diff --git a/src/day01.zig b/src/day01.zig
index bc34efd..22087ee 100644
--- a/src/day01.zig
+++ b/src/day01.zig
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const testing = std.testing;
 const expect = testing.expect;
 const ArrayList = std.ArrayList;
+const utils = @import("utils.zig");
 
 pub fn main() !void {
-    //const allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
-    std.debug.print("Hello, {s}!\n", .{"World"});
+    const allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
+    const input_txt = try utils.load_dataset("./datasets/day01.txt", allocator);
+    defer allocator.free(input_txt);
+
+    const result = try solve(input_txt, allocator);
+    std.debug.print("Result: {d}", .{result});
 }
 
-fn solve(str_input: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !u32 {
+fn solve(str_input: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !u128 {
     const left, const right = try get_list(str_input, allocator);
     defer {
         left.deinit();
@@ -18,15 +23,12 @@ fn solve(str_input: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !u32 {
     std.mem.sort(u32, left.items, {}, comptime std.sort.asc(u32));
     std.mem.sort(u32, right.items, {}, comptime std.sort.asc(u32));
 
-    try expect(std.mem.eql(u32, left.items, &[_]u32{ 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4 }));
-    try expect(std.mem.eql(u32, right.items, &[_]u32{ 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 9 }));
-
     try expect(left.items.len == right.items.len);
-    var total: u32 = 0;
+    var total: u128 = 0;
     for (0..left.items.len) |index| {
-        const left_item = left.items[index];
-        const right_item = right.items[index];
-        total += (right_item - left_item);
+        const left_item: u64 = left.items[index];
+        const right_item: u64 = right.items[index];
+        total += (@max(right_item, left_item) - @min(right_item, left_item));
     }
 
     return total;
@@ -34,9 +36,14 @@ fn solve(str_input: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !u32 {
 
 fn parse_line(line: []const u8) !struct { u32, u32 } {
     var parts = std.mem.tokenizeScalar(u8, line, ' ');
-    const left = try std.fmt.parseInt(u32, parts.next().?, 10);
-    const right = try std.fmt.parseInt(u32, parts.next().?, 10);
-    return .{ left, right };
+    if (parts.next()) |part| {
+        const left = try std.fmt.parseInt(u32, part, 10);
+        if (parts.next()) |part2| {
+            const right = try std.fmt.parseInt(u32, part2, 10);
+            return .{ left, right };
+        }
+    }
+    return error.LineIncomplete;
 }
 
 fn get_list(str_input: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !struct { ArrayList(u32), ArrayList(u32) } {
@@ -45,9 +52,11 @@ fn get_list(str_input: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !struct { Array
 
     var lines = std.mem.splitSequence(u8, str_input, "\n");
     while (lines.next()) |line| {
-        const a, const b = try parse_line(line);
-        try left.append(a);
-        try right.append(b);
+        if (parse_line(line)) |ret| {
+            const a, const b = ret;
+            try left.append(a);
+            try right.append(b);
+        } else |_| {}
     }
 
     return .{ left, right };
diff --git a/src/utils.zig b/src/utils.zig
index e69de29..01eb185 100644
--- a/src/utils.zig
+++ b/src/utils.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn load_dataset(dataset_path: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
+    var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(dataset_path, .{});
+    defer file.close();
+
+    const file_size = try file.getEndPos();
+    const buffer = try allocator.alloc(u8, file_size);
+
+    _ = try file.readAll(buffer);
+
+    return buffer;
+}