diff --git a/include/TextManager.h b/include/TextManager.h
index 3e33fb0..a145e20 100644
--- a/include/TextManager.h
+++ b/include/TextManager.h
@@ -41,18 +41,8 @@ public:
 
     TTF_Font* loadFont(const char* filepath);
 
-    /*
-     * font - to search for font
-     * text - text to display
-     * displayoptions - theres like 4 goddamn funcs, ill wrap them all in one
-     * fg + bg - solid only takes fg, rest also bg colors
-     * wraplength - manually set wraplength, set to 0 to wrap on newline chars, -1 to disable (again. 4 more funcs)
-     * */
-    // TODO: change the sdl surface, i just dont know what i gotta change it to lol
+    // TODO: probably gotta change sdl surface since this is a wrapper func for the dev
     SDL_Surface* RenderText(GameInternal* game, std::string font, std::string text, DisplayOptions displayOptions, Color fg, Color bg, int wrapWidth);
-    /*
-     * takes everything + a filepath to a dialogfile and the id for the dialog
-     * */
     SDL_Surface* RenderTextFromFile(GameInternal* game, std::string font, std::string filepath, int id, DisplayOptions displayOptions, Color fg, Color bg, int wrapWidth);
 
     std::map<const char*, TTF_Font*> font_cache;
diff --git a/src/TextManager.cpp b/src/TextManager.cpp
index fe3d275..5ebe67e 100644
--- a/src/TextManager.cpp
+++ b/src/TextManager.cpp
@@ -68,11 +68,21 @@ SDL_Surface* TextManager::RenderText(GameInternal* game, std::string font, std::
 SDL_Surface* TextManager::RenderTextFromFile(GameInternal* game, std::string font, std::string filepath, int id, DisplayOptions displayOptions, Color fg, Color bg, int wrapWidth)
 {
     std::ifstream f(filepath);
-    json data = json::parse(f);
+    json data = json::parse(f);;
 
-    // logic to parse dialogline
+    if(!json::accept(data))
+    {
+        std::cerr << "JSON is invalid!" << std::endl;
+    }
 
-    std::string text = "placeholder so i dont get compile errors :3";
+    auto it = std::find_if(data.begin(), data.end(), [id](const nlohmann::json& obj){
+        return obj.contains("id") && obj["id"]  == id;
+    });
+
+    if(it == data.end() || !it->contains("line"))
+        sdt::cerr << "Object with id " << id << " not found or 'line' not present!" << std::endl;
+
+    std::string text = (*it)["line"];
 
     return RenderText(game, font, text, displayOptions, fg, bg, wrapWidth);
 }