diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f23ab60..abee5ab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/DecentralCardGame/cardobject
 
 go 1.12
+
+require (
+	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190809123943-df4f5c81cb3b // indirect
+	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 // indirect
+	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.1.0
+)
diff --git a/serializeCard.go b/serializeCard.go
index a4fba48..07b3697 100644
--- a/serializeCard.go
+++ b/serializeCard.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cardobject
 
 import "fmt"
+import "os"
 //import "io/ioutil"
 import "github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
 import "encoding/json"
@@ -25,10 +26,16 @@ func ProcessCard (cardJson string) string {
 }
 
 func validateCard(s string) bool {
-		//file, err := ioutil.ReadFile("schema/cardschema.json")
-		//fmt.Println(file)
-
-    schemaLoader := gojsonschema.NewReferenceLoader("file://schema/cardSchema.json")
+		/*
+		// read the file with the schema
+		file, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./schema/cardSchema.json")
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("\x1b[31;1mreading schema/cardschema.json failed\x1b[0m")
+		}
+		fmt.Println(string(file))
+			*/
+    //schemaLoader := gojsonschema.NewStringLoader(string(file))
+		schemaLoader := gojsonschema.NewReferenceLoader("file://"+os.Getenv("$GOPATH")+"schema/cardSchema.json")
     documentLoader := gojsonschema.NewStringLoader(s)
 
     result, err := gojsonschema.Validate(schemaLoader, documentLoader)