diff --git a/PR2Projekt/src/de/hs_mannheim/informatik/pr2projekt/domain/HitoriMain.java b/PR2Projekt/src/de/hs_mannheim/informatik/pr2projekt/domain/HitoriMain.java
index 1a81751..6919fe7 100644
--- a/PR2Projekt/src/de/hs_mannheim/informatik/pr2projekt/domain/HitoriMain.java
+++ b/PR2Projekt/src/de/hs_mannheim/informatik/pr2projekt/domain/HitoriMain.java
@@ -22,4 +22,31 @@ public class HitoriMain extends JFrame implements AcrtionListener{
 	        JButton[][] buttons = makeButtonArray(data);
 	        GameGUI.paintGame(buttons, colors, madeMoves, data);
 	    }
+	    
+	    public static ArrayList<String> readFromFile(String path){
+	        ArrayList<String> lines = new ArrayList<>();
+	        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path))) {
+	            String line;
+	            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+	                lines.add(line);
+	            }
+	        } catch (IOException e) {
+	            e.printStackTrace();
+	        }
+	        return lines;
+	    }
+	    
+	    public static String[][] getData(String filepath, int rows) throws FileNotFoundException{
+	        String filepath0 = filepath;
+	        Scanner sc = new Scanner(new File(filepath0));
+	        String[][] data = new String[rows][rows];
+	        int rowInt = 0;
+	        while (sc.hasNextLine() && rowInt < rows) {
+	            String line = sc.nextLine();
+	            data[rowInt] = line.split(",");
+	            rowInt++;
+	        }
+	        sc.close();
+	        return data;
+	    }
 }