diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index cf9abe6..b95853c 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_20" default="true" project-jdk-name="openjdk-20" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
diff --git a/src/HiddenSecrets.java b/src/HiddenSecrets.java
index 71067b3..285d6a0 100644
--- a/src/HiddenSecrets.java
+++ b/src/HiddenSecrets.java
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Scanner;
 
 // PUT YOUR IMPORTS HERE
 
@@ -37,9 +40,13 @@ public static void getHiddenSecrets(File file) {
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        // Put your code to request a file path,
-        // read in a string from System.in,
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
+        System.out.println("hey please input at file path");
+        String file = scanner.nextLine();
+        // read in a string from Syst
         // convert that string into A Path type using Paths class,
+        Path path = Paths.get(file);
+        getHiddenSecrets(path.toFile());
         // and call the getHiddenSecrets method to get the file's meta-data
         // HERE
     }