diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index c503c4f..d325fbf 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 ^\.github$
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
diff --git a/NASCENT-Peru.Rproj b/NASCENT-Peru.Rproj
index 1ff30a8..dead601 100644
--- a/NASCENT-Peru.Rproj
+++ b/NASCENT-Peru.Rproj
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 
 RnwWeave: Sweave
 LaTeX: XeLaTeX
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source
diff --git a/src/scripts/preparation/test_rast_save_options.R b/src/scripts/preparation/test_rast_save_options.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0415556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/preparation/test_rast_save_options.R
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+install.packages("terra")
+library(terra)
+
+#load test rast
+test_rast <- terra::rast("X:/NASCENT-Peru/03_workspaces/02_modelling/Data_collab/Preds/Prepared/Suitability/Biophysical/Bulk_density/bdod_5-15cm_mean.tif")
+
+#check min/max values
+minmax(test_rast)
+
+#test if rats is integer
+is.int(test_rast)
+
+### =========================================================================
+### Convert to integer
+### =========================================================================
+
+#multiple by 1000 to convert to integer
+test_rast_int <- test_rast * 10000
+
+#check min/max values
+minmax(test_rast_int)
+
+#test if rats is integer
+is.int(test_rast_int)
+
+### =========================================================================
+### Check size using Geotiff
+### =========================================================================
+
+#save using INT2U datatype
+writeRaster(test_rast,
+            datatype= "INT2U",
+            filename = "X:/NASCENT-Peru/03_workspaces/02_modelling/Data_collab/Preds/Prepared/Suitability/Biophysical/Bulk_density/test_int_rast.tif")
+
+
+#re-read
+test_int2U <- rast("X:/NASCENT-Peru/03_workspaces/02_modelling/Data_collab/Preds/Prepared/Suitability/Biophysical/Bulk_density/test_int_rast.tif") 
+is.int(test_int2U)
+
+#attempt to force rast values into memory
+test_rds <- test_int2U *1
+
+### =========================================================================
+### Check size using RDS
+### =========================================================================
+
+# Convert back to raster as terra::saveRDS only saves reference
+test_rds <- raster::raster(test_int2U)
+
+# Use raster::readall to ensure values are in memory
+# THIS FAILS BECAUSE OF RAM LIMITS
+test_rds <- raster::readAll(test_rds)
+
+#save as RDS instead
+terra::saveRDS(test_rds, "X:/NASCENT-Peru/03_workspaces/02_modelling/Data_collab/Preds/Prepared/Suitability/Biophysical/Bulk_density/test_rast.rds")
+