private void init_message_list() {
		messages = new ArrayList<String>();
		BufferedReader br;
		try {
			br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(messagesfn));
			String line;

			while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
				messages.add(line);
			}

			br.close();
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}