diff --git a/a8/stringlist.cc b/a8/stringlist.cc
index e290781..14f7459 100644
--- a/a8/stringlist.cc
+++ b/a8/stringlist.cc
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ namespace a8
             }
             p2++;
         }
+        #if 0
+        if (p2 > p1) {
+            Add(p2 > p1 ? std::string(p1, p2 - p1) : "");
+        }
+        #endif
     }
 
     std::string StringList::Text()
diff --git a/a8/xobject.cc b/a8/xobject.cc
index cc18a80..1341313 100644
--- a/a8/xobject.cc
+++ b/a8/xobject.cc
@@ -300,9 +300,29 @@ namespace a8
 
     bool XObject::ReadFromJsonFile(const std::string& filename)
     {
-        a8::StringList sl;
-        sl.LoadFromFile(filename.c_str());
-        return ReadFromJsonString(sl.Text());
+        std::string json_data;
+        {
+            FILE *fp = fopen(filename.c_str(), "rb");
+            if (!fp) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
+            int fileSize = ftell(fp);
+            if(fileSize){
+                char *p = (char*)malloc(fileSize + 1);
+                if(p){
+                    *(p + fileSize) = '\0';
+                    fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
+                    fread(p, 1, fileSize, fp);
+                    if (fileSize > 0) {
+                        json_data.append(p, fileSize);
+                    }
+                    free(p);
+                }
+            }
+            fclose(fp);
+        }
+        return ReadFromJsonString(json_data);
     }
 
     bool XObject::ReadFromJsonString(const std::string& json_data)