diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4d05dfc..898d169 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,41 @@
 /// <reference path="typings/tsd.d.ts" />
-var path = require("path");
-var fs = require("fs");
+var plugins = {
+    path: require("path"),
+    fs: require("fs-extra"),
+    yaml: require("js-yaml"),
+    beautylog: require("beautylog")("os")
+};
 var smartfile = {
     //read File to  string
     readFileToString: function (filePath) {
         var fileString;
-        fileString = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+        fileString = plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
         return fileString;
+    },
+    readFileToObject: function (filePath, fileTypeArg) {
+        if (fileTypeArg === void 0) { fileTypeArg = "undefined"; }
+        var fileType;
+        if (fileTypeArg == "undefined") {
+            fileType = plugins.path.extname(filePath);
+        }
+        else {
+            fileType = fileTypeArg;
+        }
+        fileType = fileType.replace(/\.([a-z]*)/, "$1"); //remove . form fileType
+        switch (fileType) {
+            case "yml":
+            case "yaml":
+                try {
+                    return plugins.yaml.safeLoad(plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'));
+                }
+                catch (e) {
+                    plugins.beautylog.error("check that " + filePath.blue + " points to a valid file");
+                }
+                break;
+            case "json":
+                return require(filePath);
+                break;
+        }
     }
 };
 module.exports = smartfile;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8229c34..91158c2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/pushrocks/smartfile",
   "dependencies": {
-    "beautylog": "^1.0.2"
+    "beautylog": "1.0.4",
+    "fs-extra": "0.26.2",
+    "js-yaml": "3.4.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "3.9.0",
     "gulp-typescript": "2.9.2",
-    "pushrocks": "^1.0.19"
+    "pushrocks": "1.0.22"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 32fb94e..4ba47b4 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 var smartfile = require("./index.js");
 var beautylog = require("beautylog")("os");
 beautylog.info(smartfile.readFileToString("./test/mytest.txt"));
+console.log(smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytest.yaml"));
+console.log(smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytest.json"));
+//var thisIsAnError = smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytestDoesNotExist.json"); 
diff --git a/test/mytest.json b/test/mytest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3439934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mytest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "key1": "this works",
+  "key2": "this works too",
+  "key3": {
+    "nestedkey1": "hello"
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/test/mytest.yaml b/test/mytest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ace546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mytest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+key1: this works
+key2: this works too
+key3:
+  nestedkey1: hello
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index ff715ac..7825afd 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,40 @@
 /// <reference path="typings/tsd.d.ts" />
-var path = require("path");
-var fs = require("fs");
+var plugins = {
+    path: require("path"),
+    fs: require("fs-extra"),
+    yaml: require("js-yaml"),
+    beautylog: require("beautylog")("os")
+};
+
 
 var smartfile:any = {
     //read File to  string
-    readFileToString: (filePath) => {
+    readFileToString: function(filePath) {
         var fileString;
-        fileString = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+        fileString = plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
         return fileString;
+    },
+    readFileToObject: function(filePath,fileTypeArg = "undefined") {
+        var fileType;
+        if (fileTypeArg == "undefined") {
+            fileType = plugins.path.extname(filePath);
+        } else {
+            fileType = fileTypeArg;
+        }
+        fileType = fileType.replace(/\.([a-z]*)/,"$1"); //remove . form fileType
+        switch (fileType) {
+            case "yml" :
+            case "yaml":
+                try {
+                    return plugins.yaml.safeLoad(plugins.fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'));
+                } catch (e){
+                    plugins.beautylog.error("check that " + filePath.blue + " points to a valid file");
+                }
+                break;
+            case "json":
+                return require(filePath);
+                break;
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/ts/test.ts b/ts/test.ts
index 8c3794b..80393c6 100644
--- a/ts/test.ts
+++ b/ts/test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference path="typings/tsd.d.ts" />
 var smartfile = require("./index.js");
 var beautylog = require("beautylog")("os");
-beautylog.info(smartfile.readFileToString("./test/mytest.txt"));
\ No newline at end of file
+beautylog.info(smartfile.readFileToString("./test/mytest.txt"));
+console.log(smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytest.yaml"));
+console.log(smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytest.json"));
+//var thisIsAnError = smartfile.readFileToObject("./test/mytestDoesNotExist.json");
\ No newline at end of file