diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index ca56d57..47eda2d 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ pub enum Error {
     HeaderString(String),
     /// An error parsing the page size
     InvalidPageSize(String),
+    /// An error parsing the maximum/minimum payload fraction
+    /// or leaf fraction
+    InvalidFraction(String),
+    /// The change counter failed to parse
+    InvalidChangeCounter(String),
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
@@ -17,6 +22,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
         match self {
             Self::HeaderString(v) => write!(f, "Unexpected bytes at start of file, expected the magic string 'SQLite format 3\u{0}', found {:?}", v),
             Self::InvalidPageSize(msg) => write!(f, "Invalid page size, {}", msg),
+            Self::InvalidFraction(msg) => write!(f, "{}", msg),
+            Self::InvalidChangeCounter(msg) => write!(f, "Invalid change counter: {}", msg),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/header.rs b/src/header.rs
index 5aef665..1b28237 100644
--- a/src/header.rs
+++ b/src/header.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::error::Error;
 use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
+use std::num::NonZeroU32;
 
 static HEADER_STRING: &[u8] = &[
     //S q   l   i    t    e    ` ` f    o    r    m    a   t    ` ` 3   \u{0}
@@ -34,6 +35,16 @@ impl From<u8> for FormatVersion {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PageSize(u32);
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct DatabaseHeader {
+    pub page_size: PageSize,
+    pub write_version: FormatVersion,
+    pub read_version: FormatVersion,
+    pub reserved_bytes: u8,
+    pub change_counter: u32,
+    pub database_size: Option<NonZeroU32>,
+}
+
 impl TryFrom<u16> for PageSize {
     type Error = Error;
 
@@ -62,7 +73,18 @@ impl TryFrom<u16> for PageSize {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn parse_header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(PageSize, FormatVersion, FormatVersion), Error> {
+fn validate_fraction(byte: u8, target: u8, name: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    if byte != target {
+        Err(Error::InvalidFraction(format!(
+            "{} must be {}, found: {}",
+            name, target, byte
+        )))
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn parse_header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<DatabaseHeader, Error> {
     // Check that the first 16 bytes match the header string
     validate_magic_string(&bytes)?;
     // capture the page size
@@ -71,8 +93,27 @@ pub fn parse_header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(PageSize, FormatVersion, FormatVers
     let write_version = FormatVersion::from(bytes[18]);
     // capture the read format version
     let read_version = FormatVersion::from(bytes[19]);
+    let reserved_bytes = bytes[20];
+    validate_fraction(bytes[21], 64, "Maximum payload fraction")?;
+    validate_fraction(bytes[22], 32, "Minimum payload fraction")?;
+    validate_fraction(bytes[23], 32, "Leaf fraction")?;
 
-    Ok((page_size, write_version, read_version))
+    let change_counter =
+        crate::try_parse_u32(&bytes[24..28]).map_err(|msg| Error::InvalidChangeCounter(msg))?;
+
+    let database_size = crate::try_parse_u32(&bytes[28..32])
+        .map(NonZeroU32::new)
+        .ok()
+        .flatten();
+
+    Ok(DatabaseHeader {
+        page_size,
+        write_version,
+        read_version,
+        reserved_bytes,
+        change_counter,
+        database_size,
+    })
 }
 
 /// Validate that the bytes provided match the special string
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8f708c2..e52d6ff 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,26 @@
 pub mod error;
 pub mod header;
+
+// A little strange but since this might end up being
+// used in a large number of places, we can use a
+// String in the error position of our result. This
+// will allow the caller to insert their own error
+// with more context
+fn try_parse_u32(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<u32, String> {
+    use std::convert::TryInto;
+
+    // Just like with our u16, we are going to need to convert
+    // a slice into an array of 4 bytes. Using the `try_into`
+    // method on a slice, we will fail if the slice isn't exactly
+    // 4 bytes. We can use `map_err` to build our string only if
+    // it fails
+    let arr: [u8; 4] = bytes.try_into().map_err(|_| {
+        format!(
+            "expected a 4 byte slice, found a {} byte slice",
+            bytes.len()
+        )
+    })?;
+
+    // Finally we can use the `from_be_bytes` constructor for a u32
+    Ok(u32::from_be_bytes(arr))
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ba902eb..4b7c22d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
-use sqlite_parser::{
-    header::parse_header,
-    error::Error,
-};
+use sqlite_parser::{error::Error, header::parse_header};
 use std::fs::read;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     // first, read in all the bytes of our file
     // using unwrap to just panic if this fails
-    let contents = read("data.sqlite")
-        .expect("Failed to read data.sqlite");
+    let contents = read("data.sqlite").expect("Failed to read data.sqlite");
 
-    let (page_size, write_format, read_format) = parse_header(&contents[0..100])?;
+    let db_header = parse_header(&contents[0..100])?;
 
-    println!("page_size {:?}, write_format {:?}, read_format {:?}", page_size, write_format, read_format);
+    println!("{:#?}", db_header);
 
     Ok(())
 }