diff --git a/virtualizarr/tests/test_writers/test_icechunk.py b/virtualizarr/tests/test_writers/test_icechunk.py
index 6c905f0..72c4fe6 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/tests/test_writers/test_icechunk.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/tests/test_writers/test_icechunk.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def test_write_new_virtual_variable(
         assert arr.order == "C"
         assert arr.fill_value == 0
         # TODO check compressor, filters?
+        #
 
         # check array attrs
         # TODO somehow this is broken by setting the dimension names???
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@ def test_set_single_virtual_ref_without_encoding(
         # note: we don't need to test that committing works, because now we have confirmed
         # the refs are in the store (even uncommitted) it's icechunk's problem to manage them now.
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Test doesn't account for scale factor encoding yet")
     def test_set_single_virtual_ref_with_encoding(
         self, icechunk_filestore: "IcechunkStore", netcdf4_file: Path
     ):
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def test_set_single_virtual_ref_with_encoding(
             chunkmanifest=manifest,
             zarray=zarray,
         )
-        air = Variable(data=ma, dims=["time", "lat", "lon"])
+        air = Variable(data=ma, dims=["time", "lat", "lon"], encoding={"scale_factor": 0.01})
         vds = Dataset(
             {"air": air},
         )
@@ -145,21 +145,29 @@ def test_set_single_virtual_ref_with_encoding(
 
         root_group = group(store=icechunk_filestore)
         air_array = root_group["air"]
-        print(air_array)
+
+        # check array metadata
+        assert air_array.shape == (2920, 25, 53)
+        assert air_array.chunks == (2920, 25, 53)
+        assert air_array.dtype == np.dtype("int16")
+        assert air_array.attrs['scale_factor'] == 0.01
+
+        # xarray performs this when cf_decoding is True, but we are not loading
+        # with xarray here so we scale it manually.
+        scale_factor = air_array.attrs['scale_factor']
+        scaled_air_array = air_array[:] * scale_factor
 
         # check chunk references
         # TODO we can't explicitly check that the path/offset/length is correct because icechunk doesn't yet expose any get_virtual_refs method
 
         expected_ds = open_dataset(netcdf4_file)
         expected_air_array = expected_ds["air"].to_numpy()
-        npt.assert_equal(air_array, expected_air_array)
+        npt.assert_equal(scaled_air_array, expected_air_array)
 
         # note: we don't need to test that committing works, because now we have confirmed
         # the refs are in the store (even uncommitted) it's icechunk's problem to manage them now.
 
 
-# TODO get test with encoding working
-
 # TODO test writing grids of multiple chunks
 
 # TODO test writing to a group that isn't the root group
diff --git a/virtualizarr/writers/icechunk.py b/virtualizarr/writers/icechunk.py
index fea3e26..84fbe1b 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/writers/icechunk.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/writers/icechunk.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import numpy as np
-from xarray import Dataset
+from xarray import Dataset, conventions
+from xarray.backends.zarr import encode_zarr_attr_value
 from xarray.core.variable import Variable
 from zarr import Group
 
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@
 
 VALID_URI_PREFIXES = {
     "s3://",
-    "gs://",
-    "azure://",
-    "r2://",
-    "cos://",
-    "minio://",
+    # "gs://",
+    # "azure://",
+    # "r2://",
+    # "cos://",
+    # "minio://",
     "file:///",
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ def dataset_to_icechunk(ds: Dataset, store: "IcechunkStore") -> None:
     # TODO this is Frozen, the API for setting attributes must be something else
     # root_group.attrs = ds.attrs
     for k, v in ds.attrs.items():
-        root_group.attrs[k] = v
+        root_group.attrs[k] = encode_zarr_attr_value(v)
 
     asyncio.run(
         write_variables_to_icechunk_group(
@@ -108,7 +109,6 @@ async def write_virtual_variable_to_icechunk(
     var: Variable,
 ) -> None:
     """Write a single virtual variable into an icechunk store"""
-
     ma = var.data
     zarray = ma.zarray
 
@@ -118,17 +118,21 @@ async def write_virtual_variable_to_icechunk(
         shape=zarray.shape,
         chunk_shape=zarray.chunks,
         dtype=encode_dtype(zarray.dtype),
+        codecs=zarray._v3_codec_pipeline(),
+        dimension_names=var.dims,
+        fill_value=zarray.fill_value,
         # TODO fill_value?
-        # TODO order?
-        # TODO zarr format?
-        # TODO compressors?
     )
 
     # TODO it would be nice if we could assign directly to the .attrs property
     for k, v in var.attrs.items():
-        arr.attrs[k] = v
-    # TODO we should probably be doing some encoding of those attributes?
-    arr.attrs["DIMENSION_NAMES"] = var.dims
+        arr.attrs[k] = encode_zarr_attr_value(v)
+    arr.attrs["DIMENSION_NAMES"] = encode_zarr_attr_value(var.dims)
+
+    _encoding_keys = {"_FillValue", "missing_value", "scale_factor", "add_offset"}
+    for k, v in var.encoding.items():
+        if k in _encoding_keys:
+            arr.attrs[k] = encode_zarr_attr_value(v)
 
     await write_manifest_virtual_refs(
         store=store,