diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/EngineConfiguration.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/EngineConfiguration.cpp
index 169907f..6045606 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/EngineConfiguration.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/EngineConfiguration.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "EngineConfiguration.hpp"
 #include "IO/AppFolders.hpp"
+#include "Utils.hpp"
 
 namespace OpenVulkano
 {
@@ -23,20 +24,12 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 
 	EngineConfiguration::EngineConfiguration()
 	{
-		const std::string filePath = AppFolders::GetAppConfigHomeDir().string() + "/EngineConfig.yml";
-		std::ifstream file(filePath);
-		if (!file.is_open())
-		{
+		const std::string filePath = (AppFolders::GetAppConfigHomeDir() / "EngineConfig.yml").string();
+		Array<char> fileContents = Utils::ReadFile(filePath, true);
+		if(fileContents.Size() == 0)
 			return;
-		}
-	
-		file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
-		size_t size = file.tellg();
-		std::string buffer(size, ' ');
-		file.seekg(0);
-		file.read(buffer.data(), size); 
 
-		ryml::Tree tree = ryml::parse_in_arena(ryml::to_csubstr(buffer));
+		ryml::Tree tree = ryml::parse_in_arena(ryml::to_csubstr(fileContents.Data()));
 		ryml::NodeRef root = tree.rootref();
 
 		if (root.has_child(NUM_THREADS_STR) && root[NUM_THREADS_STR].val().is_integer())