diff --git a/broker/bridge-list.go b/broker/bridge-list.go
index 3913a2e..e77db65 100644
--- a/broker/bridge-list.go
+++ b/broker/bridge-list.go
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 package main
 
-import "sync"
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+var ErrBridgeNotFound = errors.New("bridge not found")
+var ErrBridgeFingerprintInvalid = errors.New("bridge fingerprint invalid")
+
+func NewBridgeListHolder() BridgeListHolderFileBased {
+	return &bridgeListHolder{}
+}
 
 type bridgeListHolder struct {
 	bridgeInfo       map[[20]byte]BridgeInfo
@@ -11,8 +25,45 @@ type BridgeListHolder interface {
 	GetBridgeInfo(fingerprint [20]byte) (BridgeInfo, error)
 }
 
+type BridgeListHolderFileBased interface {
+	BridgeListHolder
+	LoadBridgeInfo(reader io.Reader) error
+}
+
 type BridgeInfo struct {
 	DisplayName      string `json:"displayName"`
 	WebSocketAddress string `json:"webSocketAddress"`
 	Fingerprint      string `json:"fingerprint"`
 }
+
+func (h *bridgeListHolder) GetBridgeInfo(fingerprint [20]byte) (BridgeInfo, error) {
+	h.accessBridgeInfo.RLock()
+	defer h.accessBridgeInfo.RUnlock()
+	if bridgeInfo, ok := h.bridgeInfo[fingerprint]; ok {
+		return bridgeInfo, nil
+	}
+	return BridgeInfo{}, ErrBridgeNotFound
+}
+
+func (h *bridgeListHolder) LoadBridgeInfo(reader io.Reader) error {
+	bridgeInfoMap := map[[20]byte]BridgeInfo{}
+	inputScanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+	for inputScanner.Scan() {
+		inputLine := inputScanner.Bytes()
+		bridgeInfo := BridgeInfo{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(inputLine, &bridgeInfo); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		var bridgeHash [20]byte
+		if n, err := hex.Decode(bridgeHash[:], []byte(bridgeInfo.Fingerprint)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if n != 20 {
+			return ErrBridgeFingerprintInvalid
+		}
+		bridgeInfoMap[bridgeHash] = bridgeInfo
+	}
+	h.accessBridgeInfo.Lock()
+	defer h.accessBridgeInfo.Unlock()
+	h.bridgeInfo = bridgeInfoMap
+	return nil
+}