diff --git a/HumanReadableMissionName.cs b/HumanReadableMissionName.cs
index 07cd3b4..82409af 100644
--- a/HumanReadableMissionName.cs
+++ b/HumanReadableMissionName.cs
@@ -1,70 +1,49 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Xml;
 
 namespace EDJournal {
     public class HumanReadableMissionName {
-        /* TODO: make this a file at some point for easier editing.
-         */
-        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> humanreadable = new Dictionary<string, string> {
-            { "Mission_Assassinate_name", "Assassination" },
-            { "Mission_AltruismCredits_Bust_name", "Donate Credits (Bust)" },
-            { "Mission_AltruismCredits_name", "Donate Credits" },
-            { "Mission_Collect_Bust_name", "Provide (Bust)" },
-            { "Mission_Collect_CivilLiberty_name", "Provide (Civil Liberty)" },
-            { "Mission_Collect_CivilUnrest_name", "Provide (Civil Unrest)" },
-            { "Mission_Collect_Famine_name", "Provide (Famine)" },
-            { "Mission_Collect_Industrial_name", "Provide (Industrial)" },
-            { "Mission_Collect_name", "Provide" },
-            { "Mission_Courier_Democracy_name", "Courier (Democracy)" },
-            { "Mission_Courier_Elections_name", "Courier (Elections)" },
-            { "Mission_Courier_Expansion_name", "Courier (Expansion)" },
-            { "Mission_Courier_Famine_name", "Courier (Famine)" },
-            { "Mission_Courier_Lockdown_name", "Courier (Lockdown)" },
-            { "Mission_Courier_name", "Courier" },
-            { "Mission_Courier_RankEmp_name", "Courier (Empire)" },
-            { "Mission_Delivery_Agriculture_name", "Delivery (Agriculture)" },
-            { "Mission_Delivery_Boom_name", "Delivery (Boom)" },
-            { "Mission_Delivery_Democracy_name", "Delivery (Democracy)" },
-            { "Mission_Delivery_Investment_name", "Delivery (Investment)" },
-            { "Mission_Delivery_name", "Delivery" },
-            { "Mission_Delivery_RankEmp_name", "Delivery (Imperial Rank)" },
-            { "Mission_Delivery_Retreat_name", "Delivery (Retreat)" },
-            { "Mission_Hack_BLOPS_Boom_name", "Hack Surface Installation (Boom)" },
-            { "Mission_Hack_BLOPS_Expansion_name", "Hack Surface Installation (Expansion)" },
-            { "Mission_HackMegaship_name", "Hack Megaship" },
-            { "Mission_LongDistanceExpedition_name", "Long Distance Expedition" },
-            { "Mission_Massacre_Conflict_CivilWar_name", "Massacre (Civil War)" },
-            { "Mission_Massacre_name", "Massacre" },
-            { "Mission_Massacre_RankEmp_name", "Massacre (Imperial Navy)" },
-            { "Mission_MassacreWing_Legal_Bust_name", "Massacre (Wing) (Bust)" },
-            { "Mission_MassacreWing_name", "Massacre (Wing)" },
-            { "Mission_OnFoot_Collect_MB_name", "On Foot Collection" },
-            { "Mission_OnFoot_Onslaught_MB_name", "On Foot Onslaught" },
-            { "Mission_OnFoot_Onslaught_Offline_MB_name", "On Foot Onslaught (Offline)" },
-            { "Mission_OnFoot_ProductionHeist_Covert_MB_name", "On Foot Production Heist (Covert)" },
-            { "Mission_OnFoot_Reboot_MB_name", "On Foot Reboot" },
-            { "Mission_OnFoot_RebootRestore_MB_name", "On Foot Reboot/Restore" },
-            { "Mission_OnFoot_Sabotage_Production_Covert_MB_name", "On Foot Sabotage Production (Covert)" },
-            { "Mission_OnFoot_Salvage_MB_name", "On Foot Salvage" },
-            { "Mission_PassengerVIP_name", "Passenger (VIP)" },
-            { "Mission_PassengerVIP_Scientist_FAMINE_name", "Passenger (VIP) (Famine)" },
-            { "Mission_Rescue_Planet_name", "Planet Rescue" },
-            { "MISSION_Salvage_CivilUnrest_name", "Salvage (Civil Unrest)" },
-            { "MISSION_Salvage_Expansion_name", "Salvage (Expansion)" },
-            { "MISSION_Salvage_Illegal_name", "Salvage (Illegal)" },
-            { "Mission_Salvage_name", "Salvage" },
-            { "Mission_Salvage_RankEmp_name", "Salvage (Imperial Navy)" },
-            { "MISSION_Salvage_Retreat_name", "Salvage (Retreat)" },
-            { "MISSION_Scan_name", "Scan" },
-            { "Mission_Sightseeing_Criminal_FAMINE_name", "Sightseeing (Criminal) (Famine)" },
-            { "Mission_Sightseeing_name", "Sightseeing" },
-        };
+        private static Dictionary<string, string> humanreadable = null;
+
+        private static void LoadMissions() {
+            try {
+                string dir = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
+                string file = Path.Combine(dir, "MissionNames.xml");
+
+                XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
+
+                using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Open)) {
+                    document.Load(stream);
+                    XmlNode missions = document.DocumentElement;
+
+                    if (missions == null || missions.Name != "Missions") {
+                        throw new ApplicationException("Invalid XML");
+                    }
+
+                    humanreadable = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
+                    foreach (XmlNode mission in missions.ChildNodes) {
+                        string mission_key = mission.Attributes["Name"]?.Value;
+                        string mission_name = mission.InnerText;
+
+                        if (mission_key == null || mission_name == null) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        humanreadable.Add(mission_key, mission_name);
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (Exception) {
+                humanreadable = null;
+            }
+        }
 
         public static string MakeHumanReadableName(string name) {
-            if (name == null) {
+            LoadMissions();
+
+            if (humanreadable == null || name == null) {
                 return null;
             }
 
diff --git a/MissionNames.xml b/MissionNames.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bf9b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MissionNames.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<Missions>
+    <Mission Name="Chain_RegainFooting_name">Regain Footing (Chain)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Altruism_name">Donate</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_AltruismCredits_Bust_name">Donate Credits (Bust)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_AltruismCredits_name">Donate Credits</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Assassinate_Legal_Corporate_name">Corporate Assassination (Legal)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Assassinate_name">Assassination</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Collect_Bust_name">Provide (Bust)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Collect_CivilLiberty_name">Provide (Civil Liberty)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Collect_CivilUnrest_name">Provide (Civil Unrest)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Collect_Famine_name">Provide (Famine)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Collect_Industrial_name">Provide (Industrial)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Collect_name">Provide</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Courier_Democracy_name">Courier (Democracy)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Courier_Elections_name">Courier (Elections)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Courier_Expansion_name">Courier (Expansion)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Courier_Famine_name">Courier (Famine)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Courier_Lockdown_name">Courier (Lockdown)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Courier_name">Courier</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Courier_RankEmp_name">Courier (Empire)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Delivery_Agriculture_name">Delivery (Agriculture)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Delivery_Boom_name">Delivery (Boom)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Delivery_Democracy_name">Delivery (Democracy)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Delivery_Investment_name">Delivery (Investment)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Delivery_name">Delivery</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Delivery_RankEmp_name">Delivery (Imperial Rank)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Delivery_Retreat_name">Delivery (Retreat)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Hack_BLOPS_Boom_name">Hack Surface Installation (Boom)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Hack_BLOPS_Expansion_name">Hack Surface Installation (Expansion)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="MISSION_Hack_BLOPS_name">Hack Surface Installation</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_HackMegaship_name">Hack Megaship</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_LongDistanceExpedition_name">Long Distance Expedition</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Massacre_Conflict_CivilWar_name">Massacre (Civil War)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Massacre_name">Massacre</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Massacre_RankEmp_name">Massacre (Imperial Navy)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_MassacreWing_Legal_Bust_name">Massacre (Wing) (Bust)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_MassacreWing_name">Massacre (Wing)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Assassination_MB_name">On Foot Assassination</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_AssassinationIllegal_MB_name">On Foot Assassination (Illegal)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Collect_Contact_MB_name">On Foot Collect</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Collect_MB_name">On Foot Collection</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Delivery_Contact_MB_name">On Foot Delivery (Contact)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Heist_POI_MB_name">On Foot Heist (POI)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Onslaught_MB_name">On Foot Onslaught</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Onslaught_Offline_MB_name">On Foot Onslaught (Offline)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_ProductionHeist_Covert_MB_name">On Foot Production Heist (Covert)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_ProductionHeist_MB_name">On Foot Production Heist</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Reboot_MB_name">On Foot Reboot</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_RebootRestore_MB_name">On Foot Reboot/Restore</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Sabotage_Production_Covert_MB_name">On Foot Sabotage Production (Covert)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_OnFoot_Salvage_MB_name">On Foot Salvage</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_PassengerVIP_name">Passenger (VIP)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_PassengerVIP_Scientist_FAMINE_name">Passenger (VIP) (Famine)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Rescue_Planet_name">Planet Rescue</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="MISSION_Salvage_CivilUnrest_name">Salvage (Civil Unrest)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="MISSION_Salvage_Expansion_name">Salvage (Expansion)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="MISSION_Salvage_Illegal_name">Salvage (Illegal)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Salvage_name">Salvage</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Salvage_RankEmp_name">Salvage (Imperial Navy)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="MISSION_Salvage_Retreat_name">Salvage (Retreat)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="MISSION_Scan_name">Scan</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Sightseeing_Criminal_FAMINE_name">Sightseeing (Criminal) (Famine)</Mission>
+    <Mission Name="Mission_Sightseeing_name">Sightseeing</Mission>
+</Missions>
diff --git a/edjournal.csproj b/edjournal.csproj
index 5d34b78..eb5cd49 100644
--- a/edjournal.csproj
+++ b/edjournal.csproj
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="BountyEntry.cs" />
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="LICENCE.txt" />
+    <Content Include="MissionNames.xml">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
 </Project>
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