diff --git a/nnsplit_bench/Cargo.toml b/nnsplit_bench/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "nnsplit_bench"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[dependencies.load_file]
+version = "1.0.1"
+
+[dependencies.nnsplit]
+version = "0.5.8"
+features = ["model-loader", "tract-backend"]
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diff --git a/nnsplit_bench/src/main.rs b/nnsplit_bench/src/main.rs
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+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let splitter =
+        nnsplit::NNSplit::load("de", nnsplit::NNSplitOptions::default())?;
+
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    let filename = &args[1];
+
+     let contents = fs::read_to_string(filename)
+         .expect("Something went wrong reading the file");
+
+    let input: Vec<&str> = vec![&contents];
+    let splits = &splitter.split(&input)[0];
+
+    for sentence in splits.iter() {
+        println!("{}", sentence.text());
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
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