diff --git a/src/julia/ClarabelRs/src/interface.jl b/src/julia/ClarabelRs/src/interface.jl
index 7c73dd3..f3fec6d 100644
--- a/src/julia/ClarabelRs/src/interface.jl
+++ b/src/julia/ClarabelRs/src/interface.jl
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ function write_to_file(solver::Solver, filename::String)
 
 end
 
+function read_from_file(filename::String)
+
+    solver_read_from_file_jlrs(filename::String)
+
+end
+
 
 # -------------------------------------
 # Wrappers for rust-side interface  
@@ -117,6 +123,22 @@ function solver_write_to_file_jlrs(solver::Solver, filename::String)
     
 end
 
+function solver_read_from_file_jlrs(filename::String)
+
+    ptr = ccall(Libdl.dlsym(librust,:solver_read_from_file_jlrs),Ptr{Cvoid},
+    (
+        Cstring,
+    ), 
+        filename,
+    )
+
+    if ptr == C_NULL
+        error("Error reading from file $filename")
+    end
+    return Solver{Float64}(ptr)
+    
+end
+
 function solver_drop_jlrs(solver::Solver)
     ccall(Libdl.dlsym(librust,:solver_drop_jlrs),Cvoid,
         (Ptr{Cvoid},), solver.ptr)
diff --git a/src/julia/interface.rs b/src/julia/interface.rs
index 01b9f02..e162d5c 100644
--- a/src/julia/interface.rs
+++ b/src/julia/interface.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,36 @@ pub(crate) extern "C" fn solver_write_to_file_jlrs(
     return status;
 }
 
+// dump problem data to a file
+// returns NULL on failure, pointer to solver on success
+#[no_mangle]
+pub(crate) extern "C" fn solver_read_from_file_jlrs(
+    filename: *const std::os::raw::c_char,
+) -> *const c_void {
+    let slice = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(filename) };
+
+    let filename = match slice.to_str() {
+        Ok(s) => s,
+        Err(_) => {
+            return std::ptr::null();
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut file = match File::open(&filename) {
+        Ok(f) => f,
+        Err(_) => {
+            return std::ptr::null();
+        }
+    };
+
+    let solver = DefaultSolver::read_from_file(&mut file);
+
+    match solver {
+        Ok(solver) => to_ptr(Box::new(solver)),
+        Err(_) => std::ptr::null(),
+    }
+}
+
 // safely drop a solver object through its pointer.
 // called by the Julia side finalizer when a solver
 // is out of scope
diff --git a/src/solver/implementations/default/fileio.rs b/src/solver/implementations/default/json.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/solver/implementations/default/fileio.rs
rename to src/solver/implementations/default/json.rs
diff --git a/src/solver/implementations/default/mod.rs b/src/solver/implementations/default/mod.rs
index b24948b..f0cea8c 100644
--- a/src/solver/implementations/default/mod.rs
+++ b/src/solver/implementations/default/mod.rs
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ pub use solver::*;
 pub use variables::*;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-mod fileio;
+mod json;