diff --git a/manualtest/game/JTableTest.java b/manualtest/game/JTableTest.java
index 52170258d1e23be52b3a32074517685b309bea30..e8b6209a262828099a6b524677fab3e6b03d78fb 100644
--- a/manualtest/game/JTableTest.java
+++ b/manualtest/game/JTableTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ public class JTableTest {
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
 		GameModel testModel = new GameModel(10, 10);
-		testModel.setValueAt(true, 0, 0);
+		testModel.setValueAt(true, 4, 4);
+		testModel.setValueAt(true, 4, 5);
+		testModel.setValueAt(true, 4, 6);
+		testModel.setValueAt(true, 5, 3);
+		testModel.setValueAt(true, 5, 4);
+		testModel.setValueAt(true, 5, 5 );
 		JFrame testFrame = new JFrame();
 		testFrame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 		testFrame.add(new JTable(testModel));
diff --git a/manualtest/game/StartWindowTest.java b/manualtest/game/StartWindowTest.java
index 2917cd49e1dd5d561c14dcf99bec73bde57b6f8c..7ab092fca6942cd23ba90ee049fe94f369e816a1 100644
--- a/manualtest/game/StartWindowTest.java
+++ b/manualtest/game/StartWindowTest.java
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ public class StartWindowTest {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         JFrame startWindowFrame = new StartWindow();
         startWindowFrame.setVisible(true);
+
+        StartModel start = new StartModel();
+        start.loadFromFile();
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/game/GameBoardSaver.java b/src/game/GameBoardSaver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7152d37fe1b5288a8395266e8a3aab85a0af7f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/game/GameBoardSaver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package game;
+
+public class GameBoardSaver {
+    //TODO JFileChooser
+}
diff --git a/src/game/StartModel.java b/src/game/StartModel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..30ef2d04c10d98005c25944064cd7b1751734a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/game/StartModel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package game;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;
+import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter;
+
+public class StartModel {
+    private JFrame startFrame;
+    private JFileChooser fileChooser;
+    GameModel game;
+    GameBoard board;
+
+    public StartModel(){
+        startFrame = new StartWindow();
+        fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
+        FileFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("JSON File (.json)", "json");
+        fileChooser.setFileFilter(filter);
+    }
+
+    public void loadFromFile(){
+        int returnVal = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(startFrame);
+    }
+}