diff --git a/include/Spectre/System/File.h b/include/Spectre/System/File.h
index 210f12d..5adb044 100644
--- a/include/Spectre/System/File.h
+++ b/include/Spectre/System/File.h
@@ -2,12 +2,115 @@
 #ifndef SPECTRE_SYSTEM_FILE_H
 #define SPECTRE_SYSTEM_FILE_H
 
-#include <vector>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string>
+#include <system_error>
 
-namespace sp { namespace file
+namespace sp {
+
+class File
 {
-	std::vector<unsigned char> read(const std::string& path);
-} }
+public :
+
+	enum struct Access {
+		READ  		= 1 << 0,
+		WRITE 		= 1 << 1,
+		READ_WRITE 	= READ | WRITE,
+	};
+
+	// NOTE: These are ignored atm. as implementation uses stdio.h
+	enum OpenMode {
+		// Only open if file exists and
+		// in overwrite mode if write is enabled.
+		DEFAULT		= 0,
+		// Create file if it does not exist (ignored in read-only mode)
+		CREATE		= 1 << 0,
+		// If file exists any write calls will
+		// append to the file. (ignored in read-only mode)
+		APPEND		= 1 << 1,
+		// If file exists it's content are discarded
+		// resulting in an empty file. (ignored in read-only mode)
+		TRUNCATE 	= 1 << 2
+	};
+
+// Methods.
+public :
+	File();
+
+	// see `open()`
+	File(const std::string& filename,
+		Access access = Access::READ,
+		unsigned int mode = DEFAULT);
+
+	~File();
+
+	// Opens a file (default in read-only)
+	bool open(const std::string& filename,
+		Access access = Access::READ,
+		unsigned int mode = DEFAULT);
+
+	// Returns true if the file is open, false otherwise.
+	bool isOpen() const;
+
+	// Close the file.
+	void close();
+
+	std::string getErrorMessage() const;
+
+	// Get the current position in the file.
+	size_t pos();
+
+	// Set the file stream position.
+	// if `from_end` is true. `offset` will be applied from the end of file, otherwise from beginning.
+	// Returns true if the position was updated, false otherwise.
+	bool set(long int pos = 0, bool from_end = false);
+
+	// Move the current file stream position with `offset` bytes.
+	// This is equivalent to calling set(pos() + offset)
+	// Returns true if the position was updated, false otherwise.
+	bool seek(long int offset);
+
+	// Get the size of the file (in bytes)
+	size_t size() const;
+
+	// Read `size` data from file at the current position.
+	// Content is stored in `ptr` and must be alteast `size` bytes.
+	// Returns -1 if an error occured. Otherwice the number of bytes read is returned.
+	size_t read(void *ptr, size_t size);
+
+	// Read all remaining data from file at the current position. Content is stored in `buffer`.
+	// Returns true if exactly all data could be read from file. false otherwise.
+	template <typename buffer_t>
+	inline bool read(buffer_t& buffer)
+	{
+		size_t s = size();
+		buffer.resize(s);
+		return read((void*) &buffer[0], s) == s;
+	}
+
+	// Write data to file at the current position.
+	// Returns -1 if an error occured. Otherwice the number of bytes written is returned.
+	size_t write(const void *ptr, size_t size);
+
+	// Write data to file at the current position.
+	// Returns true if exactly all data could be written from `buffer`. false otherwise.
+	template <typename buffer_t>
+	inline bool write(const buffer_t& buffer)
+	{
+		return write((const void*) &buffer[0], buffer.size()) == buffer.size();
+	}
+
+	// Flush any buffered data to the file.
+	bool flush();
+
+private :
+
+	FILE *m_handle;
+
+	// Error
+	mutable std::error_condition m_error;
+};
+
+} //namespace sp
 
 #endif /* SPECTRE_SYSTEM_FILE_H */
diff --git a/source/Graphics/ImageLoader.cpp b/source/Graphics/ImageLoader.cpp
index 3f7cac5..fc44b3f 100644
--- a/source/Graphics/ImageLoader.cpp
+++ b/source/Graphics/ImageLoader.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+#include <Spectre/System/File.h>
 #include <Spectre/System/Path.h>
 #include <Spectre/System/Log.h>
 #include <Spectre/Graphics/Image.h>
@@ -18,22 +19,17 @@
 
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cstdlib>
-#include <cstdio>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace sp {
 
 bool ImageLoader::loadFromFile(const char *filename, Image& img)
 {
-	FILE *fd = fopen(filename, "rb");
+	File file(filename);
 
-	if (fd) {
+	if (file.isOpen()) {
 		std::vector<unsigned char> buf;
-		fseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
-		buf.resize(ftell(fd));
-		rewind(fd);
-		fread(&buf[0], 1, buf.size(), fd);
-		fclose(fd);
+		file.read(buf);
 
 		if (loadFromMemory(&buf[0], buf.size(), img) == false) {
 			Log::warn("ImageLoader: could not load file '%s'. Reason: %s",
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ bool ImageLoader::loadFromFile(const char *filename, Image& img)
 	}
 
 	Log::warn("ImageLoader: could not open file '%s'. Reason: %s",
-		filename, strerror(errno));
+		filename, file.getErrorMessage().c_str());
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -91,10 +87,9 @@ bool ImageLoader::saveToFile(const Image& img, const char *filename)
 
 	if (encoded_data.size() > 0) {
 
-		FILE *fd = fopen(filename, "wb");
-		if (fd) {
-			fwrite(&encoded_data[0], 1, encoded_data.size(), fd);
-			fclose(fd);
+		File file(filename, File::Access::WRITE);
+		if (file.isOpen()) {
+			file.write(encoded_data);
 		}
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/source/Graphics/Shader.cpp b/source/Graphics/Shader.cpp
index 47f1016..e24eb1f 100644
--- a/source/Graphics/Shader.cpp
+++ b/source/Graphics/Shader.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-#include <fstream>
 #include <Spectre/System/Path.h>
+#include <Spectre/System/File.h>
 #include <Spectre/Graphics/Shader.h>
 #include <Graphics/GL/gl.h>
 
@@ -30,26 +30,26 @@ const std::string& Shader::getName() const
 	return m_name;
 }
 
-bool Shader::loadFromFile(const std::string& file)
+bool Shader::loadFromFile(const std::string& filename)
 {
 	std::string src;
-	std::ifstream strm;
+	File file;
 
 	// If this shader does not have a name, pick the filename.
 	if (m_name.length() < 1) {
-		m_name = Path::getBasename(file);
+		m_name = Path::getBasename(filename);
 	}
 
-	// Load file into memory.
-	strm.open(file.c_str(), std::fstream::in);
-	if (!strm.is_open()) {
-		m_error = "Can't open file: " + file;
+	if (!file.open(filename)) {
+		m_error = "Can't open file: " + filename;
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	src.assign(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(strm), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
-
-	strm.close();
+	// Load file into memory.
+	if (!file.read(src)) {
+		m_error = "Could not read file: " + filename;
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	return loadFromMemory(src);
 }
diff --git a/source/System/File.cpp b/source/System/File.cpp
index f2d82d7..2cc24d3 100644
--- a/source/System/File.cpp
+++ b/source/System/File.cpp
@@ -1,22 +1,159 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <system_error>
 #include <Spectre/System/File.h>
 
-namespace sp { namespace file
+namespace sp {
+
+File::File() :
+m_handle	(NULL)
 {
-	std::vector<unsigned char> read(const std::string& path) {
+}
 
-		std::vector<unsigned char> buf;
-		FILE *fd = fopen(path.c_str(), "rb");
+File::File(const std::string& filename, Access access, unsigned int mode) :
+m_handle	(NULL)
+{
+	open(filename, access, mode);
+}
 
-		if (fd) {
-			fseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
-			buf.resize(ftell(fd));
-			rewind(fd);
-			fread(&buf[0], 1, buf.size(), fd);
-			fclose(fd);
+File::~File()
+{
+	close();
+}
+
+bool File::open(const std::string& filename, Access access, unsigned int mode)
+{
+	std::string m;
+
+	close();
+
+	if (access == Access::READ) {
+		m = "rb";
+	} else if (access == Access::WRITE) {
+		if (mode & TRUNCATE) {
+			m = "wb";
+		} else {
+			// NOTE: this is append mode. but stdio does only
+			// have "a" and "w". and "w" will truncate.
+			// So we need to handle append with fseek() later.
+			m = "ab";
 		}
-		return buf;
 	}
-} } // namespace sp::file
+	// Read + Write
+	else if (mode & TRUNCATE) {
+			m = "wb+";
+	} else if (mode & APPEND) {
+			m = "ab+";
+	} else {
+			m = "rb+";
+	}
+
+	// HACK. stdio does not have a mode for strictly create new files
+	// independant of access (read/write). So we will fake it by open the
+	// file in append mode and close it. creating the file if did not exist.
+	if (mode & CREATE && (access == Access::WRITE || access == Access::READ_WRITE)) {
+		m_handle = fopen(filename.c_str(), "a");
+		if (!m_handle) {
+			m_error.assign(errno, std::generic_category());
+			return false;
+		}
+		fclose(m_handle);
+	}
+
+	m_handle = fopen(filename.c_str(), m.c_str());
+
+	if (m_handle) {
+
+		// Hack, if we opened the file in "a" mode, but did not
+		// have the append flag. seek to the beginning.
+		if (m == "ab" && mode & ~APPEND) {
+			fseek(m_handle, 0, SEEK_SET);
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	m_error.assign(errno, std::generic_category());
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool File::isOpen() const
+{
+	if (m_handle == NULL) {
+		m_error = std::errc::bad_file_descriptor;
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+void File::close()
+{
+	if (m_handle) {
+		fclose(m_handle);
+		m_handle = NULL;
+	}
+	m_error.clear();
+}
+
+std::string File::getErrorMessage() const
+{
+	return m_error.message();
+}
+
+size_t File::pos()
+{
+	if (isOpen()) {
+		return ftell(m_handle);
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+bool File::set(long int offset, bool from_end)
+{
+	if (isOpen()) {
+		return fseek(m_handle, offset, from_end ? SEEK_END : SEEK_SET) == 0;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool File::seek(long int offset)
+{
+	if (isOpen()) {
+		return fseek(m_handle, offset, SEEK_CUR) == 0;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+size_t File::size() const
+{
+	size_t s = 0;
+	while(::getc(m_handle) != EOF) s++;
+	::rewind(m_handle);
+	return s;
+}
+
+size_t File::read(void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	if (isOpen()) {
+		return fread(ptr, 1, size, m_handle);
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+size_t File::write(const void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	if (isOpen()) {
+		return fwrite(ptr, 1, size, m_handle);
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+bool File::flush()
+{
+	if (isOpen()) {
+		return fflush(m_handle) == 0;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+} // namespace sp