diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 188ed06..3c81e3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Static Website Generator
 
-Static Website Generator (swg) is a utility currently under development that
-does exactly what's written on the tin.  This utility aims to be a simple yet
-painless program to automate the boring work of static website development.
+Static Website Generator (swg) is a lightweight utility that does exactly
+what's written on the tin.  This utility aims to be a simple yet painless
+program to automate the boring work of static website development.
 
 This utility was created originally for the [development of version 3 of the
 luca0N! website](https://git.luca0n.com/luca0N/luca0N-website).
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ is discouraged.  Expect bugs and bad unoptimized performance.
 
 ## License and copyright notice
 
-Copyright © 2022-2023 luca0N!
+Copyright © 2022–2023 luca0N!
 
 This is free software.  You are allowed to modify, redistribute and distribute
 modified versions of this software under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
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;
 }
diff --git a/src/ConfigUtils.cxx b/src/ConfigUtils.cxx
index c0d2436..7395855 100644
--- a/src/ConfigUtils.cxx
+++ b/src/ConfigUtils.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2022 luca0N!
+ * Copyright (C) 2022-2023 luca0N!
  *
  * This file is part of Static Website Generator (swg).
  *
@@ -22,66 +22,22 @@
 #include "ConfigUtils.hxx"
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cassert>
 
 #include "Common.hxx"
 
 void parse_config(SwgContext *ctx, std::string const &path) {
-	std::string ctxCfgPath = path;
-	ctxCfgPath += "/swg.cfg";
-
-	FILE *ctxCfgFile = fopen(ctxCfgPath.c_str(), "r");
-
-	if (ctxCfgFile == NULL) {
-		std::cerr << "error: cannot open swg.cfg file, are you sure "
-			<< path << " is a valid SWG directory?" << std::endl;
-		perror(ctxCfgPath.c_str());
-		exit(RETURN_FAILED_INVALID_DIRECTORY);
-	}
-
-	int buflen = 16;
-	char cbuf[buflen];
-
-	// Yes, this looks ugly, but it works for now. Will probably optimize
-	// this in the future :)
-	//
-	// TODO: Optimize config file interpretation
-
-	std::list<std::string> lines = { "" };
-	while (fgets(cbuf, buflen, ctxCfgFile) != NULL) {
-		int eol = -1;
-		for (int c = 0; c < buflen; c++) {
-			if (cbuf[c] == '\0') {
-				break;
-			} else if (cbuf[c] == '\n') {
-				eol = c;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		if (eol > -1) {
-			cbuf[eol] = '\0';
-			*(--lines.end()) += cbuf;
-			lines.insert(lines.end(), "");
-		} else
-			*(--lines.end()) += cbuf;
-	}
-
-	fclose(ctxCfgFile);
-
-	std::cout << "Done loading configuration file in memory" << std::endl;
-
-	// Parse configuration file
-	
 	enum ConfigNamespace { General, Blogs };
 	ConfigNamespace ns;
 
 	int blogCount = 0;
-	Blog *currentBlog = NULL; // (Blog*) malloc(sizeof(Blog));
+	Blog *currentBlog = NULL;
 
-	// currentBlog->name = "asd";
-
-	for (std::string line : lines) {
+	std::ifstream cfgStream(path);
+	// Parse configuration file
+	for (std::string line; std::getline(cfgStream, line);) {
 		// Skip comment lines
 		if (line.c_str()[0] == '#')
 			continue;