diff --git a/src/modal.c b/src/modal.c
index a9f1b15..b466070 100644
--- a/src/modal.c
+++ b/src/modal.c
@@ -179,34 +179,16 @@ parse_rulefrag(char *line)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int
-parse_line(char *line)
-{
-	char c;
-	if(line[0] == 0) return 1;
-	if(line[0] == '<' && line[1] == '>')
-		return !!addrule(line);
-	while((c = *line++))
-		*prog_++ = c;
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int
 parse(char *path)
 {
 	FILE *f;
-	char c, line[0x400], *line_ = line;
+	int res;
 	if(!(f = fopen(path, "r")))
 		return !printf("Invalid file: %s\n", path);
-	while(f && fread(&c, 1, 1, f)) {
-		if(c == 0xa)
-			*line_++ = 0x00, parse_line(line), line_ = line;
-		else if(line_ - line < 0x400)
-			*line_++ = c;
-	}
-	*line_++ = 0x00, parse_line(line), line_ = line;
+	res = fread(&prog, 1, 0x1000, f);
 	fclose(f);
-	return 1;
+	return res;
 }
 
 int