diff --git a/godotenv.go b/godotenv.go
index d667e7f..69e8b44 100644
--- a/godotenv.go
+++ b/godotenv.go
@@ -1,5 +1,67 @@
 package godotenv
 
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
 func Load(filenames ...string) (err error) {
+	for _, filename := range filenames {
+		err = loadFile(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			return // return early on a spazout
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func loadFile(filename string) (err error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	bufferSize := 20
+	lines := make([]string, bufferSize)
+	lineReader := bufio.NewReaderSize(file, bufferSize)
+	for line, isPrefix, e := lineReader.ReadLine(); e == nil; line, isPrefix, e = lineReader.ReadLine() {
+		fullLine := string(line)
+		if isPrefix {
+			for {
+				line, isPrefix, _ = lineReader.ReadLine()
+				fullLine += string(line)
+				if !isPrefix {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// add a line to the game/parse
+		lines = append(lines, string(line))
+	}
+
+	for _, fullLine := range lines {
+		key, value, err := parseLine(fullLine)
+
+		if err == nil {
+			os.Setenv(key, value)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func parseLine(line string) (key string, value string, err error) {
+	if len(line) == 0 {
+		err = errors.New("zero length string")
+		return
+	}
+
+	splitString := strings.Split(line, "=")
+
+	key = strings.Trim(splitString[0], " ")
+	value = strings.Trim(splitString[1], " ")
+
 	return
 }
diff --git a/godotenv_test.go b/godotenv_test.go
index d698b9a..72f2b28 100644
--- a/godotenv_test.go
+++ b/godotenv_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestLoadFileNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	err := Load("somefilethatwillneverexistever.env")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("File wasn't found but Load didn't return an error")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoadPlainEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	envFileName := "fixtures/plain.env"
 	err := Load(envFileName)