diff --git a/src/main/java/de/umarumg/Main.java b/src/main/java/de/umarumg/Main.java
index 4db0f37..36b8764 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/umarumg/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/umarumg/Main.java
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import de.umarumg.models.TextSpeed;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -34,9 +33,9 @@ public class Main {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         if (args.length > 0) {
-            loadDialog(args[0]);
+            loadDialog(args[0], false);
         } else {
-            loadDialogFromResources("dialog.json");
+            loadDialog("dialog.json", true);
         }
 
         System.out.println("How fast should the text scroll?: " + finalSpeeds);
@@ -61,20 +60,11 @@ public class Main {
         run(currentScene);
     }
 
-    public static void loadDialogFromResources(String fileName) {
+    public static void loadDialog(String fileName, boolean defaultFile) {
         try {
             ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            story = mapper.readValue(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(fileName), new TypeReference<>() {});
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            logger.severe("Error reading the internal dialog File. Exiting now!");
-            System.exit(1);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static void loadDialog(String fileName) {
-        try {
-            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            story = mapper.readValue(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(fileName), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), new TypeReference<>() {});
+            InputStream inputStream = defaultFile ? Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(fileName) : new FileInputStream(fileName);
+            story = mapper.readValue(inputStream, new TypeReference<>() {});
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             logger.severe("Error reading the internal dialog File. Exiting now!");
             System.exit(1);