diff --git a/src/lib/error.hpp b/src/lib/error.hpp
index 5380322..515797f 100644
--- a/src/lib/error.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/error.hpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace ErrorCodes {
 
     //file errors
     const uint8_t FILE_READ_FAILED = 9;
-    const uint8_t FILE_NOT_FOUND = 10;
+    const uint8_t FILE_NOT_FOUND = 10;brea
 
     const uint8_t UNIMPLEMENTED = 254;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/file.cpp b/src/lib/file.cpp
index 11d30cf..179cddc 100644
--- a/src/lib/file.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/file.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
 #include "error.h"
 
 File::File(std::string path, char mode, uint64_t cursorPosition): mode(mode), path(path), cursorPosition(cursorPosition){
+    try{
+        std::filesystem::path filePath = path;
+        this->size = ErrorOr<uint64_t>(std::filesystem::file_size(filePath));
+    }catch(std::exception e){
+        this->size = ErrorOr<uint64_t>(true, ErrorCodes::FILE_NOT_FOUND);
+        
+    }
+    
     switch(this->mode){
         case 'w':
         case 'm':
@@ -41,13 +49,6 @@ File::File(std::string path, char mode, uint64_t cursorPosition): mode(mode), pa
         default:
             break;
     }
-
-    try{
-        std::filesystem::path filePath = path;
-        this->size = ErrorOr<uint64_t>(std::filesystem::file_size(filePath));
-    }catch(std::exception e){
-        this->size = ErrorOr<uint64_t>(true, ErrorCodes::FILE_NOT_FOUND);
-    }
 }
 
 File::File(const File& file){
@@ -158,14 +159,14 @@ ErrorOr<tiny_utf8::string> File::readString(uint64_t bytes){
     return ErrorOr<tiny_utf8::string>(tiny_utf8::string(s));
 }
 
-ErrorOr<File*> File::open(std::string path, char mode, uint64_t startPosition){
-    File *file = new File(path, mode, startPosition);
-    file->isOpen = true;
-    file->eof = false;
+ErrorOr<File> File::open(std::string path, char mode, uint64_t startPosition){
+    File file(path, mode, startPosition);
+    file.isOpen = true;
+    file.eof = false;
 
-    if(file->size.isError){
-        return ErrorOr<File*>(true, file->size.errorCode); //if file is not found
+    if(file.size.isError){
+        return ErrorOr<File>(true, file.size.errorCode); //if file is not found
     }
 
-    return ErrorOr<File*>(file);
+    return ErrorOr<File>(file);
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/file.hpp b/src/lib/file.hpp
index d0e5229..004cde6 100644
--- a/src/lib/file.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/file.hpp
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ class File {
         //
         // A startPosition of 0xFFFFFFFF is considered to be the end of
         // the file whatever its size.
-        static ErrorOr<File*> open(std::string path, char mode, uint64_t startPosition=0);
+        static ErrorOr<File> open(std::string path, char mode, uint64_t startPosition=0);
 };
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diff --git a/src/test/file.cpp b/src/test/file.cpp
index 48bd9e4..0375dad 100644
--- a/src/test/file.cpp
+++ b/src/test/file.cpp
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ int main(){
     std::cout << "################################################################################" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "File tests" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "################################################################################" << std::endl;
-    File *file;
+    File file;
     
     //read test
     file = File::open("../../resources/unicode_data/normal_utf-8", 'r').value;
-    tiny_utf8::string data = file->readString(file->size.value).value;
-    std::cout << file->size.isError << std::endl;
+    tiny_utf8::string data = file.readString(file.size.value).value;
+    std::cout << file.size.isError << std::endl;
     std::cout << data << std::endl;
 }
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