diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/duke/Duke.java b/src/main/java/seedu/duke/Duke.java
index c15aa8a17d..a440aca2e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/duke/Duke.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/duke/Duke.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import command.ExitCommand;
 import exceptions.CommandFormatException;
 import parser.Parser;
+import storage.Storage;
 import ui.TextUi;
 
 import itemlist.Itemlist;
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, CommandFormatExceptio
 
     public void run() throws IOException, CommandFormatException {
         ui.showWelcomeMessage("StockMaster v2.0", "./StockMasterData.txt");
+        Storage.updateFile("", true);
+        Storage.readFromFile("./StockMasterData.txt");
         this.normalOperation();
         ui.showGoodByeMessage("./StockMasterData.txt");
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/storage/Storage.java b/src/main/java/storage/Storage.java
index 91f0c29b45..2977eb3d87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/storage/Storage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/storage/Storage.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package storage;
 
 import item.Item;
+import itemlist.Itemlist;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -62,22 +63,59 @@ public static File setFile() {
      * Add the identified tasks into a list of existing tasks.
      *
      */
-    public static void readFromFile(File fileName) {
+    public static void readFromFile(String fileName) {
         try {
-            Scanner scanner = new Scanner(fileName);
+            Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File(fileName));
             while (scanner.hasNext()) {
-                String lineSkipped = scanner.nextLine();
+                String fileLine = "add" + scanner.nextLine();
+                String[] keyCommands = fileLine.split(" \\| ");
+                String commandQty = "";
+                String commandCat = "";
+                String commandUom = "";
+                String commandBuy = "";
+                String commandSell = "";
+                String commandName = "";
+                for (String keyCommand : keyCommands) {
+                    if (keyCommand.contains(".")) {
+                        //do nothing.
+                    }
+                    else if (keyCommand.contains("Qty: ")) {
+                        String[] commandQtyUnit = keyCommand.replace("Qty: ", "").split(" ");
+                        assert commandQtyUnit.length == 2 : "length not 2!";
+                        commandQty = commandQtyUnit[0];
+                        commandUom = commandQtyUnit[1];
+                    }
+                    else if (keyCommand.contains("Cat: ")) {
+                        commandCat = keyCommand.replace("Cat: ", "");
+                    }
+                    else if (keyCommand.contains("BuyPrice: $")) {
+                        commandBuy = keyCommand.replace("BuyPrice: $", "");
+                    }
+                    else if (keyCommand.contains("SellPrice: $")) {
+                        commandSell = keyCommand.replace("SellPrice: $", "");
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        commandName = keyCommand;
+                    }
+                }
+                Item toAdd = new Item(commandName, Integer.parseInt(commandQty), commandUom, commandCat,
+                        Integer.parseInt(commandBuy), Integer.parseInt(commandSell));
+                Itemlist.addItem(toAdd);
             }
-        } catch(FileNotFoundException e){
+        } catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
             System.out.println("File does not exist.");
+        } catch(NumberFormatException e) {
+            System.out.println("Invalid numbers found.");
         }
     }
 
     public static void addToFile(ArrayList<Item> items, boolean ifAppend) {
         assert items != null : "Items cannot be null.";
         Item lastItem = items.get(items.size() - 1);
-        String descriptionAdded = (items.size() - 1) + " | " + lastItem.getItemName() + " | " + lastItem.getQuantity()
-                + " | " + lastItem.getBuyPrice() + " | " + lastItem.getSellPrice() + "\n";
+        String descriptionAdded = (items.size()) + "." + " | " + lastItem.getItemName() +
+                " | " + "Qty: " + lastItem.getQuantity() + " " + lastItem.getUom() +
+                " | " + "Cat: " + lastItem.getCategory() + " | " + "BuyPrice: $" +
+                lastItem.getBuyPrice() + " | " + "SellPrice: $" + lastItem.getSellPrice() + "\n";
         updateFile(descriptionAdded, ifAppend);
     }
 
@@ -85,8 +123,10 @@ public static void overwriteFile(ArrayList<Item> items, boolean ifAppend) {
         assert items != null : "Items cannot be null.";
         int length = items.size();
         for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
-            String descriptionAdded = index + " | " + items.get(index).getItemName() + " | " +
-                    items.get(index).getQuantity() + " | " + items.get(index).getBuyPrice() + " | " +
+            String descriptionAdded = (index + 1) + "." + " | " + items.get(index).getItemName() +
+                    " | " + "Qty: " + items.get(index).getQuantity() + " " + items.get(index).getUom() +
+                    " | " + "Cat: " + items.get(index).getCategory() + " | " + "BuyPrice: $" +
+                    items.get(index).getBuyPrice() + " | " + "SellPrice: $" +
                     items.get(index).getSellPrice() + "\n";
             if (index == 0) {
                 updateFile(descriptionAdded, ifAppend);
@@ -95,13 +135,4 @@ public static void overwriteFile(ArrayList<Item> items, boolean ifAppend) {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    public static void main (String[]args){
-        stockMaster = setFile();
-        try {
-            writeToFile(stockMaster.getPath(), "", true);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            System.out.println("File does not exist.");
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/storage/StorageTest.java b/src/test/java/storage/StorageTest.java
index 2cefbdfd99..e8b57a402b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/storage/StorageTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/storage/StorageTest.java
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ public class StorageTest {
     public void readFromFile_fileNotFound() {
         ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         System.setOut(new PrintStream(outputStream));
-
-        String directory = "./testFile.txt";
+        String directory = "./testFile1.txt";
         File testFile = new File(directory);
         try {
-            Storage.writeToFile(directory, "Created", true);
+            Storage.writeToFile(directory, "", true);
             testFile.delete();
-            Storage.readFromFile(testFile);
+            Storage.readFromFile(directory);
             assertEquals("File does not exist." + System.lineSeparator(), outputStream.toString());
         } catch (IOException e) {
             fail("failed to create a file.");
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ public void readFromFile_fileNotFound() {
 
     @Test
     public void writeToFile_aLine_writeSuccessful() {
-        String directory = "./testFile.txt";
+        String directory = "./testFile2.txt";
         File testFile = new File(directory);
         String aLine = "A line";
         try {