diff --git a/src/richardutils/richardutils.py b/src/richardutils/richardutils.py
index 609dc77..8c83758 100644
--- a/src/richardutils/richardutils.py
+++ b/src/richardutils/richardutils.py
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ def create_vrt_for_geotiffs(directory):
         
 def tif_to_ers(strpath, masked=True, chunks=None, dsmatch=None):
     """
-    Walks a directory of geotiffs and returns each as an ers grid and writes to fiel
+    Walks a directory of geotiffs and returns each as an ers grid and writes to file
     Args:
         strpath: directory name
         chunks: tuple of integers
@@ -1170,6 +1170,47 @@ def tif_to_ers(strpath, masked=True, chunks=None, dsmatch=None):
         
                 
     return check_dict
+    
+def ers_to_tif(strpath, masked=True, chunks=None, dsmatch=None):
+    """
+    Walks a directory of ers and returns each as an ers geotiff
+    Args:
+        strpath: directory name
+        chunks: tuple of integers
+        dsmatch: data array to match the directory of rasters to
+        masked: whether to mask by nodata, default is yes, pass masked=False if not desired
+    Returns:
+        a dictionary of rioxarrays
+        
+    Examples: 
+       tif_dict(r'D:\BananaSplits')
+       tif_dict(r'D:\BananaSplits', chunk=s(1,1024,1024))
+    
+    """
+
+    check_dict = {}
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(strpath):
+        for file in files:
+            if '.ers' in file and '.xml' not in file:
+                if dsmatch is None:
+                    if chunks is None:
+                        check_dict[file] = rioxarray.open_rasterio(os.path.join(root,file),masked=masked)    
+                    else:
+                        check_dict[file] = rioxarray.open_rasterio(os.path.join(root,file), masked=masked, chunks=chunks)    
+                else:
+                    if chunks is None:
+                        check_dict[file] = rioxarray.open_rasterio(os.path.join(root,file), masked=masked).rio.reproject_match(dsmatch)    
+                    else:
+                        check_dict[file] = rioxarray.open_rasterio(os.path.join(root,file), masked=masked, chunks=chunks).rio.reproject_match(dsmatch)    
+                        
+    for file in check_dict:
+        ersfile = file.replace('.ers','.tif')
+        print(file.replace('.ers','.etif'))
+        check_dict[file].rio.to_raster(ersfile, driver='GTiff')
+        
+                
+    return check_dict
+    
         
 
 def tif_to_img(strpath, masked=True, chunks=None, dsmatch=None):