diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c2785cf15..1437f7412 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 *.hdf5 binary
 *.pdf binary
 *.dream3d binary
+*.pbz2 binary
 
 # ignore files from MSC.Marc in language statistics
 installation/mods_MarcMentat/20*/*  linguist-vendored
-src/marc/include/*                  linguist-vendored
+src/Marc/include/*                  linguist-vendored
 
 # ignore reference files for tests in language statistics
 python/tests/reference/*       linguist-vendored
diff --git a/python/tests/reference/Result/read_0.pbz2 b/python/tests/reference/Result/read_0.pbz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6649f9994
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diff --git a/python/tests/reference/Result/read_1.pbz2 b/python/tests/reference/Result/read_1.pbz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1963d4ea
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diff --git a/python/tests/reference/Result/read_2.pbz2 b/python/tests/reference/Result/read_2.pbz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8398ab2f
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diff --git a/python/tests/reference/Result/read_3.pbz2 b/python/tests/reference/Result/read_3.pbz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2eb08545
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diff --git a/python/tests/reference/Result/read_4.pbz2 b/python/tests/reference/Result/read_4.pbz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c10fa916b
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diff --git a/python/tests/reference/Result/read_5.pbz2 b/python/tests/reference/Result/read_5.pbz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1963d4ea
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diff --git a/python/tests/reference/Result/read_6.pbz2 b/python/tests/reference/Result/read_6.pbz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4459d2e59
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diff --git a/python/tests/reference/Result/read_7.pbz2 b/python/tests/reference/Result/read_7.pbz2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef25acbf9
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diff --git a/python/tests/test_Result.py b/python/tests/test_Result.py
index 3ab5338ea..38c2cb4ee 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_Result.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_Result.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import bz2
+import pickle
 import time
 import shutil
 import os
@@ -36,6 +38,17 @@ def ref_path(ref_path_base):
     """Directory containing reference results."""
     return ref_path_base/'Result'
 
+def dict_equal(d1, d2):
+    for k in d1:
+        if (k not in d2):
+            return False
+        else:
+            if type(d1[k]) is dict:
+                return dict_equal(d1[k],d2[k])
+            else:
+                if not np.allclose(d1[k],d2[k]):
+                    return False
+    return True
 
 class TestResult:
 
@@ -387,3 +400,29 @@ class TestResult:
     def test_XDMF_invalid(self,default):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError):
             default.save_XDMF()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('view,labels,compress,strip',
+            [({},['F','P','F','L_p','F_e','F_p'],True,True),
+             ({'increments':3},'F',True,True),
+             ({'increments':[1,8,3,4,5,6,7]},['F','P'],True,True),
+             ({'phases':['A','B']},['F','P'],True,True),
+             ({'phases':['A','C'],'homogenizations':False},['F','P','O'],True,True),
+             ({'phases':False,'homogenizations':False},['F','P','O'],True,True),
+             ({'phases':False},['Delta_V'],True,True),
+             ({},['u_p','u_n'],False,False)],
+            ids=list(range(8)))
+    def test_read(self,update,request,ref_path,view,labels,compress,strip):
+        result = Result(ref_path/'4grains2x4x3_compressionY.hdf5')
+        for key,value in view.items():
+            result.view(key,value)
+
+        N = request.node.name[8:].split('[')[1].split(']')[0]
+        cur = result.read(labels,compress,strip)
+        if update:
+            with bz2.BZ2File(ref_path/f'read_{N}.pbz2','w') as f:
+                pickle.dump(cur,f)
+            
+        with bz2.BZ2File(ref_path/f'read_{N}.pbz2') as f:
+            ref = pickle.load(f)
+        
+        assert dict_equal(cur,ref)