diff --git a/include/vmutils.hpp b/include/vmutils.hpp
index 163d755..4212a64 100644
--- a/include/vmutils.hpp
+++ b/include/vmutils.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <Zydis/Zydis.h>
 #include <xmmintrin.h>
 
+#include <fstream>
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 #include <vector>
@@ -94,6 +95,23 @@ inline void init() {
   }
 }
 
+inline bool open_binary_file(const std::string &file,
+                             std::vector<uint8_t> &data) {
+  std::ifstream fstr(file, std::ios::binary);
+  if (!fstr.is_open()) return false;
+
+  fstr.unsetf(std::ios::skipws);
+  fstr.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+
+  const auto file_size = fstr.tellg();
+
+  fstr.seekg(NULL, std::ios::beg);
+  data.reserve(static_cast<uint32_t>(file_size));
+  data.insert(data.begin(), std::istream_iterator<uint8_t>(fstr),
+              std::istream_iterator<uint8_t>());
+  return true;
+}
+
 /// <summary>
 /// utils pertaining to native registers...
 /// </summary>