diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f4c0650..a612efa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "image",
  "imageproc",
  "rppal",
+ "rusttype",
  "text_io",
  "xml-rs",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 73b65b5..9195b9a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ arrayref = "*"
 euclid = "*"
 xml-rs = "0.8"
 text_io = "0.1.8"
+rusttype = "0.8.3"
+serde_json = "*"
 
diff --git a/media/forms/boat.svg b/media/boat.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from media/forms/boat.svg
rename to media/boat.svg
diff --git a/media/forms/compass-rose.svg b/media/compass-rose.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from media/forms/compass-rose.svg
rename to media/compass-rose.svg
diff --git a/src/forms.rs b/src/forms.rs
index e9e2f06..410ce22 100644
--- a/src/forms.rs
+++ b/src/forms.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::cmp;
 use euclid::{Angle, Scale, Transform2D, Vector2D};
 use image::{Rgb, RgbImage};
-use imageproc::drawing::draw_line_segment_mut;
+use imageproc::drawing::{draw_line_segment_mut, draw_text_mut};
 
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::f32;
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ use std::error::Error;
 
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::BufReader;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::fs;
 use xml::reader::{EventReader, XmlEvent};
 use euclid::Point2D;
+use rusttype::Font;
 
 use text_io::scan;
 
@@ -25,6 +28,80 @@ pub struct Screen {
   pub image : RgbImage,
 }
 
+pub struct Loader {
+    base_path: String,
+}
+
+impl Loader {
+  pub fn new(base_path: String) -> Loader {
+    Loader { base_path }
+  }
+
+  fn verify_path (&mut self, path: &str) -> bool {
+      if path.contains("/") { return false; }
+      if path.contains("..") { return false; }
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  fn make_path (&mut self, path: &str) -> Option<String> {
+      if self.verify_path(path) {
+        Some(format!("{}/{}", self.base_path, path))
+      } else {
+        None
+      }
+  }
+
+  fn make_file(&mut self, path: &str) -> Option<File> {
+      let fullpath = match self.make_path(path) {
+          Some(p) => p,
+          None => return None,
+      };
+      let metadata = match fs::metadata(&fullpath) {
+          Ok(m) => m,
+          Err(_) => return None,
+      };
+      if !metadata.is_file() { return None };
+      if metadata.len() > 10*1024*1024 { return None; };
+      let file = match File::open(fullpath) {
+          Ok(file) => file,
+          Err(_) => return None,
+      };
+      Some(file)
+  }
+
+
+
+  pub fn load_font (&mut self, path: &str) -> Option<Font> {
+     let mut file = match self.make_file(path) {
+         Some(f) => f,
+         None => return None,
+     };
+     let mut data = Vec::new();
+     if file.read_to_end(&mut data).is_err() {
+         return None;
+     }
+
+     let font = match Font::from_bytes(data) {
+         Ok(data) => data,
+         Err(_) => return None,
+     };
+     Some(font)
+  }
+
+  pub fn load_form(&mut self, path: &str) -> Option<Form> {
+      let mut file = match self.make_file(path) {
+          Some(f) => f,
+          None => return None,
+      };
+      match Form::load(file) {
+          Ok(f) => Some(f),
+          Err(_) => None,
+      }
+  }
+
+}
+
+
 impl Screen {
   pub fn new (width: u32, height: u32) -> Screen {
     let image = RgbImage::new(width, height);
@@ -48,11 +125,6 @@ impl Screen {
         }
 	last = pn;
       }
-      /*
-      let p0 = screen_points[indices[0] as usize].to_tuple();
-      let p1 = screen_points[indices[1] as usize].to_tuple();
-      draw_line_segment_mut(&mut self.image, p0, p1, Rgb([*r, *g, *b]));
-      */
     }    
   }
 
@@ -83,10 +155,9 @@ pub struct Form {
 impl Form {
 
 
-  pub fn load (filename: &str) -> Result<Form, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let file = File::open(filename)?;
-    let file = BufReader::new(file);
-    let parser = EventReader::new(file);
+  pub fn load (file: File) -> Result<Form, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+    let parser = EventReader::new(reader);
     let mut points = Vec::new(); // rust compiler will figure out types :-) neat
     let mut lines = Vec::new();
 
@@ -134,7 +205,7 @@ impl Form {
           }
         },
         Err(e) => {
-          println!("Error parsing file '{}': {}", filename, e);
+          println!("Error parsing file {}", e);
           break;
         },
         _ => {}
@@ -145,23 +216,3 @@ impl Form {
 
 }
 
-// load the compass rose 
-pub fn load_compass_rose () -> Form {
-  let form = Form::load("/root/forms/compass-rose.svg").unwrap();
-  form
-}
-
-pub fn load_boat () -> Form {
-  let form = Form::load("/root/forms/boat.svg").unwrap();
-  form
-}
-
-pub fn load_cog () -> Form {
-  let form = Form::load("/root/forms/cog.svg").unwrap();
-  form
-}
-
-pub fn load_wind () -> Form {
-  let form = Form::load("/root/forms/wind.svg").unwrap();
-  form
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d20d289..81d868a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ mod forms;
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
     let mut screen = forms::Screen::new(200, 200);
-    let c = forms::load_compass_rose();
-    let b = forms::load_boat();
-    let cog = forms::load_cog();
-    let wind = forms::load_wind();
+    let mut loader = forms::Loader::new("/root/helms-display".to_string());
+    let c = loader.load_form("compass-rose.svg").unwrap();
+    let b = loader.load_form("boat.svg").unwrap();
+    let cog = loader.load_form("cog.svg").unwrap();
+    let wind = loader.load_form("wind.svg").unwrap();
+    let font = loader.load_font("font.ttf").unwrap();
     
 /*
     let mut img = RgbImage::new(480, 320);