diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/GameController.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/GameController.java
index fe626bf..f50c4f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/controller/GameController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/GameController.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import millions.controller.fileIO.CSVStockFileParser;
+
+import millions.controller.fileIO.CSV.CSVFileHandler;
 import millions.controller.fileIO.InvalidFormatException;
-import millions.controller.fileIO.StockFileReader;
 import millions.model.Exchange;
 import millions.model.Player;
 import millions.model.Stock;
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ public void startGame(
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Pre run weeks cannot be negative");
     }
     try {
-      StockFileReader reader = new StockFileReader(stockFilePath);
-      List<String> lines = reader.readFile();
-      CSVStockFileParser parser = new CSVStockFileParser(lines);
-
-      List<Stock> stocks = parser.parse();
+      CSVFileHandler fileHandler = new CSVFileHandler();
+      List<Stock> stocks = fileHandler.getStocksFromFile(stockFilePath);
 
       exchange = new Exchange("Exchange", stocks);
       for (int i = 0; i < preRunWeeks; i++) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVFileHandler.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVFileHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a7d9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVFileHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package millions.controller.fileIO.CSV;
+
+import millions.controller.fileIO.InvalidFormatException;
+import millions.controller.fileIO.StockFileReader;
+import millions.model.Stock;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class CSVFileHandler {
+  StockFileReader reader;
+  CSVStockFileParser parser;
+
+  public CSVFileHandler() {
+    this.reader = new StockFileReader();
+    this.parser = new CSVStockFileParser();
+  }
+
+  public List<Stock> getStocksFromFile(Path filePath) {
+    try {
+      StockFileReader reader = new StockFileReader();
+      List<String> lines = reader.readFile(filePath);
+
+      CSVStockFileParser parser = new CSVStockFileParser();
+      return parser.parse(lines);
+
+    } catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
+      throw new InvalidFormatException(e.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileParser.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVStockFileParser.java
similarity index 52%
rename from src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileParser.java
rename to src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVStockFileParser.java
index a1084ad..2eab5ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVStockFileParser.java
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
-package millions.controller.fileIO;
+package millions.controller.fileIO.CSV;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+
+import millions.controller.fileIO.InvalidFormatException;
 import millions.model.Stock;
 
 /** Parses CSV lines into Stock objects. */
 public class CSVStockFileParser {
-  private List<String> lines;
 
-  public CSVStockFileParser(List<String> lines) {
-    if (verifyCSV(lines)) {
-      this.lines = lines;
-    } else {
-      throw new InvalidFormatException("Incorrect format for CSV File");
-    }
-  }
+  public CSVStockFileParser() {}
 
   // returns true if all entries have exactly 3 data points
   public boolean verifyCSV(List<String> lines) {
@@ -24,18 +19,22 @@ public boolean verifyCSV(List<String> lines) {
         .noneMatch(l -> l.split(",").length != 3);
   }
 
-  public List<Stock> parse() {
+  public List<Stock> parse(List<String> lines) {
     List<Stock> stocks = new ArrayList<>();
-    lines.stream()
-        .filter(l -> !((l.startsWith("#") || l.isBlank())))
-        .forEach(
-            l -> {
-              String[] split = l.split(",");
-              String symbol = split[0];
-              String company = split[1];
-              BigDecimal price = new BigDecimal(split[2]);
-              stocks.add(new Stock(symbol, company, price));
-            });
+    if (verifyCSV(lines)) {
+      lines.stream()
+          .filter(l -> !((l.startsWith("#") || l.isBlank())))
+          .forEach(
+              l -> {
+                String[] split = l.split(",");
+                String symbol = split[0];
+                String company = split[1];
+                BigDecimal price = new BigDecimal(split[2]);
+                stocks.add(new Stock(symbol, company, price));
+              });
+    } else {
+      throw new InvalidFormatException("Incorrect format for CSV File");
+    }
     return stocks;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileWriter.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVStockFileWriter.java
similarity index 92%
rename from src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileWriter.java
rename to src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVStockFileWriter.java
index 52fee6e..0233a7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSVStockFileWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVStockFileWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-package millions.controller.fileIO;
+package millions.controller.fileIO.CSV;
 
+import millions.controller.fileIO.StockFileWriter;
 import millions.model.Stock;
 
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/StockFileReader.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/StockFileReader.java
index 31e37ee..33956b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/StockFileReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/StockFileReader.java
@@ -14,14 +14,11 @@
  * Reads a file and returns its lines as a list of strings.
  */
 public class StockFileReader {
-  private final Path filePath;
 
-  public StockFileReader(Path path) {
-    this.filePath = path;
-  }
+  public StockFileReader() {}
 
-  public List<String> readFile() {
-    File file = new File(filePath.toString());
+  public List<String> readFile(Path path) {
+    File file = new File(path.toString());
     List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>();
     try (Reader reader = new FileReader(file);
          BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(reader)) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/millions/CSVStockFileParserTest.java b/src/test/java/millions/CSVStockFileParserTest.java
index 7683445..df753aa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/millions/CSVStockFileParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/millions/CSVStockFileParserTest.java
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package millions;
 
-import millions.controller.fileIO.CSVStockFileParser;
-import millions.controller.fileIO.StockFileReader;
+import millions.controller.fileIO.CSV.CSVStockFileParser;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import java.sql.Array;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 
@@ -30,7 +27,7 @@ public static void setUpTestFile() throws Exception {
   public void parseStockFileTest(){
     List<String> testList = List.of(exampleString.split("\n"));
 
-    CSVStockFileParser parser = new CSVStockFileParser(testList);
-    assertEquals(3, parser.parse().size());
+    CSVStockFileParser parser = new CSVStockFileParser();
+    assertEquals(3, parser.parse(testList).size());
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/millions/CSVStockFileWriterTest.java b/src/test/java/millions/CSVStockFileWriterTest.java
index 6765f7a..c6fe15a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/millions/CSVStockFileWriterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/millions/CSVStockFileWriterTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package millions;
 
-import millions.controller.fileIO.CSVStockFileWriter;
+import millions.controller.fileIO.CSV.CSVStockFileWriter;
 import millions.controller.fileIO.StockFileReader;
 import millions.model.Stock;
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public void testWrite() {
     CSVStockFileWriter csvStockFileWriter = new CSVStockFileWriter(stocks);
     csvStockFileWriter.write(tempDir.resolve("stocks.csv"));
 
-    StockFileReader stockFileReader = new StockFileReader(tempDir.resolve("stocks.csv"));
-    assertEquals(3, stockFileReader.readFile().size());
+    StockFileReader stockFileReader = new StockFileReader();
+    assertEquals(3, stockFileReader.readFile(tempDir.resolve("stocks.csv")).size());
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/millions/StockFileReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/millions/StockFileReaderTest.java
index bfb9a8d..2bc8970 100644
--- a/src/test/java/millions/StockFileReaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/millions/StockFileReaderTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public static void setUpTestFile() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   public void testReadStockFile() {
-    StockFileReader stockFileReader = new StockFileReader(sharedFile);
-    assertEquals(6, stockFileReader.readFile().size());
+    StockFileReader stockFileReader = new StockFileReader();
+    assertEquals(6, stockFileReader.readFile(sharedFile).size());
   }
 }