="true">
-                <File name="SubM.txt" type="file">../Tests/ISO_Planschbecken.xml</File>
+                <File name="SubM.txt" type="file" padded_size="planschi">../Tests/ISO_Planschbecken.xml</File>
             </Directory>
         </Directory>
     </Track>
diff --git a/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/config_reader/mod.rs b/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/config_reader/mod.rs
index 2eff102a..b635c56a 100644
--- a/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/config_reader/mod.rs
+++ b/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/config_reader/mod.rs
@@ -15,15 +15,10 @@ impl Configuration {
 }
 
 pub struct File {
-    pub name:      String,
-    pub path:      PathBuf,
-    pub is_hidden: bool,
-}
-
-impl File {
-    pub fn new() -> File {
-        File{name: String::new(), path: PathBuf::new(), is_hidden: false}
-    }
+    pub name:        String,
+    pub path:        PathBuf,
+    pub is_hidden:   bool,
+    pub padded_size: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 pub struct Directory {
diff --git a/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/config_reader/xml.rs b/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/config_reader/xml.rs
index cbfcea8a..df2ababb 100644
--- a/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/config_reader/xml.rs
+++ b/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/config_reader/xml.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use tool_helper::format_if_error;
 use crate::config_reader::Directory;
 
 use super::{Configuration, ErrorString, File};
@@ -46,9 +47,10 @@ fn parse_description(description: roxmltree::Node, config: &mut Configuration) {
 fn parse_track(track: roxmltree::Node, config: &mut Configuration) -> Result<(), Error> {
     fn parse_file(file: roxmltree::Node, is_hidden: bool) -> Result<File, Error> {
         Ok(File{
-            name: String::from(file.attribute("name").unwrap_or_default()),
-            path: PathBuf::from(file.text().unwrap_or_default()),
-            is_hidden: is_hidden | parse_boolean_attribute(&file, "hidden")?
+            name:        String::from(file.attribute("name").unwrap_or_default()),
+            path:        PathBuf::from(file.text().unwrap_or_default()),
+            is_hidden:   is_hidden | parse_boolean_attribute(&file, "hidden")?,
+            padded_size: read_padded_size(&file)?,
         })
     }
 
@@ -75,6 +77,17 @@ fn parse_track(track: roxmltree::Node, config: &mut Configuration) -> Result<(),
     parse_file_system(track, &mut config.root, false)
 }
 
+fn read_padded_size(xml: &roxmltree::Node) -> Result<Option<usize>, Error> {
+    if let Some(padded_attr) = xml.attribute("padded_size") {
+        let padded_size = format_if_error!(padded_attr.parse::<usize>(), "Failed reading {} as padded size: {error_text}", padded_attr)?;
+        Ok(Some(padded_size))
+    }
+
+    else {
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}
+
 fn parse_boolean_attribute(xml: &roxmltree::Node, attribute_name: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
     if let Some(bool_str) = xml.attribute(attribute_name) {
         match bool_str {
@@ -109,4 +122,10 @@ impl std::convert::From<roxmltree::Error> for Error {
     fn from(error: roxmltree::Error) -> Error {
         Error::XML(error)
     }
+}
+
+impl std::convert::From<super::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(error: super::Error) -> Error {
+        Error::Generic(error)
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/encoder/psx.rs b/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/encoder/psx.rs
index 3edb45d0..5e7c39e5 100644
--- a/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/encoder/psx.rs
+++ b/src/Tools/psxcdgen_ex/src/encoder/psx.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ fn process_directory_record(dir: &Directory, sec_writer: &mut dyn SectorWriter)
         raw_data = &mut raw_data[bytes_written..raw_data_len];
     }
     
-
     let dir_record_sectors      = builder::create_xa_data_for_vec(None, &dir_record);
     let dir_record_sector_count = dir_record_sectors.len();
 
diff --git a/src/Tools/tool_helper/src/lib.rs b/src/Tools/tool_helper/src/lib.rs
index 630ce824..e2d79eea 100644
--- a/src/Tools/tool_helper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/Tools/tool_helper/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ pub type Input             = Box<dyn Read>;
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! format_if_error {
     ($result:expr, $format_text:literal) => {
-        tool_helper::callback_if_error($result, |error_text| {
+        tool_helper::callback_if_any_error($result, |error_text| {
             format!($format_text, error_text=error_text)
         })
     };
     ($result:expr, $format_text:literal, $($arg:expr)*) => {
-        tool_helper::callback_if_error($result, |error_text| {
+        tool_helper::callback_if_any_error($result, |error_text| {
             format!($format_text, $($arg),*, error_text=error_text)
         })
     };
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ pub fn callback_if_error<F: Fn(String) -> String, T>(result: Result<T, Error>, c
     }
 }
 
+pub fn callback_if_any_error<F: Fn(String) -> String, T, E: std::string::ToString>(result: Result<T, E>, callback: F) -> Result<T, Error> {
+    match result {
+        Ok(value)  => Ok(value),
+        Err(error) => {
+            Err(Error::from_text(callback(error.to_string())))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn open_output_file(output_path: &PathBuf) -> Result<BufWriter<std::fs::File>, Error> {
     Ok(std::io::BufWriter::new(std::fs::File::create(output_path)?))
 }