public static Integer loadScalingFactorFromFile()
	{
		Path settingsFile = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(SETTINGS_FILE);
		List<String> lines = null;
		try {
			lines = Files.readAllLines(settingsFile, Charset.defaultCharset());
		} catch (IOException e) {
			System.err.println("Unable to load scaling factor from file!");
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		if(lines != null && lines.size() > 0)
			return Integer.valueOf(lines.get(0));
		else
			return null;
	}