diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c10155e..6d12ddd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::io;
+
 enum Orientation {
     N,
     E,
@@ -30,6 +33,11 @@ fn parse_instruction(c: char) -> Result<Instruction, &'static str> {
     }
 }
 
-fn main() {
-    let file_data = include_str!("../two_robots.txt");
+fn open_file(filename: &str) -> io::Result<String> {
+    let content = fs::read_to_string(filename)?;
+    Ok(content)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let conf = open_file("two_robots.txt");
 }