diff --git a/src/main/java/ResourceApi.java b/src/main/java/ResourceApi.java
index 23cdcca..78cdbe1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ResourceApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ResourceApi.java
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
 public class ResourceApi {
 
+    public String getFileFromResourceAsString(String fileName) throws IOException {
+        InputStream inputStream = getFileFromResourceAsStream(fileName);
+        return getStringFromInputStream(inputStream);
+    }
+
     public InputStream getFileFromResourceAsStream(String fileName) {
         //ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
         ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
diff --git a/src/test/java/ResourceApiTest.java b/src/test/java/ResourceApiTest.java
index 3c985ab..b2ef993 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ResourceApiTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ResourceApiTest.java
@@ -40,4 +40,9 @@ class ResourceApiTest {
         InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(testString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         assertEquals(resourceApi.getStringFromInputStream(is), testString);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void getFileFromResourceAsString() throws IOException {
+        assertTrue(resourceApi.getFileFromResourceAsString("german_wordlist.txt").contains("Alleinherrschaft"));
+    }
 }