diff --git a/src/Application/Utils/ROM.cc b/src/Application/Utils/ROM.cc
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+#include "ROM.h"
+
+namespace yaze {
+namespace Application {
+namespace Utils {
+
+void ROM::LoadFromFile(const std::string & path) {
+
+  std::cout << "filename: " << path << std::endl;
+  std::ifstream stream(path, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
+
+  if (!stream.good()) {
+    std::cout << "failure reading file" << std::endl;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  std::vector<char> contents((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(stream)), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
+
+  for(auto i: contents) {
+      int value = i;
+      std::cout << "data: " << value << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  std::cout << "file size: " << contents.size() << std::endl;
+
+  unsigned int uncompressed_data_size = 0;
+  unsigned int compressed_length = 0;
+  auto gfx_decompressed_data = alttp_compressor_.DecompressGfx(contents.data(), 0, contents.size(), &uncompressed_data_size, &compressed_length);
+  auto overworld_decompressed = alttp_compressor_.DecompressOverworld(contents.data(), 0, contents.size(), &uncompressed_data_size, &compressed_length);
+}
+
+}
+}
+}
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diff --git a/src/Application/Utils/ROM.h b/src/Application/Utils/ROM.h
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+#ifndef YAZE_APPLICATION_UTILS_ROM_H
+#define YAZE_APPLICATION_UTILS_ROM_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <bits/postypes.h>
+#include <memory>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <cstddef>
+
+#include "Compression.h"
+#include "Core/Constants.h"
+
+namespace yaze {
+namespace Application {
+namespace Utils {
+
+class ROM {
+ public:
+  void LoadFromFile(const std::string & path);
+
+ private:
+  std::vector<char*> original_rom_;
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<char>> working_rom_;
+
+  ALTTPCompression alttp_compressor_;
+};
+
+}
+}
+}
+ 
+#endif
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