diff --git a/src/Common.cxx b/src/Common.cxx
index a54dbe5..a8315f8 100644
--- a/src/Common.cxx
+++ b/src/Common.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2022 luca0N!
+ * Copyright (C) 2022-2023 luca0N!
  *
  * This file is part of Static Website Generator (swg).
  *
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "Common.hxx"
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
 
 const char* HR_MONTH[] = {
 	"January",
@@ -72,25 +73,22 @@ bool is_special_file(std::string const &filename) {
 }
 
 std::string get_template(std::string const &path) {
+	std::string filePath = path;
 	// Template lookup
-	std::string stPath = path;
-	stPath += "/__swg_template.html";
-	FILE *swgTemplate = fopen(stPath.c_str(), "r");
-	if (swgTemplate == NULL) {
-		std::cerr << "error: couldn't open the SWG HTML template file; does it exist?\n";
-		perror(stPath.c_str());
+	filePath += "/__swg_template.html";
+	if (!std::filesystem::exists(filePath)) {
+		std::cerr << "error: couldn't find the SWG HTML template file.\n";
 		exit(RETURN_FAILED_INVALID_DIRECTORY);
 	}
 
-	// Check for content placeholder
-	int buflen = 8;
-	char buf[buflen];
 	std::string htmlTemplate;
-	while (fgets(buf, buflen, swgTemplate) != NULL) {
-		htmlTemplate += buf;
+	std::ifstream swgTemplate(filePath);
+	for (std::string line; std::getline(swgTemplate, line);) {
+		htmlTemplate += line;
+		if (!swgTemplate.eof())
+			htmlTemplate += '\n';
 	}
 
-	fclose(swgTemplate);
 	if (verbose) std::cout << "Loaded HTML template into memory.\n";
 	return htmlTemplate;
 }