diff --git a/include/base.h b/include/base.h
index 744aa22..0fae9da 100644
--- a/include/base.h
+++ b/include/base.h
@@ -76,43 +76,3 @@ struct arrow_t { uint load; uint site; uint x; uint y; uint z; };
 #define SOUTH  4 // + z  blue
 #define NORTH  5 // - z  yellow
 
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-/*                             U T I L I T I E S                              */
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-/*
- * char *read_file(char *filename)
- *          reads a file from filename into a provided buffer
- *
- * @param   filename, file name
- *          contents, target ptr
- *
- * @return  void
- */
-static inline char *read_file(char *filename)
-{
-    int fd;
-    int filesize;
-    char *contents;
-
-    fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
-    if (fd < 0) {
-        printf("Couldn't read file: %s\n",filename);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    filesize = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) + 1 ;
-    contents = g_malloc(filesize * sizeof(char));
-    assert (contents);
-
-    lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-    read(fd,contents,filesize);
-
-    contents[filesize-1] = '\0';
-
-    close(fd);
-
-    return contents;
-}
-
diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
index 6087a3c..26c7666 100644
--- a/include/util.h
+++ b/include/util.h
@@ -78,3 +78,5 @@ void View(pile *);
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void util_pile_test(); // def: scr/util/tests  
+
+char *read_file(char *filename);
diff --git a/src/graphics/init.c b/src/graphics/init.c
index dca3d5a..7175222 100644
--- a/src/graphics/init.c
+++ b/src/graphics/init.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #include "../../include/graphics.h"
 #include "../../include/parse.h"
+#include "../../include/util.h"
+
 
 #define TEST 0
 
diff --git a/src/util/io.c b/src/util/io.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb8d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/io.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
+*                                                                              *
+*                             Gem-graph client                                 *
+*                                                                              *
+*                                Base header                                   *
+*                                                                              *
+*         Copyright © 2021 Libre en Communs <contact@a-lec.org>                *
+*         Copyright © 2021 Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org>                   *
+*         Copyright © 2021 Jean Sirmai <jean@a-lec.org>                        *
+*                                                                              *
+*                        This file is part of Gem-graph.                       *
+*                                                                              *
+*   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it    *
+*         under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License             *
+*                as published by the Free Software Foundation,                 *
+*                       either version 3 of the License,                       *
+*                    or (at your option) any later version.                    *
+*                                                                              *
+*       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,        *
+*                         but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;                            *
+*            without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY              *
+*                    or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.                      *
+*         See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.          *
+*                                                                              *
+*   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License   *
+*     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.    *
+*                                                                              *
+*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  */
+
+
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h> // Defines NULL.
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+//#include <glib-2.0/glib.h>
+//#include <gtk-4.0/gtk/gtk.h>
+
+#include "../../include/util.h"
+
+
+/*
+ * char *read_file(char *filename)
+ *          reads a file from filename into a provided buffer
+ *
+ * @param   filename, file name
+ *          contents, target ptr
+ *
+ * @return  void
+ */
+char *read_file(char *filename)
+{
+    int fd;
+    int filesize;
+    char *contents;
+
+    fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        printf("Couldn't read file: %s\n",filename);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    filesize = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) + 1 ;
+    contents = g_malloc(filesize * sizeof(char));
+    assert (contents);
+
+    lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+    read(fd,contents,filesize);
+
+    contents[filesize-1] = '\0';
+
+    close(fd);
+
+    return contents;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/widget/topbar/polytext.c b/src/widget/topbar/polytext.c
index 6edd1a6..3c082f3 100644
--- a/src/widget/topbar/polytext.c
+++ b/src/widget/topbar/polytext.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  */
 
 
-#include "../../../include/base.h"
+#include "../../../include/util.h"
 #include "../../../include/signal.h"
 #include "../../../include/widget.h"