public void load(String filename) throws IOException {
		if (settings.size() > 0)
			settings.clear();
		FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream("properties/" + filename);
		DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
		String strLine;
		while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null)   {
			if (strLine.startsWith("#"))
				continue;
			settings.add(strLine);
		}
		in.close();
	}