diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a74692..e8141b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2734,9 +2734,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu",
  "icu_locid",
  "icu_provider",
+ "intl-memoizer",
  "serde 1.0.193",
  "serde_yaml",
  "sys-locale",
+ "thiserror",
  "unic-langid",
 ]
 
diff --git a/l10n/Cargo.toml b/l10n/Cargo.toml
index 40e2d30..3cdf475 100644
--- a/l10n/Cargo.toml
+++ b/l10n/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ fluent              = { version = "0.16" }
 icu_locid           = { version = "1" }
 icu_provider        = { version = "1" }
 icu                 = { version = "1" }
+intl-memoizer       = { version = "*" }
 serde               = { version = "1", features = [ "derive" ] }
 serde_yaml          = { version = "0.9" }
 sys-locale          = { version = "0.3" }
+thiserror           = { version = "1" }
 unic-langid         = { version = "*" }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/l10n/src/lib.rs b/l10n/src/lib.rs
index b970bc8..65ee465 100644
--- a/l10n/src/lib.rs
+++ b/l10n/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use chrono::{Datelike, NaiveDate, Timelike};
 use chrono_tz::Tz;
 use fixed_decimal::FixedDecimal;
-use fluent::{FluentBundle, FluentResource};
-use fluent_ergonomics::FluentErgo;
+use fluent::{bundle::FluentBundle, FluentResource};
 use icu::{datetime::options::length, decimal::FixedDecimalFormatter, locid::Locale};
 use icu_provider::DataLocale;
-use std::{collections::HashMap, ops::Deref, path::Path};
+use std::{fs::File, io::Read, ops::Deref};
 use sys_locale::get_locale;
+use thiserror::Error;
+use unic_langid::LanguageIdentifierError;
 
 // Re-exports. I'm doing these so that clients of this library don't have to go tracking down
 // additional structures
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ impl<A> Deref for NonEmptyList<A> {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum L10NError {
+    #[error("Unparsable Locale")]
     UnparsableLocale,
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +59,33 @@ impl From<icu::locid::Error> for L10NError {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum FileLoadError {
+    #[error("Unparsable Locale")]
+    UnparsableLocale,
+
+    #[error("Source string file not found")]
+    FileNotFound,
+
+    #[error("The Fluent file is malformed")]
+    FluentParseError,
+
+    #[error("An unknown IO error was found")]
+    IOError(std::io::Error),
+}
+
+impl From<LanguageIdentifierError> for FileLoadError {
+    fn from(_: LanguageIdentifierError) -> Self {
+        Self::UnparsableLocale
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for FileLoadError {
+    fn from(err: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::IOError(err)
+    }
+}
+
 // Potential Message structure.
 //
 // Let's assume the application has an enumeration that implements Message. For each element of the
@@ -74,7 +104,7 @@ pub trait Message {
 
 pub struct L10N {
     messages_root: std::path::PathBuf,
-    message_bundles: Vec<FluentBundle<FluentResource>>,
+    message_bundles: Vec<FluentBundle<FluentResource, intl_memoizer::concurrent::IntlLangMemoizer>>,
 
     locales: NonEmptyList<Locale>,
     zone: chrono_tz::Tz,
@@ -95,34 +125,39 @@ impl L10N {
         let english_phrases = FluentResource::try_new
         */
 
-        let message_bundles = {
-            /*
-            let mut english_messages = messages_root.clone();
-            english_messages.push("en-US.ftl");
-
-            let langid: unic_langid::LanguageIdentifier = english.to_string().parse().unwrap();
-            let mut messages = FluentErgo::new(&[langid.clone()]);
-            let _ = messages.add_from_file(langid, &english_messages);
-
-            vec![messages]
-            */
-            vec![]
-        };
-
-        Self {
+        let mut s = Self {
             messages_root,
-            message_bundles,
+            message_bundles: vec![],
             locales,
             zone,
-        }
+        };
+
+        s.load_messages_from_file("en-US".to_owned()).unwrap();
+
+        s
     }
 
-    pub fn load_messages_from_file(
-        &mut self,
-        locale: String,
-        path: &Path,
-    ) -> Result<(), L10NError> {
-        unimplemented!()
+    fn load_messages_from_file(&mut self, locale: String) -> Result<(), FileLoadError> {
+        let langid: unic_langid::LanguageIdentifier = locale.parse()?;
+
+        let mut path = self.messages_root.clone();
+        path.push(locale);
+        path.set_extension("ftl");
+        println!("{:?}", path);
+
+        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+        let mut f = File::open(path)?;
+        f.read_to_end(&mut buffer)?;
+        let text = String::from_utf8(buffer).unwrap();
+        match FluentResource::try_new(text) {
+            Ok(resource) => {
+                let mut bundle = FluentBundle::new_concurrent(vec![langid]);
+                let _ = bundle.add_resource(resource);
+                self.message_bundles.push(bundle);
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            Err((_, _error)) => Err(FileLoadError::FluentParseError),
+        }
     }
 
     // Now, whenever the user changes the locales, the list of messages has to change. How do we
@@ -165,9 +200,15 @@ impl L10N {
     // }
 
     pub fn tr(&self, message: impl Message) -> String {
-        let msg = self.message_bundles[0].get_message(message.msgid()).and_then(|msg| msg.value()).unwrap();
+        println!("message: {}", message.msgid());
+        let msg = self.message_bundles[0]
+            .get_message(message.msgid())
+            .and_then(|msg| msg.value())
+            .unwrap();
         let mut errors = vec![];
-        self.message_bundles[0].format_pattern(msg, message.args().as_ref(), &mut errors).to_string()
+        self.message_bundles[0]
+            .format_pattern(msg, message.args().as_ref(), &mut errors)
+            .to_string()
     }
 
     pub fn format_date_time_utc(