diff --git a/landerctl b/landerctl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..518b019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/landerctl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+API_KEY=test
+URL=http://localhost:18080
+
+if [ "$1" = add ]; then
+    curl \
+        -XPOST \
+        -d "$3" \
+        -H "X-Api-Key: $API_KEY" \
+        "$URL/$2"
+    echo "$URL/$2"
+fi
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d96ddc5..b076fe4 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ int main() {
 
   TernaryTrie *trie = ternarytrie_init();
 
+  std::string file_path = "lander.data";
+  ternarytrie_populate(trie, file_path.c_str());
+
   crow::SimpleApp app;
 
   CROW_ROUTE(app, "/<string>")
diff --git a/tries/include/ternarytrie.h b/tries/include/ternarytrie.h
index 7d7a308..ffed4f5 100644
--- a/tries/include/ternarytrie.h
+++ b/tries/include/ternarytrie.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ typedef struct ttrie TernaryTrie;
  */
 TernaryTrie* ternarytrie_init();
 
+void ternarytrie_populate(TernaryTrie* trie, const char* file_path);
+
 /**
  * De-allocate a trie by freeing the memory occupied by this trie.
  *
diff --git a/tries/src/ternarytrie.c b/tries/src/ternarytrie.c
index 59963bd..fe95468 100644
--- a/tries/src/ternarytrie.c
+++ b/tries/src/ternarytrie.c
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 typedef struct ttrie {
   TernaryTrieNode *root;
   size_t size;
+  char* file_path;
 } TernaryTrie;
 
 /**
@@ -31,6 +33,49 @@ void ternarytrie_free(TernaryTrie *trie) {
   free(trie);
 }
 
+bool ternarytrie_add_internal(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *string, const char *payload);
+
+void ternarytrie_populate(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *file_path) {
+    trie->file_path = my_strdup(file_path);
+
+    FILE* fp = fopen(file_path, "r");
+
+    // TODO properly handle this
+    if (fp == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // We read in lines of at most 8192 characters (sounds like enough)
+    char buffer[8192];
+    int i, j;
+
+    while (fgets(buffer, 8192, fp)) {
+        printf("%s", buffer);
+        // Find index of space character
+        i = 0;
+
+        while (buffer[i] != ' ') {
+            i++;
+        }
+
+        // Split the buffer into two strings, the key and the payload
+        buffer[i] = '\0';
+
+        j = i + 1;
+
+        // Now remove the newline character
+        while (buffer[j] != '\n') {
+            j++;
+        }
+
+        buffer[j] = '\0';
+
+        ternarytrie_add_internal(trie, buffer, buffer + i + 1);
+    }
+
+    fclose(fp);
+}
+
 typedef struct searchresult {
   TernaryTrieNode *parent;
   TernaryTrieNode *child;
@@ -112,7 +157,7 @@ char * ternarytrie_search(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *string) {
  * @return true if the string wasn't present in the trie and thus added, false
  * otherwise
  */
-bool ternarytrie_add(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *string, const char *payload) {
+bool ternarytrie_add_internal(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *string, const char *payload) {
   // Edge case for empty string
   if (string[0] == DELIMITER) {
     if (trie->root->type == 0) {
@@ -195,6 +240,31 @@ bool ternarytrie_add(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *string, const char *payload)
   return true;
 }
 
+bool ternarytrie_add(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *string, const char *payload) {
+    if (trie->file_path != NULL) {
+        // Easiest way to make sure we don't add duplicate entries
+        if (ternarytrie_search(trie, string) != NULL) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        FILE *fp = fopen(trie->file_path, "a");
+
+        if (fp == NULL) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        fputs(string, fp);
+        fputs(" ", fp);
+        fputs(payload, fp);
+        fputs("\n", fp);
+
+        fclose(fp);
+    }
+
+    return ternarytrie_add_internal(trie, string, payload);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Remove the given string from a TernaryTrie.
  *