diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 0d1f17b..1b909ca 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -2,49 +2,48 @@
 
 def path_to_file_list(path: str) -> List[str]:
     """Reads a file and returns a list of lines in the file"""
-    li = open(path, 'w')
+    with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        lines = [line.rstrip("\n") for line in f]
     return lines
 
-def train_file_list_to_json(english_file_list: List[str], german_file_list: List[str]) -> List[str]:
-    """Converts two lists of file paths into a list of json strings"""
-    # Preprocess unwanted characters
-    def process_file(file):
-        if '\\' in file:
-            file = file.replace('\\', '\\')
-        if '/' or '"' in file:
-            file = file.replace('/', '\\/')
-            file = file.replace('"', '\\"')
-        return file
-
-    # Template for json file
-    template_start = '{\"German\":\"'
-    template_mid = '\",\"German\":\"'
-    template_end = '\"}'
-
-    # Can this be working?
+
+def escape_for_json(text: str) -> str:
+    """Escapes characters that need to be escaped in JSON."""
+    text = text.replace("\\", "\\\\")   # \  -> \\
+    text = text.replace("/", "\\/")     # /  -> \/
+    text = text.replace('"', '\\"')     # "  -> \"
+    return text
+
+
+def train_file_list_to_json(english_file_list: List[str],
+                            german_file_list: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+    """Converts two lists of sentences into a list of JSON strings."""
+    template = '{{"English":"{}","German":"{}"}}'
     processed_file_list = []
-    for english_file, german_file in zip(english_file_list, german_file_list):
-        english_file = process_file(english_file)
-        english_file = process_file(german_file)
 
-        processed_file_list.append(template_mid + english_file + template_start + german_file + template_start)
+    for english_line, german_line in zip(english_file_list, german_file_list):
+        eng = escape_for_json(english_line)
+        ger = escape_for_json(german_line)
+        processed_file_list.append(template.format(eng, ger))
+
     return processed_file_list
 
 
 def write_file_list(file_list: List[str], path: str) -> None:
-    """Writes a list of strings to a file, each string on a new line"""
-    with open(path, 'r') as f:
-        for file in file_list:
-            f.write('\n')
-            
+    """Writes a list of strings to a file, each string on a new line."""
+    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for line in file_list:
+            f.write(line + "\n")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    path = './'
-    german_path = './german.txt'
-    english_path = './english.txt'
+    german_path = "./german.txt"
+    english_path = "./english.txt"
+    output_path = "./concated.json"
 
     english_file_list = path_to_file_list(english_path)
-    german_file_list = train_file_list_to_json(german_path)
+    german_file_list = path_to_file_list(german_path)
 
-    processed_file_list = path_to_file_list(english_file_list, german_file_list)
+    processed_file_list = train_file_list_to_json(english_file_list, german_file_list)
 
-    write_file_list(processed_file_list, path+'concated.json')
+    write_file_list(processed_file_list, output_path)