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diff --git a/biawebutil.hpp b/biawebutil.hpp
index c8603ea..279d394 100644
--- a/biawebutil.hpp
+++ b/biawebutil.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __BIAWEBUTIL__
 #define __BIAWEBUTIL__
 #include <string>
+#include <fstream>
 
 // "discount" markdown library is a C library and hence requires to be wrapped in 
 // extern "C"
@@ -11,6 +12,13 @@ extern "C" {
 // utility functions for Biaweb that don't fit into any class and can be used by 
 // any class
 namespace biaweb {
+    // load a string from file
+    std::string load_from_file (std::string filename) {
+        std::ifstream f (filename);
+        std::string r ((std::istreambuf_iterator<char> (f)),
+                        (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> ()));
+        return r;
+    }
 
     // convert markdown
     std::string convert_to_markdown (std::string str) {
@@ -29,11 +37,7 @@ namespace biaweb {
         FILE *f = fdopen (fd, "w");
         markdown (doc, f, 0);
         fclose (f);
-        std::ifstream ftmp (tempfile);
-        std::string tmpl ( (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> (ftmp)),
-                            (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> ())
-                                );
-        ftmp.close ();
+        std::string tmpl = load_from_file (tempfile);
         mkd_cleanup (doc);
         remove (tempfile);
         return tmpl;