diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 18e16eb..dd57b04 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1145,9 +1145,9 @@ checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "standback"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "decebb311175fdaf1bf8a14583716e93163c566db2ead1c1d608c3e1e4313cb8"
+checksum = "e113fb6f3de07a243d434a56ec6f186dfd51cb08448239fe7bcae73f87ff28ff"
 dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -1213,6 +1213,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rsa",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "standback",
  "text_io",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index acd79a2..654ae9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 rsa = "0.3"
 rand = "0.7.3" # rsa is not compatible with rand 0.8: https://github.com/RustCrypto/RSA/issues/81
+standback = "0.2.17" # required to fix a compilation error on a transient dependency
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/accountmanager.rs b/src/accountmanager.rs
index 60466eb..c2cda60 100644
--- a/src/accountmanager.rs
+++ b/src/accountmanager.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::BufReader;
+use std::path::Path;
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use std::error::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Manifest {
@@ -11,16 +15,36 @@ pub struct Manifest {
 	pub auto_confirm_market_transactions: bool,
 	pub auto_confirm_trades: bool,
 
-	#[serde(skip)]
-	pub accounts: Vec<SteamGuardAccount>
+	// #[serde(skip)]
+	// pub accounts: Vec<SteamGuardAccount>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ManifestEntry {
-	pub encryption_iv: String,
-	pub encryption_salt: String,
+	pub encryption_iv: Option<String>,
+	pub encryption_salt: Option<String>,
 	pub filename: String,
+	#[serde(rename = "steamid")]
 	pub steam_id: u64,
 }
 
-
+impl Manifest {
+	pub fn load(path: &Path) -> Result<Manifest, Box<dyn Error>> {
+		match File::open(path) {
+			Ok(file) => {
+				let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+				match serde_json::from_reader(reader) {
+					Ok(manifest) => {
+						return Ok(manifest);
+					}
+					Err(e) => {
+						return Err(Box::new(e));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			Err(e) => {
+				return Err(Box::new(e));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a04b62a..0a52188 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,27 +3,34 @@ use io::Write;
 use steamguard_cli::*;
 use ::std::*;
 use text_io::read;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 mod steamapi;
+mod accountmanager;
 
 fn main() {
 	println!("Hello, world!");
 
-	let server_time = steamapi::get_server_time();
-	println!("server time: {}", server_time);
+	// let server_time = steamapi::get_server_time();
+	// println!("server time: {}", server_time);
 
-	let mut account = SteamGuardAccount::new();
-	account.shared_secret = parse_shared_secret(String::from("K5I0Fmm+sN0yF41vIslTVm+0nPE="));
+	// let mut account = SteamGuardAccount::new();
+	// account.shared_secret = parse_shared_secret(String::from("K5I0Fmm+sN0yF41vIslTVm+0nPE="));
 
-	let code = account.generate_code(server_time);
-	println!("{}", code);
+	// let code = account.generate_code(server_time);
+	// println!("{}", code);
 
-	print!("Username: ");
-	let _ = std::io::stdout().flush();
-	let username: String = read!("{}\n");
-	let password = rpassword::prompt_password_stdout("Password: ").unwrap();
-	// println!("{}:{}", username, password);
-	let login = steamapi::UserLogin::new(username, password);
-	let result = login.login();
-	println!("result: {:?}", result);
+	// print!("Username: ");
+	// let _ = std::io::stdout().flush();
+	// let username: String = read!("{}\n");
+	// let password = rpassword::prompt_password_stdout("Password: ").unwrap();
+	// // println!("{}:{}", username, password);
+	// let login = steamapi::UserLogin::new(username, password);
+	// let result = login.login();
+	// println!("result: {:?}", result);
+
+	let path = Path::new("test_maFiles/manifest.json");
+	let manifest = accountmanager::Manifest::load(path);
+
+	println!("{:?}", manifest);
 }
diff --git a/src/steamapi.rs b/src/steamapi.rs
index a98e8eb..88f45ac 100644
--- a/src/steamapi.rs
+++ b/src/steamapi.rs
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ impl UserLogin {
 			.send();
 	}
 
-	pub fn login(&self) -> LoginResult {
+	pub fn login(&mut self) -> LoginResult {
 		if self.captcha_required && self.captcha_text.len() == 0 {
-			return LoginResult::NeedCaptcha{captcha_gid: self.captcha_gid};
+			return LoginResult::NeedCaptcha{captcha_gid: self.captcha_gid.clone()};
 		}
 
 		let url = "https://steamcommunity.com".parse::<Url>().unwrap();
@@ -187,12 +187,12 @@ impl UserLogin {
 		}
 
 		if login_resp.captcha_needed {
-			self.captcha_gid = login_resp.captcha_gid;
-			return LoginResult::NeedCaptcha{ captcha_gid: self.captcha_gid };
+			self.captcha_gid = login_resp.captcha_gid.clone();
+			return LoginResult::NeedCaptcha{ captcha_gid: self.captcha_gid.clone() };
 		}
 
 		if login_resp.emailauth_needed {
-			self.steam_id = login_resp.emailsteamid;
+			self.steam_id = login_resp.emailsteamid.clone();
 			return LoginResult::NeedEmail;
 		}
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl UserLogin {
 			return LoginResult::BadCredentials;
 		}
 
-		let oauth: OAuthData = serde_json::from_str(login_resp.oauth).unwrap();
+		let oauth: OAuthData = serde_json::from_str(login_resp.oauth.as_str()).unwrap();
 		let session = self.build_session(oauth);
 
 		return LoginResult::Ok{session};
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ impl UserLogin {
 	}
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 struct OAuthData {
 	oauth_token: String,
 	steamid: u64,
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ struct OAuthData {
 	webcookie: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Session {
 	pub session_id: String,
 	pub steam_login: String,