diff --git a/src/MarkovMatrix.cpp b/src/MarkovMatrix.cpp
index a1ac54b..87b3726 100644
--- a/src/MarkovMatrix.cpp
+++ b/src/MarkovMatrix.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MarkovMatrix::MarkovMatrix()
 }
 
 
-MarkovMatrix::MarkovMatrix(char length)
+MarkovMatrix::MarkovMatrix(int length)
 {
 	this->length = length;
 }
@@ -57,14 +57,44 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, int> MarkovMatrix::hiccup(std::string& previous)
 
 void MarkovMatrix::load(std::istream& is)
 {
-	char file_version;
-	is.read(&file_version, sizeof(char));
+	int version;
+	is >> version;
+	if (version != this->file_version) {
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	is >> this->length;
+	
+	int size;
+	is >> size;
+	std::cout << "size: " << size << std::endl;
+	std::string read; std::getline(is, read);
+	for (int i=0; i<size; ++i) {
+		// read line as string
+		std::string before;
+		std::getline(is, before);
+		// read line as int
+		std::getline(is, read);
+		int characters = std::stoi(read);
+		
+		for (int j=0; j<characters; ++j) {
+			// read line as string
+			std::string current;
+			std::getline(is, current);
+			// read line as int
+			std::getline(is, read);
+			int count = std::stoi(read);
+			
+			this->matrix[before][current] = count;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 
 void MarkovMatrix::save(std::ostream& os)
 {
 	os << this->file_version << std::endl;
+	os << this->length << std::endl;
 	
 	os << this->matrix.size() << std::endl;
 	for (auto map : this->matrix) {
diff --git a/src/MarkovMatrix.hpp b/src/MarkovMatrix.hpp
index 03981f8..e57b67c 100644
--- a/src/MarkovMatrix.hpp
+++ b/src/MarkovMatrix.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class MarkovMatrix
 {
 public:
 	MarkovMatrix();
-	MarkovMatrix(char length);
+	MarkovMatrix(int length);
 	~MarkovMatrix();
 	
 	void feed(std::string& line);
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ public:
 	virtual void save(std::ostream& os);
 	
 private:
-	char length = 0;
+	int length = 0;
 	std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_map<std::string, int> > matrix;
 	
-	const char file_version = 1; // version of file format
+	const int file_version = 1; // version of file format
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/SimpleMarkov.cpp b/src/SimpleMarkov.cpp
index 5c77df7..46dbe75 100644
--- a/src/SimpleMarkov.cpp
+++ b/src/SimpleMarkov.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
+
+
+
+
+#include <iostream>
+
 /*
 class SimpleMarkov : public Markov
 {
@@ -72,7 +78,13 @@ void SimpleMarkov::load(std::string filename)
 {
 	std::ifstream ifs(filename);
 	
+	char gentype;
+	int version;
+	ifs >> gentype >> version;
 	
+	if (gentype == this->file_gentype and version == this->file_version) {
+		ifs >> this->matrix;
+	}
 	
 	ifs.close();
 }
diff --git a/src/SimpleMarkov.hpp b/src/SimpleMarkov.hpp
index 47da904..729fc06 100644
--- a/src/SimpleMarkov.hpp
+++ b/src/SimpleMarkov.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ private:
 	std::default_random_engine generator;
 	
 	const char file_gentype = 's'; // type of the generator
-	const char file_version = 1; // version of file format
+	const int file_version = 1; // version of file format
 };
 
 #endif