diff --git a/fortran/src/include/utils.f90 b/fortran/src/include/utils.f90
index a8e07589..693e7513 100644
--- a/fortran/src/include/utils.f90
+++ b/fortran/src/include/utils.f90
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ type(AnswerT) function get_answer(id) result(answer)
 
     subroutine init_answer_cache()
         integer(i18t) :: i, j
-        integer :: ios, row_start, row_end, line_length
-        character(len=:), allocatable :: text
+        integer :: ios, line_length, unit_number, file_size
+        character(len=64) :: line
         character(len=32) :: val
         character(len=4) :: id_, type_, length
 
@@ -76,22 +76,29 @@ subroutine init_answer_cache()
             cached_answers(i)%type = errort
         end do
 
-        text = get_data_file("answers.tsv")
-        if (.not. allocated(text)) then
-            text = ''  ! Ensure text is defined if allocation failed
+        unit_number = prev_unit + 1
+        prev_unit = unit_number
+        open(unit=unit_number, file=("../_data/answers.tsv"), status='old', action='read', iostat=ios)
+        if (ios /= 0) then
+            print *, "Error opening file: ../_data/answers.tsv"
+            return
         end if
+
         row_start = 1
         line_length = 1
         do while (line_length > 0)
-            line_length = index(text(row_start:), char(10))  ! Find the next line
-            row_end = row_start + line_length - 1
+            line = ''
+            read(unit_number, '(A)', iostat=ios) line
+            if (iostat /= 0) then
+                close(unit_number)
+                exit
+            end if
+
+            line = trim(line)
+            line_length = len(line)
             if (line_length > 0) then
-                if (text(row_end:row_end) == char(13)) then  ! if \r
-                    row_end = row_end - 1
-                end if
-                call parse_line(text(row_start:row_end), id_, type_, length, val)  ! Parse values
+                call parse_line(line, id_, type_, length, val)  ! Parse values
                 if (id_ == "ID") then
-                    row_start = row_start + line_length
                     cycle
                 end if
                 read(id_, *, iostat=ios) i
@@ -112,8 +119,7 @@ subroutine init_answer_cache()
                         cached_answers(i)%string_value = trim(val)
                     case default
                         print *, "Invalid value type. Returning error type"
-                    end select
-                row_start = row_start + line_length  ! Move to the next line
+                end select
             end if
         end do